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Thursday, November 26, 2009 Trying to free up some space on my home computer, I came across this video from our first trip to Africa in 2005. It was supposed to be a once in a lifetime trip, but instead it only whet our appetite for what has become almost annual tradition (damn you 2008!). The private safari began in Nairobi, and took us by road to Amboseli National Park in Kenya, and then Tarangire, Lake Manyara, Ngorongoro, and the Serengeti in Tanzania. If you have been on safari, I'm sure that you will appreciate the shaky footage of the drive to Amboseli (our first encounter with the appropriately named "African Massage"). What probably won't make sense is the Christmas parade :)
Tuesday, November 24, 2009 Here's another quick video from our trip to Churchill, this one featuring some of the lesser known residents: arctic fox, ptarmigan, and arctic hare. This is the last from Churchill for a while as I'm convinced I've been through all the video :)
Monday, November 23, 2009 Last November (that's right, a YEAR ago), Andy and I spent five nights at the Tundra Buggy Lodge in Churchill, Canada. This is one of the few places on earth where for a few weeks each year, the chances are pretty good that you will be able to observe polar bears in their natural environment. It was kind of a busy year so I never got around to finishing the video, but I couldn't POSSIBLY start going through the South Africa or Botswana pictures until I had this off my to-do list. Sorry it is kind of long, but I find them so fascinating to watch !
Saturday, November 21, 2009 When we visited Atlantis in 2002, we spent a morning at Blue Lagoon Island for the "dolphin encounter". Atlantis has since created their own Dolphin Cay, which is home to dolphins and sea lions rescued from the Marine Life Oceanarium in Gulfport, Mississippi after hurricane Katrina. I mentioned the sea lion interaction before so here's a video to summarize the dolphin experience.
Wednesday, November 18, 2009 Blah 
Tuesday, November 17, 2009 Tuesday sunrise 
Sunday, November 15, 2009 When we first saw the Ruins Lagoon back in 1998, we were both speechless. Since then, we've been back to Atlantis three times, and each time it is one of the first items on our agenda. We were thrilled to learn that they now allow a limited number of guests to snorkel in this tank each day. The tank contains schools of jacks and snapper, but its most famous residents are the giant manta rays and the spotted eagle rays. These mantas have a wingspan of 8-10 feet, slightly smaller but a lot closer than the mantas we saw in Yap.
Friday, November 13, 2009 Friday sunrise  
Wednesday, November 11, 2009 Sunrise this morning - this is the original image. Move your mouse over the image to see the HDR version. HDR or not? What do you think? 
Saturday, November 07, 2009 Greetings from Atlantis. We're back from our morning "deep water interaction", or DWI as Andy referred to it. We got to spend about an hour in the water with a few dolphins, doing a few posed interactions as well as cruising next to them on motorized water scooters. Yesterday was sea lion day. After a visit to the fish kitchen where their meals are prepared, we got to hang out with Freebie, a 26 year old male sea lion.  Last night we had dinner at Graycliff, a restaurant we thought we dined at back in 1999 but as it turns out, was just a very nice restaurant :) We toured their impressive wine cellar and saw a $250,000 bottle of wine, among other treasures in their 275,000 bottle collection. Tonight we're headed to another restaurant that we *think* might be the place we ate in 1999 - as long as the meals keep being spectacularly succulent lobster, I'm happy. The resort has changed a LOT. Some of the older parts look like they are soon to be abandoned, and the property has almost doubled in size with the addition of the swanky Cove tower and Reef residences (the latter does not look too occupied). In general, it seems pretty crowded, though there are still spots to find peace and quiet. Today has been a bit cloudy so we took a walk to the Cloisters (location of our wedding ceremony and are now headed to shoot some pictures in the aquariums and then I'm going to try to convince Andy to ride some of the waterslides.
Wednesday, November 04, 2009 Ten years ago, Andy and I were in the Bahamas somewhat anxiously awaiting what turned out to be our lovely but a little unusual wedding. Tomorrow, we'll return to Atlantis for a relaxing weekend of warm temperatures, seafood, and snorkeling. We might post a few pictures, but in the mean time here's a short video to commemorate ten years of Martin mayhem.
Sunday, November 01, 2009 With daylight savings time over, sunrise time is back to where it should be.  A few hours later we had a visit from the resident American Kestrel, who frequently sits on the ledge while hunting small birds. 
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