Yeah, there's solid ground on this Amazon archipelago. It's just 50 feet underwater right now. Mind that first step with your $5000 worth of camera gear.
Almost all of my photography is urban or indoors - these are a few tips gleaned from my recent vacation down to the Rio Negro in Brazil, in the Amazon rain forest. You may find them useful if you're a semi-serious photographer planning a trip to a tropical, non-beach destination.
On my recent trip to Brazil to visit the rain forest and Rio de Janiero, I carried a lot of photo gear by some standards, and very little by others. It'll sound like a lot when I list it out; in comparison to previous extended overseas trips, it was actually less than usual.
Just a quick thought this morning - if you combine the new Verizon MiFi portable access point with an Eye-Fi Explore memory card with its built-in wifi, you can have your digital camera upload photos from the field (anywhere there is 3G signal) as you're shooting, without any computer on-site. Could make for a very interesting setup, especially if traveling within the US. The added bonus, of course, is that having the MeFi means that you, and everyone you're traveling with, has access to the Internet (and, via Skype, voice calls) from their laptop in the car, hotel or wherever you are.
On Fremont Street in downtown... loved the lettering on the signs.
I'm in Vegas this week doing some meetings around CTIA. Had a chance to walk around Fremont Street this morning - despite having been in Vegas a half-dozen times, I've never made my way down there. Interesting, and more pedestrian-friendly than the 4-mile-long Strip.
Taken before Allie's birthday party at Antarctica, down in the Village.
