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West Bay Beach, Honduras | TravelBreak Photo Diary ft Sean Ensch Images

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Reading Time: 4 minutes Who: Introducing Sean Ensch, California expat residing in Norway and traveling the world. A photographer, social media connoisseur, and #TravelBreak adventurer, Sean isn’t a dreamer, he’s a doer. Where: West Bay Beach, Roatan, Honduras   Highlights: The best things about West Bay Beach in Roatan are the white sand beaches, crystal clear water, and thriving coral reefs to explore. It is a major diving and snorkeling destination right off the beach. There are many tourist activities at your disposal including fishing trips, parasailing, snorkeling, SUP rentals, zip lining, eco parks, and more. Best Time to Go: Fall leaves the least amount of crowds and lingering best weather conditions.   Money to Spend: In between budget & luxury. We stayed in a vacation rental, which is very common in the tourist towns of Roatan. For a studio, we paid 1000$ for two weeks. Cost of food varies from cheap local grill food at $...

“Hunting” For Lions In The Botswana Bush

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On safari in the Botswana bush in search of the elusive lion. By Danielle Max Present day hunters may perhaps shoot with cameras and not guns, but the adrenalin rush when the “prey” comes into see remains, as I identified when I went in search of the elusive lion in Botswana. Although elephants thrive in good numbers, I realized that spotting the significant cats requires perseverance, endurance and, much more than anything else, a complete good deal of luck. Following almost an hour of driving along rutted paths and seeing tiny extra than a handful of birds and some wandering antelope — all of which I had nonetheless diligently ticked off in my safari guidebook: “Northern Botswana, Eastern Caprivi and Zambezi River” — Michael, my manual, eventually saw what we’d been searching for. “Look, fresh lion tracks,” he mentioned, leaning out of the side of our truck and pointing to the sandy road under. “Looks like they passed by right here really just l...

Colombia Trip: Day Two

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Wednesday nights in Bogotá usually means Quiebra Canto, the two-story club/bar. Converted from an previous property, this club truly seemed like the only thing going on Bogotá and by eleven:30 it seemed like half the population of the city was there. Superior D.J. — he somehow managed to combine a assortment of Reggaeton, 80s rap, and Latin music and stored the crowd going till closing at two a.m. Today, I checked out the large museum complex, the Colecion de Arte del Banco de la Republica, which is truly a series of 5 museums, all free of charge, and all nearly empty in the course of the weekdays. The highlight is the Museo Botero, a assortment of 123 pieces by the artist himself, Colombias most famous artist, Fernando Botero. The computer Im utilizing at a close by online cafe is sooo slow, and its not letting me use that 1 vital that you obtain on Spanish keyboards that lets you use the at indicator or apostrophes, therefore the improper contractions. I hope I dont have as ...