So often I see ads for group travel to remote places for that one in a lifetime experience. I see these and close my eyes to remember my adventures. No group. No hired travel guide. Not always a hotel, room or normal bed, and sometimes way off the beaten path.
My first trip to Nicaragua, was the first of several adventures I was able to experience and take lots of photos of.
Nicaragua was like adventures within an adventure. My favourite was trekking into the jungle in R.A.A.N.
A rickety school bus with holes in the floor and puddle water in the radiator took as far as humanly possible to a spot far west of Santa Marta. It was evening when we started into the jungle, we were headed west into the oncoming darkness. Our gruelling trek lasted until midnight with the path chopped clear by a young man known to my travel buddy.
As always, I have my coffee, a place to lay my head and it’s a good thing I like spiders as this fine fellow was sharing my mosquito net and woven mat of leaves. This is on the Wawa River and, very much, off the beaten path.
This is chocolate, not looking too tasty at all.
Some of the surrounding sights to see including a large tree across the river known as “The Devil Tree.”
Dugout canoe is the way to travel and if you are not paddling you are bailing, with no pitch to seal canoes the rags used only do so much. This was our way back to civilization, heading east along the Wawa River.
I was fortunate to travel to different places, always off the beaten path, carrying everything I needed in my backpack and my sling camera bag. These once in a life time adventures were amazing and I have more to share, so stay tuned!
Till next time, stay strong and keep safe Canada!
thru my lens 