View allAll Photos Tagged Local_Guide
I was hiking around the Eastern Rim of the Kathmandu Valley with a friend under the watchful eye of local guide, Angfula Sherpa. When I heard that the penultimate leg of our walk for the day was the ominously named “1000 steps”, I worried. In Nepal, “steps” always means up, not just forward! I can outstrip a lot of people on the flat, but present me the slightest incline, and these days it stops me in my tracks.
For the PhotoBlog story, please visit: www.ursulasweeklywanders.com/travel/dhulikhel-to-nagarkot...
Ingólfshöfði is a nature reserve that's home to thousands of nesting sea-birds, like puffins and great skuas. This birdwatching tour was taken with the group Local Guide, which hauls people across a massive black sand beach in a hay cart to reach the cliffs where the birds live.
This morning we set out early from Heliconia in a canoe, led by our local guide through tangles of submerged trees. Our target was a remote area that was suffciently large and above the Amazonian water level to be home to larger fauna. The water by the bank was shallow and from the point where we secured the boat we had some way to walk in ankle/calf high water. Even on the 'dry' land, the terrain remained damp and squelched underfoot as my boots sank through leaves into the earth or mud beneath. Among the fauna on our wish list were anacondas - ideally to be found resting in the pools. Otherwise they might be hiding under the fallen leaves waiting to catch a passing meal. I saw none in the pools. Nor was I attacked. The main fauna we encountered were monkeys, high up in the canopy. At ground level it was the flora that was interesting - curling lianas, red palm roots, weird fungus, and local fruit, often the discarded shells of fruit popular with the monkeys above. It was a hot, sweaty walk and we relished the air current on the canoe back.
---
In 2022, I returned to Colombia. The main purpose of this trip was to explore the Amazonian rainforest areas near Leticia and then on the Rio Negro. In 2007 I was in the Leticia area on a volunteering project and the 2022 trip gave me the chance to see more of the area.
As these are border areas, with the rivers travelled actually being the borders, I also visited / transitted through Brazil, Peru and Venezuela. I will create one master set / album for the entire six week trip, plus separate country albums to help viewers who are interested only in a specific country.
I also spent time in Bogota and in the Boyaca region. Overall intinerary: London - Leticia - Bogota - Villavincenzio - Rio Negro - Puerto Inirida - Bogota (incl Nemocon) - Villa de Leyva - Tunja - Bogota - London.
㊣台灣7-10旅遊聯盟【超凡旅行社有限公司=桃園總公司】｛桃園.新竹.苗栗=中國大陸線.出團量第一名｝
※專業代理Local.主力產品【中國大陸.泰國.普吉島.蘇美島.清邁.清萊.高棉.金邊.吳哥窟.印尼.巴里島.】
交觀甲字號=6344；品質保障協會=桃0088號
▲歡迎旅遊咨詢【服務電話TEL：03-4945528.4946638.】陳德仁=德瑞克(手機)0916-958045.0933-774756.
■《超凡超級假期=超凡旅行社》網站 www.super-local.com.tw
◆《德瑞克的旅遊好好玩》BLOG部落格 blog.yam.com/derek58
◆《德瑞克的旅遊好好玩》BLOG部落格 旅遊相簿 album.blog.yam.com/derek58
★《德瑞克的旅遊好好玩》Flicker 相簿照片 www.flickr.com/photos/derek58/
●《德瑞克的旅遊好好玩》旅遊影音俱樂部 mymedia.yam.com/club/derek58
▲《德瑞克的旅遊好好玩》fackbook 社群 www.facebook.com/derek58
Thanks to my brilliant local guide, Angel Martinez, for finding this very sleepy Stygian Owl (Cuban subspecies: A.s. siguapa).
Soplillar, Playa Larga, Matanzas, Cuba.
On our first day in Ecuador, we had lunch near the village of Otavalo where we were entertained by children from the local school. We passed the hat and shared tips, which were divided up by our program manager. The children loved that part of the festivities !
They danced with us, and I showed them my pictures and somehow we communicated although they had no English :)
Today was a full day with our local guide Randy out on the land. We started by visiting a Thule culture archeological site where we saw excavations and a reconstructed dwelling, along with lots of Arctic Poppies and some Loons on the pond next to it. Next we travelled north past the airport to the Tupirvik Campground, and on to 3 Mile Lake, where we stopped briefly. The next stop was at 5 Mile Lake, where our guide Randy set up a base with a windbreak tent, to enjoy tea and bannock. From this base we set out on a 6 km hike over the tundra to a pond noted for family of Eider Ducks. Returning from that pond, we spotted the remains of a Musk-ox calf, and took in some view from a bluff above the river that drains 5 Mile Lake. Following the shoreline back to base, we saw a family of Brant Ducks. We returned to Resolute Bay for dinner, then reconnected with our guide Randy for some exploring of the coastline SE of the hamlet of Resolute Bay. To end the day, our last stop was a visit to the memorial of the August 20, 2011 crash of a First Air B373. An episode of the TV series "Mayday" featured this sad disaster.
