HOTELS, RESTAURANTS AND DESTINATIONS REVIEWED AT THE SPEED OF TRAVEL
Posted in Middle East, Sights/sounds on Maj 3rd, 2009
Picture proof that the Sunset Camp in Wadi Rum does live up to its name. Oh, yes. This picture was taken approximately 20 minutes before I took the picture above it. These simple tents are where you are staying. Please, note the fancy American SUVs in the middle of the pic. That’s our rentals. They [...]
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 Sights/sounds, USA on Okt 22nd, 2008
Water and wind used some 100–200 million years to cut and grind and polish the sandstone into this. The Navajos rent out tripods… The picture is taken in the Upper Antelope Canyon. Some refer to it as The Crack. My vote is with the LeChee Chapter of Navajo Nations. They call it Tse’ bighanilini, which [...]