Brazil: Yanomami Decor

In Brazil’ Amazon rain forest a Yanomami woman decorates her husband’s body with urucu, also known as achiote.

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Brazil: Yanomami Slash-And-Burn Agriculture

In Brazil, on a piece of slashed-and-burned Amazon rain forest still hot and smoking, a Yanomami man breaks ground to plant manioc.

The same Yanomami man is planting the sections of manioc stems lying next to his left foot.

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Brazil: Yanomami Elder Resting In Bark Hammock

In Brazil's Amazon rain forest, a Yanomami elder is resting in a hammock he made in minutes from strips of saplings’ bark he knotted at both ends. His wife behind him is conversing with a woman lying in a commercial cotton hammock arrived there by trade.

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Costa Rica: Crater Of Poás Volcano

Rare view of Costa Rica’s Poás Volcano, which often hides behind heavy fog and forced me to return several times to get this picture.

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Costa Rica: Challenging Forest Wall

Along a road of Costa Rica’s Arenal Volcano National Park, a birders' paradise, the forest raises a challenging green wall.

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Costa Rica: A Path To Salvation

Glorified path leading to the church of Naranjo, a village in Costa Rica’sCentral Valley.

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Costa Rica: Living Life One Step At A Time

Under a sinking Sunday afternoon sun, people converse outside a Catholic church they just exited in Rosario, a village of Costa Rica’s Central Valley.

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Costa Rica: Otherworldly Dawn

A blue dawn shrouded in mist near the Costa Rican town of Cervantes surrounds a truck with an otherworldly aura.

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Costa Rica: Beautiful Hurricane Damage

Brooding sky along Costa Rica’s Caribbean coast at Cahuita National Park after a hurricane uprooted palm trees.

From beaches to volcanoes and mountains, and from rain forest to semi-desert, Costa Rica offers an amazing variety of beautiful scenery for such a small country. Nothing as dramatic as in South America, but all of it of it of easy and quick access, It’s the perfect destination for a short vacation, though you'll find plenty to see and do there if you have more time. To sample South America requires more time and preparation.

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Costa Rica: Caribbean Coast At Dusk

End of day at Costa Rica’s Caribbean Coast along Cahuita National Park.

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