Happy New Year, readers! I decided to start the year off with a photo from my home country, Canada. This old abandoned car with a maple leaf sticker could have been taken anywhere but it reminds me so much of the rolling rural townscapes of home. Thanks to PDP Photography for sharing.
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Allow me to indulge myself by posting my own photo as the last photo of 2007. I took this picture last week in the central highlands of the Czech Republic right before I escaped to sunny Portugal to ring in the new year. It summarizes my year pretty well: sad. Goodbye, not-so-good ’07. Glad you are almost gone. Hello, 2008!
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Ah, yes. The milky blue waters of a high altitude, Himalayan lake.
These aren’t the type of waters that make you want to take off your clothes and jump in for a quick dip. No, these waters run deep and cold and warm shelter is a far distance away. This is simply a breathtakingly perfect place to stop for lunch while trekking to other, equally as mind-blowing vistas.
Wow. A big thanks goes out to Pixelskew for reminding me of the glories of Nepal with this great shot.
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This photo encapsulates everything I love about travel, especially those odd moments where you get mixed in with the locals and have to endure an entire different way of life just to get from Point A to Point B. And just look at that desolate landscape. There’s probably not a McDonald’s for at least another mile!
According to Teokaye, who snapped this wonderful shot, the truck (or carriage?) is full of “Wakhis on the way to the hi-altitude summer pastures to tend to family livestock. This road follows the border – Tajikistan is to the left, Afghanistan, to the right.”
And then Teokaye asks us, “Can you spot the American?” I think I can, can you?
This photo taken in Lutry, Switzerland captures part of what makes European towns so visually interesting. The arches, windows, shadows and earth tone hues of the brick streets and walls are wonderful. The bicycle with the backpack offers the suggestion of an adventure ready to happen. Rully G who snapped this one has two other gorgeous shots of Switzerland–both totally opposite of my pitiful bear shot in Bern. Oh, I’m jealous.
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