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Beyond Adventure Photography and Blog is about more than just the adventure of traveling. It's about pushing ones self to the very edge, living life to the fullest, discovering amazing places, opening your mind to new cultures, and most importantly, discovering what makes you happy in life.Beyond Adventurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06968717362837120804noreply@blogger.comBlogger123125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2412349819822957771.post-70711431595580463202015-11-02T16:13:00.000-09:002015-11-02T16:13:00.883-09:0011 Day Kenya Safari<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Join expedition guide and travel-adventure photographer Brian Montalbo on a photography safari of a lifetime. Brian has travelled to 36 countries in Africa and countless parks, and is excited to have selected five of the most photogenic and photography friendly parks in all of Africa to give you the best African wildlife viewing experience. <br />
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We will visit 5 game parks in Kenya. Focusing our safari time trying to experience the wildlife and scenery from a photographers viewpoint, not a tourist. We will not chase around animals. just to check them off our checklist, but will be patient with wildlife viewing, wait for the right lighting, anticipate what will happen next, and hopefully capture some amazing shots that you will never forget. After each game drive we will get together for a good meal, cold beer, and share our amazing experiences. At night we will sit around a campfire, tell stories, and look up into the clear African night sky.<br />
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Brian will teach you about African animals, African Culture, African photography tips, safety tips traveling in Africa, as well as share his experiences traveling across the continent. <br />
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<b>Highlights of the Safari: </b> Experiencing the largest migration of land animals in the world, July to October safaris), gazing up at the most famous landmark in Africa, Mt.Kilimanjaro, traveling across the great rift valley, sleeping in your bed listening to the sounds of Africa wildlife, best chance to see big tusker elephants, lions, cheetahs, leopards, and black rhinos in all of Africa. <br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small; letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Arrive Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. Transfer to Hotel in Nairobi. </b></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Day 1: Introduction to African wildlife by visiting Elephant orphanage, Giraffe Manor, and Karen Blixen estate. Travel to Masai Mara.</span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Day 02: </span> <b>Travel to Maasai Mara</b> <b>Reserve</b> Sunset game drive<br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Day 03: <b>Maasai Mara Reserve (Full Day Game Drive)</b></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Day 03: <b>Maasai Mara</b> <b>Reserve (Full day Game Drive)</b></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Day 04: <b>Lake Nakuru</b> <b>National Park Free Day relax at Lion Hill Lodge (4 star) Enjoy swimming pool. Fine dinning. </b></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Day 05: <b>Game Drive Lake Nakuru National Park</b></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Day 06: <b>Drive to Lake Naivasha. Over night</b></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Day 07: <b>Drive to Amboseli National Park. Sunset Game drive</b> </span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Day 08: <b>Morning and Afternoon game drive in Amboseli National Park</b></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Day 10: <b>Half day Game drive in Tsavo West. Head to Tsavo East. </b></span><br />
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Day 1l: <b>Full Day game Drive in Tsavo East National Park</b><br />
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Day 12 <b>Return to Nairobi. Goodbye Dinner at Carnivore Restaurant. </b> <br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Budget Camping.</span><b> </b>Food and accommodation provide. Tents with Beds inside. Toilets and showers at all campsites. Experience the sounds of wildlife and the chance of animals being right outside your tent. You will love the experience. <br />
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When it's cold and dark in Alaska it's still amazingly beautiful. Just have to look up into the sky and watch the show. These photos were taken right in Anchorage, Alaska. </div>
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Beyond Adventurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06968717362837120804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2412349819822957771.post-16052127828419350752014-02-26T09:20:00.000-09:002014-02-26T09:20:04.405-09:00Traveling the Nile by Felucca<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Traveling down a river isn't normally as relaxing as sailing by felucca down the Nile. Swift currents, rapids, and sweepers are always a danger in most rivers where I live. I'm a fishing guide back home in Alaska, and I row clients down remote rivers in the back country. One wrong move and you can flip your raft. The cold waters will give someone hypothermia in minutes. <br />
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I have to admit it was nice to sit back and be taken down a river as a client. Didn't have to do any cooking, didn't have to put up tents, or clean any fish. I just laid their with my shirt off and enjoyed the views. <br />
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You can't get anymore relaxing than riding in a sailboat down a slowly moving river like the Nile. This far up the Nile, the water is clear, looks clean, and is a great temperature to swim in. Nile crocodiles sometimes make their way around the High Dam, but are caught by local fisherman before they pose any threat. Hippos in this area are only seen in ancient carvings. So their isn't much to worry about. <br />
