Lyra’s blog Vox 2008-04-29T21:27:26Z Lyra http://augerelyra.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00f48cefce8a0003/ Hola! tag:vox.com,2008-04-20:asset-6a00f48cefce8a000300e398f1f9da0005 2020-04-20T19:24:07Z 2008-04-29T21:27:26Z Lyra http://augerelyra.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom So originally I intended to use this blog to post pictures of my various travels so that I could share with friends and family. I wanted to organize it sort of chronologically, with big posts for each trip. However, in typical fashion, me being ...

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]]> More wandering in the forest... tag:vox.com,2008-06-08:asset-6a00f48cefce8a000300fad68e86500005 2008-06-08T02:55:05Z 2008-08-07T18:16:49Z Lyra http://augerelyra.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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Wow - I just checked the dates and it's been almost a month since I posted anything. I'm slacking! (you're all shocked, I know) On to the pics. I don't actually remember this bunch - according to the date stamp it's from the day after we we...

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]]> Rainy Season Roadtrip tag:vox.com,2008-05-11:asset-6a00f48cefce8a000300f48cf711df0002 2008-05-11T21:10:00Z 2008-05-20T03:05:04Z Lyra http://augerelyra.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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It's two o'clock in the afternoon and it's dark. Dark enough to require electric lights inside. Welcome to the wet season y'all. In commemoration of the end of summer (AKA the dry season for all you northern types) here are some pics from a ro...

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]]> Hiking Camino de Cruces tag:vox.com,2008-05-03:asset-6a00f48cefce8a000300f48cf477c00002 2008-05-03T18:18:25Z 2008-05-03T19:45:09Z Lyra http://augerelyra.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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This was another hike that Drude and I took at the end of April 2006. Camino de Cruces (the Road of Crosses) is the gold road - it's the second of two roads the Spanish built to haul gold and silver from Panamá City to Portobelo where it could be...

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]]> Geckoland tag:vox.com,2008-04-26:asset-6a00f48cefce8a000300f48cf229e50002 2008-04-26T15:39:12Z 2008-05-03T14:34:50Z Lyra http://augerelyra.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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Let me say up front that I don't have anything against geckos. I LIKE geckos - they're cute, they've got bright little eyes, funky splay-fingered hands and feet, and they make this adorable chirping sound in the middle of the night. It's har...

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]]> Right in my backyard... tag:vox.com,2008-04-21:asset-6a00f48cefce8a000300e398f248290005 2008-04-21T20:42:47Z 2008-05-12T04:24:40Z Lyra http://augerelyra.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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I was incredibly lucky to find my house - I looked for almost three months at one overpriced, badly decorated, high-rise apartment with a pokey kitchen after another before finally deciding to take my current house - I originally thought it was to...

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]]> Hiking in Panamá tag:vox.com,2008-04-20:asset-6a00f48cefce8a000300f48cf05a770002 2008-04-20T20:44:02Z 2008-05-03T10:11:56Z Lyra http://augerelyra.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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Drude and I were neighbors when she lived in Panama and we used to go on hikes on the weekends. Both of us liked to take pictures of any wildlife we came across. These are from a hike we took in Parque Metropolitano (the city park in Panama City...

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