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Longing for Africa

I’ve been thinking and planning for months about traveling to Central America.  So many National Parks filled with lush forests, tropical birds and unique wildlife in a warm and humid environment.  Did I just write humid?  Oh yuck.  I really don’t relish sticky.  Didn’t care for that a bit when in south Texas.

01 Champagne Castle, Cathkin Peak & the Sterkhorn Drakensburg hike KwaZulu-Natal ZA pano (1024x390)

Hiking in the Drakensburg

Suddenly my inbox and reader are Loaded with posts about Africa.  Are they just teasing me?  I loved the short month spent in South Africa in 2010.  I vowed to return.  There’s so much more to see.

02 Cram Lighted Globe Supported by Twin Atlases borrowed from Berta Yarnell AZ (735x804)

The world is big with so many places I long to roam.

03 Elephants Kruger NP Mpumalanga ZA (1024x768)

Yet I want to go back to Africa.

Where do you long to go?

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Touring Central America-researching possibilities

I love to research the multitude of possible places to see when planning to travel.  My list is always longer than time allows and that’s OK.  I don’t expect to see it all and don’t really want to rush around too much.  Just means I’ll have an excuse to return.

02 caravan tour panama canal plus

I’ve been surfing the web for possible tours in Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama.  I’d really like to start my journey with a guided tour to get a feel for this part of the world.  Yet I’ve never been on a tour that lasted longer than an hour, with a Park Ranger.  And then there’s the cruise ship idea that would be a first.

Have any of you “been there, done that”?  There are quite a few choices for multi-day tour options:  Road Scholar, Smithsonian Journeys, Caravan, Overseas Adventure Travel (OAT), National Geographic Expeditions (fantasy dream), Intrepid Travel, G adventures.  Thinking a tour off the beaten path would be a good idea.  I plan to stay longer than an organized 7-14 day tour and then explore on my own.

03 CostaRicaParkMap

Costa Rica National Parks

I’m a National Park junkie so could probably spend years exploring all the possibilities in Costa Rica alone.  Considered a world leader in conservation policies with 25% of the land protected, more than any other country in the world, including a variety of ecosystems and habitats like beaches, rainforest, volcanoes, wildlife, tropical dry forests, wetlands, cloud forests, marine areas, rivers and waterfalls.

04 3-toed sloth with baby

I’d also like to volunteer somewhere and because I love wildlife, and especially would like to get to know some sloths, I’m considering the Sloth Sanctuary as one possibility.  Aren’t they adorable?

05 Barra Honda NP caving

Barra Honda National Park

Making a wish list of tours and places. Got totally lost for the last couple of days engrossed in the possibilities with a bit of drool on the keyboard while gazing at images and dreaming of places I want to see.

06 baldi-hot-springs-4

Please feel free to make suggestions as my list can never be too long.

zipline Monteverde

Pura Vida!                    Pure Life!

Apologize that none of the these photos are mine, yet.

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Atlas carries the world on his shoulders

01 Cram Lighted Globe Supported by Twin Atlases (872x850)

Stories differ whether Atlas carried the world, held pillars apart that balanced the earth or held the heavens from crushing the earth.

02 Sampling of road atlases (1024x768)

I am a traveler and have an addiction for maps.

03 Cram Lighted Globe Supported by Twin Atlases (1024x889)

What better than a globe of the world.  Maybe a little out of date with a few country names, but hey that happens.  Berta loaned it to me.

04 Cram Lighted Globe Supported by Twin Atlases (1024x768)

Bronze Atlas crouches under both sides of the globe.

05 Cram Lighted Globe Supported by Twin Atlases (1024x1009)

The best part is it lights up.  Oh the dreams I’m having as I circumnavigate the world.  Where do you dream to travel?

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To view the word from different angles go to Our World Tuesday.

THE GEORGE F. CRAM CO., INC. 1964 INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, Cram Lighted Globe Supported by Twin Atlases HANDSOME POST U.A.R. GLOBE MADE OF PLEXIGRAS WITH LITHOGRAPHED SURFACE. MOUNTED IN A CAST BRONZE FULL RING MERIDIAN FITTING INTO A PAIR OF GROOVED CAST BRONZE ATLAS FIGURES SUPPORTING THE WORLD ON THEIR BACKS. THE ATLASES ARE MOUNTED ON A SCULPTED WALNUT BASE 15″ LONG, 5.25 INCHES DEEP AND 1.25 INCHES HIGH. A PULLCHAIN BENEATH THE GLOBE SWITCHES ON THE INTERNAL LIGHT.OCEANS FINISHED IN MEDIUM BLUE WITH ECLIPTIC, INTERNATIONAL DATE LINE, TROPICS OF CANCER AND CAPRICORN, AIRLINE DISTANCES AND ANALEMMA. EGYPT NAME ARAB REP. EGYPT.

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