【超凡旅行社有限公司=桃園總公司】｛專業規劃=中國大陸；專屬您〝客制化〞的旅遊行程｝
※專業代理Local.主力產品【中國大陸.泰國.普吉島.蘇美島.清邁.清萊.高棉.金邊.吳哥窟.印尼.巴里島.】
交觀甲字號=6334；品質保障協會=桃0088號
▲歡迎旅遊咨詢【服務電話TEL：03-4945528.4946638.】 德瑞克(手機)0916-958045.0989-680768.
■《超凡超級假期=超凡旅行社》網站 www.super-local.com.tw
◆《德瑞克的旅遊好好玩》BLOG部落格 blog.yam.com/derek58
◆《德瑞克的旅遊好好玩》BLOG部落格 旅遊相簿 album.blog.yam.com/derek58
★《德瑞克的旅遊好好玩》Flicker 相簿照片 www.flickr.com/photos/derek58/
●《德瑞克的旅遊好好玩》旅遊影音俱樂部 mymedia.yam.com/club/derek58
▲《德瑞克的旅遊好好玩》fackbook{臉書} 社群 www.facebook.com/derek58
◆《德瑞克的旅遊好好玩》YouTube 旅遊 影音 www.youtube.com/derek58c
■即時通訊：德瑞克【QQ】1283196361【Line】0916958045【維信WeChat】derek58c
【Skype】derek58【E-mail】super.local@msa.hinet.net
This was without a doubt the best day of our trip. We went out with Einar and his son from Öræfaferðir / Local Guide Travel Service. They were both amazing, and we would highly recommend their services! Please feel free to check out the link below for more information.
Our first stop was to throw on some crampons and hike along the Svínafellsjökull Outlet on Vatnajökull Glacier. These were some of the most breathtaking sights we have ever seen, and it was even more amazing to be on them and experiencing them first hand.
Pictured here is my wife and I posing in front of Pig Mountain, covered in clouds (right). Many thanks to Einar for taking the shot!
Interesting trivia facts from our guide, Einar:
An early fight scene between Christian Bale and Liam Neeson in Batman Begins was filmed on this glacier. Because the glaciers are always melting and evolving, we did not see the glacier exactly as they did, but this is still where it all went down. Interestingly, Liam Neeson was not even aware they were shooting a Batman film at the time of the shoot. Director Christopher Nolan apparently likes to play things "very close to the chest." Here is a shot of my wife and I reenacting their exciting battle.
Additionally, episodes from Season 2 of HBO's "Game of Thrones" were filmed here. Icelandic locals get a real kick out of the scenes on display because chase scenes that were intended to take place over the course of several miles clearly show the distinctive "Pig Mountain" (Svínafells, hence Svínafellsjökull means "Pig Mountain Glacier") in the same spot in the background, clearly indicating that they had only moved maybe 100 feet in between shots.
Nikon D800
24-120mm f/4 Lens
Shell in Wesseling Werk Wesseling Standort Wesseling Shell Godorf Fackeltätigkeiten Shell Deutschland Oil GmbH Shell Rheinland Raffinerie Fakeltätigkeit Shell in Wesseling Local Guide Local_Guide LocalGuides Marcin Adrian Marcin_Adrian MarcinAdrian Wesseling werbekurier Stadt Wesseling Stadt Wesseling StadtWesseling Wesseling Innenstadt WesselingInnenstadt Köln Bonn Germany Canon Ricoh THETA S ShellinWesseling WerkWesseling StandortWesseling ShellGodorfFackeltätigkeiten ShellDeutschlandOilGmbHShell RheinlandRaffinerie FakeltätigkeitShellinWesseling Local Guide LocalGuide Local_Guides Marcin Adrian Marcin_Adrian MarcinAdrian Wesseling werbekurier Stadt Wesseling Stadt Wesseling StadtWesseling Wesseling Innenstadt WesselingInnenstadt Köln Bonn Germany Canon Ricoh THETA S Shell in Wesseling, Werk Wesseling, Standort Wesseling, Shell Godorf Fackeltätigkeiten, Shell Deutschland Oil GmbH, Shell Rheinland Raffinerie, Fakeltätigkeit Shell in Wesseling, Local Guide, Local_Guide, LocalGuides, Marcin Adrian, Marcin_Adrian, MarcinAdrian, www.marcinadrian.de 50389 Wesseling, werbekurier, Stadt Wesseling, Stadt_Wesseling, StadtWesseling, Wesseling Innenstadt, WesselingInnenstadt, Köln, Bonn, Germany, Canon, Ricoh THETA S, #Shell_in_Wesseling #Werk_Wesseling #Standort_Wesseling #Shell_Godorf_Fackeltätigkeiten #Shell_Deutschland_Oil_GmbH #Shell_Rheinland_Raffinerie #Fakeltätigkeit #Shell #in #Wesseling #Local #Guide #Local_Guide #LocalGuides #Marcin #Adrian #Marcin_Adrian #MarcinAdrian www.marcinadrian.de 50389 #Wesseling #werbekurier #Stadt #Wesseling #Stadt_Wesseling #StadtWesseling #Wesseling_Innenstadt #WesselingInnenstadt #Köln #Bonn #Germany #Canon #Ricoh #THETA #S
We had so much fun hiking on glaciers our first time in Iceland that we had to make sure we could do it again on our second trip. We went out with Aron from Öræfaferðir / Local Guide Travel Service again, this time for a glacier hike on the Fjallsjökull Outlet of the Vatnajökull Glacier. We would highly recommend their services! Please feel free to check out the link below for more information.
