http://www.betsyherbert.com/newsarticles-blog daily 0.75 2024-02-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1420839243038-SD9XSSGRF2Q9OOBYD4BN/abstract-nature-concept_7JNcyQ.jpg Betsy Herbert news articles earth matters http://www.betsyherbert.com/newsarticles-blog/2024/2/29/public-works-and-its-new-zen-forestry-1 monthly 0.5 2024-02-29 http://www.betsyherbert.com/newsarticles-blog/2024/2/15/speak-up-to-save-the-corvallis-rock-creek-watershed-1 monthly 0.5 2024-02-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/801ba7d8-8aee-49e6-9f38-0a86b0cb65b5/Cartoon-Water-protectors-1.jpeg Betsy Herbert news articles earth matters - Speak up to Save the Corvallis Rock Creek Watershed - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. http://www.betsyherbert.com/newsarticles-blog/2024/1/29/trekking-with-tree-jenny-founder-of-costa-ricas-community-carbon-trees monthly 0.5 2024-02-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/cf5418d1-7c80-4de8-af80-74a5ebc0699d/IMG_3638.jpg Betsy Herbert news articles earth matters - Trekking with “Tree Jenny,” founder of Costa Rica’s Community Carbon Trees - Make it stand out Tree Jenny with saplings she pulled from wet soil at Eco-Chontales Community Reforestation Project; she’ll take the saplings back to one of the community’s plant nurseries where it will later be replanted in another site. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/62eca2ce-2676-4416-8eb6-7a038efd825d/IMG_3617.jpg Betsy Herbert news articles earth matters - Trekking with “Tree Jenny,” founder of Costa Rica’s Community Carbon Trees - Make it stand out Alvaro Cerdas Alfaro, a Costa Rican farmer who is committed to reforesting his land with Community Carbon Trees https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/b8627b2f-918d-4037-b47e-a36cc498c8ef/IMG_3628.jpg Betsy Herbert news articles earth matters - Trekking with “Tree Jenny,” founder of Costa Rica’s Community Carbon Trees - Make it stand out This hillside in Eco-Chontales Community Reforestation Project is typical of pastures where cattle grazing has degraded the land http://www.betsyherbert.com/newsarticles-blog/2022/4/21/planting-new-trees-is-no-substitute monthly 0.5 2024-01-29 http://www.betsyherbert.com/newsarticles-blog/2018/1/4/fighting-the-good-fight-will-never-end monthly 0.5 2019-04-08 http://www.betsyherbert.com/newsarticles-blog/2017/10/30/selection-cutting-panacea-or-damage-in-disguise monthly 0.5 2018-01-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1509383216804-BT5JZV2Q33DRXOST23PL/Screen+Shot+2017-10-30+at+9.49.14+AM.png Betsy Herbert news articles earth matters - Selection cutting: Panacea or damage in disguise? An aerial view of Ramsey Gulch, made in fall 2002, an area ‘thinned’ by loggers in the southeastern corner of Santa Cruz County. (AP Photo/Redwood Empire, HO) http://www.betsyherbert.com/newsarticles-blog/2017/9/25/plastic-pollution-now-found-in-drinking-water-all-over-the-world monthly 0.5 2017-09-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1506373294994-P2XMAB8NNM85KGIYLMC9/drinking-water-1429216_1920.jpg Betsy Herbert news articles earth matters - Plastic pollution now found in drinking water all over the world http://www.betsyherbert.com/newsarticles-blog/2017/8/21/california-state-parks-do-more-than-provide-public-recreation monthly 0.5 2017-08-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1503351593851-MBONYNC4BSC6J199DZ9W/Screen+Shot+2017-08-21+at+2.21.21+PM.png Betsy Herbert news articles earth matters - California state parks do more than provide public recreation Native California poppies line a trail as a cyclist enjoys Wilder Ranch State Park. (Shmuel Thaler -- Santa Cruz Sentinel file) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1503351657453-47U49M6A6FPI5XY88MH0/Screen+Shot+2017-08-21+at+2.25.55+PM.png Betsy Herbert news articles earth matters - California state parks do more than provide public recreation Altagracia and Hector Aizpuru, of Scotts Valley enjoy their daily walk along the Redwood Grove Loop Trail at Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park. (Shmuel Thaler -- Santa Cruz Sentinel file) http://www.betsyherbert.com/newsarticles-blog/2017/7/28/is-wilderness-real-is-it-worth-restoring monthly 0.5 2017-07-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1501268476623-E772723MCOPYSXE7KFGU/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert news articles earth matters - Is wilderness real? Is it worth restoring? Torres de Paine National Park in Patagonia (Argentina) with native vicuña in the foreground. Photo by Betsy Herbert 2016 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1501268885965-QN6VJ2R4VC7LB4B5PFHF/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert news articles earth matters - Is wilderness real? Is it worth restoring? Serengeti National Park in Tanzania. Photo by Betsy Herbert 2015 http://www.betsyherbert.com/newsarticles-blog/2017/6/25/travel-pastime-provides-clues-to-the-state-of-the-world monthly 0.5 2017-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1498407074382-QPAVCWUXZZI3V8260JD6/bob-marley-151687.png Betsy Herbert news articles earth matters - Travel pastime provides clues to the state of the world https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1498407094366-GSBZKH44SNOKQS5H52B8/asuncion-paraguay-2121028_1920.jpg Betsy Herbert news articles earth matters - Travel pastime provides clues to the state of the world https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1498407105007-ETLTW51W7ZWQNEPIFGII/shopping-874974_1920.jpg Betsy Herbert news articles earth matters - Travel pastime provides clues to the state of the world https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1498407097148-O7N5M5E8EN1NANXVVD9L/eucalyptus-forest-245072_1920.jpg Betsy Herbert news articles earth matters - Travel pastime provides clues to the state of the world http://www.betsyherbert.com/newsarticles-blog/2017/5/19/crete-a-beekeepers-story monthly 0.5 2017-05-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1495204339512-QUGP58NBE55BOSH6HSF3/IMG_4979.jpg Betsy Herbert news articles earth matters - Crete: A beekeeper’s story Amateur beekeeper Dimitris Siozos in Crete with his bee colonies and orange tree in background. (Betsy Herbert -- Contributed) http://www.betsyherbert.com/newsarticles-blog/2017/4/26/synthetic-clothing-crisis-microfibers-mucking-up-our-oceans monthly 0.5 2017-04-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1493219228379-L358BDWHSKXV8RGB0EYM/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert news articles earth matters - Synthetic clothing crisis: Microfibers mucking up our oceans photo: public domain https://pixabay.com/ http://www.betsyherbert.com/newsarticles-blog/2017/3/31/on-the-hunt-for-wildflowers-in-anza-borrego-and-joshua-tree monthly 0.5 2017-04-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1490987107556-S46YUMRMXVOSG4Z0ARNL/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert news articles earth matters - Super Bloom: On the hunt for wildflowers in Anza-Borrego and Joshua Tree Palms surrounding oasis, Borrego Palm Canyon, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. Photo by Betsy Herbert, 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1490987237200-QRYT4M3KRY7U3LOZDRVB/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert news articles earth matters - Super Bloom: On the hunt for wildflowers in Anza-Borrego and Joshua Tree Brittlebush at Borrego Palm Canyon, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. Photo by Betsy Herbert, 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1490985778454-K3BIYBNQJ536KUSFMLWT/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert news articles earth matters - Super Bloom: On the hunt for wildflowers in Anza-Borrego and Joshua Tree Sun rising over the ridge at Borrego Palm Canyon, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. Photo by Betsy Herbert, 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1490987589615-46C5HOKI45OINHHU8LZ9/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert news articles earth matters - Super Bloom: On the hunt for wildflowers in Anza-Borrego and Joshua Tree Pictograph painted by prehistoric inhabitants of Little Blair Valley, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. Photo by Betsy Herbert, 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1490987758703-QLTSVGYZMO87S98RVWY8/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert news articles earth matters - Super Bloom: On the hunt for wildflowers in Anza-Borrego and Joshua Tree A volley ball-sized Joshua tree blossom in Joshua Tree National Park. Photo by Betsy Herbert, 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1490985203806-8I3T1BWXEST6EEX0GVXP/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert news articles earth matters - Super Bloom: On the hunt for wildflowers in Anza-Borrego and Joshua Tree Pale yellow desert dandelions, woolly daisies and blue wild heliotrope near Cholla Gardens, Joshua Tree National Park. Photo by Betsy Herbert, 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1490987691640-A84FTXE0CZ3DQ1ZV30C6/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert news articles earth matters - Super Bloom: On the hunt for wildflowers in Anza-Borrego and Joshua Tree Ocotillo just starting to bloom near the eastern border of Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. Poto by Betsy Herbert, 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1490987833853-QJWTODAT52V5VW40VUTO/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert news articles earth matters - Super Bloom: On the hunt for wildflowers in Anza-Borrego and Joshua Tree Pink beavertail cactus blooming among desert dandelions near Cholla Gardens, Joshua Tree National Park. Photo by Betsy Herbert, 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1490987314722-PYQ1OQAMU9A1HCMGGZ1S/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert news articles earth matters - Super Bloom: On the hunt for wildflowers in Anza-Borrego and Joshua Tree Sunrise near the trail head at Borrego Palm Canyon, Anza-Borrego Desert Start Park, with moon still visible http://www.betsyherbert.com/newsarticles-blog/2017/3/21/conservation-groups-winning-strategy-to-protect-island-communities monthly 0.5 2017-03-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1490109710923-O2T1J2MOA8MTKHFQ5XSF/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert news articles earth matters - Conservation group’s winning strategy to protect island communities Seacology protects special island habitats and nature reserves throughout the world. Above is a mangrove forest near Morondava, Madagascar that helps protect the community from storm surges. (Betsy Herbert -- Sentinel correspondent) http://www.betsyherbert.com/newsarticles-blog/2017/2/27/cuba-natural-areas-from-rainforests-to-desert-islands monthly 0.5 2017-02-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1488227189219-6FL3O1SLQJZHCY0IF3VH/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert news articles earth matters - Cuba natural areas: From rainforests to desert islands Edwin Ruiz Rojas, an ornithologist, works for the Cuban government agency that protects natural areas (photo by Betsy Herbert, 2017) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1488226972160-XIYOVNKQHY9Y39QZ8FE8/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert news articles earth matters - Cuba natural areas: From rainforests to desert islands A tropical rainforest in the Escambrey Mountains (photo by Betsy Herbert 2017) http://www.betsyherbert.com/newsarticles-blog/2017/1/20/cotoni-coast-dairies-the-long-path-to-monument-status monthly 0.5 2017-01-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1484935893405-RHAT1UD33Y98XO89KJAR/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert news articles earth matters - Cotoni-Coast Dairies — The long path to monument status Looking down the coast from Davenport, at lower left, the Cotoni-Coast Dairies National Monument comprises most of the visible land from Highway 1 leading into the hills. (Flight courtesy of LightHawk). (Dan Coyro — Santa Cruz Sentinel) http://www.betsyherbert.com/newsarticles-blog/2016/12/16/when-the-going-gets-tough-local-high-school-kids-get-going monthly 0.5 2016-12-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1481907871039-KIQCVRQQUZOI1TGY6AJV/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert news articles earth matters - When the going gets tough, local high school kids get going Haile Davis, left, Julianna Manseau and Kate Ussat helped organize the San Lorenzo Valley High School Environmental Conference on Dec. 12. Jane Orbuch — Contributed http://www.betsyherbert.com/newsarticles-blog/2016/11/18/full-steam-ahead-artist-creating-a-business-to-return-art-to-schools monthly 0.5 2016-11-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1479498626887-73P7GF080VO9RAN02B29/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert news articles earth matters - Full STEAM ahead: Artist creating a business to return art to schools Contributed: Local artist Ed Martinez works with local school children on 'Forage Species' sculptures, art-based team projects that teach students about the Monterey Bay ecosystem. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1479499032182-XGNXB171CKG6DDEMQLYS/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert news articles earth matters - Full STEAM ahead: Artist creating a business to return art to schools Contributed One of the STEAM projects. http://www.betsyherbert.com/newsarticles-blog/2016/10/21/playground-art-more-than-meets-the-eye monthly 0.5 2016-11-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1477060781014-LBBIGKRSA6TDZMC7Z0KH/IMG_0351.JPG Betsy Herbert news articles earth matters - Playground art: More than meets the eye Contributed: Art teacher Sue Friedland engaged 35 young students in painting a 25-by-36 foot map of the United States in the middle of their asphalt playground at Our Lady of Angels School in Burlingame. http://www.betsyherbert.com/newsarticles-blog/2016/9/15/calling-all-earthlings-planet-at-the-crossroads monthly 0.5 2016-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1473993151127-EGARDFB8CTMBN6089FMC/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert news articles earth matters - Calling all earthlings: Planet at the crossroads Waikiki viewed from the summit of Diamond Head. Waikiki and other coastal areas of the Hawaiian Islands will likely be under water due to sea level rise by the end of this century, unless major actions are implemented soon to mitigate climate change (photo Betsy Herbert, 2016) http://www.betsyherbert.com/newsarticles-blog/2016/8/19/trees-can-talk-can-humans-learn-to-hear-them monthly 0.5 2019-04-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1471644695372-ABDWZ4MLNWZJ58GCEYAL/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert news articles earth matters - Trees can talk — can humans learn to hear them? A walk through the redwoods at Big Basin Redwoods State Park can be a peaceful part of the day. (Dan Coyro -- Santa Cruz Sentinel) http://www.betsyherbert.com/newsarticles-blog/2016/7/17/travel-in-a-rapidly-changing-world monthly 0.5 2016-08-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1468783994160-T838BM8VSVVOBAQEI4YX/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert news articles earth matters - Travel in a rapidly changing world The ice dam at the face of the Perito Moreno Glacier in southern Patagonia collapsed on March 10, a month after the author had been there to see if she could witness the natural spectacle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1468783916780-RM6TLPMNORH1AWES178X/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert news articles earth matters - Travel in a rapidly changing world The five-hour bus ride from Jasper to Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, passed through forests, or rather, crowded plots of young spindly trees that are routinely hacked down to feed the region’s huge pulp and paper mills. http://www.betsyherbert.com/newsarticles-blog/2016/6/13/back-in-santa-cruz-remembering-rob-menzies monthly 0.5 2016-08-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1465857079701-2IY9RB7WI5YYIQP3MTCP/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert news articles earth matters - Back in Santa Cruz remembering Rob Menzies The 16th century Castle Menzies in England looked like it was right out of a fairy tale with its beautiful stone walls, leaded windows and pointed turrets https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1465857324375-2MXNT6I9LQ57PRJCJY1D/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert news articles earth matters - Back in Santa Cruz remembering Rob Menzies Rob Menzies, who recently passed away, worked at the San Lorenzo Valley Water District for years. Castle Menzies in the Scottish Highlands was indeed in his family's lineage. http://www.betsyherbert.com/newsarticles-blog/2016/5/20/earth-matters-hope-for-those-literally-in-the-dumps monthly 0.5 2016-08-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1463764364087-WEDHN75A1PNFW86C8JFH/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert news articles earth matters - Earth Matters: Hope for those literally in the dumps Betsy Herbert -- Contributed Volunteers from colleges and universities come to Guatemala City to assist in teaching at Safe Passage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1463764504008-0JK7QRYNU28ITS4YR4K2/IMG_1515.JPG Betsy Herbert news articles earth matters - Earth Matters: Hope for those literally in the dumps Betsy Herbert -- Contributed Residents of Zone 3 work in front of their homes, recycling trash scavenged from the nearby dump. http://www.betsyherbert.com/newsarticles-blog/2016/4/29/a-glimpse-of-galpagos-life-before-man-intervened monthly 0.5 2019-03-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1461942808387-QA58GAOSRPVZ11QFDJMO/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert news articles earth matters - A glimpse of Galápagos life before man intervened The author next to a Galapagos giant tortoise in the wild on Isla Santa Cruz, Galapagos Islands https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1461961151337-8ET7XX4GV3LU1N20OUFW/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert news articles earth matters - A glimpse of Galápagos life before man intervened A marine iguana on Isla Santiago, Galapagos Islands. http://www.betsyherbert.com/newsarticles-blog/2016/3/19/vrpy0t04oe0a7hcjmm8g1aft5mwoop monthly 0.5 2019-03-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1458430792751-X7F4I9GR8H5UJRRJGF43/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert news articles earth matters - Argentina’s Perito Moreno Glacier puts on a show Perito Moreno Glacier, part of Los Glaciares National Park, is one of South America’s most popular tourist attractions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1458430491745-8E1VWZIXEK828J4O4U9X/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert news articles earth matters - Argentina’s Perito Moreno Glacier puts on a show The face of Argentina’s Perito Moreno Glacier is as tall as a 20-story building. In the background are the Andes and in the foreground is Lake Argentina. http://www.betsyherbert.com/newsarticles-blog/2016/2/20/cutting-edge-research-in-a-tropical-paradise monthly 0.5 2016-02-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1455972493018-XIS5PUWP5BK1DJJLQK4V/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert news articles earth matters - Cutting-edge research in a tropical paradise Undergraduate researchers from California work at the UC Berkeley Gump Research Station in Moorea, French Polynesia. Betsy Herbert — Contributed In month nine of my yearlong trip around the world, I decided to hang out on the island of Moorea in French Polynesia during the offseason. What a great way to experience this tropical paradise and to appreciate the scientific research underway here! I began my stay by going for a group swim in a crystalline turquoise lagoon alongside 4-foot sting rays and black-tipped reef sharks. While the sharks were not at all aggressive, the rays seemed downright affectionate, sliding against our bodies and peering at us from strangely human-looking eyes. My beach bungalow at the laid-back Kaveka Hotel was an idyllic retreat with “Bali Hai” views of Cooks Bay and the coral reef that separates it from the Pacific Ocean. Directly across the bay, I could see UC Berkeley’s Gump Research Station, the hub of scientific inquiry that has helped to make Moorea the most studied island in the world. In 1975, Richard B. Gump, the original owner of San Francisco’s premier gift store, donated the land on Moorea to UC Berkeley to establish the research center, with the goal of analyzing the island as a model ecosystem to understand how global changes are affecting it over time. Frank Murphy, associate director of Gump Research Station, said Moorea makes an exceptional natural laboratory. The island is small enough (about twice the size of Manhattan) to enable scientists to construct an inventory of all of the non-microbial species known to be living there. The Moorea Biocode project was designed to accomplish this feat and is the first of its kind. Envisioned by the center’s director, Neil Davies, Moorea Biocode enlisted researchers from 2008-2010 to ascend jagged peaks, slog through tropical forests and dive among coral reefs to sample the entire spectrum of Moorea’s animal and plant life. The end result will be a library of genetic markers and physical identifiers for every species of plant, animal and fungi on the island — and this library will be available to the public. The coral reefs and lagoons that surround the island of Moorea have been of particular interest to “swarms of scientists who come here every year,” says Murphy, as part of the Moorea Coral Reef Long-term Ecological Research project. Though coral reefs are one of the most diverse ecosystems on earth, worldwide almost 20 percent have been lost and another 35 percent could be lost by 2050. These scientists have been monitoring and recording data about Moorea’s coral reefs for more than 15 years. “This approach has considerable potential in better understanding how global climate change will affect reef corals, and we are working toward developing modeling approaches to achieve this outcome,” according to Peter Edmunds, a researcher from Cal State Hayward. Another exciting project envisioned by Davies is the making of a digital model of the entire Moorea ecosystem, including its biological, physical and human cultural aspects. Named “Moorea IDEA,” for Island Digital Ecosystem Avatar, the end product would be an online 3-D model. Scientists and others could pose questions online, and the model would simulate how different impacts might affect the entire ecosystem. I asked Murphy if people on Moorea were worried about sea-level rise, as a result of global warming. “We’re in better shape than lots of places,” he said. “If worse came to worse and everything crashed, we could almost be self-sufficient.” That’s because Moorea has tall mountains and considerable arable land. Other places, such as in the Motu archipelago, Murphy posits, “will be underwater in 60 years, because the atolls don’t have any high ground. A whole history of culture will be going underwater.” Betsy Herbert is a freelance writer on a year-long journey around the world. 