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Beetle on plant stems at the Guadalupe Mountains National Park in Texas, USA.

Please comment if you know what type of beetle this is. Help identify birds, insects, plants… in other photos of mine.

Related: Cicada and Discarded Shell – Neon Green Catepillar – Japanese Beetle

Beach, Bako National Park, Borneo, Malaysia.

Related: Orangutan with a Baby Orangutan in a Tree, Borneo – Sunset over the Andaman Sea, Thailand – Wonderful Hiking in Bako National Park

Purple orchid at the Singapore Orchid Garden

Related: Flower Dome, Gardens by the Bay, Singapore – Pink Lotus Flower, China – Yellow Sunflower, Antelope Island, Utah, USA – Jardin du Luxembourg, Paris, France

This is a photo (by my father) of my early experience with vanlife. My family took this VW Van in Kenya when I was a kid. We only spent a couple weeks in Kenya before living in Nigeria for a school year.

I remember at one point getting stuck in a dried out riverbed in a game park after having passed a small herd of elephants just a short while before. We had to get out and push the van free and watch it zoom forward to safe ground while I thought about the elephants getting curios and deciding to see what the fuss was about. It was quite fun once I was back in the van.

Related: Exploring Vanlife in the USA – Cheetahs in Kenya – Kenya Game Park Safari photos – Elephants, Kenya (on a later trip)

Common sandpipers on the beach in Tanjung Piai National Park – the Southernmost Point in Continental Asia (near Johor Bahru, Malaysia and Singapore).

The Birds look like they are the “common sandpiper” to me but please comment if you have an accurate identification.

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The water really is that color blue. See more photos of my visit to the Kuang Si Waterfalls in Laos.

Related: View from Bear’s Hump Trail, Waterton International Peace Park, Canada – Mosaic Art at Wat Xieng Thong, Luang Prabang, Laos – Water Buffaloes, Cambodia
– Waterfall, Swiftcurrent Lake Trail, Glacier National Park

Lizard on the Lost Maples Trail in Texas.

Related: photos of lizards via Curious Cat Travel photos – Buddha Statues, Borobudur Temple, Java, Indonesia – Leopard at the Timbavati Game Reserve in South Africa

Watch a webcast on my experience and see more photos: Floating Down River in Yangshuo, China on a Bamboo Raft.

Related: View from the top of Bear’s Hump Trail, Waterton International Peace Park – Stone Bridge at the Confucius Temple in Jianshui, China – Mother Cat with 2 Kittens