Men go out into the void spaces of the world for various reasons. Some are actuated simply by a love of adventure, some have the keen thirst for scientific knowledge, and others again are drawn away from the trodden paths by the "lure of little voices," the mysterious fascination of the unknown.
- Sir Ernest Shackleton
Locations: Parque Nacional Torres del Paine,
Chile
Parque Nacional Los Glaciares, Argentina
Date: Feb 2000
Torres del Paine mountains in the distance
The granite peaks of Torres del Paine
Glaciar Moreno in the distance
Glaciar Moreno from the nearby shore
Preparing to hike onto the glacier
Penguins on the shore near Punta Arenas
Location: Amazonia Expeditions Rainforest
Lodge
near Iquitos, Peru
Date: Jan 1999
Base Camp, The
Rainforest Lodge
The neighbors
house across the river
The neighbors
pet capybara, named Suzie
Heading upriver
to look for monkeys
My guide Walter,
clearing the trail
Tasting some
fruit from the rainforest
Drinking fresh
water from a Water Vine
Location: Grand Teton National Park
Yellowstone National Park
Date: Jul 1999
The Grand Canyon
of Yellowstone
Surprise Lake
in Teton National Park
A rest before
heading down the mountain
Location: Druk Path Trek
from Paro to Thimphu, Bhutan
Date: Oct 1999
Starting point of
trek, Paro Town
Woman returning
from rice fields
Camp 1, next to
mountaintop monastery
Lunch stop on a
high mountain pass
Travel companies to check out:
Honeyguide Tented Safari Camp
Coming soon to Geno's World:
Amazonia Expeditions
Third Eye Travel