HOTELS, RESTAURANTS AND DESTINATIONS REVIEWED AT THE SPEED OF TRAVEL
Posted in Photography on Dec 25th, 2008
Hey buddy, can you recommend a camera? Travelling and cameras go hand in hand, it seems, and my friends often ask me about photography. I don’t know why, as I am not a photographer (however, I do take a lot of pictures). I suppose I get those questions because I often carry a lot of funky equipment [...]
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 [...]