April 12, 2006
Quyana Costa Rica Photo Album
Yesterday, I found this lovely photo album, which is a collection submitted by several of our guests who traveled on our Costa Rica & Panama, Between Two Seas cruise in February, 2004. I contacted Quyana member, Ron Windeyer- creator of the site, to ask permission to share it. Here is his response:
Hi there! Glad to hear from you; yes, I would be most honoured to have you link the page to your website. It actually came about by way of a chance remark – we had a lovely time on the cruise, and met lots of really nice people (as you often do), and I had a video camera with which I was recording as much as I could. With a telephoto lens and an underwater box I got some really nice footage; especially lovely were the Embera children - they were so excited to see themselves on the viewscreen of the camera as I played back the tape to them! 
Anyway, we compared photos a bit, and as we were leaving the ship one lady asked if there was any way I could send photos online. I said of course, and maybe I could even set up a website (hoping that I would be able to figure it out!!!!!!). Fortunately I got hold of Adobe photoshop essentials – that had an album creation thing in it, and I was away. I emailed the other guests to see if they also wanted to contribute, and fortunately many of them did. So it just sort of happened!
The other photos were higher resolution (therefore better) than mine; mine were frame grabs taken from the video as I was processing and editing it for DVD. They’re still not bad though, and they show what a fun time we had.
The photos from Alaska you linked to brought back lovely memories – my wife and I took the Explorers Route (Fairbanks – Denali – Anchorage – Juneau – Inside Passage via Spirit of 98 to Seattle) in 2001; we still tell all our friends that it was the best trip ever! What an amazing place – and the crew were just the best! The glaciers, valleys and abundant wildlife just had our mouths hanging open!
All the best for the future – you still hold a special place in our hearts!
A special thanks to you, Ron for allowing us to link to your album. We do have plans make it easy for guests to post photos from their cruises directly to our site. Within a few months, it should be available- so keep checking back. In the meantime, I've posted a permanent link to Ron's Album in our Quyana Section.
Posted by Leigh on April 12, 2006 8:40 AM
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