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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Costa Rica: Peaceful Naranjo

In the peaceful central square of Costa Rica’s Naranjo, two fountains featuring representations of children are attracting three siblings watched by their mother, sitting on a bench behind. The way to the Catholic church in the background is enhanced by natural arches.

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Ecuador: Quito’s San Francisco Church and Plaza

I traveled so often to Ecuador since 1971 that I sometimes lose track of the dates of some of my pictures there. It’s the case with this one, shot with a panoramic camera, which shows Quito’s San Francisco Church and Plaza. The cars’ styles should help date it, but in those days Ecuadorian drivers held on to their old cars to their last breaths, so that the picture could be 10 years younger than it appears. So it may be safe to say it was shot sometimes in the eighties.

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