In this distance here, it's hard to see, but there are several sheep grazing on the side of this mountain cliff. Apparently, their owners have to round them up when the season starts. I was just blown away that they got up there in the first place!
【超凡旅行社有限公司=桃園總公司】｛專業規劃=中國大陸；專屬您〝客制化〞的旅遊行程｝
※專業代理Local.主力產品【中國大陸.泰國.普吉島.蘇美島.清邁.清萊.高棉.金邊.吳哥窟.印尼.巴里島.】
交觀甲字號=6334；品質保障協會=桃0088號
▲歡迎旅遊咨詢【服務電話TEL：03-4945528.4946638.】 德瑞克(手機)0916-958045.0989-680768.
■《超凡超級假期=超凡旅行社》網站 www.super-local.com.tw
◆《德瑞克的旅遊好好玩》BLOG部落格 blog.yam.com/derek58
◆《德瑞克的旅遊好好玩》BLOG部落格 旅遊相簿 album.blog.yam.com/derek58
★《德瑞克的旅遊好好玩》Flicker 相簿照片 www.flickr.com/photos/derek58/
●《德瑞克的旅遊好好玩》旅遊影音俱樂部 mymedia.yam.com/club/derek58
▲《德瑞克的旅遊好好玩》fackbook{臉書} 社群 www.facebook.com/derek58
◆《德瑞克的旅遊好好玩》YouTube 旅遊 影音 www.youtube.com/derek58c
■即時通訊：德瑞克【QQ】1283196361【Line】0916958045【維信WeChat】derek58c
【Skype】derek58【E-mail】super.local@msa.hinet.net
A local guide rides his donkey to meet a small group of visitors for a trek along a riverbed up to the high country of the Anti-Atlas Mountains.
taiwan, 1972
nick with local guide
unidentified village, hualien county
part of an archival project, featuring the photographs of nick dewolf
© the Nick DeWolf Foundation
Image-use requests are welcome via flickrmail or nickdewolfphotoarchive [at] gmail [dot] com
Part of the vast expanse of black sand over which we drove was under water.
Ingólfshöfði is a nature reserve that's home to thousands of nesting sea-birds, like puffins and great skuas. This tour was taken with the group Local Guide, which hauls people across a massive black sand beach in a hay cart to reach the headland and cliffs where the birds live.
These photos are from the Vancouver Sun Newspaper Architecture Tour series – Palm Springs Mid-Century Modern Adventure hosted by columnist Shelley Fralic and local guide and expert Kip Serafin. We toured houses by Richard Neutra, Donald Wexler, John Lautner, A Quincy Jones, William Krisel, Albert Frey and Hugh Kaptur, mostly built in the 1950s and 1960s. But we also took in many of the other sites and sounds of Palm Springs during modernism week, and had a bit of time for sunrise and sunset photography elsewhere in the valley. We had a wonderful time and would recommend others to upcoming Vancouver Sun tours, or other architecture tours in Palm Springs.
.
.
.
.N07_3621 edit2
The Whakarewarewa Guided Tour
Experience the warmth of Māori Culture and get to know our living geothermal village with a fully guided village tour.
Our friendly, local guides are direct descendants of the early Māori guides who shaped tourism in New Zealand for generations. Their insights, knowledge and legendary hospitality (manaakitanga) adds depth and richness to the experience you’ll have at Whakarewarewa – The Living Māori Village.
On the Whakarewarewa Guided Tour, you will:
Explore an authentic living Māori village where people live on a daily basis, using natural geothermal resources to cook, bathe and heat their homes as they have for centuries.
Discover the vibrancy of Māori culture and the fascinating traditions of the Tūhourangi Ngāti Wāhiao people, who shaped tourism in New Zealand.
View the geothermal wonders of Whakarewarewa Geothermal Valley up close, including the world-famous Pōhutu geyser, boiling mud-pools, steam vents and bubbling pools.
