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Sunrise Above the Clouds in the Sierra Norte

Sunrise Above the Clouds in the Sierra Norte

by on February 18, 2024 in Mexico Travel, Sunset Sunday

We woke up in darkness, a cold darkness inside our cabins and started to prepare for our first hike.  We just arrived late the prior night to Llano Grande one of the communities in the Pueblos Mancomunados, after a long travel day. Our first real views of the Sierra Norte awaited us still and we […]

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La Mision – The Sunrise Mission in Loreto, Mexico

La Mision – The Sunrise Mission in Loreto, Mexico

by on June 13, 2021 in Mexico Travel, Sunset Sunday

Loreto, located on the east coast of the Baja Peninsula overlooks the Sea of Cortez. Each morning the sun provides the wake-up call the local fisherman to head out to sea and for the tourists looking to start another day of adventure in this tranquil coastal desert paradise. It is one of the many Lures […]

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Taking the Sunrise Photo Walk at the Lodge at Woodloch

Taking the Sunrise Photo Walk at the Lodge at Woodloch

by on June 28, 2020 in Sunset Sunday

This trip, the weekend at the Lodge at Woodloch located in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania, was different.  I expected such as it was my first time traveling again since the pandemic altered the travel landscape. What wasn’t different on this trip was missing the sunset at the lake. I missed it again. In prior […]

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Sunrise Sunday – A New Day, Viking Ships “Return” to the Americas

Sunrise Sunday – A New Day, Viking Ships “Return” to the Americas

by on November 6, 2016 in Cruise Travel, Sunset Sunday

Viking Ships are back in America. Yes, Viking Cruises have positioned one of their ocean liners in the Americas. The relatively new Viking Star (christened in 2015) is taking up residency in the Caribbean. The cruise company that transformed the river cruise industry is now venturing into the ocean liner market with a release of […]

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Sunrise in a Hammock at the Palm at Playa del Carmen

Sunrise in a Hammock at the Palm at Playa del Carmen

by on January 31, 2016 in Mexico Travel, Sunset Sunday

I decided to remain poolside and order another cocktail, I wanted to wait till the sun set to capture the golden hour’s light and the views from the rooftop at the Palm at Playa. After an incredible social afternoon including a live #Mexchat and before a delicious dinner at Plank, I just wanted to relax […]

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Catching the Sunrise with Hippos in Burkina Faso

Catching the Sunrise with Hippos in Burkina Faso

by on May 31, 2015 in Guest Post, Sunset Sunday

It was still dark when I left my hotel in Banfora to head to Lake Tengrela in western Burkina Faso. The goal was to set sail on the lake in a wooden canoe before the sun came up to try to spot a hippopotamus or two. While we floated along in the rickety canoe, I […]

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Sunset Sunday – A Tulum Sunrise for the New Era in the Mayan World

Sunset Sunday – A Tulum Sunrise for the New Era in the Mayan World

by on December 23, 2012 in Mexico Travel, Sunset Sunday

The sun rose on December 21st; the world didn’t end.  Some feared the end with the “end” of the Mayan Calendar in 2012, but others welcomed it as a new era began.  So to celebrate, honor, and welcome this shift in time, I wanted to share a rare (for me) sunrise (instead of a sunset) […]

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The Morning March to the Tikal Temple Sunrise

The Morning March to the Tikal Temple Sunrise

by on May 29, 2012 in Destination

I used the light from my camera, peeled off 100 Quetzales and handed it over.  He told me, “cien por persona.” He must have thought we were together. We weren’t. She paid her hundred and he continued to collect from the six or eight other people joining us. It was too dark to get an […]

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