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The Explorer II - our home for the next week. Isn't she a beauty! 436 feet of luxury accommodations and first class service. Oops, wrong boat-sorry! The town of Ushuia in the background, our point of embarkation View from the top of the boat We saileld the Drake Passage on a beautiful day We were on a modern boat with all spacious upper deck for wildlife viewing. This paid off when we say the humpback whales feeding.  I tried to climb to the top for better photos, but the crew was having none of this Lets take a mini tour of

This page has a sequence of photos of a lioness stalking and killing a wildebeest in the Serengeti of Tanzania in July of 2009. The powerful primal instincts of this predator are readily seen. Nature's brutality is also apparent so be prepared to see the death of the wildebeest. Our guide Proteus noticed her in the grass on the right as we slowly drove a road near a marsh around 9 AM. Do you see her towards the center right? She is not easy to spot hidden in the grass.  Linda is pointing the 500 mm lens right at her.

This is the beginning of the trip so we are still smiling. Robert and Lela Rick and Joan Dominic The Dinkers (don't ask why they got this nickname)

Things were a little slow at the equator this year, so King Neptune and his wife paid us a visit towards the end of our trip. He was none too happy at some of the names we mixed up on his creatures. Things like calling pelicans as penguins, and asking dumb questions like, "who was Darwin"? As our punishment we had to memorize Darwin's tome and recite it at dinner. His COOL wife came along so he could show her off In order to make peace with Neptune some of us had to kiss a raw fish. If we didn't

This group sure knew how to eat and boy did they love their wine! Click on the picture above to see them as a group. Click on the individual pictures below to see Group 1 participants at their best (usually). Lorna Joy Mike and Carol Silvia Bob and Linda The Gerutto Family