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Feluccas are man made sail boats, some customized to transport tourist like myself in luxury. Some some will take you for days trips, or sunset cruises, others will take you on multi night sailing trips. the most relaxing thing about a felucca in a place where it rarely rains, the entire sailboat is a super sized king sized bed. You are protected from the sun by covering, so you don't get fried, other than that you just lay down and enjoy the ride. If you choose to sun tan their is room on the sides or front to lay out. When you get too hot, just flop overboard and go for a swing. <br />
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Except for toilet breaks and pulling over to swim, the felucca keeps on sailing. At night they will tie up to shore and built bone fires for you to enjoy the desert stars. If you didn't want to move an inch, you didn't have too. Just wake up eat the food prepared for you and then go back to sleep. <br />
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The speed at which you travel all depends on the wind. If the wind is blowing hard, you cover ground at a nice pace. Tacking back and forth down the river. If there isn't any wind, you just float like piece of drift wood. <br />
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Occasionally the large cruise boats pass you by. The people on board waving to you, as they pass from their deck chairs. I'm not sure if they wish they were riding in a felucca, but I don't wish I was board the cruise liner. <br />
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There is something enjoyable about traveling without the noise of an engine. Hearing the water rush against the side and the flap of the sails. <br />
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When I was a kid, I used to wish I could travel back in time, just to see how big dinosaurs really were. It must have been a truly impressive sight to see a t-rex running down it's prey, like we can watch lions take down theirs today. A brontosaurus roaming across the open savannah, their long necks reaching up into the highest parts of the trees, similar to giraffes today. Who isn't fascinated with the dinosaurs? After watching the movie Jurassic Park I would have paid what ever I had to, to see these animals up close. That's why I will do everything I can now, to help keep these animals around. </div>
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Today we have animals that future generations will wish were still around. Pictures, documentaries, and stories will capture their imagination, but they to will wish they could have seen them in real life. Nothing can replace your first siting of a blue whale, which to our knowledge is the biggest animal to roam in the history of our planet. Go on a safari in Africa and you will have your breath taken away by the size of elephants, but get lucky enough to come across the last big tusker elephants and it will leave you speechless. </div>
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What does it take to motivate humans to stop acting in such a way that puts us on a path were we wipe out these amazing animals. Is it our fate? Are we the living version of an asteroid. Sounds over exaggerated, but anyone who has travelled around the world knows the sad reality. </div>
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Thankfully for those of us who are passionate about animals. There are a few amazing people who have fought to protect and set aside land for these animals to survive. The Jane Goodall's, Dian Fosseys, Laurie Markers, and Bernhard Grzimeks. They have done so much and we owe so much to them. </div>
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I've travelled to 36 countries trying to capture the beauty of Africa. Every I come across a big tusker I make sure to soak it in. If it's a forest elephant coming out of the forest to graze just at sunset or the massive bulls that roam Ngorongoro Crater. </div>
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There will be a day when the true giants of Africa are all gone. Their size and tusks only being presented in museums like the dinosaurs. Leaving future kids to day dream about what it was like to see these amazing animals in real life. </div>
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I am a stress free photographer, who will bring fun and personality to the photos I capture in all types of wedding environments. You enjoy the moment and I'll make sure to capture the emotion. No need for a wedding photographer to break your budget. <br />
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I love to laugh and have a great time. Why do something that you don't enjoy. I will make family photos and engagements fun and memorable for all ages. <b> </b> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">$200</span></div>
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My lighting of choice is natural lighting. <b> </b>We all spend too much time indoors as it is. <b> </b>Lets get out of the studio and capture your personality with different backdrops and landscapes. Indoor sessions are available as well. These sessions are perfect for people addicted to online social sites. Don't kid yourself. Having quality shots will up your chances of finding "the one" and making friends jealous.<br />
<b>Sessions start at</b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> $180</span><br />
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I always love going on adventures. "Living life to the fullest," is my motto. My experience traveling the world and capturing many difficult landscapes and wildlife will come in handy as I capture photos that you will be glad you have later in life. I can't tell you how many times I have sat back and day dreamed about an adventure I had and was so happy I had photos of it. Starting at <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">$250.00 </span> <br />
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Adventure keeps the mind young. Adventures such as hiking, snow machining, climbing, family outings and sporting events. etc. Groups are included in the price, so gather your friends and split the cost. Lets go play! <br />
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Abu Simbel was originally cut from the banks of the Nile River, by King Ramses II, around 13th century BC. After the downfall of the Eyptian empire, the temples were forgotten and nearly reclaimed by the Sahara desert. When the four seated statues were discovered in 1813 by Swiss orientalist J.L Burckhardt, sand was as high as the chests. </div>