Enjoy a traditional cooking demonstration – watch our residents prepare Hāngi meals in our in-ground steam boxes, and cook corn in the bubbling water of our geothermal hot pools – as they have for generations.
Learn what it’s like to live in the challenging environment of the Whakarewarewa Valley, where daily life includes cooking in the bubbling pools and steam vents, and bathing in the refreshing therapeutic waters.
Take in our various historical landmarks and buildings, including an active Marae, our WWII Memorial Archway, two historic churches, and tapu (sacred) burial grounds.
Our Living Māori Village is just that – it’s alive; a real, functioning Māori village, steeped in fascinating history. Whakarewarewa – The Living Māori Village offers an immersive snapshot of our culture, people and their unique way of life.
Maori Cultural Performance
The Tūhourangi Ngāti Wāhiao people – the residents of our village – have a proud history of song and dance spanning over a century. Our Māori cultural performances take place daily at 11.15am and 2.00pm, and offer the opportunity to hear traditional song and dance, and experience the fearsome Haka up-close. This is included in the guided tour price.
Geothermal nature trails
Our geothermal nature trails offer self-guided walks ranging between 10 and 50 minutes. Winding their way around the back of the village, these trails combine views of manuka scrub, different types of fern and edible plants, native bush and eerie glimpses of our unique geothermal landscape, including colourful steaming lakes and thermal pools that you can only view at Whakarewarewa. Our nature trails offer a beautiful glimpse into the challenges and beauty of the landscapes our people have lived with for centuries – leave time in your itinerary to explore on foot.
All of our walks only require a low level of fitness.
La visite guidée de Whakarewarewa
Découvrez la chaleur de la culture maorie et découvrez notre village géothermal vivant grâce à une visite guidée du village.
Nos sympathiques guides locaux sont les descendants directs des premiers guides maoris qui ont façonné le tourisme en Nouvelle-Zélande pendant des générations. Leurs idées, leurs connaissances et leur hospitalité légendaire (manaakitanga) ajoutent profondeur et richesse à l’expérience que vous vivrez à Whakarewarewa - Le village maori vivant.
Lors de la visite guidée de Whakarewarewa, vous allez:
Explorez un village maori vivant où les habitants vivent au quotidien, utilisant les ressources géothermiques naturelles pour cuisiner, se baigner et chauffer leur maison comme ils le font depuis des siècles.
Découvrez le dynamisme de la culture maorie et les fascinantes traditions du peuple Tūhourangi Ngāti Wāhiao, qui a façonné le tourisme en Nouvelle-Zélande.
Observez de près les merveilles géothermiques de la vallée géothermique de Whakarewarewa, notamment le geyser Pōhutu de renommée mondiale, des bassins de boue bouillonnante, des évents à vapeur et des bassins bouillonnants.
Assistez à une démonstration de cuisine traditionnelle - regardez nos résidents préparer des repas Hāngi dans nos bacs à vapeur enterrés et faites cuire le maïs dans l'eau bouillonnante de nos bassins géothermiques, comme ils le font depuis des générations.
Apprenez ce que signifie vivre dans l’environnement difficile de la vallée de Whakarewarewa, où la vie quotidienne comprend la cuisine dans les piscines bouillonnantes et les bouches à vapeur et la baignade dans des eaux thérapeutiques rafraîchissantes.
Découvrez nos différents monuments et bâtiments historiques, notamment un marae en activité, notre arche commémorative de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, deux églises historiques et des lieux de sépulture de tapu (sacrés).
Notre village maori vivant n’est que cela: il est vivant; un véritable village maori en activité, ancré dans une histoire fascinante. Whakarewarewa - Le village maori vivant offre un aperçu immersif de notre culture, de notre population et de son mode de vie unique.
Reserve maintenant
Spectacle culturel maori
Les Tūhourangi Ngāti Wāhiao - les habitants de notre village - ont une fière histoire de chants et de danses s'étendant sur plus d'un siècle. Nos spectacles culturels maoris ont lieu tous les jours à 11h15 et à 14h00 et offrent l'occasion d'entendre des chants et des danses traditionnels et de faire l'expérience du redoutable Haka. Ceci est inclus dans le prix de la visite guidée.
Sentiers géothermiques
Nos sentiers naturels géothermiques proposent des promenades autoguidées d'une durée allant de 10 à 50 minutes. S'enroulant à l'arrière du village, ces sentiers combinent des vues sur le gommage au manuka, différents types de fougères et de plantes comestibles, des arbustes indigènes et un aperçu inquiétant de notre paysage géothermique unique, comprenant des lacs colorés à la vapeur et des piscines thermales que vous ne pouvez voir Whakarewarewa. Nos sentiers de nature offrent un bel aperçu des défis et de la beauté des paysages avec lesquels notre peuple vit depuis des siècles - laissez du temps dans votre itinéraire pour l'explorer à pied.
Toutes nos promenades ne nécessitent qu'un faible niveau de condition physique.
