I’ve posted my Guatemala trip journal on Ah, Wilderness! The journal features photos not found in the online photo album (which has an option for full-screen slideshow). Check out both.
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| Trip to Guatemala 2010 (130 photos) |
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Photos by mark justice hinton.
Trip to Guatemala 2010
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Eight friends traveled for 12 days in Guatemala at the end of February and beginning of March, 2010. Our trip was organized and lead by Dr David Mehlman, ornithologist & friend, with the help of Bitty Ramirez-Portilla and Miguel Marin, among other local guides and hosts. Our primary motivation was, ostensibly, birding plus visiting some Mayan ruins. Read my journal and see other photos: http://www.mjhinton.com/wild/?p=627 . Location: guatemala |
Bosque del Apache, New Mexico
Bosque del Apache is a magical spot not quite 100 miles to the south from our door. Bosque is located close to the Rio Grande but is a largely artificial wetlands, capably managed to attract tens of thousands of bird in the winter, including massive flocks of snow geese and sandhill cranes. The cranes and geese, in particular, fly out at dawn and in at sunset in wave after wave of birds. Even without the birds, the bosque is beautiful, surrounded by mountains in every direction.
Merri and I went to the bosque at the beginning of December, 2009, with our neighbors, Joe and Sally. We didn’t take our annual expedition and moveable feast with other friends at the end of December. We did return to the bosque on a perfect day, February 1st, 2010. For the very first time in 25 years of trips several times per year, we walked one of the 6+ mile loops, which offered us even more birding opportunities than the bosque does on a slow drive. Of the 300 plus pictures I took, here are 35.
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| Bosque del Apache click for 35 pix & fullscreen slideshow |
Bosque del Apache
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New Mexico’s premier wildlife refuge. Date: Feb 14, 2010 |
portfolio
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special pix Date: Feb 9, 2010 |
Chinese New Year in Albuquerque, New Mexico
Mer and I attended the dress rehearsal 2/6 for the Chinese Cultural Center’s performance, which will be held 2/14. The dress rehearsal was sparsely attended – the ‘real’ day will be jam-packed. The performances consist of routines executed by different combinations of Center members in a variety of silk outfits. These routines are somewhere between martial arts exercises and dances and involve swords, fans, ribbons, flags, and empty hands. All to the accompaniment of the drum group, which includes our yoga teacher and friend, Gail Rubin. My favorite performers included Tiffany Lin and the Monkey King.
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| Chinese New Year 30 pictures |
Click the picture above for the album and a full screen slide show.
Flickr photoset from 2007 (8 pix):
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mjhinton/sets/72157594537596955/
New Year’s Day Hike 2010
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Hiking in the Sandia foothills (Elena Gallegos Open Space). Sally, Steve, Merri, and Mark. Date: Jan 18, 2010 |