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With the construction of the HIgh Dam, in the 60's, the temples were almost lost again. It took 80 million dollars to cut up and move the temple. Amazing engineering and help from many nations, was used to allign the pieces back in almost their original shape. </div>
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<span lang="">It has been weird walking around Aswan. Four years ago, when I was here, this place was a booming tourist town. Tourists were everywhere in the streets, hotels were being built to house the many people coming to see the most beautiful section of the Nile River. <br />
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Today I spent my last day walking through a town, built with tourist money, but lacking any tourists. The place seems to be falling apart now. Nile front stores are empty, some even burned to the ground. The felucca captains line the main road, offering extremely cheap felucca rides. A desperation in their eyes, that hard times, has given them. Even the building with McDonald's, is dying. <br />
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I am catching a ferry later today with the group to Sudan. The land border is closed between Egypt and Sudan. So the only, way to get into Sudan is taking the ferry across Lake Nasser, from Aswan to Wadi Halfa. The ferry leaves once every week and lasts about twenty four hours. Anybody who wants to overland from Cairo to southern Africa, must take this ferry. <br />
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The group I have been with has had a hard time getting their Sudan Visa's but at the last minute they got them. I had no problem getting mine, but I had to spend a lot of money, getting a local in Khartoum to send me the right letter of invitation and have the right connection in Cairo to give me a visa to visit. <br />
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Our truck driver had to leave a week ago to get the truck there, in time for us to not have to wait for it when this ferry arrives. The town of Wafi Halfa, can't support much tourism. Any beds that you can find to stay overnight in are usually more like a jail cell. From a few cell phone conversations, from our captain who is surviving on mushy tomato sandwiches, he said their was a small riot as people waited to board the ferry, since tickets ran out, so people started throwing rocks at the police and tried storming the ferry. It's all part of the adventure of traveling across the continent of Africa. </span></div>
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<span lang=""> You cannot visit Egypt without traveling along the Nile River. The mighty empires of Egypt's past, all travelled along this mighty waterway. Their most important temples, are located on the banks. Local Egyptians today still use it as a way of life. Nubians still fish from the waters and sail using hand made sail boats.<br />
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One of the most beautiful places to spend time relaxing on the Nile is in the southern town of Aswan. Here the mighty Nile meets huge granite rock formations, which divide the Nile and make for a beautiful setting and stunning Nile experience.<br />
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The granite rock formations in Aswan have been sought after for thousands of years. Ancient Egyptian pharaohs had their workers cut the huge blocks that they used to built their temples and pyramids, from these granite formations. Most of the blocks used to build the giant Pyramids of Giza, were cut from this area, and transported hundreds of miles down the Nile. An impressive feat, when you see how large the blocks were.<br />
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Before the construction of the High Dam, just south of Aswan, which created Lake Nasser, this section of the Nile river was more turbulent. Flood waters racing down the Nile from the head waters of a wetter part of Africa, washed into the huge granite boulders and created huge rapids. Today this section is a calm and relaxing place to be transported by felucca or small motorized river boat up the Nile to experience Nubian villages and soak up their culture. Ancient hieroglyphics can still be seen carved in the granite as you pass though towering granite walls. </span><br />
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It didn't take long for tour companies to cash in,on this spot on the Nile. Huge river boats the size of small cruise ships are docked up along the bank. They depart just below the granite formations and take tourist for multi night river cruises to the town of Luxor.<br />
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Usually these boats are full of cruise line passengers, but since the revolution, recent attacks on embassies, and a decrease in safety for tourists, these huge boats are sitting empty. Their paint cracking and peeling away, their railings rusting. Tourism in Egypt is 1/20th what it normally is.<br />
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So when tourism increases and people return to the banks of the Nile and you find yourself in Aswan don't jump on the modern cruise boats, with swimming pools on their decks and restaurants beneath. Hire a local to sail you towards Luxor on a homemade felucca, which has been in their family for many years. You might travel a bit slower, pushed along by the warm winds of the Sahara, but<br />
you will spend the days soaking up the sun, the nights camping under the stars, entertained by song and dance, still served three meals a day, and you still have a swimming pool. The entire waters of the Nile. </span><br />
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Today I walked around the town of Luxor, photographing one of the most interesting festivals I have ever seen. Though it was hard to watch, is was about as authentic of an experience I have ever seen. <br />
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Eid-ul-Adha ('festival of Sacrifice') is the second most important festival in the Muslim year. This year it starts on October 26th and runs for 3 days. It is in remembrance for Prophet Ibrahim, who agreed to sacrifice his own son, when he thought Allah, instructed him to do so. As a sign of obedience to God, Ibrahim went along with it, but just before he was to kill his own son, Allah stopped him and presented him with a lamb to sacrifice instead.<br />
