Edward Readicker-Henderson

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Learning to See in Uganda

Posted by Edward Readicker-Henderson of National Geographic Traveler on February 28, 2013
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The diminutive (and elusive) malachite kingfisher. (Photograph by Edward Readicker-Henderson)

When the boat starts to rock, I’m not entirely reassured when the guide says, “Don’t worry. Just a hippo trying to come up under us.” Right. No big deal. We’re about to capsize in the middle of a herd of twenty hippos, spread across the river like fat, warm rocks, because one of them understands…

Norway’s Best-Kept Secret: Puffin Dogs

Posted by Edward Readicker-Henderson of National Geographic Traveler on October 1, 2012
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(Photograph by Edward Readicker-Henderson)

I’m too distracted to hear the first announcement. The captain is pulling the National Geographic Explorer dangerously close to shore, and I am waiting for a metal-on-rock crunch that never comes in this ridiculously deep Norwegian fjord.

Then it registers. Did I hear “puffin dogs?”