This is baby time in the East African game parks.  We have seen countless babies, all adorable, from lion cubs to tiny elephants less than 3...

What is it about babies of any species that melts the heart?  Beautiful or not, they all charm us.  Yesterday was a particularly enchanting ...

We've just finished a third wonderful day in Masai Mara, the beautiful Kenyan game reserve that borders Tanzania's huge Serengeti on...

Fernando Botero is the most renowned modern Colombian artist.  He no longer lives in Colombia, but is revered there.  Both Bogota and Medell...

See photos below: Grilled mushrooms at Arvi, at the top of one of the Medellin public transit gondolas The colonial buildings in Bogota, M...

Candelaria, the old center of Bogota Candelaria at night   the beautiful mountains surrounding Bogota and Medellin   Medellin me...

First, the people, who are gracious, welcoming and ever so cordial. Fruit vendors in Bogota Ignacio and his family Even the riot ...