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Today Muslims around the world begin the day heading to a mosque dressed in their finest clothing. Later they begin sacrificing cows, sheep, and goats as a remembrance to this occasion. After butchering them, everyone joins in a big feast. No one is supposed to go hungry on this day. Even the poor are given a third of the animal.<br />
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While in countries such as England and the USA, the butchering must be done at a slaughterhouse. In most Arab countries, they slaughter the animal in the streets outside their homes. So many animals are killed that the streets actually run red, with blood. For some people this might seem cruel but when you think about how most animals are treated in developed countries. Packed into small pens in the hundreds, never to taste natural grown grass or get to wonder about free, these animals have a great life.<br />
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The day began early for me, as prayer coming from the mosque next to my hotel, was louder and longer than normal. I got up and began walking around meeting the locals. I witnessed the festival two years ago in Morocco. In a beautiful photogenic mountain town. They were more private about the sacrifice and most instructed me to leave or not take photos. But in Luxor, the families were happy to invite me to stay and photograph and video the slaughtering. Some even invited me into their homes for lunch. <br />
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It didn't take much effort for the butcher to kill the sheep, most could be carried over the persons shoulders and then just killed in one cut of the knife. But the huge bulls, tied up outside houses were more difficult and went down with a fight. It took a team effort.<br />
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When it came time to kill them. Their front legs were tied together which with some effort knocked them off their feet. Most of the time it went smooth, other times it looked as if the bull was going to get loose and run free. When the bull, fell over, a group of men jumped and pinned the bull down and slit it's throat, blood spurting from it's major arteries and gushing out into the streets. It's amazing how much blood comes from these animals. The animal struggled for a few minutes, but died relatively quickly. Even the smallest children , seemed to have become accustomed to the tradition.<br />
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Woman don't participate in the butchering, but watch from a distance, I'm sure they will have plenty of work later on preparing the meat Children that are old enough are asked to help with the butchering, as a bonding with the father. Someday they will lead the butcher of the family animal.<br />
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After killing the animal, there was often a blood fight, where people rubbed blood in the face of others. Non of it was taken serious, but met with laughs like a water fight. The locals also dipped their hands into the pools of blood and made bloody hand prints all over the street walls. Making sure all five fingers were visible. Until the streets were covered in bloody hands, like some elementary school was doing an art project with red finger paint. I was told it was for good luck. <br />
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I witnessed so much death that, eventually I had to go back to my hotel room to take a break from the smell of blood, warm meat, smelly insides, and swarms of flies. On the way I had to walk around pools of blood. Outside each house, where once stood a sheep or cow tied up in the morning when I walked past, was only a huge pool of blood.<br />
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Western society tends to keep certain things covered behind closed doors. Watching a living animal get killed isn't fun, but anyone who enjoys meat must realize someone has to kill it.<br />
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As the horizon over Lake Nasser begins showing signs of light, singing and dancing abruply begins around Abu Simbel temple in Southern Egypt. The brighter the sky gets the more energy people seem to get, as if feeding off the light and welcoming the sun. A festival atmosphere breaks out, everyone is giving their all waiting for the sun to break from behind the horizion. <br />
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For locals and tourists alike, they have travelled to this location to witness a special occurance that only happens twice a year. On October 22nd and February 22nd respectively. During these mornings, the temple around Abu Simbel explodes with celebration, it's a solar phenominon, where the sun will rise at just the right angle to light up the statues of King Ramses II in the far reaches of the temple.<br />
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Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses II, has his scuptures, build the temple out of sandstone around 1250 BC. And using his knowledge of the sun, alligned it so that the sun shined on his statue 60 meters into the temple, only on the day he was born and the day he became king. The Sun god was very important to the ancient Egyptians, so careful planning had to be done to make sure everything was aligned. <br />
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To get to Abu Simbel is an adventure in itself. A convoy of vehicles meet at a departure spot in Aswan at 12am. Then all travel together at top speed across the open desert, accompanied by military escort. Each bus accompanied by an armed officer. The section of road while controlled by the military has been dangerous in the past. With buses been ambushed, by terrorist groups. The trip takes three hours to arrive at Abu Simbel, which lies on the shores of Lake Nasser, near the border of Sudan. While most days the convoy leaves at 4am, today we must arrive before sunrise.<br />
