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Tayrona National Park, Colombia

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On the beach

When iguanas try to roll their tongue

iguana with tongue
Cabo San Juan de Guia beach
Tayrona National Park
May 2, 2014

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Stubborn about drinking

mule drinking
Arrecifes beach
Tayrona National Park
May 2, 2014

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Parrotting my every movement

green parrot
Yellow-crowned Amazon (Amazona ochrocephala)
Arrecifes beach
Tayrona National Park
May 2, 2014

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Great-tailed grackle - male

male great-tailed grackle
Quiscalus mexicanus
Arrecifes beach
Tayrona National Park
May 2, 2014

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Reflecting on a female great-tailed grackle

female great-tailed grackle
Quiscalus mexicanus
Arrecifes beach
Tayrona National Park
May 2, 2014

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Keeping his eye on the gold

frog
Frog
Arrecifes
Tayrona National Park
May 1, 2014

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Cabeza de lagarato

lizard
Rainbow whiptail (Cnemidophorus lemniscatus)
Lizard
Tayrona National Park
May 1, 2014

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Whining about sea grape

sea grape
Sea grape or seagrape (Coccoloba uvifera )
Tayrona National Park
May 1, 2014

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Ready for harvest

sea grape
Sea grape or seagrape (Coccoloba uvifera )
Tayrona National Park
May 1, 2014

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A boulder view of Tayrona

boulders
Boulders
Tayrona National Park
May 2, 2014

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Life's a beach

tayrona beach
Tayrona National Park
May 1, 2014

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The bf, evolution's padre, and the cousin's cousin

cousin's cousin
Laura and Pedro
Andres' cousin's cousin
Tayrona National Park
May 1, 2014

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Andres et al.

andres' cousin's cousin
Andres' cousin's cousin
Tayrona National Park
May 1, 2014

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Ants

Leaf-cutters collect yellow flowers

leaf-cutter ants
Pueblito
Tayrona National Park
May 2, 2014

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Leaf-cutter transport

leaf-cutter ants
Pueblito
Tayrona National Park
May 2, 2014

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Pueblito

En route

blue morpho
Blue morpho
en route to Pueblito
Tayrona National Park
May 2, 2014

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Showing its colors

blue morpho
Blue morpho
en route to Pueblito
Tayrona National Park
May 2, 2014

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Steps of pueblito

pueblito steps
Tayrona National Park
May 2, 2014

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Andres and Charles

andres and charles
Tayrona National Park
May 2, 2014

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Testing equine visual acuity

pueblito steps
We hired horses for an hour-long ride back to the car. It was dusk when we started and quite dark by the time we arrived.
The path followed a steep, narrow, rocky course with significant rises and falls in the terrain.
Tayrona National Park
May 2, 2014

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At the OK Coral

Brain coral
May 5, 2014
with Reef Shepherd

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Moray

moray
May 5, 2014
with Reef Shepherd

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Morays of sunshine

moray
May 5, 2014
with Reef Shepherd

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Arrowhead crab

arrowhead crab
Stenorhynchus seticornis
May 5, 2014
with Reef Shepherd

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Polychete worm

worm
possiblyHermodice carunculata
Family: Amphinomidae
May 5, 2014
with Reef Shepherd

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Requisite selfie

scuba
May 5, 2014
with Reef Shepherd
May, 2014

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Tayrona itinerary - May, 2014

+ May 1, 2014
Drive to Tayrona from Santa Marta
Lunch in the restaurant
Hang out at the beach with Andres' cousin
Hike to camp sites
Stay over in Bungalo
+ May 2, 2014
Hike to Pueblito - hot
Swim at beach on returning
Hike horses to ride back to parking lot - totally dark by the time we arrived
Drive back to Santa Marta
+ May 5, 2014 Scuba diving in the Park with Reef Shepherd
Drive to Taganga
Fast dive boat to park
Two dives with short lunch stop on land
Drive back to Santa Marta
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With thanks to Andres Mendez for being an outstanding traveling companion and host!

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created: May 15, 2014 (from cartagena2014.html)
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