The Whakarewarewa Guided Tour
Experience the warmth of Māori Culture and get to know our living geothermal village with a fully guided village tour.
Our friendly, local guides are direct descendants of the early Māori guides who shaped tourism in New Zealand for generations. Their insights, knowledge and legendary hospitality (manaakitanga) adds depth and richness to the experience you’ll have at Whakarewarewa – The Living Māori Village.
On the Whakarewarewa Guided Tour, you will:
Explore an authentic living Māori village where people live on a daily basis, using natural geothermal resources to cook, bathe and heat their homes as they have for centuries.
Discover the vibrancy of Māori culture and the fascinating traditions of the Tūhourangi Ngāti Wāhiao people, who shaped tourism in New Zealand.
View the geothermal wonders of Whakarewarewa Geothermal Valley up close, including the world-famous Pōhutu geyser, boiling mud-pools, steam vents and bubbling pools.
Enjoy a traditional cooking demonstration – watch our residents prepare Hāngi meals in our in-ground steam boxes, and cook corn in the bubbling water of our geothermal hot pools – as they have for generations.
Learn what it’s like to live in the challenging environment of the Whakarewarewa Valley, where daily life includes cooking in the bubbling pools and steam vents, and bathing in the refreshing therapeutic waters.
Take in our various historical landmarks and buildings, including an active Marae, our WWII Memorial Archway, two historic churches, and tapu (sacred) burial grounds.
Our Living Māori Village is just that – it’s alive; a real, functioning Māori village, steeped in fascinating history. Whakarewarewa – The Living Māori Village offers an immersive snapshot of our culture, people and their unique way of life.
Maori Cultural Performance
The Tūhourangi Ngāti Wāhiao people – the residents of our village – have a proud history of song and dance spanning over a century. Our Māori cultural performances take place daily at 11.15am and 2.00pm, and offer the opportunity to hear traditional song and dance, and experience the fearsome Haka up-close. This is included in the guided tour price.
Geothermal nature trails
Our geothermal nature trails offer self-guided walks ranging between 10 and 50 minutes. Winding their way around the back of the village, these trails combine views of manuka scrub, different types of fern and edible plants, native bush and eerie glimpses of our unique geothermal landscape, including colourful steaming lakes and thermal pools that you can only view at Whakarewarewa. Our nature trails offer a beautiful glimpse into the challenges and beauty of the landscapes our people have lived with for centuries – leave time in your itinerary to explore on foot.
All of our walks only require a low level of fitness.
La visite guidée de Whakarewarewa
Découvrez la chaleur de la culture maorie et découvrez notre village géothermal vivant grâce à une visite guidée du village.
Nos sympathiques guides locaux sont les descendants directs des premiers guides maoris qui ont façonné le tourisme en Nouvelle-Zélande pendant des générations. Leurs idées, leurs connaissances et leur hospitalité légendaire (manaakitanga) ajoutent profondeur et richesse à l’expérience que vous vivrez à Whakarewarewa - Le village maori vivant.
Lors de la visite guidée de Whakarewarewa, vous allez:
Explorez un village maori vivant où les habitants vivent au quotidien, utilisant les ressources géothermiques naturelles pour cuisiner, se baigner et chauffer leur maison comme ils le font depuis des siècles.
Découvrez le dynamisme de la culture maorie et les fascinantes traditions du peuple Tūhourangi Ngāti Wāhiao, qui a façonné le tourisme en Nouvelle-Zélande.
Observez de près les merveilles géothermiques de la vallée géothermique de Whakarewarewa, notamment le geyser Pōhutu de renommée mondiale, des bassins de boue bouillonnante, des évents à vapeur et des bassins bouillonnants.
Assistez à une démonstration de cuisine traditionnelle - regardez nos résidents préparer des repas Hāngi dans nos bacs à vapeur enterrés et faites cuire le maïs dans l'eau bouillonnante de nos bassins géothermiques, comme ils le font depuis des générations.
Apprenez ce que signifie vivre dans l’environnement difficile de la vallée de Whakarewarewa, où la vie quotidienne comprend la cuisine dans les piscines bouillonnantes et les bouches à vapeur et la baignade dans des eaux thérapeutiques rafraîchissantes.
Découvrez nos différents monuments et bâtiments historiques, notamment un marae en activité, notre arche commémorative de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, deux églises historiques et des lieux de sépulture de tapu (sacrés).
Notre village maori vivant n’est que cela: il est vivant; un véritable village maori en activité, ancré dans une histoire fascinante. Whakarewarewa - Le village maori vivant offre un aperçu immersif de notre culture, de notre population et de son mode de vie unique.