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For most tourists like myself, we are not sure what to expect, but we line up to enter the temple by passing through metal detectors, have our bags searched and told where to line up. Many VIP from Egypt and around the world show up to this festival, so security is tight.<br />
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As the sun finally breaks from behind the horizon, the line of people are allowed to enter the temple and get a brief glimpse of the statue of Ramses II before quickly exciting. Outside the temple, locals are singing and dancing for the Governor of Aswan and other VIPS, new cameras are about, and everyone soaks up the sunrise, for about two hours after the sun has risen, before we all depart by convoy back to the city of Aswan. <br />
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Beyond Adventurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06968717362837120804noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2412349819822957771.post-7303056372781543082012-10-23T02:19:00.002-08:002012-10-25T05:24:03.995-08:00Cairo <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span lang="">Flying into Cairo, is like heading back into time. A cross roads of history, where two different continents converge, and a mighty river flows. This is my fourth time visiting Cairo, but still just as excited experiencing it as if it were my first. While the city lies surrounded by the mighty sands of the Sahara, the waters flowing through it's center, has given it life for thousands of years. Today Cairo is one of the largest cities in the world, harbouring a history as long as the Nile itself. <br />
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From the Pharaohs of the ancient world, which constructed the many pyramids, to the Romans who controlled a once vast empire, to conquering Napoleon who decided to give the sphinx a nose job with an artillery shell. Cairo is a bustling Arab city and one of the most important Islamic cities in the world. There is so much to experience and learn while staying in Cairo. Luckily the cabs are ridiculously cheap and the people are very proud of their culture and whiling to share it with you <br />
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The cab rides for me are part of the entertainment of visiting Cairo. Good luck trying to drive your own car in the city, so if you want to get out of your hotel you are going to have to use a cab. Getting into one is like getting into a getaway car, of a grave robber who just stole from Hatsheput herself, and desperately trying to void her wrath. They race through traffic, laying on the horn and zigzagging with no fear of hitting pedestrians or other cars. Throw in only a few stop stops, unorganised traffic patterns, and only three stop lights in a city of over 20 million and you get the organized chaos that is traffic in Cairo. <br />
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In the four years since visiting Cairo first, the city as gotten even faster, as camels and donkey carts, have been replaced by new cars and taxis. Even brand new license plates, shine on every ones vehicle. Still nobody seems to follow traffic lanes or traffic laws. What would get you arrested for hazardous driving in the United States is a common traffic maneuver over here. <br />
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In between spending time in the Sudan Embassy working on my Sudan visa. I got the chance to see some more of Cairo that I hadn't before. To fully experience Cairo you must get away from the touristy areas, museums, perfume stores, papyrus galleries, and just dive into the culture of the everyday Egyptian. Walking through the streets will unlock and amazing side of Egypt that no tour bus will take you. Egyptians are proud of their history and whiling to share it with open arms, and heart. They will invite you into their homes, serve you food, introduce the family, and make you feel welcome to stay.<br />
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<span lang="">Don't visit Cairo without visiting some of the many mosques , be sure to respect their customs, and climb up into the tallest towers, to get a stunning view of the city. </span><br />
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<span lang="">Walking throughout the city is another experience of survival. The same crazy traffic you ride in, taking a taxi you have to avoid if you want to cross any of the many streets. It's like playing on the highest level of the video game Frogger. It's something that you have to see in person to fully understand. You learn to just follow the locals when they make a break for it and try to avoid being hit, like a quarterback avoiding a sack. <br />
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What I love most about traveling is meeting interesting people. I was invited to dinner by Shahira Amin. One of the most amazing journalist and females I have ever met. In a culture dominated by men, her strength and passion as a woman and journalist, has changed many lives in the Arabic world. <br />
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Bringing a voice to those who's voice may not have otherwise been heard. Her courage to stand up to leaders of government and stand for what she believes in, has taken her to the most important historical moments in the Arab world in the last few decades. She is the journalist who interviewed Gilad Shalit, an Israeli soldier held captive for five years, in Gaza. </span><br />
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<span lang="">I left her with an inspiration and understanding of pure courage that I rarely experience. And a reassurance that there are still great people out there. <br />
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Although I have visited the pyramids of Giza three times, I couldn't visit Cairo without visiting them again. With the sun setting over Cairo on my way back from picking up my Sudan Visa, instructed my taxi driver, to head for Giza. <br />
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As you arrive into Giza, the pyramids tower over the skyline. When I arrived the gates were closed and all of those inside were exiting. But a local reading my mind, showed me a back way to avoid the police officers and guards, pay off a watchmen, jump a fence, and then climb up a sand hill to spend sunset by myself photographing the pyramids as the sun got swallowed up by the Sahara.</span><br />
