The plan for the morning was simple. Today, we were not going on the basis of where we know the lion pride was last evening or to the tree where the leopard had stashed her kill.   I was leaving a day early. My flight was around mid-morning so our route, as we set out at dawn, was to go in the general direction of the airfield. That way, we could maximize our productive time in the field.   It was still quite dark when we set off. On top of it, there was fog all around us, which made our...

"Nothing in life is as important as you think it is, while you are thinking about it." Daniel Kahneman The bridge was around ten to twelve feet long. Around three feet wide.   I stood at one end, hands in my pocket, my camera on its tripod, a grimace on my face and a louder one on my mind.   In front of me, lay spread out a wide expanse of rocks. There was a prominent and deep gash right in the middle. White frothy water gushed over this wide expanse of rocks but not as one gigantic monolith...

The wind howled. Long and impatient. Icy cold.   The snow hurled itself across the earth and air.   The tiny little fox, snow frozen on it's face, it's brown body standing out in a sea of white, put it's head down but unbowed, walked straight into the snowstorm.   That was a sample of the scenes I had in mind when I finalized my plans to go to Hornstrandir.   The reality was another story.   As our boat made the last turn from where we could see our landing point, we looked at each other...