Reserve maintenant
Spectacle culturel maori
Les Tūhourangi Ngāti Wāhiao - les habitants de notre village - ont une fière histoire de chants et de danses s'étendant sur plus d'un siècle. Nos spectacles culturels maoris ont lieu tous les jours à 11h15 et à 14h00 et offrent l'occasion d'entendre des chants et des danses traditionnels et de faire l'expérience du redoutable Haka. Ceci est inclus dans le prix de la visite guidée.
Sentiers géothermiques
Nos sentiers naturels géothermiques proposent des promenades autoguidées d'une durée allant de 10 à 50 minutes. S'enroulant à l'arrière du village, ces sentiers combinent des vues sur le gommage au manuka, différents types de fougères et de plantes comestibles, des arbustes indigènes et un aperçu inquiétant de notre paysage géothermique unique, comprenant des lacs colorés à la vapeur et des piscines thermales que vous ne pouvez voir Whakarewarewa. Nos sentiers de nature offrent un bel aperçu des défis et de la beauté des paysages avec lesquels notre peuple vit depuis des siècles - laissez du temps dans votre itinéraire pour l'explorer à pied.
Toutes nos promenades ne nécessitent qu'un faible niveau de condition physique.
These photos are from the Vancouver Sun Newspaper Architecture Tour series – Palm Springs Mid-Century Modern Adventure hosted by columnist Shelley Fralic and local guide and expert Kip Serafin. We toured houses by Richard Neutra, Donald Wexler, John Lautner, A Quincy Jones, William Krisel, Albert Frey and Hugh Kaptur, mostly built in the 1950s and 1960s. But we also took in many of the other sites and sounds of Palm Springs during modernism week, and had a bit of time for sunrise and sunset photography elsewhere in the valley. We had a wonderful time and would recommend others to upcoming Vancouver Sun tours, or other architecture tours in Palm Springs.
.
.
.N07_4509_stitch edit6
Divisoria is big and chaotic, but it is unparalleled for goods and prices. Name it and chances are you will find it here. More than anything else, Divisoria is known for textiles. Prices are generally wholesale, and you can haggle to the last peso. However, if you are new to Manila, do not venture here on your own. Aside from the possibility of getting lost or finding the place too bewildering, you would not be able to strike as good a deal with stall owners. A local guide is a must.
As we explored Oxford one gray Sunday afternoon, we passed a very long queue of people waiting to be admitted to its most famous college, Christ Church, with all of its Harry Potter connections. A local guide recommended that we take a look inside New College instead, and we were amazed at its history, quality and tranquility. Unfortunately, photography was not allowed inside the magnificent chapel, dining hall and library, which we highly recommend. (The same person also said that Exeter College was especially worth exploring but we did not have time on this trip.)
New College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Its official name, College of St Mary, is the same as that of the older Oriel College; hence, it has been referred to as the "New College of St Mary", and is now almost always called "New College". One of the most famous and academically successful of the Oxford colleges, it stands along Holywell Street and New College Lane (known for Oxford's Bridge of Sighs), next to All Souls College, The Queen's College and St Edmund Hall. It is one of the main choral foundations of the University of Oxford. In 2006 the college had an estimated financial endowment of £143m.[1] In 2006 New College sold some of these assets to provide a substantial salary windfall for its fellows (among other uses).
Despite its name, New College is one of the oldest of the Oxford colleges, having originally been founded in 1379. The second college in Oxford to be dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary, it was founded by William of Wykeham, Bishop of Winchester. It was founded in conjunction with the famous Winchester College, which was envisaged as a feeder to the Oxford college, and the two institutions have striking architectural similarities: both were the work of master mason William Wynford. Both Winchester College and New College were originally established for the education of priests, there being a shortage of properly educated clergy after the Black Death. William of Wykeham also established New College School to provide for the education of 16 choristers for the chapel.
As well as being the first Oxford college for undergraduates and the first to have senior members of the college give tutorials, New College was the first college in Oxford to centre on a main quadrangle, with student rooms, a dining hall, a library, and study rooms within the square ring of buildings and gates. The quadrangle design inspired many of the later colleges, perhaps most recently St Catherine's College, Oxford because Arne Jacobsen was an ardent admirer of "the Oval", or oval-shaped lawn in the old quad. (New College's quadrangle is not the first in Oxford, however, merely the first to contain all of the above elements; the first quadrangle was Merton's Mob Quad. Merton's dining hall, though, is in a connecting building outside the quad, as is its chapel.) At the time of its founding, New College had the grandest collection of buildings for a college in Oxford, a testament to Wykeham's experience in administering both ecclesiastical and civil institutions as the Bishop of Winchester and High Chancellor of England.
The New College grounds are among the largest and most beautiful in Oxford. The Cloisters and the Chapel are of particular note, as is the old City Wall (around which the College is built); much of the mediæval stained glass in the antechapel has recently been restored. The gardens are equally impressive and include the decorative Mound (which originally had steps, but is now smooth with one set of stairs).