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Though I'm piled into this Boeing 737, with like sardines, and accelerating through the sky, inside a object full of moving parts, and hundreds of gallons of highly combustible jet fuel, I am in a state of peace. My mind transports me beyond the crying babies, coughing passengers, the stewardesses wheeling carts up and down the aisle.<br />
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I just got back from another crazy two months aboard a commercial fishing boat in Bristol Bay, Alaska. The last two months have been spent working long hours in rough and cold weather. Bristol Bay is home to the largest sockeye runs in the world, with over thirty million salmon returning to spawn in the surrounding rivers every year. <br />
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It's an amazing fishery that started back in the 40's with only sail boats pushing their luck to catch the millions of pounds that swim past their bay and into the rivers. Thirty million sockeye or red salmon return to this area every year. Some years even bigger. I've spend the last four years, working, documenting, and falling in love with the lifestyle. <a href="http://www.brianmontalbo.com/p752775249" target="_blank">Click to see photos of the fishery</a> on my photography website.<br />
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When I sit down to watch a movie, I like to have a cold drink, a big bowl of popcorn, and enjoy them for what they are, entertainment. After all it's what you pay for. I recently saw the movie Grey, which is about wolves stalking and killing a group of people plane wrecked in Alaska.<br />
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Watching the movie, I laughed at how unrealistic the betrayal of wolves were in the movie. I know this because I've grown up in Alaska, and have spent time with them in the wild. I have photographed them from a distance eating caribou, stumbled into the middle of a wolf pack, while waking through thick alders, come face to face with them, and even had one wolf walk up to me and fall asleep, like my black lab, right next to me. </div>
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Sadly, in the real world, there is a war going on against wolves, that doesn't end when I finish the popcorn, and I can't just laugh off. If it were a movie I would have thrown by drink and popcorn at the movie and walked out, in disgust. It's not about the killing that chaps my ass, the most. It's how low man will go to eliminate something they don't like. It's embarrassing to Alaska and should be an embarrassment to those involved. </div>
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There are some people out there, that really think wolves are man eaters. Others think wolves, don't belong in the wild, or need to be managed. Then there are those who just like killing shit, because they love the power of it. </div>
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For hundreds of thousands of years, wolves have somehow lived in balance with nature, yet now a very powerful groups of people, mostly hunting lodge owners and trappers, believe wolves have no importance. No role in nature. </div>
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So before the wolves can eat all the big game in the wild, government sponsored programs, hunt them down with planes, poison them, and trap them. There is no science backing up claims that wolves kill to many big game animals. Studies that actually were done, about wolves show, they eliminate the weak, keeping herds healthy. Two books which talk about in depth studies about wolves, some of the best ever, are a great read for understanding the balance in nature and each role animals take. <a href="http:/www.amazon.com/The-Wolves-Denali-David-Mech/dp/0816629587" target="_blank">Link to Wolves of Denali Book</a> and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0295962038/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_1?pf_rd_p=486539851&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=0816629587&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=1AXNPMRP6CFJCX5RY1X5" target="_blank">Link to Wolves of Mt. Mckinley</a></div>
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Talking about wolves gets people fired up like talking about religion or politics. Very few people I've talked with can see both sides of the picture. But this video will hopefully open some eyes and make sport hunters understand, that it's programs like this that put a black eye on hunting in general. </div>
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This is where I become agitated. Future generations being robbed, because of sheltered ignorance. And ignorance is all it is. It's more than just the killing of wolves. It's a mindset that shows no intellectual understanding of balance. No understanding of nature beyond, quick results. </div>
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It's the mindset that our Board of Game in Alaska has taken. A government sponsored Board that is supposed to be for the well being off all Alaskans, but have been taken over by radical short minded hunters and trappers. </div>
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It's become a joke in Alaska recently with how far the board will go, to blame declining moose numbers on wolves which have been around a lot longer than trophy hunting. If African countries make it legal for hunters to take lions from planes, I guarantee that people would be up in arms. </div>
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Should I stand back and let this go on without trying to pass on the word. What has been done isn't doing much work. People need to stand up for something in life. Fight for something we stand for. The wolf has become a keystone species in the fight between conservation and hunting. Where hunters have grown bold in bullying the rest of the population, who just want to enjoy viewing wildlife with out looking down the barrel of a gun. </div>
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Wolves are one of the least aggressive animals towards humans. If you calculated the odds of getting killed by a wolf, it would make being struck by lighting look common. To put things into perspective, an estimated 160 people are killed every year by falling coconuts. Only one person has been officially documented as being attacked and killed by a wolf, ever!</div>
