El Castillo – Tulum, Mexico This photo shows a corner view of the top of El Castillo (The Castle) — the largest Mayan temple among the ancient ruins of Tulum, Mexico. We visited Tulum on a sunny day that had a partly cloudy sky, making for a nice view here. The entire site dates back … Read more…
This photo is from just outside the Cinque Terre village of Monterosso al Mare, taken as we started to climb higher and more inland on the elevated trail over to Vernazza. This cat was hanging out on a rocky man-made ledge just off the coastline. He was unbothered by the nearby pedestrian traffic, so I … Read more…
I took the two shots below while we were finishing up the guided tour portion of a trip to the ancient Mayan ruins at Tulum, Mexico, south of Cancun along the Riviera Maya coastline. Tulum is a beautiful archaeological site, and I’m glad we made the half-day commitment to visit it and get some good … Read more…
We spotted this iguana after a 50-minute beach walk to the interesting little fishing village of Puerto Morelos, located between Cancun and Playa Del Carmen. Shortly after turning right off the beach toward the small town center, we saw this iguana sunning itself up on a high wall near a construction site. Like most iguanas, … Read more…
One of the fun things about staying in Mexican resorts in the Yucatan peninsula is the opportunity to spot and photograph some of the local resident iguanas. (Side note… Melissa once had a pet iguana named Simon.) Last year at a Riu resort close to Cancun we had no luck at all in this department. … Read more…
It’s Groundhog Day in the US today… a day that supposedly foretells the early (or late) coming of spring depending on if a certain groundhog named Punxsutawney Phil in Pennsylvania sees his shadow or not when pulled out of his burrow. So in honor of Groundhog Day 2013, here’s one up in a tree – … Read more…
For one trip to Mexico we stayed at a resort in the Riviera Maya region that had a large and interesting landscaped jungle area between the hotel and the beach. It was either a Riu or an Iberostar property, as I recall. There were a number of various sized iguanas wandering around this area, and … Read more…
While exploring a bit of the downtown Cancun, Mexico area, we saw this cat sitting at the edge of a residential street near a wall, relaxing but keeping an eye on things. He (or she) was pretty friendly, and sauntered over to greet us shortly after I knelt down to take this photo. He looked … Read more…
We were walking around the old Venetian ‘Kastro’ (castle) area of Naxos, Greece, when we came across a few rundown buildings with low roofs. As I recall, we turned around for some reason and spotted this black and white cat checking out his surroundings from a safe perch on a low rooftop. He wasn’t too … Read more…
This was a very opportunistic shot taken during one of our typical morning walkabouts on the Greek island of Santorini, near the town of Fira. We came upon a small square with a typical Greek white and blue building, and here was this nice looking dog just hanging out on the front step, enjoying a … Read more…
We spotted this cat hanging out on a tall faded red backyard wall as we explored a residential area near downtown Cancun, Mexico. He stuck around long enough for me to get a few shots from several feet away with a telephoto zoom lens.
Here’s another shot of the frog (or maybe its relative!) that we spotted in the tidal pool close to the shore of northern Lake Michigan, in Wilderness State Park.
This handsome frog was resting in a shallow tidal pool just off of Lake Michigan in Wilderness State Park (northern Michigan…lower peninsula), near Waugoshance Point.