The bell tower contains one of the oldest rings of ten bells, which is rung by the Oxford Society of Change Ringers and the Oxford University Society of Change Ringers. The college is also in possession of a respectable collection of silver (including the mediæval silver gilt Founder's Crozier, housed in a display case in the chapel), and two notable "unicorn horns" (in fact narwhal tusks).
In addition to its academic reputation and its impressive set of buildings, New College is internationally renowned for its chapel choir. As part of the original College statutes, William of Wykeham provided for a choral foundation of lay and academical clerks, with boy choristers to sing mass and the daily offices. It is a tradition that continues today with the choral services of evensong and eucharist during term. In addition to its choral duties in the chapel, the choir has established a reputation as one of the finest Anglican choirs in the world through its many recordings and concert tours. The chapel organ was built by the firm of Grant, Degens, and Bradbeer in 1969, in a case designed by George Pace; somewhat revolutionary at the time, the instrument remains no less remarkable and idiosyncratic today.
The College's motto, created by William of Wykeham, is "Manners Makyth Man". The motto was in many respects fairly revolutionary. Firstly, it was written in English, rather than Latin, which makes it very unusual in Oxford, and is especially revolutionary considering the College's age; even St Catherine's College, founded in 1965, has a Latin motto ("Nova et Vetera": "the new and the old").
Secondly, the motto makes a social statement. While it might initially seem to be suggesting that it is beneficial to have good manners, this does not really capture its full scope. What it really means is that it is not by birth, money, or property that an individual is defined, but by how he (or she) behaves towards other people.
This morning we set out early from Heliconia in a canoe, led by our local guide through tangles of submerged trees. Our target was a remote area that was suffciently large and above the Amazonian water level to be home to larger fauna. The water by the bank was shallow and from the point where we secured the boat we had some way to walk in ankle/calf high water. Even on the 'dry' land, the terrain remained damp and squelched underfoot as my boots sank through leaves into the earth or mud beneath. Among the fauna on our wish list were anacondas - ideally to be found resting in the pools. Otherwise they might be hiding under the fallen leaves waiting to catch a passing meal. I saw none in the pools. Nor was I attacked. The main fauna we encountered were monkeys, high up in the canopy. At ground level it was the flora that was interesting - curling lianas, red palm roots, weird fungus, and local fruit, often the discarded shells of fruit popular with the monkeys above. It was a hot, sweaty walk and we relished the air current on the canoe back.
---
In 2022, I returned to Colombia. The main purpose of this trip was to explore the Amazonian rainforest areas near Leticia and then on the Rio Negro. In 2007 I was in the Leticia area on a volunteering project and the 2022 trip gave me the chance to see more of the area.
As these are border areas, with the rivers travelled actually being the borders, I also visited / transitted through Brazil, Peru and Venezuela. I will create one master set / album for the entire six week trip, plus separate country albums to help viewers who are interested only in a specific country.
I also spent time in Bogota and in the Boyaca region. Overall intinerary: London - Leticia - Bogota - Villavincenzio - Rio Negro - Puerto Inirida - Bogota (incl Nemocon) - Villa de Leyva - Tunja - Bogota - London.
Carsten ten Brink is also a writer of fiction and nonfiction - for further information see www.carstentenbrink.com/Writing.html. 'The Nicotine Solution,' a piece relating to his time in the Amazon in 2022, has appeared in the US publication The Write Launch - see thewritelaunch.com/2024/12/the-nicotine-solution/. It also features several of his photos.
These photos are from the Vancouver Sun Newspaper Architecture Tour series – Palm Springs Mid-Century Modern Adventure hosted by columnist Shelley Fralic and local guide and expert Kip Serafin. We toured houses by Richard Neutra, Donald Wexler, John Lautner, A Quincy Jones, William Krisel, Albert Frey and Hugh Kaptur, mostly built in the 1950s and 1960s. But we also took in many of the other sites and sounds of Palm Springs during modernism week, and had a bit of time for sunrise and sunset photography elsewhere in the valley. We had a wonderful time and would recommend others to upcoming Vancouver Sun tours, or other architecture tours in Palm Springs.
.
.N07_3288 edit
This morning we set out early from Heliconia in a canoe, led by our local guide through tangles of submerged trees. Our target was a remote area that was suffciently large and above the Amazonian water level to be home to larger fauna. The water by the bank was shallow and from the point where we secured the boat we had some way to walk in ankle/calf high water. Even on the 'dry' land, the terrain remained damp and squelched underfoot as my boots sank through leaves into the earth or mud beneath. Among the fauna on our wish list were anacondas - ideally to be found resting in the pools. Otherwise they might be hiding under the fallen leaves waiting to catch a passing meal. I saw none in the pools. Nor was I attacked. The main fauna we encountered were monkeys, high up in the canopy. At ground level it was the flora that was interesting - curling lianas, red palm roots, weird fungus, and local fruit, often the discarded shells of fruit popular with the monkeys above. It was a hot, sweaty walk and we relished the air current on the canoe back.