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How about the poor "Three Little Pigs" and the big bad wolf? This wolf was so dangerous he would huff and buff and blow the house down. <br />
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How about the "The Boy Who Cried Wolf," It may have taught us an important lesson about making up stories that weren't true, but it also implanted us that wolves were bad. Are we crying wolf about wolves, today? I know it's ridiculous to bring up cartoons and stories as the reason people don't trust wolves, but you would be surprised how media and traditional influences affect our lives. <br />
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I have always tried to at least see issues from both side, I think it's in my DNA. My dad worked for an oil company and my mom was a member of Sierra Club, which tried to shut oil companies down. <br />
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I understand people who make a living off ranching and are feared that their livestock would be killed by a predator, like a wolf. I am commercial fisherman who makes a living catching salmon. I am fearful of things, like Pebble Mine, that would affect my lively hood. But I will never agree with hunting an animal in an un sportsman like way. <br />
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Thinking outside the norm is how we become ambassadors of this planet. <a href="http://www.ehow.com/way_5814595_can-farmers-protect-livestock-wolves_.html" target="_blank">How to Protect Livestock</a><br />
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So how do you convince people to respect wolves? Maybe by sharing your own experiences.<br />
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This photo is of a wolf that I encountered in Denali National Park. While backpacking I sat and watched this male, make his way down a river bed. He saw me and curiously came to investigate. After a few moments starting at each other, he went on his way. <br />
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The next day, while hiking I came across another wolf. I photographed him for a while. Like a dog he seemed to enjoy my company. He was so comfortable with me that he walked up and fell asleep right next to me. I even laid back and got some rest myself. </div>
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This wolf was one of a pack of wolves that I had surround me while, I was walking alone through a valley. They waited around long enough to look curious then they were gone. <br />
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When the earliest pioneers came across the United States, they wrote about herds of animals so large that it was mind boggling. Buffalo stretching for as far as the eye could see. When western man arrived they all but whipped them out. This can be said for just about every big game animal around the world. Since the invention of the rifle, animals have been pushed towards extinction. <br />
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When it comes down to it you have to choose which side you are on. I have no problem with hunting. I have a problem with cowards, who think they are hunters. And only kill for the thrill. You make your own opinion. If you want to know how you can help stop Aerial wolf hunting. Click on the link below. </div>
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Trapping of wolves isn't very sportsman like either. But killing is in people's blood. We will have to make the choice soon for what kind of legacy, we want to leave the next generation. </div>
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Living in Alaska you get to experience lots of extremes. Extreme weather, extreme climates, extreme animals, extreme daylight hours, and extreme light shows. Nothing is ever dull up here. This winter we had record snow falls and record wind storms. If you travel on the hillside above the city of Anchorage, you will see trees flattened all over the place. Wind storms this winter, had winds up to 118 mph. <br />
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Since December 21st, or winter solstice, our days have gradually gotten longer. By May you say good-bye to the night sky for about three months. On June 21st or Summer solstice, the sun in the northern parts of Alaska, will ever set. Like a dragon fly, the sun will dip and touch the horizon and then climb back into the sky. <br />
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The melting of the snow not only means the return of warmth, flowers, and birds. It means the return of the midnight sun. For humans and animals there is a celebration, we have survived another long dark winter. We enjoy the long day light hours. <br />
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But with the disappearance of the night sky, it means we no longer get to enjoy the stunning light show that goes on overhead, while most people are asleep in their beds. </div>
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<a href="http://vimeo.com/21294655" target="_blank">Amazing video of Northern Lights.</a></div>
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I haven't spent much time photographing the northern lights. Since I got into photography two years ago and I usually travel out of the country for most of the winter. But while up at Arctic Man, the northern lights put on a great show. <a href="http://www.brianmontalbo.com/arcticman2012/h16f03c9#h16f03c9" target="_blank">Auroras at Arctic man </a><br />
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In Alaska and anywhere else near the south and north poles, the night sky will put on an amazing light display. The northern lights, or aurora borealis, is a breath taking natural occurrence that leaves viewers amazed. Named after the Roman Goddess of Dawn, <i>Aurora</i> and the Greek name for north wind, <i>Boreas. </i>This light show occurs when ever there is a solor flare on the sun. <i> </i><br />
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After a solar flare or burp by the sun the radiation or solar wind, travels towards earth, colliding with earths magnetic field. The larger the solar flare, the larger the display of auroras. Charged particles react with gases in the atmosphere, creating different colors. The most common color in the auroras is green, which is oxygen. Red is nitrogen, and purple is argon. <br />
