Weekly Photo: Itaipu Dam, Paraguay

Paraguay is quite proud of Itaipu Dam. On a visit, though, this is pretty much all we saw of the dam. And a very nationalistic video about its construction. While it’s cool to see, I’ve seen big dams before (Grand Coulee is in Washington, where I’m from). What they don’t tell you is that Itaipu …

Weekly Photo: Sunset at Kota Kinabalu

I took this photo a while back while I was in Borneo. I was looking through my photos and remembered how beautiful the sunset was that night. This photo is at a resort, but they let you go in even if you are not staying there. If only this was a tropical island that I …

Weekly Photo: Butterfly at Phnom Kulen National Park

There were butterflies everywhere at Phnom Kulen National Park. Literally hundreds of them were flying around. Many were orange, but there were a few that were blue and green like this one. It took quite a bit of patience to wait for the butterflies to stop long enough to take a photo. I waited about …

Weekly Photo: Phnom Kulen Waterfall

The water looks rather brown, but it’s actually not so bad when you are close up. Phnom Kulen Waterfall is about 2 hour drive from Siem Reap along a windy road. You end up in the middle of the jungle, but it’s rather pleasant. There are few foreigners and the place is relaxing. A nice …

Weekly Photo: Sun Bear

Near Kuang Si Falls there is a Sun bear reserve established to help Sun bears that have been mistreated and cannot be returned to the wild. They are vegetarians and seem rather lazy. All they did was sleep. They even slept in hammocks, which was rather amusing. Sometimes, they just people watch, like this Sun …