Well, it seemed like a good idea at the time: get ourselves up to the top of Norway and then drive the length of Europe, from north to south, in my ten-year-old Land Rover Discovery. Given that the 'Cape to Cape' idea was already pretty established, with hardy souls covering the distance in hours not days, we thought that we would make it a bit more interesting by visiting the most westerly points (or as near as we could drive to them) of each country we travelled through.
20121562
Animals, Bird, Hummingbird, A male Violet Sabrewing Hummingbird, Campylopterus hemileucurus, feeds on the nectar of the flower of a tropical Lobster Claw Heliconia in Costa Rica.
20121561
Animals, Bird, Hummingbird, A male Violet Sabrewing Hummingbird, Campylopterus hemileucurus, photographed in flight with high-speed flash to freeze the rapid motion of the hummingbird's wings,Costa Ri...
20121560
Animals, Bird, Hummingbird, A male Violet Sabrewing Hummingbird, Campylopterus hemileucurus, approaches a tropical Passionflower to feed on nectar in Costa Rica.
20121559
Animals, Bird, Hummingbird, A male Violet Sabrewing Hummingbird, Campylopterus hemileucurus, feeding on a tropical Passionflower to feed on nectar in Costa Rica.
20121558
Animals, Bird, Hummingbird, A male Violet Sabrewing Hummingbird, Campylopterus hemileucurus, approaches a tropical Passion Flower to feed on nectar in Costa Rica.
20121557
Animals, Bird, Hummingbird, A male Violet Sabrewing Hummingbird, Campylopterus hemileucurus, feeds on the nectar of a tropical Passion Flower in Costa Rica.
20121556
Animals, Bird, Hummingbird, A male Violet Sabrewing Hummingbird, Campylopterus hemileucurus, photographed in flight with high-speed flash to freeze the rapid motion of the hummingbird's wings,Costa Ri...
20121555
Animals, Bird, Hummingbird, A male Violet Sabrewing Hummingbird, Campylopterus hemileucurus, photographed in flight with high-speed flash to freeze the rapid motion of the hummingbird's wings,Costa Ri...
20121554
Animals, Bird, Hummingbird, A male Violet Sabrewing Hummingbird, Campylopterus hemileucurus, feeds on the nectar of the flower of a tropical Rubiaceae plant in Costa Rica.
20121553
Animals, Bird, Hummingbird, A male Violet Sabrewing Hummingbird, Campylopterus hemileucurus, approaches a tropical Rattlesnake Plant flower to feed on nectar in Costa Rica.
20121552
Animals, Bird, Hummingbird, A male Violet Sabrewing Hummingbird, Campylopterus hemileucurus, approaches a tropical Rattlesnake Plant flower to feed on nectar in Costa Rica.
20121551
Animals, Bird, Hummingbird, A male Violet Sabrewing Hummingbird, Campylopterus hemileucurus, feeds on the nectar of the flower of a tropical Rattlesnake Plant in Costa Rica.