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Aurora borealis activity follows a 11-12 year curve. By 2013 we will be reaching our peak of activity so make sure to stay up late next winter and look up into the night sky. In the summer the auroras, will continue to put on a magnificent show, but it will no longer be visible because of the midnight sun.<br />
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When the midnight sun disappears, giving way once again to night. I will look forward to viewing once again the beautiful light show that goes on most nights over head. <br />
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<a href="http://vimeo.com/21294655" target="_blank">Amazing video of Northern Lights. </a><br />
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<br /></div>Beyond Adventurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06968717362837120804noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2412349819822957771.post-37805785584347777342012-05-14T13:46:00.003-08:002012-05-15T10:05:11.530-08:00One Island for Every Day of the Year. San Blas Islands. Panama.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The last few weeks I have been watching Bryce Harper, an American baseball player, try to succeed in Major League baseball. Watching his ups and downs, his trials and tribulations. It snaps me back in time, reliving memories of another life I once lived, where I too road that roller coaster of athletic emotion. </div>
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The frustrations, the pressure, the expectations to reach your potential. The competitive monster inside of you pushing you beyond your breaking point. Forcing you to take giant leaps when you should be taking small steps. </div>
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The blood running down Harper's face, from a self inflicted injury received during a temper tantrum, brings back the pain I experienced as well. Sports will drive you over the edge. Even the nice guys go mental at times. </div>
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During my professional career, especially during the "dog days of summer," (meaning the hellishly hot months of summer where your ass seemed to never stop sweating and your body felt like you were melting under the intense sun), I used to day dream of traveling to a place where the sun always shinned but a cool sea breeze kept things comfortable. Where the sea was a blue turquoise color, the palm trees swayed in the wind, and the sound of waves put you to sleep every night. </div>
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I know everyone has had those moments. Sitting at a your desk in some tiny cubical, doing brain numbing work, hating what you do. You could be a teacher, the students are yelling, not listening, and being little butt heads because they are all hyper off lunch, or even at home when stress of everyday life, gets you down. Everyone has had moments where they day dreamed about somewhere better. "Just like the Southwest Commercials, "want to get away."</div>
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There's a saying that goes something like, " the poor long for riches, the rich dream of immortality, buy the wise search for serenity."</div>
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The day I walked out of the coach's office and walked away from sports, I focused my passion on discovering the places around the world, were the scenery was so breathtaking that no matter what pains your brought with you, they would be sucked from you like some black hole. </div>
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Getting to the San Blas Islands isn't extremely challenging, to get to. But it became an adventure for me, that I didn't mind being part of. From my hostel in Panama City I arranged transport to take me to where I could catch a boat on the Caribbean coast. What would normally be a 2-3 hour drive, took about 5 hours. We made it about 30 minutes before we came across a blockade. Local Indians were holding a protest, blockading the roads, shutting down traffic, and bringing the country's transportation to a stand still. </div>
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Local Indians blockaded the roads around Panama, protesting the government taking their lands. <br />
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Every road we travelled down ended in a blockade. I was beginning to loose hope, that I would never make it out to the San Blas islands, since I only had three days left in Panama before I flew home. But I've always felt in life, that if things are meant to be then, your life will find it's way. </div>
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If we couldn't travel down the roads, we would take to the rivers. Sitting shotgun, the driver and I laughed together. I think he had the same sense for adventure that I did.<br />
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While the main roads were blocked the side roads remained open. So we meandered our way down small side roads and finally got to my pick up point.<br />
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The Island I stayed on was no bigger than a soccer field. Huts lined the beach. There are 365 islands in the archipelago. Some much smaller having only one palm tree, others much bigger containing cities. </div>
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Depending on which island you stay on, you will live with the locals. This was the mother of the family who lived on the island I stayed on. You won't find any NBA basketball players coming from this part of the world. </div>
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Kuna Indians dressed in beautiful traditional clothing. </div>
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You can arrange to be taken out to the San Blas Island right from Panama City. Just ask any of the hotels or hostels and they will arrange a pick up. Tony's Island and Hamilton Island were the two I stayed on. I would recommend both to more adventurous people. <br />
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