When Life Gives you Rain, Dance with It - Los Angeles Travel Photographer

As much as I enjoyed watching kids and kids at heart play in the downpour, I was wishing that the rain would stop before our afternoon expedition in a skiff.  when my wish was not granted, I went out anyway, camera equipments in tow.

I'm glad that I did not let the weather deter me from my meeting with the wild lives.  Or else, I wouldn't have met the ones that still showed up despite "the inconvenience", especially this striated heron.  In him, I saw my unrivaled determination (shameless pat in the back) as the only one on the skiff with a "somewhat water-proof" camera that day. :-)  

As the late Vivian Greene put it, “Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass...It's about learning to dance in the rain.”  How do you like the dance that I improvised? ;-)

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Life is a Serious Business in the Amazons - Los Angeles Travel Photographer

Around here, people take life seriously.  The game was on when the sun was out.  Then the angry clouds rolled in.  Then dogs and cats were poured down.  The game, continued.

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Around here, people are serious about life.  Winning the game means everything, even when it means being soaked wet, being covered in mud, and even risk exposing half the behind...

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You may not be in the Amazons.  But I wish you a life that you enjoy full-heartedly, at the least, full-bodily. :-)

P.S. Do you know the difference between la Amazonia and el Amazonas?

I'm Torned by Decisions - Los Angeles Travel Photographer

Sometimes, I feel like this bird, being torned by many decisions (or rather, being trapped by them), trying to decide which branch to take.  Today, I have one of those moments.  

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Just been back from an adventurous trip from South America, I have so many stories to tell and a great number of images to share.  I can't decide where to start.  Then, I remembered a fine lady that I met on this trip who said, in Serbia, there's a saying "You can't sit on two seats at once".  Inability to make decision is no excuse for no decision, isn't it?

Alright, why not start by sharing where the journey began.  The below image was made in the late afternoon when we arrived in Nauta, where we boarded the boat for the Amazon voyage.  Under the sky that was on fire, birds were flying back to their nests and people were going home in their canoes.  To them, tomorrow is another day.  For us, it's a whole new world waiting for us.  

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Bon voyage!  

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