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Clear waters and captivating cities of Croatia Imaginative street art is everywhere is Zagreb https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1435403502562-GA7H31WHAEO7Q6TXLSTU/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Clear waters and captivating cities of Croatia Vlivech National Park, Croatia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1435402030250-4KMDLWKN36VWBTNTPEPU/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Clear waters and captivating cities of Croatia A sample of treet art in Zagreb https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1435407813502-KQ55DDKX3NP5Y76IKJKK/me-on-catamaran.jpg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Clear waters and captivating cities of Croatia Me on the front of the catarmaran, the "Tom Sawyer," sailing thru the Adriatic Sea off the south coast of Croatia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1435402676682-QOJPC5KI2TMZBR4VE718/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Clear waters and captivating cities of Croatia Painting by Matija Skurjeni, 1961, Croatian Museum of Naive Art, Zagreb http://www.betsyherbert.com/travelblog/2015/6/30/crete-the-wonders-of-knossos-samaria-gorge-and-palochora monthly 0.5 2019-04-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1436019194180-U3VB1B95QCRXONJDIH4J/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - A visit to Crete during the EU-Greek crisis People lined up all over Athens to withdraw funds from their bank accounts during the EU Greek crisis. I snapped this photo on July 1, the day I left Greece. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1436273747788-RL1VLT14RR5DX4LY8416/Knossos-pano.jpg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - A visit to Crete during the EU-Greek crisis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1436273807408-KKQ903MJNM63PDBX64D4/Knossos-reconstructed.jpg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - A visit to Crete during the EU-Greek crisis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1436273838766-J8STFO4B95SO1NM242I8/Knossos-mural-three-women-museum.jpg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - A visit to Crete during the EU-Greek crisis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1436273869845-I6QPQYBKUG2RNQZQ1B93/snake-statue-Heraklion-museum.jpg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - A visit to Crete during the EU-Greek crisis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1436273870734-HP4D36N1MKIFX5K9SBKU/Dolphins-mural-Heraklion-museum.jpg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - A visit to Crete during the EU-Greek crisis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1436273902890-OR8GAWBDDWBO1XSOL75D/Knossos-mural.jpg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - A visit to Crete during the EU-Greek crisis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1436273989543-Y4SJEDUN7UAOEGMUGLCA/IMG_0872.jpg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - A visit to Crete during the EU-Greek crisis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1436609539153-HLWHVWX1YO6R1LVE6Z66/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - A visit to Crete during the EU-Greek crisis Home/museum of famous Greek politician Elftherios Venizelos, who was instrumental in uniting Crete with Greece. We visited this museum in the mountain village of Mournias, Crete. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1436613961386-27JPHYCGFWIY9YFAH7UZ/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - A visit to Crete during the EU-Greek crisis View of the deserted beaches along the south coast of Create on the Libyan Sea. I took this shot from the ferry at the end of my hike of the Samaria Gorge. Our bus was waiting for us at the end of the ferry ride. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1436614453268-6FG5PZ0DCQW4AG0IZYBB/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - A visit to Crete during the EU-Greek crisis Departing shot from Chania, Crete June 30 on the overnight ferry to Piraeus, Athens. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1436271719635-PQ9FY12L80YLCQWGDZTU/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - A visit to Crete during the EU-Greek crisis Ferry pulling into Chania, Crete at 5:30 a.m. after an overnight journey from the port of Piraeus in Athens https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1436605843828-NNZUG4DT19CLJ794GPDF/image-asset.png Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - A visit to Crete during the EU-Greek crisis Beach at Paleochora, Crete https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1436605966836-YMBRAXWHED8BYZA6O58P/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - A visit to Crete during the EU-Greek crisis View from the World War II memorial above the Mistral Hotel at Maleme, Crete https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1436613650364-GDT5LO9M8YUNHNRBI2AB/sign-samaria-gorge.jpg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - A visit to Crete during the EU-Greek crisis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1436613667036-K26A2C5NNY37FU6H7Q29/samaria-gorge-pano.jpg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - A visit to Crete during the EU-Greek crisis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1436613692139-TOL5X4MJHC46QPXLHL75/samaria-gorge-water.jpg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - A visit to Crete during the EU-Greek crisis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1436613723155-SPDCLB69H3AJ0OLZ6TUS/native-goats-samaria-gorge.jpg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - A visit to Crete during the EU-Greek crisis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1436613746309-M25NM1KJ49NES63K2TEY/samaria-gorge-rock-formations.jpg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - A visit to Crete during the EU-Greek crisis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1436613796159-WX9LCVRLQCVBV0QGU7KY/samaria-gorge-ruins.jpg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - A visit to Crete during the EU-Greek crisis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1436271895776-AZJ9GCKBPNME5UM2HZDK/ferry+in+piraeus.jpg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - A visit to Crete during the EU-Greek crisis The Blue Star Ferry docked near Chania, Crete and I took a cab to the Mistral hotel in Maleme. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1436274724603-MDO1917DXU2XSN5TEWRP/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - A visit to Crete during the EU-Greek crisis Thanks to my friend Lesley, who took this picture of me during our visit to Knossos!! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1436605237382-P4PJ6JZ7DB234CGYOJ7N/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - A visit to Crete during the EU-Greek crisis My travel companions waiting to be served what turned out to be a memorable lunch in a small village above Paleochora... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1436605646632-HF1NP5W9O8BDNAPB3KG2/image-asset.png Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - A visit to Crete during the EU-Greek crisis This is me next to a statue of a Greek sunbathing goddess at Paleochora http://www.betsyherbert.com/travelblog/2015/7/22/sentimental-journey-to-spain-after-a-50-year-interlude monthly 0.5 2019-04-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1437901774069-ZN8BX4UOGB4OPOW49300/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Returning to Spain after half a century Some examples of street art in the Plaza Nueva, Albaicin, Granada. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1437899788735-9IM6Y462HVE6ZARG05BG/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Returning to Spain after half a century This house along the main road through the Sacromonte in Granada serves as a memorial to many of the gitanos living there who perished in floods in past decades. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1437829447370-DK16TNHEE25J8UGR8DF0/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Returning to Spain after half a century Inside the Alhambra palace looking out at the Albaicin in Granada. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1437573431765-J5FB69TPO7JGYJA718CW/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Returning to Spain after half a century In this panoramic shot inside Gaudi's Sagrada Familia in Barcelona you can see the riot of color as the sun streams in from stained glass windows. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1437827003316-Z3CU2Y9R410EPMOTOAPC/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Returning to Spain after half a century A view of the gardens at the Generaliffe, at the Alhambra in Granada https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1437576080854-QQG6GXHGH24X6ELQU4GP/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Returning to Spain after half a century Bronze sculpture on sidewalk of Paseo del Prado, Madrid. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1437826071492-DL1MB5DMRTK5YZSVL5NQ/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Returning to Spain after half a century Daytime view from my hotel window of the Alhambra, in Granada, Spain https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1437829338161-0GHTV24TOELYXGZUH7CY/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Returning to Spain after half a century Water features in the Generaliffe gardens. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1437901483752-OS9TA4DDQLN6QVBXIGV7/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Returning to Spain after half a century The hotel Palacio de Santa Ines, where I stayed in Granada https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1437827110584-P9OEXS78L0SG4DYOIDQM/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Returning to Spain after half a century A view through multiple hedges in the gardens of the Generaliffe, at the Alhambra in Granada https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1437900923615-8TGI7Y6771R1CTVE8E3B/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Returning to Spain after half a century View of Granada from the Generaliffe, the Alhambra, Granada https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1437903787571-E1DZR2HAESF61KAEFV0J/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Returning to Spain after half a century The Sacromonte Abbey in the hills above Granada. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1437575662302-TQBJ224GLHQL0754WMPJ/Palau+de+Musica+Catalana-entrance.jpg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Returning to Spain after half a century https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1437575670615-PBC11IPG9YENKGQ76M4L/Palau+de+Musica+Catalana-ceiling.jpg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Returning to Spain after half a century https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1437575665538-MCK2KFHIGCE6VT65SA8I/me-at-barcelona-concert.jpg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Returning to Spain after half a century https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1437902114576-4XDUHVAYJGR6OJDDYD66/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Returning to Spain after half a century Generaliffe gardens, Alhambra, Granada https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1437826185443-4R7H3KRH0I26KRFZTG2N/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Returning to Spain after half a century The same view as above, at dusk. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1437900292741-5DWNGZXT8UU9N9Y9OWH9/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Returning to Spain after half a century The Sacromonte is now a center of gitano culture and flamenco. The buildings in this photo are venues for flamenco music performances in Granada. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1437829174010-UXZK69WAGZ77BVXCU3MS/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Returning to Spain after half a century A street in old Madrid one early Saturday morning in July. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1437848261614-6JOML9U33L5YABCP7ROZ/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Returning to Spain after half a century Tourists ride Segways in the ancient Sacromonte section of Granada, Spain. The Sacromonte was once off-limits to tourists. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1437575012615-Q2YMSFRUK28SWZ7G9Z6R/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Returning to Spain after half a century Exterior of Gaudi's Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, Spain. Construction and repairs are ongoing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1437829686007-OD39KMHJCHJ2Z2XTA1CH/alhambra-ceiling-detail.jpg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Returning to Spain after half a century https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1437829659333-84HVVYXS42Z2TNHLS2UJ/alhambra-arches-wall-detail.jpg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Returning to Spain after half a century https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1437829666080-X8FZ90SXQEX7ZA3HFSP4/alhambra-inner-courtyard.jpg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Returning to Spain after half a century https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1437829666008-N5OKEBX1CH18P9T6KLLU/alhambra-ceiling-detail-stars.jpg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Returning to Spain after half a century https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1437829677152-K82HS8WLKEUMSDK7W2EI/alhambra-wall-detail.jpg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Returning to Spain after half a century https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1437829674022-T670CFXJMV019BPR1T3K/alhambra-ceiling-detail-2.jpg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Returning to Spain after half a century https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1437829680264-GNOQ29SUMGR3OP1L07T1/alhambra-archways.jpg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Returning to Spain after half a century https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1437573662867-ZLYAOQQTTHM8XZIUPZFD/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Returning to Spain after half a century Gaudi was greatly influenced by natural forms. The soaring columns are reminiscent of huge old trees, whose branches form the canopy or ceiling of the church. http://www.betsyherbert.com/travelblog/2015/8/3/v29t9ciq9vsy7c4p9xl2derqo9ljid monthly 0.5 2019-04-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1438673862992-X4P1UFFLFW3QMEKK4UHR/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Italy sojourn: From pleasure to pickpockets The Hotel Kalura at Cefalu, Sicily overlooking the Tyrrhenian Sea. Note the staircase descending to the beach. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1438675029736-6J39FAKST9J0RORLFJMW/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Italy sojourn: From pleasure to pickpockets A city street in Palermo, Sicily. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1438672694767-52HU7ZQN029C4MHIC1JL/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Italy sojourn: From pleasure to pickpockets Francesco, our waiter at the Hotel Pietro in Naples, cheered us up after our bad day with pickpockets and insane taxi cab drivers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1438675248305-Q1G8SQXV41Y0R101O75E/jazz-club-renovation.jpg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Italy sojourn: From pleasure to pickpockets https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1438675319134-JP6APE4702J0MV2B007E/workmen-restoring-jazz-club-palermo.jpg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Italy sojourn: From pleasure to pickpockets https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1438671964820-NAOF7UON7L3PEKAVWG0I/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Italy sojourn: From pleasure to pickpockets Sue at the breakfast table at the Villa Nardi, where we stayed in Florence. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1438676573380-4X36GRIA9MCRTT93JNFS/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Italy sojourn: From pleasure to pickpockets A cafe with a walled garden in Rome. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1438674255124-CRDTW2ZIZZEW86JKR5G6/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Italy sojourn: From pleasure to pickpockets The streets of the old city in Cefalu, Sicily are closed to vehicular traffic, except for taxis and vehicles of residents. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1438672497768-6O2ON7JAAQO87EIPRYQE/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Italy sojourn: From pleasure to pickpockets The train from Naples to Sicily was supposed to be air-conditioned, but it wasn't working. Smoking is not allowed on the trains, but people smoked at each stop in the vestibules. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1438676386000-VXC2OBWF55NR8TZ501HU/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Italy sojourn: From pleasure to pickpockets Inside the Pantheon in Rome looking up at the massive dome. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1438672209884-Y3ZFLR43WUOS27HOP15P/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Italy sojourn: From pleasure to pickpockets Michelangelo's statue of David in Florence, with the Biblical David preparing to slay Goliath with a slingshot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1438674057153-PASD3IINWE8MXL9TE63T/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Italy sojourn: From pleasure to pickpockets Beach below the Hotel Kalura in Cefalu, Italy. The warm, clear waters are a haven for tropical fish. (Photo by Suzan Friedland, 2015) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1438674847560-YKF3WHBPS8C79C4ZA918/street-art-Palermo.jpg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Italy sojourn: From pleasure to pickpockets https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1438674833913-J5PY1XUNKPQ5CQ3IFVYN/Palermo-gorilla-art.jpg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Italy sojourn: From pleasure to pickpockets https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1438675414838-3Z99FWASYRRXNR559D7X/street-art-3-palermo.jpg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Italy sojourn: From pleasure to pickpockets https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1438674479116-VK8QQSPJJ4SJOOU6X03F/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Italy sojourn: From pleasure to pickpockets The city of Cefalu is nestled in between the rocky cliffs above and the Tyhhrenian seacoast. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1438672853409-V8DX34DK6CKTJP43A671/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Italy sojourn: From pleasure to pickpockets The train loaded both its passengers and passenger cars onto the ferry crossing the channel from the toe of Italy to Messina, Sicily. We were thankful for the fresh air on deck! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1438674649281-LME5NBTX4WIKJYIO5ZYT/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Italy sojourn: From pleasure to pickpockets The beach at the city of Cefalu, Sicily https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1438676857549-CGX4LNFMX7O1QCNA1SVA/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Italy sojourn: From pleasure to pickpockets In Rome, the Polizia were actively patrolling tourist areas, such as this path to the Pantheon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1438671170378-J7WSOOIMNUJYEI5Z4YZ7/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Italy sojourn: From pleasure to pickpockets This is me standing in front of the grand entrance to the Villa Nardi, where we stayed the first three nights of our trip in Italy. http://www.betsyherbert.com/travelblog/2015/8/20/an-austrian-retreat-the-hills-are-alive-with-the-sound-of- monthly 0.5 2019-04-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1440089369790-S38KDX5ECFGSMCRTSLBQ/julie-andrews.jpg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Austrian retreat: “The hills are alive with the sound of . .?” Hiking in the Austrian Alps, near the town of Irdning https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1440088930664-82JKNDWDK21QSTFY80CT/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Austrian retreat: “The hills are alive with the sound of . .?” The bar where I took most of my evening meals at the Schloss Pichlarn Hotel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1440088849635-FG4VR1QVVKSPS14KV0H5/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Austrian retreat: “The hills are alive with the sound of . .?” The forested hills surrounding the hotel in the Alps are heavily timbered, though you have to look closely to see this from a distance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1440088616198-H4U2DQT3A5FBRX3S3NXW/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Austrian retreat: “The hills are alive with the sound of . .?” An ancient and majestic Linden tree dominates the entrance to the Schloss Pichlarn Hotel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1440088449793-Z5YZHGY6YGIKUOCMR9PH/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Austrian retreat: “The hills are alive with the sound of . .?” The imposing entrance to the Schloss-Pichlarn Hotel http://www.betsyherbert.com/travelblog/2015/8/30/fringe-festival-whiskey-water-castles-and-driving-on-the-left-side monthly 0.5 2019-04-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1441540215278-KFH0B17ET4A6B2WPCZKC/fringe-street-workers.jpg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Fringe Festival, whiskey, water, castles, and driving on the left side https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1441540218458-LTW60FGK1HRL51XQQKM3/street-scene-dining-edinburgh.jpg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Fringe Festival, whiskey, water, castles, and driving on the left side https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1441540224171-4WLUGSPR1KQVPHBLMOTV/blair-bush-bunga.jpg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Fringe Festival, whiskey, water, castles, and driving on the left side https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1441540288786-PYWXMA1UAKTAOK8U3HJK/feet-in-window-fringe.jpg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Fringe Festival, whiskey, water, castles, and driving on the left side https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1441540224850-TME6DFDXMO4CDVWV4PR1/fringe+sign.jpg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Fringe Festival, whiskey, water, castles, and driving on the left side https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1441540287255-WTD63Y7L3WDDTBZ3OHA1/street-poster-fringe-2.jpg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Fringe Festival, whiskey, water, castles, and driving on the left side https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1441540241813-UT372LKU6ZO801E3BM9S/adam+smith.jpg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Fringe Festival, whiskey, water, castles, and driving on the left side https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1441540230254-35UKB1BU9BQY7M2L1NUH/sunflower+man.jpg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Fringe Festival, whiskey, water, castles, and driving on the left side https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1441541214861-8QDN563M6S57HTREWQMC/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Fringe Festival, whiskey, water, castles, and driving on the left side I took this photo in a liquor store in Edinburgh to show pricing for older bottles of single malt, in this case Ardbeg. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1442153303313-YKHN5JS9KRW1WUHX78YY/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Fringe Festival, whiskey, water, castles, and driving on the left side https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1442153557061-BFB5TWFEYZM7RIXHU3BM/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Fringe Festival, whiskey, water, castles, and driving on the left side The harbor at Oban, Scotland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1441542515133-U3VUA4SLNMWN5XUK6EOH/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Fringe Festival, whiskey, water, castles, and driving on the left side The fish ladder at the hydropower plant at Pitlochry, Scotland. More than 3,000 salmon had used the ladder (a series of lochs of different levels) to bypass the dam this season. Without the ladder, the fish would get sucked into the turbines and most would not survive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1441543162645-URRUJSVKQSP4R8D846RE/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Fringe Festival, whiskey, water, castles, and driving on the left side https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1441541116749-8MTJUHU2JCGE6KPQJ5M7/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Fringe Festival, whiskey, water, castles, and driving on the left side Above is the bartender--at the Aldanach pub in Edinburgh--who poured me a sampling of four 25-year-old single malt whiskeys. http://www.betsyherbert.com/travelblog/2015/9/23/jambo-jambo-wild-times-in-tanzania monthly 0.5 2019-04-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1442998258818-W0QMEWSYO518YAQXO8OK/masai-walking-safari.jpg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - “Jambo, jambo!” Wild times in Tanzania... William. a Masai tribesman, leads our group on a walking safari in game reserve in the foothills of Kilimanjaro. The nomadic Masai tribes live in the game reserves, where they herd cattle and goats. The Masai don't hunt wild animals, but they live among them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1443011836244-PZNWMP9YLV4P8INKB40U/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - “Jambo, jambo!” Wild times in Tanzania... Masai women display their handmade beaded jewelry for sale to our tour group after our visit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1443079803188-QJR0EQ5I2JNMZQ8H9TBF/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - “Jambo, jambo!” Wild times in Tanzania... Two elephant calves cross the road in front of a stopped safari vehicle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1442999707559-2KQYTD49EP8EWST5933X/bull-elephant.jpg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - “Jambo, jambo!” Wild times in Tanzania... A bull elephant such as this one that I photographed in the Kilimanjaro foothills, could easily overturn a safari vehicle, and could kill a person with one toss of its trunk. Yet, they seem to ignore people unless they get too close or make too much noise. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1443003401849-7IQM2R1S84IKQINM9JVR/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - “Jambo, jambo!” Wild times in Tanzania... Two Masai adolescent boys we talked with in the foothills of Kilimanjaro. They had just undergone the traditional Masai circumcision ceremony. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1442999542603-EL2GIXBX72N3F5H6N8Q7/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - “Jambo, jambo!” Wild times in Tanzania... Giraffe nibbling acacia leaves in the Kilimanjaro foothills. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1443016892150-P93Q6KANB7A9RTTUHUWX/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - “Jambo, jambo!” Wild times in Tanzania... We visited this Rhino Project in Serengeti National Park, which is attempting to restore a sustained black rhino population in the area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1443015456919-43LZE9C5724QMK1MJXL7/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - “Jambo, jambo!” Wild times in Tanzania... Zebras and wildebeests grazing at Tanangire National Park, with baobab trees in the background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1443003084100-QW9UOIDC0FL43ATUYT6R/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - “Jambo, jambo!” Wild times in Tanzania... A Masai hut in the Kilimanjaro foothills. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1442998060473-V6KR6L36RZPU5SUGE6PZ/me-tan-ken-border-cross.jpg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - “Jambo, jambo!” Wild times in Tanzania... I'm standing at a border marker between Tanzania and Kenya on the first day of photo safari through northern Tanzania. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1443004202136-0ARCR42BA9OLCEBWWX6O/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - “Jambo, jambo!” Wild times in Tanzania... Masai woman milking a cow in her village in the foothills of Mt. Kilimanjaro. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1443079632980-OE2EZVVUBIQSDDX3G423/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - “Jambo, jambo!” Wild times in Tanzania... Two lionesses drag a zebra carcass they have just killed toward a shady spot, as vultures descend. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1443001413415-96IASVAHOZNZXPRG7ZC2/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - “Jambo, jambo!” Wild times in Tanzania... Our lead guide, Boniface Faustine, pointing out the footprints of a hippopotamus at Lake Burungi, Tanzania. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1443015867731-IAVZP2O38LCNWTSTCOV7/Iconic-acacias-african-savanah.jpg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - “Jambo, jambo!” Wild times in Tanzania... The acacia is the iconic tree throughout Tanzanian savannah landscape. It's a major food source for elephants and giraffes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1443016705568-AIQHMEHFCG0EXG45P01Z/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - “Jambo, jambo!” Wild times in Tanzania... The crate used to airlift two black rhinos from South Africa to restore a breeding population in the Serengeti National Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1443003768028-3KL23F672F0UFYM2AO12/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - “Jambo, jambo!” Wild times in Tanzania... Masai men dressed in typical red robes and herding goats in the foothills of Kilimanjaro. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1443015154426-XWQKSQNGI2MZQ4675AGJ/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - “Jambo, jambo!” Wild times in Tanzania... Market scene in the city of Arusha, Tanzania https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1443080124300-92AWB7B5DKI38UOBJ7U1/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - “Jambo, jambo!” Wild times in Tanzania... Though the lionesses stayed focused on their kill, the sight caused a safari vehicle traffic jam, as photographers snapped away with their high-powered cameras. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1443000571928-ADR90D67HJQAVOGQNRSG/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - “Jambo, jambo!” Wild times in Tanzania... Looking out over the Kilimanjaro foothills from the front entrance of my lodge tent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1443004807119-8ATIL03BI439WUHS2ZBC/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - “Jambo, jambo!” Wild times in Tanzania... A Masai child standing amongst cattle and cow dung in the middle of his village in the foothills of Mt. Kilimanjaro. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1443079062652-P9FIFLRQNDA1GB8HLOHM/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - “Jambo, jambo!” Wild times in Tanzania... Tents in the Simba Tent Camp, Serengeti National Park. The tent in the foreground was mine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1443003239954-8YDL0CVIZW0FOIK77EBN/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - “Jambo, jambo!” Wild times in Tanzania... Elephant herd I photographed from our safari vehicle in the foothills of Mt. Kilimanjaro. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1443016347269-G378RXW108TLDCSNUGEU/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - “Jambo, jambo!” Wild times in Tanzania... Hippos wallowing in a lagoon near the Tanangire National Park, Tanzania. http://www.betsyherbert.com/travelblog/2015/9/30/madagascar-paradise-lost monthly 0.5 2019-04-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1443610150320-M8LSMK5WJFUQST3R1BHE/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Madagascar: Paradise lost? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1443610417643-XF7RRF7DEORKRAJK16A6/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Madagascar: Paradise lost? Brown lemur in the Kirindy Forest Reserve. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1443609755405-PV0NJJZAIWLTF9JL6AUW/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Madagascar: Paradise lost? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1443609017310-D70KUL064SRP9H0T118U/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Madagascar: Paradise lost? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1443607594998-CUCB5C05YZV5U6PT0E6G/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Madagascar: Paradise lost? Houses and rice paddies along the road from the airport to Madagascar's capital city, Antananarivo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1443609617898-9XIISD7NGYJUMYNRCZBW/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Madagascar: Paradise lost? Paddling in the mangroves in Morondava. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1443607904716-QK405IGNFLB5RDBV6ZLF/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Madagascar: Paradise lost? Only few spindly trees are visible on the ridges of these hills. Rural people are dependent on firewood for cooking and heating needs. Note the burned fields in the foreground. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1443607806304-V333VH1AD9BJGO8UKFPE/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Madagascar: Paradise lost? Deep gullies on eroding hillsides on denuded hillsides along the road from Antananarivo to Morondava. The sediment is carried downward into the rivers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1443605521863-7Z89BAYWNWQ2MQ5MT1K7/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Madagascar: Paradise lost? A young Malagasy woman walks along the road from the Antananarivo, the capital city of Madagascar to the airport, through congested traffic and terrible air pollution. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1443608655062-50QJRBY6C5UCQ935FE24/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Madagascar: Paradise lost? Clay for brick making is extracted from the river bed along the road to Antananarivo. The bricks are fired in kilns on site, fueled by wood burning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1443609845105-LZJ1OXNRO6VWK66INY5Z/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Madagascar: Paradise lost? The only source of electricity in this tiny fishing village outside of Morondava is solar panels. But only the richest people can afford them, so most people burn charcoal or wood. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1443610297024-G1FLN8AUTO31NVGKNM0R/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Madagascar: Paradise lost? Avenue of the Baobabs in early morning, about 5 km outside of Morondava. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1443610721162-JO9XGQFLCB5K3B47OD5V/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Madagascar: Paradise lost? View of Antananarivo from the Queen's Palace. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1443611191395-29JSZG4TC2E51F8ITZNV/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Madagascar: Paradise lost? Razor wire topped every wall enclosing the compound that is named Hotel Paon d'or in Antananarivo. http://www.betsyherbert.com/travelblog/2015/10/27/bhutan-himalayas-happiness-and-the-divine-madman monthly 0.5 2019-04-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1446028013794-FI55CSBMJJEGT1786X6K/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Bhutan: Himalayas, official happiness & the Divine Madman The 169 foot tall sitting Buddha statue overlooking Thimphu is the tallest sitting Buddha statue in the world. It was opened to the public just one month before our visit. Note the tiny specks at the bottom...tourists! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1446027049693-GXRGD8NMZQO4BA3TJUX0/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Bhutan: Himalayas, official happiness & the Divine Madman Beginning our descent into Paro International Airport, through the peaks of the Himalayas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1446075499882-OFKH3NAQUA5YNAOQKO5O/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Bhutan: Himalayas, official happiness & the Divine Madman Panoramic view of the Himalayas on Bhutan's northern border from Dochula pass. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1446028560740-QSC11GUQ9CYFUZ5593U5/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Bhutan: Himalayas, official happiness & the Divine Madman The stupa at the nunnery on a mountain near Thimphu, Bhutan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1446099783047-HAA82XYI4W29VAUHXH5Y/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Bhutan: Himalayas, official happiness & the Divine Madman Namaste from Docula Pass, Bhutan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1446076409385-NKP3SVQNFQFX9RMI5GZ3/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Bhutan: Himalayas, official happiness & the Divine Madman View of the highest unclimbed peak in the world in the Himalayan range, northern border of Bhutan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1446025993869-HRV4B7VRGUO5ZGF3G0S5/IMG_4359.JPG Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Bhutan: Himalayas, official happiness & the Divine Madman This popular stupa is a memorial to the third King Wangchuk, who democratized Bhutan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1446074825442-2DHFR47MO2WJ2CI9XAM2/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Bhutan: Himalayas, official happiness & the Divine Madman The view from the Buddhist nunnery on a mountain above Thimphu https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1446077493522-8FKXTSTPYTO3NOVW5ZSG/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Bhutan: Himalayas, official happiness & the Divine Madman Above and below: Shops in Wangdue near the monastery of the Divine Madman sell lots of tourist paraphernalia representing the phallus. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1446077611732-QLQK5TMTM22NUL29L7UX/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Bhutan: Himalayas, official happiness & the Divine Madman https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1446026675845-J2EFR58EQUQWZE13LR0A/IMG_4493.JPG Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Bhutan: Himalayas, official happiness & the Divine Madman The art, architecture, and natural beauty of Bhutan reflect its Buddhist values and contribute to the Gross National Happiness of the Bhutanese people. This painting graces the doors of a monastery near Thimpu. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1446081600444-62PPRY9UDVNRJAH7RSGK/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Bhutan: Himalayas, official happiness & the Divine Madman Prayer flags surround the grounds of the monastery, dedicated to the memory of the Divine Madman. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1446028810894-Y1VYT4MMJX48C7BXGC5Z/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Bhutan: Himalayas, official happiness & the Divine Madman Police man directing traffic in major intersection in Thimphu, the capital of Bhutan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1446098738458-DRWEKZRJXQ2VEVH5L3QD/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Bhutan: Himalayas, official happiness & the Divine Madman Me trying my hand at archery in the Paro Valley, Bhutan. Archery is Bhutan's national sport. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1446077372419-O9FTZ33KK52YKGAJXUK6/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Bhutan: Himalayas, official happiness & the Divine Madman https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1446081501064-73DPMCTLP8FGR0GUZ548/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Bhutan: Himalayas, official happiness & the Divine Madman Monks-in-training playing their temple horns. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1446099083803-BXYT4I474LCHIDONPSN5/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Bhutan: Himalayas, official happiness & the Divine Madman Our tour guide Chen stands at the entrance to a monastery near the city of Thimphu, Bhutan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1446077802941-171H4ZBQDFPYWBFV8F93/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Bhutan: Himalayas, official happiness & the Divine Madman The takin, official national animal of Bhutan is protected in reserves. The animal resembles a cross between a goat and a moose. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1446027592990-EAR82BYO2W8VT1D0PMID/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Bhutan: Himalayas, official happiness & the Divine Madman Everywhere in Bhutan, buildings of all types are handpainted with beautiful Buddhist designs. This is a monastery in the Dhzong in Thimphu. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1446028303976-4A0XS54Z2II9H8N2HP1J/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Bhutan: Himalayas, official happiness & the Divine Madman Looking up at the ceiling of the Buddhist temple supporting this gigantic Buddha statue. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1446099295914-4I84GDS5DBB0J7OAARRM/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Bhutan: Himalayas, official happiness & the Divine Madman I am here at the tea house, about halfway up the hike to the Tiger's Nest monastery, which you can see at the upper right corner of the photo. http://www.betsyherbert.com/travelblog/2015/11/29/india-unpredictable-unexepected-and-unforgettable monthly 0.5 2019-04-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1449022964177-T1BQCRWQ793NS6OOAGJS/image-asset.png Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - India: Unpredictable, unexplicable and unforgettable Two guards on a break at the Amber Palace, Jaipur. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1448951145701-V59OBDDU9GZNA5HQW53W/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - India: Unpredictable, unexplicable and unforgettable Me in my obligatory trick photo at the Taj Majal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1448861513178-D2FKUFNRLPLP21Z0SFUI/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - India: Unpredictable, unexplicable and unforgettable Thousands of people from any faith or creed eat free every day at this Sikh temple in Delhi. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1448946513541-CS5QZ89YC7QH3O9LMZLU/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - India: Unpredictable, unexplicable and unforgettable Camel waiting for a traffic light to change in Jaipur, India. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1448859463999-MWKWYFV0CBNPPAONWP4K/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - India: Unpredictable, unexplicable and unforgettable Artisan working on finishing statues for upcoming festival in Kolkata. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1449025243573-NKVJLSMVSMNW94G7PLQL/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - India: Unpredictable, unexplicable and unforgettable I'm seated with my friend Nina in a bicycle rickshaw, getting ready to travel through Old Varanasi to the Ganges boat launch. The return trip would be hair-raising... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1448862406160-9B05WRV285UDR7JYV0Y6/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - India: Unpredictable, unexplicable and unforgettable The Water Palace, Jaipur at sunrise. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1449022009729-JTLS1FNMQ7QOAUOQFCTQ/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - India: Unpredictable, unexplicable and unforgettable Our boat approaches an ongoing cremation as the sun sets. Bodies are immersed in the waters of the Ganges before cremation. At the same time, pilgrims visiting the river bathe in the waters. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1448858427274-UYDSN0JDHMS2JR16J5C2/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - India: Unpredictable, unexplicable and unforgettable Malnourished young man sits at the corner of the home of Mother Teresa's Order of the Missionaries of Charity, hoping for a handout. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1448862133252-F0YPEGQO8E1R7EDIRPZI/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - India: Unpredictable, unexplicable and unforgettable Inside the city Palace of Jaipur. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1448857906016-FQ33UB32CRQX2TMLND2Q/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - India: Unpredictable, unexplicable and unforgettable Sisters at the Order of the Missionaries of Charity, sitting near the tomb of Mother Teresa in Kolkata https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1448861085496-5OM9SGVCOKR1PWOFIXQP/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - India: Unpredictable, unexplicable and unforgettable Volunteers knead dough for the countless chapatis served here every day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1448957753209-IM97SI4R5C1DUFW7TICA/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - India: Unpredictable, unexplicable and unforgettable Taj Majal viewed through a typical blanket of smog. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1448948743403-0OOPCAQ3F3DYI7OTFO8J/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - India: Unpredictable, unexplicable and unforgettable Vendors waiting to make a deal at the Johari Bazaar in Jaipur. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1449021513936-APHD5173WB9U3J0LBV2V/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - India: Unpredictable, unexplicable and unforgettable Aboard a small wooden boat, our guide explains the Hindu ritual cremations we are about to witness on the shores of the Ganges River in Varanasi, India. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1448950531881-TIMOAKQ0IEQB0NQGV13N/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - India: Unpredictable, unexplicable and unforgettable After about an hour in the park, our guide spotted fresh tiger tracks on the road. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1448959759201-NXQRE1Q0VA6I25E0C66X/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - India: Unpredictable, unexplicable and unforgettable Relief carvings, including erotic art, on the walls of the Khajuraho Group of Temples in north central India. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1448862536395-Z4EMIANE1DSW34AO4SWX/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - India: Unpredictable, unexplicable and unforgettable View of Amber Palace in the morning, Jaipur. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1448859387405-TK0TG3UE7TVUPZ1V2W8D/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - India: Unpredictable, unexplicable and unforgettable The craftsmanship on these figures is astounding, especially considering that they are not built to last beyond a few weeks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1448859044977-QHSVAK16SCQ66F7Z8YR0/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - India: Unpredictable, unexplicable and unforgettable Statues and figurines are decked out in the most brilliant colors and jewels. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1448862364919-QOFWNZF1N06E6VV6N0OP/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - India: Unpredictable, unexplicable and unforgettable Palace of the Winds, Jaipur in late afternoon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1448862202754-S35J50SYKU3DW8WVBHR5/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - India: Unpredictable, unexplicable and unforgettable This is me standing in front of some doors from a courtyard at the City Palace of Jaipur. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1448862711950-LQQ0PRK59LJF0JVHN3WX/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - India: Unpredictable, unexplicable and unforgettable Ornately mirrored walls and ceilings of the Amber Palace, Jaipur invite self-reflection :-) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1448949775861-JZGJTLXHJE2UNGKFZDFH/IMG_5341.jpg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - India: Unpredictable, unexplicable and unforgettable Entrance to the White Palace Hotel, near Rathambore National Park, a tiger sanctuary. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1448945234468-NB7CW5UKXYTW97NI76A7/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - India: Unpredictable, unexplicable and unforgettable Bogmalo Beach, Goa, India https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1448950055821-GM6HIL33E9YHSQ8V3Q0V/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - India: Unpredictable, unexplicable and unforgettable Negotiating with local hawkers to buy a drum at Bogmalo Beach, Goa, India. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1448948586024-5S1VP6YZPYFRYJBH1HV3/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - India: Unpredictable, unexplicable and unforgettable A parade I observed and then briefly joined in Jaipur. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1448951822123-JYLJSZP2JM5ZSYJU613G/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - India: Unpredictable, unexplicable and unforgettable And a jump shot! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1448959928668-Z9W5P8VN6T4G708CAU90/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - India: Unpredictable, unexplicable and unforgettable Part of the ancient Kajuharo Group of Hindu temples in north central India. The complex is now a World Heritage Site. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1448950765081-JV7MID8KRSEZ2EASM0BI/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - India: Unpredictable, unexplicable and unforgettable One of the two young male Bengal tigers we viewed on our early morning drive in Rathambore National Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1448861025800-MSKBDR0HU4T0FLU295R4/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - India: Unpredictable, unexplicable and unforgettable Sikh kitchen staff stir pots of food for the daily meal at Gurudwara Bangla Sahib in Delhi. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1448950347782-FTO8PGSOHBMUCZ4QTIFR/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - India: Unpredictable, unexplicable and unforgettable Driving into Rathambore National Park early in the morning, hoping to spot a Bengal tiger. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1448860948571-6K28DOXPX6O3V4KVEVXL/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - India: Unpredictable, unexplicable and unforgettable The courtyard of the Sikh Gurudwara Bangla Sahib in Delhi. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1449026989051-GR44KUQN3Q2Z1FGKA0JK/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - India: Unpredictable, unexplicable and unforgettable Me dressed in a sari on my last night in India, getting ready to attend a sitar concert. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1448945440079-5VG55VVK6QG1PX1QRDHL/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - India: Unpredictable, unexplicable and unforgettable My driver views Harvale Waterfall near the resort town of Bogmalo, Goa, India https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1448862584370-2DBGENGETYRL3D4CBTP5/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - India: Unpredictable, unexplicable and unforgettable Woman sweeping the steps of the Amber Palace, Jaipur http://www.betsyherbert.com/travelblog/2015/12/15/thailand-buddhas-temples-elephants-and-ladyboys monthly 0.5 2019-04-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1450251607177-XORUNPTJSQ1B6CPI1H3H/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Thailand is for glitz: Temples, teak, elephants and ladyboys Bangkok's ChaoPraya River is choked with invasive water hyacinth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1451167037085-37TXIYQW9EYGPWUAM3H7/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Thailand is for glitz: Temples, teak, elephants and ladyboys Teak warehouse in Chang Mai where you can buy big, ornate furniture made from teak at discount rates. US tourists are the biggest consumers, according to warehouse personnel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1451170111443-4D80ZUE91I4B6XFUFBM4/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Thailand is for glitz: Temples, teak, elephants and ladyboys Parting shot of Thailand...a sculpture outside of the White Temple in Chang Rai, seeking donations to the venue. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1450850740761-FKT0PIZJONGWJDJCE8OZ/IMG_5818.jpg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Thailand is for glitz: Temples, teak, elephants and ladyboys Our amazing steward, otherwise known as "Boy on the Train," who provided entertainment and invaluable service on the otherwise uninspiring trip from Bangkok to Chang Mai. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1450247427040-YN0ETMHSX0M9KO9CUWJ2/IMG_5816.jpg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Thailand is for glitz: Temples, teak, elephants and ladyboys https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1450247475245-68B4I9YRO9NIOKMFT7M2/IMG_5811.jpg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Thailand is for glitz: Temples, teak, elephants and ladyboys https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1450247513266-6U0VQXEBS2RAUKTGD4JF/IMG_5864.jpg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Thailand is for glitz: Temples, teak, elephants and ladyboys https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1450247534772-Y24CPG97E50WEPOYC2PZ/IMG_5842.jpg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Thailand is for glitz: Temples, teak, elephants and ladyboys https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1451167935438-9F3SKBX0XEXJKMTD9HHS/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Thailand is for glitz: Temples, teak, elephants and ladyboys Though using elephants to haul and stack logs in forestry operations is now prohibited in Thailand, you can still buy a huge teak carving of a working elephant. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1450850924628-0BZKBOZ7NU2AZ4KZRAQJ/IMG_5815.jpg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Thailand is for glitz: Temples, teak, elephants and ladyboys https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1451167709867-MBPRGEL5086UAEIKEP9A/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Thailand is for glitz: Temples, teak, elephants and ladyboys The Thai Elephant Hospital in Chang Mai makes prosthetic devices such as these for elephants injured by landmines in the forest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1450852232885-ZK6PFWID7KDRILC33S4B/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Thailand is for glitz: Temples, teak, elephants and ladyboys Me next to an old growth teak tree on the floor of the teak furniture manufacturer's warehouse in Chang Mai. This will be used to make lawn furniture. Yet, the warehouse claims to make furniture only out of "sustainably harvested" teak. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1450251104849-285EZHEPJG6TURRNJT5K/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Thailand is for glitz: Temples, teak, elephants and ladyboys Cruising the canals of Bangkok through a fascinating neighborhood of houses built on the water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1451165519467-RWFCP0X5UBYAXLU4I4ZN/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Thailand is for glitz: Temples, teak, elephants and ladyboys http://www.betsyherbert.com/travelblog/2016/1/14/laos-a-resilient-people-up-against-the-odds monthly 0.5 2019-04-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1452827600194-LLSYJ99EG18CSIUC2JJB/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Laos: A resilient people up against the odds Sandy beaches along the Mekong River in Laos show the wide range in high water marks resulting from erratic water releases from dams upstream in China. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1452840412378-ON26J6COXVPSO7117V81/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Laos: A resilient people up against the odds A line of Buddhist monks taking offerings of rice along the streets of Luang Prabang. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1452828283615-ELPYFFJ24R5YKJ4CA4FY/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Laos: A resilient people up against the odds Colorful chilis and legumes are everywhere at the street market in Luang Prabang. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1452825912212-LSNAVBWH7MNJ2POL7GAH/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Laos: A resilient people up against the odds Laos is nurturing a recreational tourism industry as much as safety permits. Above, a Lao kayaking guide gets ready to take the group out on the Nam Song River in Vang Vieng. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1452828576544-591LTKHK4AICVSX6XYC1/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Laos: A resilient people up against the odds Rhinoceros horns for sale at the street market in Luang Prabang, Laos. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1452828881380-KPQ4MTRE0HGFDQUX1YU8/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Laos: A resilient people up against the odds Scorpions, snakes, spiders, and cockroaches are all part of the mix in this locally brewed whiskey...notice the outreached hands seeking to imbibe (not mine!) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1452829158295-ABU8BNQ8JPBLD8GG7ZD6/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Laos: A resilient people up against the odds Live piglets confined to woven baskets are waiting at the public bus stop, where they will be picked up and delivered to local restaurants for slaughter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1452825556816-U73LE9985E7Y7K2PW84S/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Laos: A resilient people up against the odds The COPE visitor center in Vientiane, Laos educates the public about the continuing threat of unexploded ordnance in Laos. COPE also trains local staff to manufacture prosthetic limbs, such as those pictured above, for survivors of exploding bombs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1452839861637-EXG72ZX1PO81AOHEU0K0/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Laos: A resilient people up against the odds Children in the rural areas of Laos are subject to the threat of unexploded ordnance left over from the Vietnam War. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1452824640247-TNZKXEC1YFCN9I4BYH4S/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Laos: A resilient people up against the odds The people of Laos depend on the Mekong River for food, water, and energy. But the river's health is threatened by dam construction and unexploded bombs from Vietnam war days make the countryside unsafe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1452841007711-KKZNW6QYPMI1AVS9I804/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Laos: A resilient people up against the odds Happy times exploring Luang Prabang with travel buddies from Australia and China. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1452829535237-9FZ9T06N6BZ8LITIANLY/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Laos: A resilient people up against the odds Our tour group cruised the Mekong River for two days in this river boat owned and operated by a Lao family. These boats are a thriving part of the Lao tourist industry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1452840160322-OUNVHE3S4CZGK25ZCWCT/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Laos: A resilient people up against the odds Me waiting at 5:30 a.m. along the main street in Luang Prabang, Laos to make a rice offering to the daily procession of Buddhist monks with their begging bowls. http://www.betsyherbert.com/travelblog/2016/1/19/runaway-vietnam-destination-unknown monthly 0.5 2019-04-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1453430269787-X2FD7V97T68YR7792C32/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Vietnam on speed; where is it headed? Bullet-hole riddled wall of an old bunker near Danang. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1453430377699-EQIGD4JSPXA0TSJI75CR/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Vietnam on speed; where is it headed? Farmer with bicycle outside the city of Hoi An. The area has beautiful residences with extensive vegetable gardens, as well as commercial farms. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1453430667636-5AXE75SSM2Z7TH2YVN0I/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Vietnam on speed; where is it headed? During the Vietnam War, the Hotel Continental Saigon (then called the Continental Palace) was news central for American journalists from publications like Newsweek and magazines whose news bureaus were located there. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1453253625344-FPE9P1SVZISF3IBR8M83/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Vietnam on speed; where is it headed? Everybody apparently rides a motorbike in the cities of Vietnam. Here in Hanoi, poncho-clad motorbikers barely seem to notice the downpour as they forge ahead. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1453576672664-NG37625IN8SOHXV5ZTU8/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Vietnam on speed; where is it headed? A cabinet full of gold-embroidered silk robes, offering former royal inhabitants of the Imperial City a complete choice of daily wear, arranged by color. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1453575545008-7MFDN1HGUYJ957NX6KNE/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Vietnam on speed; where is it headed? China Beach at Da Nang. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1453575689630-PLKFJASWK9HXTRKWW8YG/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Vietnam on speed; where is it headed? Crossing a bridge into Da Nang, now highly developed with beach resorts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1453416818659-CM0EW2J7TRMRRY6JBJJM/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Vietnam on speed; where is it headed? Halong Bay, within north Vietnam's Gulf of Tonkin and famous for incidents that led to the official beginning of the Vietnam War in 1965, is now a primary tourist destination in Vietnam https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1453417141739-EEZHZBYQAB5BA0JFNKRV/IMG_6553+%281%29.jpg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Vietnam on speed; where is it headed? We traveled overnight on very basic train from Hanoi to the city of Hue. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1453417428593-GDUFT8C85N7GWC2YHKB9/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Vietnam on speed; where is it headed? Ruins of the ancient Imperial City fortress in Hue, north Vietnam, heavily bombed by the U.S. during the Vietnam War. Restoration is still underway. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1453573629696-Z7SIO0WLNNLVOWY62OLY/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Vietnam on speed; where is it headed? This is me standing in front of the city of Hue's famous Thien Mu Pagoda. The pagoda lies within an active Buddhist monastery that was built in 1601. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1453430512741-NFVEEH6DVO6UMY0K9RUQ/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Vietnam on speed; where is it headed? View into a country house outside of the city of Hoi An. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1453417552172-4O2L2VDD904WP6I9ZOPP/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Vietnam on speed; where is it headed? The car that the Buddhist monk Thich Quang Duc drove to a major intersection in Saigon on June 11, 1963 and burned himself to death in front of crowds of people, in protest of Vietnamese policies of discrimination against Buddhists. Several films of this iconic social statement are posted on YouTube. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1453580242733-438I80D89SGCEPSTZZMG/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Vietnam on speed; where is it headed? One of many upscale shops in Ho Chi Minh City (aka Saigon) that market handbags, briefcases, and other luxury items made from the skins of critically endangered Siamese crocodiles, which now primarily exist in farms. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1453576116940-JAK9R7HFYKE66II9KZP6/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Vietnam on speed; where is it headed? The picturesque city of Hoi An is a thriving tourist destination, full of shops that oddly all contain the same inventory of merchandise for sale. http://www.betsyherbert.com/travelblog/2016/1/30/cambodia-spiders-sunsets monthly 0.5 2019-04-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1454170329860-YW98KMSEYEXXL79VUAPI/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Cambodia: Serpents, skulls, spiders & Siem Reap Four-foot bamboo pole fences surround the execution sites of the Killing Fields. Over the years, visitors have draped countless Buddhist prayer bracelets on the fences as tribute to those who died here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1454183780528-0W4FXKYK3Z80X8XYWJ2J/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Cambodia: Serpents, skulls, spiders & Siem Reap Children playing in the city of Battambang, Cambodia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1454180904301-5NVXWBGEU6O8QL4IM9DE/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Cambodia: Serpents, skulls, spiders & Siem Reap Angkor Wat and reflection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1454172128041-83I5L46QR4DA0IOHZRXF/IMG_6894.jpg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Cambodia: Serpents, skulls, spiders & Siem Reap Spinning silk thread from silk worm cocoons at Santuk Silk Farm on the way from Phnom Penh to Angkor Wat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1454170521109-VTRY824YULJLQZ07DRRN/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Cambodia: Serpents, skulls, spiders & Siem Reap On display behind glass are some of the 8,000 skulls of victims executed by the Khmer Rouge at the Killing Fields outside of Phnom Pehn. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1454170074838-OAPDRKPCOLEK7C1UABNI/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Cambodia: Serpents, skulls, spiders & Siem Reap Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, a former school that was transformed by Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge into a torture center, where more than 20,000 people were imprisoned and tortured from 1971 to 1975. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1454178753177-F1LGEF56RCU87M22EWZT/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Cambodia: Serpents, skulls, spiders & Siem Reap Two young boys from the floating villages of Tonle Sap at the helm of our river boat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1454180641128-BYB08A0V7GTHDY7ROOG8/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Cambodia: Serpents, skulls, spiders & Siem Reap Receiving a blessing and a woven bracelet from a Buddhist monk at Angkor Wat, Cambodia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1454181673804-YK919KCJC02H24YL379G/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Cambodia: Serpents, skulls, spiders & Siem Reap Entrance to Ankor Thom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1454181280517-G7PBL0ZXX3DITJ4BH1AM/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Cambodia: Serpents, skulls, spiders & Siem Reap Intermission between dance performances at Angkor Wat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1454179726791-JMACUMICQSETMDSCCERK/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Cambodia: Serpents, skulls, spiders & Siem Reap Some of the local snacks offered for sale on the road from Phnom Pehn. they include grasshoppers, crickets, spiders, and grubs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1454181522504-UJIQGDSQ1ABJWN3Q5B9K/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Cambodia: Serpents, skulls, spiders & Siem Reap Angkor Thom in late afternoon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1454181085973-RYA3AE56SGICXNDB455D/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Cambodia: Serpents, skulls, spiders & Siem Reap Angkor Wat at sunrise. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1454183428793-I1JHMSS0FML3X4755PAT/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Cambodia: Serpents, skulls, spiders & Siem Reap We headed down the tracks just before sunset, saying hello to the locals, and noting tree branches full of spiders above. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1454182617650-Y3GWWVY2YL15BKL3XOVB/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Cambodia: Serpents, skulls, spiders & Siem Reap That's me in the front on the left sitting with my Australian travel buddies on a "Bamboo Train" car. We had a wild ride! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1454181892897-RJ9C0Y6E9N0MQCUHP6H9/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Cambodia: Serpents, skulls, spiders & Siem Reap Huge stone head outside the entrance to Angkor Thom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1454170731914-0UFCAA52TLAFGIY5HE3I/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Cambodia: Serpents, skulls, spiders & Siem Reap A quiet river boat cruise on the Mekong River in Phnom Pehn was a good way to reflect on what we'd seen earlier that day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1454179033818-GLXR62QDXZQOM2FGQ45O/IMG_6924+%281%29.jpg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Cambodia: Serpents, skulls, spiders & Siem Reap Life in a floating village on Tonle Sap Lake, Cambodia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1454182220453-C7Q7SLZ3BZ8R5IRNA9HX/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Cambodia: Serpents, skulls, spiders & Siem Reap Tree growing from ancient walls of Ta Prohm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1454169447109-XP8JN1XQMN1XQS3IR1FV/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Cambodia: Serpents, skulls, spiders & Siem Reap Phnom Pehn's architecture blends French and Cambodian/Khmer cultural styles. This stone balustrade along a bridge in Phnom Pehn uses the image of the mythical seven-headed serpent that represents power, water, and fertility in ancient Khmer culture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1454182008612-333YX0EMEM1J0HB04630/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Cambodia: Serpents, skulls, spiders & Siem Reap Entrance to Ta Prohm, which is being reclaimed by the jungle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1454180130128-B74GSA2BT4YMGA77AAEI/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Cambodia: Serpents, skulls, spiders & Siem Reap Fried tarantulas were offered at a local restaurant outside of Phomn Pehn. Some of our tour group chowed down, but not me! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1454180521958-3ATARN8G3BJQ6YOVBVVI/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Cambodia: Serpents, skulls, spiders & Siem Reap Exterior reliefs at Angkor Wat, Cambodia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1454181173957-KZPXBQS0LYZFS1JATGJ3/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Cambodia: Serpents, skulls, spiders & Siem Reap The crowds at Angkor Wat just before sunrise. http://www.betsyherbert.com/travelblog/2016/2/29/downunder-connecting-with-my-inner-outback monthly 0.5 2019-04-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1456865122051-664QPS9JG0WM7X8TN5RJ/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Downunder: Connecting with my inner outback Franklin-Gordon National Park Wilderness Area...dense undergrowth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1456867680481-8KQW2O1OZGX77JTXI3YU/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Downunder: Connecting with my inner outback This is a Tasmanian Devil, endemic to Tasmania, now endangered due to a contagious cancer that causes fatal facial tumors. Efforts are underway to conserve and breed the animal in reserves like the one at Cradle Mountain, until a cure can be found for the disease. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1456859702192-TH40YJSEV458ZYJWRTLM/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Downunder: Connecting with my inner outback Platypus Bay on Lake St. Clair, central Tasmania, Australia. The region is home to the duck-billed platypus. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1456927374872-JUSDZ1IR4V4CCU3TQLYP/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Downunder: Connecting with my inner outback Wineglass Bay at Freycinet National Park on the east coast of Tasmania is a protected spot for many native shorebirds including plovers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1456929888729-0YLTUEOC5AY22JPGZ5V4/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Downunder: Connecting with my inner outback View New Years Eve 2015 from my apartment window in Potts Point, Sydney. The fireworks were set off from various parts of the city, but the focal point was Harbour Bridge. You can see the silhouette of the Sydney Opera House, just in front of the bridge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1456866813916-CWIC032I9LGT2Q83P5DV/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Downunder: Connecting with my inner outback The crystalline waters of Dove Lake, at the base of Cradle Mountain, Tasmania. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1456847330909-R6EWFA2BBQQMGEPLSLBN/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Downunder: Connecting with my inner outback This government building in downtown Perth incorporates old and the new architectural styles, in an obvious and entertaining way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1456868363530-SBXNRB0H1H4EQUAXUXC1/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Downunder: Connecting with my inner outback The Redbill Conservation Area in Beauty Point on the north coast of Tasmania is a quiet bird sanctuary. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1456850406663-WAPLJNTO9L6RFC8US1YT/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Downunder: Connecting with my inner outback Limestone columns rise from the yellow dunes of Pinnacles in Nambung National Park (photo by Betsy Herbert) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1456863669485-CGHQICZB65T9LRQDALL5/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Downunder: Connecting with my inner outback The old-growth Huon forest is mostly gone now, but it is recovering slowly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1456866984969-2UWMSQJX2YHWRGHTWT5P/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Downunder: Connecting with my inner outback That's me on a day hike around Dove Lake, at the base of Cradle Mountain, Tasmania. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1456849329303-NVA56CDIH7627MIIGVKI/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Downunder: Connecting with my inner outback Melbourne's public transportation system makes getting around the city fairly easy, but I walked almost everywhere from my apartment in Southbank. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1456851285831-X3XXK9H9CMZ2UX2RENV9/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Downunder: Connecting with my inner outback First mate Kate, aboard Shotover, a 60 foot catamaran, knows all the resident Shark Bay dolphins by name and by the unique shapes and scars on their dorsal fins. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1459620225674-GZFLG4I467UPO2366XRD/image-asset.png Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Downunder: Connecting with my inner outback "360 degree spin on Country," skateboards painted by Claudia Moodoonuthi, on display at the National Gallery in Melbourne, Australia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1456862685228-9VT12HS0Q6VBR3OZZLD6/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Downunder: Connecting with my inner outback The Gordon River, part of the Franklin-Gordon Wilderness National Park and a World Heritage Sight, once was carpeted with 3,500 year old Huon pines, which were mostly logged. Today, the forests are recuperating in their protected state. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1456854574811-F7N35LWAQ4CIDXVZ15RV/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Downunder: Connecting with my inner outback View of Hobart from Mt. Wellington, Tasmania. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1456861307615-7PRYDVVYQCR3CI7WKMQO/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Downunder: Connecting with my inner outback Part of the native eucalyptus forest around Lake St. Clair, Tasmania, that was managed by indigenous people for thousands of generations using fire. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1456852130974-4W4ZP7T2DUO1VD5IHS4U/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Downunder: Connecting with my inner outback Stromatolites at Hamelin Pool Conservation Center near Shark Bay in Western Australia. These ancient structures still survive here only because of the extremely salty conditions of the bay. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1456853423912-3H7AXTJHSBSGVYVT2AUC/IMG_7679.JPG Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Downunder: Connecting with my inner outback "Homelands," painting by Pantjiti Mary McLean, 1994 on display at the Ian Potter Gallery, NGV, Melbourne, Australia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1456846736079-BSC6OVHRVQSUAWZD3S6H/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Downunder: Connecting with my inner outback Some of the native plants in bloom in the Kings Park botanical garden in Perth, Western Australia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1456866081479-BJYQZ06GJW6X7TJJQ17S/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Downunder: Connecting with my inner outback Strahan is a small village on the west coast of Tasmania and used to serve as a port exporting logs and ore from nearby natural areas. Today, it's primarily a tourist destination. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1456846417049-CIZ3UQZLTJ8JB6NUIXE3/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Downunder: Connecting with my inner outback A canopy boardwalk structure in Kings Park gives you a birds eye view of some of Western Australia's 3,000 native flora growing here in the botanical gardens. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1456853084211-ST7QF968CT2OR5N83EHC/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Downunder: Connecting with my inner outback "Memory and Five Mile Creek," painting by Daisy Napaltjarri Jugadai, 1995. On display at the Ian Potter Gallery, NGV, Melbourne, Austraiia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1456931859842-OF42O1V1XHLM6X3HJCMY/IMG_8317.JPG Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Downunder: Connecting with my inner outback https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1456931712200-R3H7F26MP5ILK1N93E5O/FullSizeRender%282%29.jpg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Downunder: Connecting with my inner outback https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1456932411533-4U83XKQAIUZPJB4I25DY/IMG_8370.JPG Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Downunder: Connecting with my inner outback https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1456932638282-C1MP60NCAZ3T3NYETBO7/FullSizeRender%283%29.jpg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Downunder: Connecting with my inner outback https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1456851029646-BVL1A076Y2AXOPBZWH9T/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Downunder: Connecting with my inner outback Natural bridge at Kilbarri National Park, Western Australia (photo by Betsy Herbert) http://www.betsyherbert.com/travelblog/2016/3/6/new-zealand-a-bump-in-the-road-and-a-shot-of-courage monthly 0.5 2019-04-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1457305776607-YU752Y5PDTR31DEXEM22/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - New Zealand: A bump in the road in a sojourner's dreamscape Tekapo Lake is near the center of New Zealand's South Island and is fed by the Godley River from the Southern Alps. Note the fog rolling in over the mountains. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1457302257497-ZDCWBUIOE6F596DL2KSM/image-asset.png Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - New Zealand: A bump in the road in a sojourner's dreamscape Much of New Zealand's farmlandis used to graze sheep. This view from the bus on the Sorth Island shows how overgrazed some of these lands are. You can see the animal trails criss-crossing the slopes and prevalent erosion scars. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1457361115527-ZSMP05SMCMKPBB4BAXOO/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - New Zealand: A bump in the road in a sojourner's dreamscape In the middle of the Southern Alps in Fiordlands National Park, South Island, New Zealand. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1457357790482-J5BD5NU57RPERUAXFXYT/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - New Zealand: A bump in the road in a sojourner's dreamscape Much of the non-native forest land (mostly Monterey Pine) in New Zealand that hasn't been converted to sheep grazing land is routinely clear-cut, as shown in the photo above. New Zealand federal law has prohibited logging on public lands since 2002. Public lands contain most of the native forests. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1457363380587-5JSUCJ2YFWPZCQHF34KO/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - New Zealand: A bump in the road in a sojourner's dreamscape Native tree ferns in Fiordlands National Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1457317294528-9RTDHDZCF0HVBNPPSDXP/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - New Zealand: A bump in the road in a sojourner's dreamscape Mirror Lake in Fiordlands National Park, South Island, New Zealand is part of a wetland ecosystem that teems with insects, the major food source for birds like New Zealand's only diving duck and fish, such as the freshwater eel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1457300631612-APTB1UH151PYME1048MA/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - New Zealand: A bump in the road in a sojourner's dreamscape Scott, one of our zipline guides with Rotorua Canopy Tours, stands on a platform constructed 100 feet up around an old-growth kauri tree in Dansey Forest, near Rotorua. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1457367243944-V7RITM3BR6OW1L26MG7C/image-asset.png Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - New Zealand: A bump in the road in a sojourner's dreamscape I wore my Toki pendant the entire time I was traveling in New Zealand. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1457308945173-JND4FPN5D2AAT58RPTW6/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - New Zealand: A bump in the road in a sojourner's dreamscape New Zealand is a solo traveler's dreamscape offering countless engaging places to experience. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1457358823703-0CK39R3I5L0Z95T7LF23/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - New Zealand: A bump in the road in a sojourner's dreamscape On board the ferry crossing Cook Strait bound for Picton on the South Island, minutes after leaving Wellington on the North Island. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1457309255360-C60JSEKF7BIBWYKM6WQR/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - New Zealand: A bump in the road in a sojourner's dreamscape My "awesome" bus that took me to totally awesome Milford Sound. How awesome is that? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1457361860514-BWN57RRT92RMHKJE6PR1/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - New Zealand: A bump in the road in a sojourner's dreamscape Cruising along the fiords of Milford Sound; for scale, note the 50 foot boat near the bottom center of the photo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1457299728226-AEWARINCJOXS8LFKI8EG/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - New Zealand: A bump in the road in a sojourner's dreamscape Black swans (Cygnus atratus) in Lake Rotorua, New Zealand. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1457300821973-WDXCIKBIBDTSGO32NCAF/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - New Zealand: A bump in the road in a sojourner's dreamscape Me perched on the edge of a swinging bridge in the Dansey forest canopy. (Photo 2016, courtesy of Rotorua Canopy Tours) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1457315453988-NXD4FC688KFMR51HGQAH/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - New Zealand: A bump in the road in a sojourner's dreamscape Drawing of the extinct moa by Heinrich Harder (1858-1935) - The Wonderful Paleo Art of Heinrich Harder, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2417140. Note: the Maori did not use bows and arrows. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1457305143867-TKAFD91JEGVDZVZG6M8Z/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - New Zealand: A bump in the road in a sojourner's dreamscape Much of Christchurch, the second most populated city in New Zealand, was devastated by an earthquake in 2011. The entire city seems like it is under construction. The photo above shows one of the reconstruction zones. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1457363090694-NHDJK2WRTOQCJSUEIZFF/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - New Zealand: A bump in the road in a sojourner's dreamscape Moss covered native nothofagus trees in Fiordlands National Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1457357098518-WLLH0GOLKWZDZ0JCXUEH/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - New Zealand: A bump in the road in a sojourner's dreamscape Champagne Pool at Wai-o-tapo Thermal Wonderland outside Rotorua, New Zealand. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1457367351821-EDSPFQH5I0U6YLSCAEKL/image-asset.png Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - New Zealand: A bump in the road in a sojourner's dreamscape This is the jade Toki pendant that I bought in Rotorua, New Zealand. It was carved by a Maori craftsman. The Toki's adze shape symbolizes strength and courage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1457299630197-5YIXDJBOF1HV2ND1Q2RB/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - New Zealand: A bump in the road in a sojourner's dreamscape Canada geese resting beside Lake Rotorua on New Zealand's North Island. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1457302588186-A1IHLNPG7ZYDSEX3RWHY/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - New Zealand: A bump in the road in a sojourner's dreamscape View from the Northern Explorer train, which takes 11 hours to go from Auckland to Wellington, passing through the countryside of New Zealand's North Island. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1457308031419-UQN51RUER7231NVHRPLJ/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - New Zealand: A bump in the road in a sojourner's dreamscape Looking across Lake Wakatipu to Queenstown from Frankton Rd., where the Sherwood Hotel is located. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1457307580849-C3S1875J16WZDMOCXK1T/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - New Zealand: A bump in the road in a sojourner's dreamscape Birdseye view of Wellington from atop Mt. Wellington on the Skyline Gondola. From this point, you can paraglide down into town if you find the gondola too tame. http://www.betsyherbert.com/travelblog/2016/3/7/moorea-a-writers-respite-in-the-south-pacific monthly 0.5 2019-04-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1457446558253-357GSLC4VKOJ0NN9S5MY/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Moorea: A writer's respite in the South Pacific My waiter at the Kaveka Hotel restaurant, with a baby gecko perched on his hand. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1457446432825-2HCOQFYGCW7H5DVVNFKY/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Moorea: A writer's respite in the South Pacific One of the cruise staff on our way to view sharks and rays. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1457446501493-V41QQA5F20FEZK7CWRU0/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Moorea: A writer's respite in the South Pacific Our guide and me after enjoying a wonderful time swimming with the sharks and rays. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1457446264777-0YEWOC46CIHZQH8R7IJZ/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Moorea: A writer's respite in the South Pacific The Kaveka Hotel on Cook's Bay in Moorea where I stayed in a bungalow for 10 days. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1457446586109-8XB55MPY4WKJR39KO05O/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Moorea: A writer's respite in the South Pacific Close-up of the baby gecko, my first encounter with wildlife in Moorea, other than mosquitoes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1457446625087-VIRW0ADXS2TYOAAYAZWK/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Moorea: A writer's respite in the South Pacific Rowers on Cook's Bay gliding past the Kaveka Hotel just before sunset. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1457446358732-WYRSBHTFISOYANZVGJ4X/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Moorea: A writer's respite in the South Pacific https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1457447269064-O41G770T6HUNX9RRR86Y/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Moorea: A writer's respite in the South Pacific Sunset on Cook's Bay at the Kaveka Hotel's restaurant/pier. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1457446790389-7EQ47FFG2PVEHMCD5VWV/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Moorea: A writer's respite in the South Pacific https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1457446402570-ALU1OVJA21C5U39KOM5G/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Moorea: A writer's respite in the South Pacific View across Cook's Bay from the Kaveka Hotel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1457446664810-CG9XG73X1EYDTS67EZSW/FullSizeRender%284%29.jpg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Moorea: A writer's respite in the South Pacific HIbiscus flowers are always in bloom in Moorea, and I would often pluck one to wear in my hair, as is the custom here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1457446465487-WGQHVHTKV2UOSXDG0UEN/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Moorea: A writer's respite in the South Pacific Four-foot diameter sting rays lying some five feet below the surface of the water. They were very friendly! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1457453920675-JX2PRZZUM52VYST88HN0/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Moorea: A writer's respite in the South Pacific Directly across Cook's Bay from my hotel, I could see U.C. Berekely's Gump Research Station. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1457446755286-W8GVA61L5DSC8N6MXETF/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Moorea: A writer's respite in the South Pacific https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1457447342754-BNJ3L7SSHSKTEWYO1S0L/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Moorea: A writer's respite in the South Pacific http://www.betsyherbert.com/travelblog/2016/3/8/sw2t9lzqkm6avjul7y5uo15gauqrkw monthly 0.5 2019-04-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1457466695003-EJ6QS63D2NBKNTFOFTTN/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Easter Island's ancient history: Exploring the mysteries The coastline of Rapa Nui, or Easter Island, at Hanga Roa, the island's main town. The nearest populated island is PItcairn, 1,289 miles away. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1457467023290-LG8YTWBMM9FHRORQ99TR/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Easter Island's ancient history: Exploring the mysteries This schooner, which was anchored off the rocky coast of Easter Island during my stay, made me consider how rough it must have been for the original Polynesians to land here in their ancient boats in 700 A.D., and even for the Europeans in 1722. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1457466271146-47HS1ZKXE9DHYJ9QB3V0/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Easter Island's ancient history: Exploring the mysteries Looking down from the volcanic cliffs of Easter Island to a row of giant Moia along the coast. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1457466237352-3OVTG8L5FE6PWED6TAR3/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Easter Island's ancient history: Exploring the mysteries A closer view of these Moia, taken from 200 feet in front of them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1457466545762-HJDKS8SM7JOUZPB80S3D/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Easter Island's ancient history: Exploring the mysteries You can hike around the Moia scattered about the hillsides of Easter Island. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1457466588214-KDWUXLK73DO5MSB5JVEQ/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Easter Island's ancient history: Exploring the mysteries Little remains of the original forest cover on Easter Island. Scientists know that it was once heavily forested, but the mystery remains as to how it got that way. Was it humans or rats that were primarily responsible? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1457466412013-QSU87G98VITBW8RHL1KW/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Easter Island's ancient history: Exploring the mysteries https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1457466379416-NVKBTW6WSVNDWF7WIFKM/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Easter Island's ancient history: Exploring the mysteries This is me standing in front of the Moia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1457467740862-XZHTAMSEZ9LFG8Q1P05Q/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Easter Island's ancient history: Exploring the mysteries This photo shows the quarry from which the stone blocks were removed to carve the Moia, which were then transported down hill to platforms for mounting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1457467587057-RUMJK34GM5AR139325S8/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Easter Island's ancient history: Exploring the mysteries And closer still. http://www.betsyherbert.com/travelblog/2016/3/9/patago monthly 0.5 2019-04-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1457646745632-AN6X8HAU2BK5R8KNZEN6/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Patagonia: Wild, rugged nature via urban gateways Many of the old houses in Achao on Chiloe Island have wood shingles, in an abundant variety of shapes, such as in the house pictured above. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1457818294849-XGN3YF4BW7SAAHM8BRSJ/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Patagonia: Wild, rugged nature via urban gateways Replica of one of Magellan's ships, outside of Punta Arenas, overlooking the Straits of Magellan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1457647310102-4DPM4H9F8LUQ3775HO8J/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Patagonia: Wild, rugged nature via urban gateways This bag of potatoes at one of the vendor stalls in Chiloe's produce market shows the astounding variety of spuds found in Chile. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1457550558667-T0UI6JCP0O8D86W5VLTX/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Patagonia: Wild, rugged nature via urban gateways Osorno Volcano at the left, partly obstructed by clouds, in Chile's southern Andes. On the right are members of my tour group. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1457646446561-5H2LNGXGYNAEL3BO7JYE/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Patagonia: Wild, rugged nature via urban gateways An historic wooden church in Achao, Chiloe Island in Chile. The church was constructed by carpenters who were previously shipbuilders. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1457647163601-37EXGKGP97KUH4LGQ1DK/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Patagonia: Wild, rugged nature via urban gateways Chiloe Island has a thriving market, with vendors selling produce, fresh fish, and crafts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1457821203384-CNZRLO1UI5G2FTN1DUPF/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Patagonia: Wild, rugged nature via urban gateways Taking a boat to get closer to the glacier... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1457638911628-YMFX4NNG01T7YQ3R2175/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Patagonia: Wild, rugged nature via urban gateways Wild guanacos, which are related to llamas, are native to Patagonia. Here they are grazing on a hillside in front of the snow-capped peaks of Torres de Paine National Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1457549980468-JEA4J5DF6V36WK23F9AY/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Patagonia: Wild, rugged nature via urban gateways Street art is common in Buenos Aires and often has a political message. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1457549708658-A5ZEPTF8HM7TBVQKJ11D/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Patagonia: Wild, rugged nature via urban gateways The buildings in the La Boca District are colorfully engaging. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1457821304437-SI7AC2VXJBIQ7VIN6Y1V/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Patagonia: Wild, rugged nature via urban gateways This is about as close as we got, because the glacier was calving. . .and a major collapse was expected at any time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1457549254917-MFK3HFFIC96LTUE8XB0C/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Patagonia: Wild, rugged nature via urban gateways Our guide explains the significance of this memorial to Eva Peron. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1457552400979-FR5UZ7GTR17418EDITJR/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Patagonia: Wild, rugged nature via urban gateways One of our hardworking river guides on the raft trip down the Limay River, which flows through the Patagonian steppe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1457642012603-JUNMZSLPWQXGWIYT3TD7/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Patagonia: Wild, rugged nature via urban gateways Our hike's destination was these ancient petroglyphs or rock art, which were painted on these sedimentary cliffs thousands of years ago. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1457639348944-YSI7CDQHJZJ30ECTWCQK/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Patagonia: Wild, rugged nature via urban gateways View of the peaks at sunset from the hotel in Torres de Paine National Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1457550927336-S7XUZOTB2CEOXVCU22YU/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Patagonia: Wild, rugged nature via urban gateways At the top of Cerro Campanario, with views of Patagonia's Lake District. There's a cafe at the top where you can enjoy a ChoCognac, which warms you up in this cool climate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1457549595112-QHF9Y2APML3N27EBFD5O/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Patagonia: Wild, rugged nature via urban gateways One of many murals on the streets of the La Boca District in Buenos Aires. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1457552447716-H20UK5XSHZON0ITA7NVD/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Patagonia: Wild, rugged nature via urban gateways Enjoying a relatively calm raft trip down the beautifully clear Limay River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1457639962307-60G9QNP99TETM0WFQJFP/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Patagonia: Wild, rugged nature via urban gateways Approaching the Salto Grande waterfall in Torres del Paine National Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1457639067219-7WT5GB2QQCGKRCVJXXX8/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Patagonia: Wild, rugged nature via urban gateways In the foreground is a rhea, a large ostrich-like bird native to Patagonia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1457624263270-DR3NS0KXTHXRTSWKSJ6T/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Patagonia: Wild, rugged nature via urban gateways Santiago, Chile on a smoggy day in 2005, very much how it looked during my visit at the end of January 2016. Santiago has one of the worst air pollution problems in the world. [Photo 2005 courtesy wikicommons; CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=428144 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1457821443289-6DYZ2CLWH3EX2F3UZPEM/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Patagonia: Wild, rugged nature via urban gateways Looking down at the front of the Perito Moreno Glacier, you can see how massive it is and how far back it goes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1457549762242-3Y6LV1SBXZV4XNCM4933/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Patagonia: Wild, rugged nature via urban gateways Someone has painted a message on the chain link fence surrounding the Casa Rosada (Pink House) : "Nunca mas familias en las calles," meaning "No more families in the streets," apparently criticizing homelessness in the city. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1457819541675-D9AY6HM730XR0R9BB6CR/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Patagonia: Wild, rugged nature via urban gateways View from my hotel window in Punta Arenas, looking out at the Straits of Magellan, Chile, Patagonia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1457550069449-Q3G1AB22ETU3BXCZSMEB/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Patagonia: Wild, rugged nature via urban gateways I took this photo of my tango dance instructors, who gave me my first lesson in the back rooms of the Gran Tortoni Cafe. I'm hooked! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1457550659572-LGJYJHNU398NOZS74B0K/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Patagonia: Wild, rugged nature via urban gateways Me feeling lucky to have such a great view of Osorno. The clouds have partially cleared around Osorno's top. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1457644034728-2QDPEFBZH6HOAT9PYIGR/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Patagonia: Wild, rugged nature via urban gateways This is the small private campground where we had lunch in Vicente Pérez Rosales National Park . Our Chilean hosts had lived here since before the designation of the park. Note the clear view of Osorno in the background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1457818496390-2RFV4MIK4CB7LAT2XOS4/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Patagonia: Wild, rugged nature via urban gateways Me in the photo for scale. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1457549871512-ZASQ37AQLKA1IKOPWCMZ/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Patagonia: Wild, rugged nature via urban gateways My fantasy conversation with poet Jorge Luis Borges, tango legend Carlos Gardel and poet Alfonsina Storni at the Gran Cafe Tortoni in Buenos Aires. (They are actually wax figures memorializing these great figures who used to hang out at the cafe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1457630276946-42V8FH5GV60UA1C85R8U/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Patagonia: Wild, rugged nature via urban gateways Horseback riding on the Patagonian steppe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1457549493445-NFLCSHBCQKQWS7F9G85L/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Patagonia: Wild, rugged nature via urban gateways The marker on Eva Peron's tomb in the Recoleta Cemetery in Buenos Aires. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1457553369825-LFQ6OH2EN8G4ISWD3ZFL/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Patagonia: Wild, rugged nature via urban gateways The white kerchief, a symbol of justice for the thousands of missing citizens or "Desaparecidos" still unaccounted for. The white kerchief symbol is found throughout public places in Argentina. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1457644715122-QVHGBTLPWWKX8ML3GMVC/IMG_9687.JPG Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Patagonia: Wild, rugged nature via urban gateways Our Chilean lunch hosts on their campground inside Vicente Pérez Rosales National Park . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1457550217029-N2RLRGKW073XUE86EO6L/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Patagonia: Wild, rugged nature via urban gateways Local craft beer brewer explains how he makes beer using the region's outstanding water and locally grown hops. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1457818367634-U4JJAR2AV21BOQARE71B/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Patagonia: Wild, rugged nature via urban gateways Replica of the HMS Beagle, which carried Darwin to the Galapagos Islands and around https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1457639230360-LK743DOGRC7A8L1ZRH23/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Patagonia: Wild, rugged nature via urban gateways View from the van as we drive through Torres de Paine National Park on the way to the hotel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1457642478394-SJR4T2R0XPMQJBY2VZLL/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Patagonia: Wild, rugged nature via urban gateways Approaching the Perito Moreno Glacier. Its front is 5 kilometers long, and it rises 60 meters (the height of a 20 story building) above the water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1457647563840-9HCSMGV901UV1XSDCVVV/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Patagonia: Wild, rugged nature via urban gateways The gateway and boat-launch to view the protected islands of Puñihuil Wildlife Sanctuary on Chiloe Island, Chile. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1457821617752-IA73JI5H0YWGKI0KQHXM/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Patagonia: Wild, rugged nature via urban gateways This is where the front of the glacier attaches to a rock face, forming a dam that periodically collapses when the weight of the water overcomes the ice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1457647932120-TLDVOH27W1V5QOI8KYYN/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Patagonia: Wild, rugged nature via urban gateways Resident penguins in the Puñihuil Wildlife Sanctuary off the coast of Chiloe Island, Chile. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1457550861883-ZPNI5J0TO6MQ5IW45VW9/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Patagonia: Wild, rugged nature via urban gateways Roses grow everywhere in Bariloche, which is also known for its chocolate, its ski resorts, and for its past harboring of at least one Nazi war criminal, Erich Priebke. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1457552491142-M5KAMY8MHMTLGWWIWD1C/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Patagonia: Wild, rugged nature via urban gateways This is me enjoying the company of our two river guides after we landed alongside the Limay River. Behind us you can see some poplar trees, which are not native to Chile, but were planted by ranchers to supply much-needed shade. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1457641083072-6E9WTMUGCTTYVZXJU86Y/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Patagonia: Wild, rugged nature via urban gateways Near the end of the hike, we had a view of these rugged grasslands and an Alpine lake with peaks looming behind in Torees del Paine National Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1457641469880-W7U11SI1AEDSYP7CSC3X/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Patagonia: Wild, rugged nature via urban gateways My fellow hikers in guanaco country in Torres del Paine National Park https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1457821565185-IS1852Z7CNHKLS7ULV0P/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Patagonia: Wild, rugged nature via urban gateways https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1457549642963-4O6NG2UYPHSMW03A8BLD/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Patagonia: Wild, rugged nature via urban gateways La Dorita Cafe in the La Boca district where this charming proprietor served wonderful pastries and coffee. http://www.betsyherbert.com/travelblog/2016/4/6/galapagos-islands monthly 0.5 2019-04-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1460069325190-M9GDEMYQWDM4ZLD1ZYYF/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Galapagos Islands...like no place else on Earth. On the Zodiac, we get closer to the rock formation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1460153763986-KIY73NYYA0MST45J1N12/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Galapagos Islands...like no place else on Earth. Walking along Las Bachas Beach on Santa Cruz Island. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1460155807499-KLRORECZY43QQL713LK9/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Galapagos Islands...like no place else on Earth. This rocky coastline at Isla Genovesa was a favorite hangout of fur seals, which made for fun underwater swim companions as we snorkeled here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1462222770084-LO2MIZ266KADDGRA1OC4/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Galapagos Islands...like no place else on Earth. The giant Galapagos tortoise now, pictured in the wild with me above, has a chance of surviving since its native habitat is now mostly free of invasive goats. Non-native goats decimated native forests on several islands in the Galapagos. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1460066009457-78E0RKXHFYE0FF7LDVSD/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Galapagos Islands...like no place else on Earth. The Nazca boobie, pictured above, allowed people to come very close . . . they, like most birds in the Galapagos, seem to have little fear of humans. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1460068627718-LN7RPXCMU86YC4T4CLE5/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Galapagos Islands...like no place else on Earth. A male frigate bird in all of his red throated glory, as he hopes to attract a mate on Isla Genovesa. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1460157721855-MR2BYV0M0Z5YRL86KX5S/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Galapagos Islands...like no place else on Earth. Approaching an eroded volcanic rock on the coast of Santiago Island. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1462224973700-GQ58TGMPNI584ZIUK172/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Galapagos Islands...like no place else on Earth. Just one of thousands of marine iguanas basking in the morning sun on the beach at isla Fernandina. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1460155233700-AKLR14WLQMQT667WOBJZ/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Galapagos Islands...like no place else on Earth. Back on the Zodiac, headed for our catamaran, the Nemo III, which you can see faintly on the horizon line on the right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1460159232820-K0PBX3YXVJUSUK5YE96D/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Galapagos Islands...like no place else on Earth. Our guide Wilo standing on a lava formation of Santiago Island https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1462224212995-70J0IUZ25E44TOP5M4VR/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Galapagos Islands...like no place else on Earth. On a black sand beach on Isla Santiago, a wildlife wonderland with surreal lava formations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1462228339570-LRBI2IVWEMDWBEPHON4N/IMG_0947%282%29.JPG Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Galapagos Islands...like no place else on Earth. We circle Daphne Island at sunrise on the final day of our catamaran cruise. It was here that Peter and Rosemary Grant conducted their famous research about the Galapagos finches. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1462224391248-82SMHCTNJEJYMWIOKAD5/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Galapagos Islands...like no place else on Earth. A colorful Sally Lightfoot crab perches on a black volcanic rock on the beach at Isla Santiago. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1460065093598-8R96E6GMXFF5SR7S7MEE/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Galapagos Islands...like no place else on Earth. The tracks of Pacific green turtles, which build nests in the fine white sands of Las Bachas beaches on the north shore of Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos, Ecuador. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1460153830298-BEJIZPT1CWA94GRKYZ2K/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Galapagos Islands...like no place else on Earth. Marine iguanas are a common site on the Galapagos Islands, including here on the north coast of Santa Cruz Island. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1460066181180-UI1DMVOS218L706W9CB4/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Galapagos Islands...like no place else on Earth. A red-footed boobie perched on a tree branch on Isla Genovesa, Galapagos. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1462222649417-0972G76B3L6BW2CGORDU/FullSizeRender%2873%29.jpg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Galapagos Islands...like no place else on Earth. Wild pink flamingos look for food in a blue lagoon on Isla Isabela. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1460158800999-MYFDON4JC3R49THVWSSZ/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Galapagos Islands...like no place else on Earth. Before he swam ashore, I swam alongside this little penguin as we were snorkeling on Santiago Island in the Galapagos. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1460158877821-0YLOGNCVVPBHFA16VGWU/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Galapagos Islands...like no place else on Earth. Swimming in a lagoon close to a Pacific green turtle, (darkish spot in the lower quarter of the photo.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1460154035521-55P1RS2ZMY35PBGGFODH/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Galapagos Islands...like no place else on Earth. Prickly pear cacti on Santa Cruz Island are reminiscent of Baja California. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1460063381695-9X5ZW97CR99GRRHMKDLK/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Galapagos Islands...like no place else on Earth. At Baltra, we approach the Nemo III, the 75-foot catamaran that would take us around the Galapagos Islands for 8 days. http://www.betsyherbert.com/travelblog/2016/5/4/ecuador monthly 0.5 2019-04-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1462669192248-KD2A8ZVCR4P4O70TDPHW/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Ecuador: Before the quake...floods & volcanic eruptions Street scene near the river in downtown Cuenca. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1462676825431-L3TX1C3RI9R67W2V01YQ/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Ecuador: Before the quake...floods & volcanic eruptions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1462671103832-M1ESBZTKD4SVV0WV4GGP/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Ecuador: Before the quake...floods & volcanic eruptions I celebrated my birthday in Cuenca with a super-sized Margarita, the best I'd tasted so far on my trip! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1462670902547-STRLYWMPWRBTU3BBFAIA/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Ecuador: Before the quake...floods & volcanic eruptions Cuenca streets have lots of colorful murals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1462669434802-08W0C1BS2UMB676V85MQ/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Ecuador: Before the quake...floods & volcanic eruptions Typical architecture complete with tile front and wrote iron balcony in Cuenca, Ecuador. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1462669299685-5IG5PLIMGZNNUT4E5SLG/FullSizeRender%287%29.jpg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Ecuador: Before the quake...floods & volcanic eruptions A flower vendor at work in Cuenca's flower market. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1462669588462-WPE47E8JOUO5C03ZFFJW/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Ecuador: Before the quake...floods & volcanic eruptions Photos of famous celebs who have bought hats at the Homero Ortega factory... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1462668934898-K1FVJ0V1Z8A4Q7Y901FZ/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Ecuador: Before the quake...floods & volcanic eruptions Historic limestone building lit up at night in downtown Cuenca, Ecuador. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1462669382669-9HNZ2Q0RQ11G0XKPTMV0/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Ecuador: Before the quake...floods & volcanic eruptions Two local women wearing their ever-popular Panama hats, which are actually made in Cuenca, Ecuador! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1462669542819-WWZL26HNB5AOG5XZE4CB/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Ecuador: Before the quake...floods & volcanic eruptions I visited the Homero Ortego hat factory in Cuenca, where world-famous Panama hats are made. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1462668758872-APK9KFHYAY7INUYUBJCZ/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Ecuador: Before the quake...floods & volcanic eruptions Woman walking through the flower market in Cuenca's downtown. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1462671004063-YT0IDSJM8FGZAYW6JSF1/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Ecuador: Before the quake...floods & volcanic eruptions Historic church in downtown Cuenca. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1462675742609-L2E8LPTG141W6LGAEU1U/IMG_1290.JPG Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Ecuador: Before the quake...floods & volcanic eruptions I took this photo from my seat on the flight from Cuenca to Quito, Ecuador on March 11, 2016. You can see the boomerang-shaped ash plume being spewed by the 16,480 foot volcano Tungurahua, 140 miles south of Quito. http://www.betsyherbert.com/travelblog/2016/5/7/central-america-from-zone-3-to-gringo-landia monthly 0.5 2019-04-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1462919765980-A97NKYF0BWAJ7B7UYLWM/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador: Unbearable conditions A stelae sculture at Copán, Honduras. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1463167056752-3N1KSPUQGZTBHUSVNHFD/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador: Unbearable conditions A nut vendor in the plaza outside the Solala market. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1463169082424-J9QYQPPOVGIMK7JZT1EV/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador: Unbearable conditions Mayan potters still use similar ceramic techniques as the ancient Mayan's, as shown by this Guatemalan woman above. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1463172217285-HFLT8RB7OD7GH1XNAA0K/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador: Unbearable conditions Just hours before the Easter processions are to begin, the clouds open up to let the sun rays through. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1463172861621-44E52FLFOA0IICJ93X3A/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador: Unbearable conditions Anoterh scen insie an old walled garden in Antigua. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1462908592074-Z1S0Y9IF8KUU0NBTUG0N/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador: Unbearable conditions Children enjoying ice cream outside of San Salvador Cathedral. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1462918999924-SZORQ1ZUXY5JTH36USGJ/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador: Unbearable conditions It's easy to imagine living here once upon a time in Copán and gazing out to the mountains beyond... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1462924247691-FMRN9XIBO5G0EH03C75M/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador: Unbearable conditions Ball court at Copán, Honduras. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1463175178745-HS6H95B7B980K6CO946X/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador: Unbearable conditions Panoramic view of the main plaza of Tikal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1463000332711-N9M9KS0XDELUVMGW6WVQ/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador: Unbearable conditions A residence in Zone 3, Guatemala City. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1463173266833-UXND4YR03VTGX8MAILYP/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador: Unbearable conditions Temple of the Jaguar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1463168112749-ET2KDWVZTVCRSGLPKNS9/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador: Unbearable conditions This tree overhanging the New River near Laminai ruins in Beiize is festooned with a snake cactus . . at first I thought it was a huge green snake. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1463088527065-POPS68WOUSL34SOAMPJ8/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador: Unbearable conditions Good shopping day in Guatemala City... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1463167690411-ZGIHX1WS6LTOVVJOTJJ2/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador: Unbearable conditions A "chicken bus," which is basically a souped-up, hot-rod update of an old, recycled American school bus. We're told these buses are refitted with Caterpillar engines and manual transmissions, and their garrish paint jobs & chrome trim rival any low-rider car. chicken buses are the main mode of transportation in Guatemala. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1463001160499-0HCLQO5OONBUORKO9TI0/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador: Unbearable conditions A Zone 3 woman and her two daughters reselling scavenged items from the Guatemala City Garbage Dump. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1463090231834-GZQ5A8IE0AN95ISFUD7C/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador: Unbearable conditions This is a small local brick-making operation along the road from Guatemala City to Panajachel known as El Tejar. The much sought-after adobe bricks are hand made and fired in small kilns. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1463170920011-J1L2FI0SXKC9AY2DHFLB/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador: Unbearable conditions Locals join tourists in creating traditional sawdust carpets, which cover the sstreets of Antigua during the week before Easter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1463000618669-TY1VUJGLIOJ18VDSCVQ3/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador: Unbearable conditions Since Safe Passage built this school, children are no longer permitted to work in the Guatemala City Garbage Dump. Instead, 550 of them attend classes here, such as the kindergarten pictured above. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1463091492639-CZH39O38DW26MMNEIRN4/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador: Unbearable conditions That's me ziplining through a native forest outside Pana, enjoying a terrific view of Lake Atitlan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1463172558325-1S51KCWEAJEMRO39U0M4/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador: Unbearable conditions Beautiful old stone wall inside the grounds of a walled garden in central Antigua. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1463349159433-KEEBGR3JSZUJHU043IZA/image-asset.png Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador: Unbearable conditions That's me in front of a massive stone carving at Laminai in Belize. Only a small fraction of the buildings of this site have been excavated. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1462919087712-P6Z6EXT3NEAIG0AH4K8I/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador: Unbearable conditions Stone carvings on a rock wall at Copán ruins in Honduras. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1463170333071-PI6AF2E60TH3OSD02MZW/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador: Unbearable conditions Inside the historic Metropolitan Cathedral in Guatemala City. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1463167240883-X17HTDOLIM8NGR1DAG4P/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador: Unbearable conditions That's me again, ziplining through the forest above Lake Atitlan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1463175782886-AI7PE79OAV0I294FKZU6/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador: Unbearable conditions The largest excavated ruin at Laminai, the Mask Temple. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1462909945593-I8VL5NIKYBGWNG7AR8M8/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador: Unbearable conditions A beautiful ceramic urn on display at the museum of Joya de Ceren, an ancient Mayan city that was buried by a volcanic eruption in 600 A.D. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1463171441163-NUF99W2UANK8CUYR31JD/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador: Unbearable conditions Candles available for purchase at the entrance to a local church in Antigua, Guatemala. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1462924484870-S2XQF23OEHHQ476IR0WB/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador: Unbearable conditions Beautiful heiroglyphics carved on stone tablet, Copán, Honduras. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1463090929598-SNF4A6KY9907XNE2C8EJ/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador: Unbearable conditions This woman in Pana sold beautiful old hand-woven textiles and hand embroidered huipils, like the one she is wearing. I bought one from her! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1463167905914-SN5NYXIRVHA4LWMZOSRW/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador: Unbearable conditions View from the Cerro de la Cruz above Antigua, as Volcán de Aguain erupts just after sunset. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1463165169645-RH62C2VLFLQO472ZYVRP/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador: Unbearable conditions A woman in the textile cooperative in the village of San Antonio Palopo demonstrating Mayan weaving on a traditional loom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1463168780765-ZVN9S9746ETDV3QQJZBS/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador: Unbearable conditions That's me taking a break in the shade overlooking the main plaza of Tikal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1463167843965-UNRMW7PEJCY4KRNVXYQ3/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador: Unbearable conditions TWo Mayan women walking along a city street in Anitigua...note the cobblestone street. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1463165377451-VD20TSU7WX7S2KE9Z1Z7/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador: Unbearable conditions Vegetable farm along the edge of Lake Atitlan...you can see volcanoes in the background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1462924363273-BPJYK5PBI80IHN3L9DJE/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador: Unbearable conditions Close-up of stone carvings at Copán, Honduras. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1463085563361-T545P9V1ZF7WEH0ZK2YP/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador: Unbearable conditions Teachers and students at the Safe Passage School in Zone 3, Guatemala City. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1463167974659-JVJ7ZHSDI8VN2NA9F8SU/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador: Unbearable conditions Typical cobblestone street in Antigua, Guatemala. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1462914440261-8RS41RHV4H6BP0M8F8K1/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador: Unbearable conditions Lush tropical forests grace the trails leading to the rim of the crater of the volcano Quetzaltepec near San Salvador, El Salvador. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1463171020030-TN00I5QXSZXBY1A7JOW6/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador: Unbearable conditions Young participant in the Semana Santa procession, Antigua, Guatemala. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1462924107459-XLOQFHXOS20ORHRZP352/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador: Unbearable conditions It got hot out here walking around Copán in the 90 degree heat...this pup's got the right idea. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1463166987823-HK2IJZLCNV7I9HVVY6K9/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador: Unbearable conditions A Mayan family enjoying market day at Solala. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1462919196688-YGJSIHLFO60TVJJM42XU/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador: Unbearable conditions Trees would takeover the ruins at Copán if not for constant intervention. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1463170554257-BNWW0D6S5OKK6Z0A7RMD/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador: Unbearable conditions A family in the village of Santiago Atitlan, across the lake from Pana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1463088329727-5N2X02RR7PNYXOVPH7UP/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador: Unbearable conditions A beautiful modern building in Guatemala City. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1463173378028-YHH4VTVCBJ3NJ4GC7OL1/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador: Unbearable conditions Ecstatic appreciation of Tikal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1462999369057-N1Q1MQKQQJCL4QOTPKTW/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador: Unbearable conditions An entrance to the Guatemala City Garbage Dump, where an entire community in the city's infamous Zone 3 scavenges to make a living. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1463171101450-E74OT0UWN3EMPAHNNOWI/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador: Unbearable conditions Robe clad processioners walking along the cobblestone streets, next to flower-strewn sawdust carpets. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1463171195455-LRYI9DQ17Y9QDYP9C4MU/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador: Unbearable conditions Semana Santa procession in full swing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1463171298444-7VS0D6YZ769416FSNMSO/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador: Unbearable conditions A local church decorated in traditional style for Semana Santa week. Note the sawdust carpet and the cornucopia of fruits and vegetables. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1463163613103-7XA3SVRRE4PONGD2LJWP/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador: Unbearable conditions Women of the textile co-op at San Antonio Palopo, shown here using natural dyes to color the cotton before it is woven. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1463089113999-X1P252RVXW6REZJCGTY9/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador: Unbearable conditions This is me on the Avenue Las Americas, Guatemala City on Saint Patrick's Day... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1463174003851-2AQQ726CAQCUUQ8PVQXJ/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador: Unbearable conditions Near the entrance to Tikal National Park, our guide points across the jungle to the tallest ruin of Tikal, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1463088672754-G0TNATN4P5VYYFOTD3WL/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador: Unbearable conditions Street vendor in Central Plaza, Guatemala City. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1462998328063-SF32263YBHWLYR3IJYZX/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador: Unbearable conditions Preparing coffee beans for roasting in the Guatemalan countryside outside of Guatemala City. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1463168038614-G7IWDX5QVDMODZV4NKBH/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador: Unbearable conditions We saw an amazing assortment of birds and even a few crocodiles on our boat trip down the New River to visit the 3,000-year old Mayan ruins of Laminai, Belize. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1462908356026-SK8MC9ZQAQZZ4TWV0OS8/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador: Unbearable conditions The unassuming, rather drab concrete exterior of La Iglesia Romero in downtown San Salvador belies its brilliant interior (see below). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1463170127186-W28YBM588A55JEFBALEG/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador: Unbearable conditions The fence around the Safe Passage school in Zone 3 in Guatemala City. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1463172683935-7Z4XKHPTZOJ97EE62B27/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador: Unbearable conditions Historic Antiguan kitchen as recreated in the museum in central Antigua. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1462913962732-VTZSHCABVTKD7NP3OVPG/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador: Unbearable conditions Looking out over the huge caldera of Quetzaltepec, an active volcano near San Salvador. This caldera known as El Boqueron (big mouth) used to hold a giant lake, which was blown away during the last eruption in 1917. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1463168286427-WZG84ZH6WSIWQTC81Z1Q/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador: Unbearable conditions Kids playing basketball in front of the old convent in Antigua, Guatemala. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1463000454496-VJ3Y8I36B3YX2IUEW8AU/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador: Unbearable conditions Men bagging recycables scavenged from the Guatemala City Garbage Dump. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1462917887514-UPNBTBOYIX79YTEHPPF7/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador: Unbearable conditions Macaws above entrance to Copán ruins in Honduras. . .and I thought bluejays were noisy! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1463168930294-MLCI6LS5AUJRXJUELEJK/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador: Unbearable conditions Our guide just before he reached the top of the ruin at Yaxhá https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1462909041900-R6LPI51W15MKCYDIINIX/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador: Unbearable conditions A painting of Archbishop Oscar Romero in San Salvador Cathedral at San Salvador Cathedral. Archbishop Romero outspokenly opposed social injustice, assassinations and torture, which were being practiced by an El Salvadoran military junta that took power in 1979. He urged the US government to stop sending aid to the junta. He was assassinated in 1980. Shortly afterward, the Salvadoran Civil War ensued. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1463001304517-MCZH8F4K7BY1QQFJK1EG/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador: Unbearable conditions A main street in Zone 3, where the Guatemala City Garbage Dump provides the only source of income for residents. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1462908544963-98QXSV1YYZN29YFV153C/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador: Unbearable conditions Two Salvadoran girls descending the staircase of San Salvador Cathedral. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1462907140112-M5HAR5126KVGSR48A0Y7/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador: Unbearable conditions Cascades of natural light through stained glass windows in La Iglesia Rosario create an atmosphere that brilliantly transcends the dull, grey concrete exterior of the building. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1463000810812-UNN03K7UNR5Z16MAHB7V/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador: Unbearable conditions Volunteers from colleges and universities around the world come to Guatemala City to teach and assist at the Safe Passage School in Zone 3. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1463167385718-ZMCB1VT09M4N0WXKC68G/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador: Unbearable conditions Hiking up the trails through the forest around Lake Atitlan, we spotted many koati mundis, which are part of the raccoon faily and native to Latin America. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1463173052977-NZF04GML2Q995FEPGDRZ/image-asset.png Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador: Unbearable conditions Hibiscus flowers are abundant throughout Antigua, Guatemala. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1462999494262-AATUSJT8LP2ZCZEHK78S/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador: Unbearable conditions Woman carrying a scavenged item from the Guatemala City Garbage Dump in Zone 3. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1462918536212-47YM78TKSNAYESA6XGTK/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador: Unbearable conditions A palace at Copán, Honduras. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1463171621745-SDPJ5ZZK7V5N2VRC2AY0/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador: Unbearable conditions Here, you can see the Volcáno de Aguain through the famous archway in Antigua's central area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1463167593608-K5Z886NK24VWW6GUD3WN/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador: Unbearable conditions Cruising past a throng of women doing laundry on the side of Lake Atitlan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1463166911990-O0P7GZR04Z74S2DN6UWM/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador: Unbearable conditions A young Mayan girl in the Solala marketplace. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1463092079624-MJ5SZD87B993YV31W0MW/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador: Unbearable conditions Selling maize and beans in the Solala market. http://www.betsyherbert.com/travelblog/2016/6/26/re-entry-back-in-the-usa-after-one-year monthly 0.5 2019-04-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1467055526532-8AEX47GZF1P861DQSRSP/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Re-entry: Touch-down in the U.S.A after one year Once back in Santa Cruz, one of the first places I walked was along the coast at Wilder Ranch State Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1467057505073-DNC6D0J72MKEVFQLOZBE/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Re-entry: Touch-down in the U.S.A after one year This monarch butterfly emerged from its chrysalis attached to a plant in my backyard, but it had a deformed wing and was never able to fly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1467057226775-MIU4ZEZYL36JT4GZUPJE/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Re-entry: Touch-down in the U.S.A after one year My Mazda MX5, which is apparently the second-most fuel efficient sports car on the market, after the Tesla. The MX5 is not hybrid or a plug-in, but it does get 36 mpg, and it's way cheaper than a Tesla. I thought I'd keep this until I can afford a Tesla or something else along those lines. http://www.betsyherbert.com/travelblog/2016/7/17/one-sure-fire-way-to-de-clutter-take-a-trip-around-the-world monthly 0.5 2019-04-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1469828995527-5L85RVTKD3WUBXFNWVU3/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - One sure-fire way to de-clutter: Take a trip around the world Somebody somewhere will really like this old china! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1469827487902-RVBE5UTRR63USN5W599T/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - One sure-fire way to de-clutter: Take a trip around the world Stuff!! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1469827860363-SZ09NYN0DABYTE31SQNX/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - One sure-fire way to de-clutter: Take a trip around the world My old couch was too big for the space...so I sold it on Craig's list. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1469804575285-27FHAQDP80I43WBJMUMS/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - One sure-fire way to de-clutter: Take a trip around the world Above, one of the movers gets ready to close the door on my 10' x 15' storage unit. I was really glad that my road bike fit into the space! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1469803462814-ALFSUFVBKXTJA3M81AES/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - One sure-fire way to de-clutter: Take a trip around the world When I decided to take a year-long trip around the world, I had a great incentive to get rid of stuff. First step...eat this cake!!! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1469828740006-6UQMQU3O8C3X1A4LWEGP/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - One sure-fire way to de-clutter: Take a trip around the world How could I part with any of these old clothes?? My friend Sue made it easy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1469827575228-NWRC2DKVRZVUUOBSKUUQ/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - One sure-fire way to de-clutter: Take a trip around the world My friend Jeannie bought my old Singer sewing machine for her grand daughter. http://www.betsyherbert.com/travelblog/2016/9/17/gmxh03mwdg8hi66vltog890ic1susi monthly 0.5 2019-04-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1488755693215-JM8R49IEXSU60IYALZH5/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Hawaii to cap it all off... Kalalau Lookout, Kauai. One of the rainiest places on earth (but not this day on August, 2016) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1488755344658-WXH36WZN2F5Z4MLOZN1E/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Hawaii to cap it all off... Overlooking Waimea Canyon, on the island of Kauai (August, 2016). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1488754987309-A8T4ECR22A2G6EUGIXG0/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Hawaii to cap it all off... I took this shot of Kauai's Napali Coast from the deck of our catamaran . . . (August 2016) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1488756504005-D04MXW59K7O5P2R3AMC7/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Hawaii to cap it all off... The chicken is the unofficial bird of Kauai. The ubiquitous chicken crows at all times of the night and roosts in the wild. But their saving grace is that they eat bugs, including those nasty centipedes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54834f08e4b024c0186dbeb9/1488755209092-NN1M09EG9JKDZ0M4ZJ59/image-asset.jpeg Betsy Herbert RTW travel blog - Hawaii to cap it all off... 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