HOTELS, RESTAURANTS AND DESTINATIONS REVIEWED AT THE SPEED OF TRAVEL
Posted in Japan, Picture of the day, Sights/sounds on Nov 17th, 2008
Fresh premium pieces of tuna. Yes they are fresh. If you want to eat sushi that’s any more fresh, you’d better bring a sushi chef to the poop deck of your yacht. Fresh, was the word! Looks yummy, right? These pieces of premium quality tuna were for sale at the Tsukiji fish market. It is [...]
Posted in California, Picture of the day, Sights/sounds, USA on Nov 7th, 2008
If it looks somewhat familiar to you, you may have seen the James Bond movie ”View to a Kill”. This is the Golden Gate Bridge, built in 1937. It is a suspension bridge spanning the opening into the San Francisco Bay from the Pacific Ocean. The bridge has a main span of 1280 m and [...]
Posted in Japan, Picture of the day, Sights/sounds on Okt 30th, 2008
If it looks somewhat familiar to you, you may have seen the movie ”Memoirs of a Geisha”. A monk walks through a passage of torii gates at the Fushimi Inari shrine just outside of Kyoto. A torii is a traditional Japanese gate commonly found at the entry to a Shinto shrine. It is frequently painted [...]
Posted in Picture of the day, USA on Okt 21st, 2008
I never learned who he was, but he was dominating the classic surf spot Steamer Lane in Santa Cruz simply by being the best surfer around. As I prefer to give props to the right person, maybe you can help me out? Who is the surfer? Steamer Lane is a stage, and the best surfers [...]
Posted in Africa, Picture of the day on Okt 18th, 2008
These wildebeest were trotting in a neat row in the Ngorongoro crater, a 260 sq. km unbroken volcanic caldera. As this picture was shot on the crater floor, you’re probably looking at the western white-bearded wildebeest, more commonly known as Connochaetes taurinus mearnsi. The wildebeest (also called the gnu) is actually an antelope. On the [...]
