When I saw this shot tucked away in the comment box of a buddy of mine on myspace something about it just moved me so. Without htinking further, I decided it should claim a place as photo of the day. Taken in Urayasu, Japan sometime this year by M2C (More to Come) of Lucid Communications the photographer captures a rather appealing piece with both the reflection and the objects behind the glass. The bicycles seem to add this cool new touch and approach to going window shopping. Very, very neat.
Photo of the Day (6/2/06)
Today’s photo comes to us from Tom Taylor’s recent trip to Ecuador. While it’s not one of his more beautiful shots, it perfectly captures the essence of the brutish bus powering through the rugged muddy terrain that is so typical of this part of Zumbahua, Ecuador. Waiting in the pouring rain for the bus to come chortling up the hill so you can climb on with the other locals is pure, rough-and-dirty travel at its finest.
Photo of the Day (6/1/06)
Today’s Photo of the Day kicks off a short series of Thursday/Friday photos in which we highlight the very best photographs taken by a friend, Tom Taylor, who recently sallied forth into the mystic land of Ecuador. The above photo, taken just east of Zumbahua, is one of those wonderful shots that so eloquently captures a brief moment in a young life that we, as travelers just passing through, will never come to know.
Winter Surf
We take you back now, dear readers, to a time not long ago when snow blanketed the earth…or at least the Northeast, and fierce winter gales rippled across the Eastern Seaboard, dumping tons of snow across the region. And what did some people do that day? Not the ones huddled together in the comfy warmth of their homes, siting by open fireplaces and sipping soothing alcoholic drinks? No, I’m talking about the ones who decided to go surfing.
Surfing, on the day of the biggest blizzard of the year? Yes, believe it or not, too, that day was said to be one of the finest days of surf in a long, long time. And so that is what dedicated surfers anywhere must do when the waves are tasty. So check out this video of the surf that day last winter during the blizzard of 2006.
Photo of the Day (5/30/2006)
This photo made me do a double take when I came across it on the Gadling Flickr site. The incongruity of a surfboard and a Kalashnikov was just too much for my coffee-deprived mind to absorb this morning. But it is the real deal, and was taken by our good friend localsurfer. He says the shot was taken in Yemen, where “gun’s are a way of life”. Gnarly, dude.