Endangered and Elusive: Yunnan Snub-nosed Monkeys
Like Pandas, the Yunnan snub-nosed monkey is critically endangered. Less than 2,000 live in the remote high mountain forests of northwestern Yunnan Province. …
Yosemite: A Winter Postcard
Iconic view of Yosemite Valley from the Tunnel View Overlook with a light afternoon mist
It was late afternoon when I reached Yosemite. There was a brief …
Shangri-La Discovered – A 2015 Highlight
Mt. Kawagebo at dawn. Sacred to Tibetans, each year thousands of pilgrims circle the 22,000 ft massif by foot on a two-week pilgrimage, or Kora, for …
Searching for Shangri-La
Room with a view. Early morning from my room at Tacheng Lodge. Terraces of ripening wheat and beyond, ribbons of smoke from cooking fires
The northwest corner …
Endangered Orangutans Up Close and Personal
This orangutan was hanging out by the landing stage at Camp Leakey greeting visitors
A year ago I was on the Orion, a boat bound for Borneo and the tiny port of …
Katmandu Quake Triggers Memories
My first glimpse of Katmandu in 1973 taken with a simple Kodak Instamatic camera. The white pillar, a popular tourist site can be seen center-right. It …