---
In 2022, I returned to Colombia. The main purpose of this trip was to explore the Amazonian rainforest areas near Leticia and then on the Rio Negro. In 2007 I was in the Leticia area on a volunteering project and the 2022 trip gave me the chance to see more of the area.
As these are border areas, with the rivers travelled actually being the borders, I also visited / transitted through Brazil, Peru and Venezuela. I will create one master set / album for the entire six week trip, plus separate country albums to help viewers who are interested only in a specific country.
I also spent time in Bogota and in the Boyaca region. Overall intinerary: London - Leticia - Bogota - Villavincenzio - Rio Negro - Puerto Inirida - Bogota (incl Nemocon) - Villa de Leyva - Tunja - Bogota - London.
Carsten ten Brink is also a writer of fiction and nonfiction - for further information see www.carstentenbrink.com/Writing.html. 'The Nicotine Solution,' a piece relating to his time in the Amazon in 2022, has appeared in the US publication The Write Launch - see thewritelaunch.com/2024/12/the-nicotine-solution/. It also features several of his photos.
Ingólfshöfði is a nature reserve that's home to thousands of nesting sea-birds, like puffins and great skuas. This birdwatching tour was taken with the group Local Guide, which hauls people across a massive black sand beach in a hay cart to reach the cliffs where the birds live.
【超凡旅行社有限公司=桃園總公司】｛專業規劃=中國大陸；專屬您〝客制化〞的旅遊行程｝
※專業代理Local.主力產品【中國大陸.泰國.普吉島.蘇美島.清邁.清萊.高棉.金邊.吳哥窟.印尼.巴里島.】
交觀甲字號=6334；品質保障協會=桃0088號
▲歡迎旅遊咨詢【服務電話TEL：03-4945528.4946638.】 德瑞克(手機)0916-958045.0989-680768.
■《超凡超級假期=超凡旅行社》網站 www.super-local.com.tw
◆《德瑞克的旅遊好好玩》BLOG部落格 blog.yam.com/derek58
◆《德瑞克的旅遊好好玩》BLOG部落格 旅遊相簿 album.blog.yam.com/derek58
★《德瑞克的旅遊好好玩》Flicker 相簿照片 www.flickr.com/photos/derek58/
●《德瑞克的旅遊好好玩》旅遊影音俱樂部 mymedia.yam.com/club/derek58
▲《德瑞克的旅遊好好玩》fackbook{臉書} 社群 www.facebook.com/derek58
◆《德瑞克的旅遊好好玩》YouTube 旅遊 影音 www.youtube.com/derek58c
■即時通訊：德瑞克【QQ】1283196361【Line】0916958045【維信WeChat】derek58c
【Skype】derek58【E-mail】super.local@msa.hinet.net
【超凡旅行社有限公司=桃園總公司】｛專業規劃=中國大陸；專屬您〝客制化〞的旅遊行程｝
※專業代理Local.主力產品【中國大陸.泰國.普吉島.蘇美島.清邁.清萊.高棉.金邊.吳哥窟.印尼.巴里島.】
交觀甲字號=6334；品質保障協會=桃0088號
▲歡迎旅遊咨詢【服務電話TEL：03-4945528.4946638.】 德瑞克(手機)0916-958045.0989-680768.
■《超凡超級假期=超凡旅行社》網站 www.super-local.com.tw
◆《德瑞克的旅遊好好玩》BLOG部落格 blog.yam.com/derek58
◆《德瑞克的旅遊好好玩》BLOG部落格 旅遊相簿 album.blog.yam.com/derek58
★《德瑞克的旅遊好好玩》Flicker 相簿照片 www.flickr.com/photos/derek58/
●《德瑞克的旅遊好好玩》旅遊影音俱樂部 mymedia.yam.com/club/derek58
▲《德瑞克的旅遊好好玩》fackbook{臉書} 社群 www.facebook.com/derek58
◆《德瑞克的旅遊好好玩》YouTube 旅遊 影音 www.youtube.com/derek58c
■即時通訊：德瑞克【QQ】1283196361【Line】0916958045【維信WeChat】derek58c
【Skype】derek58【E-mail】super.local@msa.hinet.net
An island in the middle of the Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia. During the rainy season it is surrounded by shallow water - during the dry season it is ringed by a salt pan. How does anything grow in such a saline environment?
Inkahuasi or Inkawasi (Quechua, meaning "Inca house"), also Isla del Pescado or Isla de los Pescadores, is an island in the middle of Salar de Uyuni, in the Daniel Campos Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia.
The total area is 24.62 ha. Geographically, the terrain is harsh; it is a rocky, hilly island.
The Salar is virtually devoid of any wild life and vegetation. The latter is dominated by giant cacti such as Echinopsis (Trichocereus) atacamensis pasacana and Echinopsis (Trichocereus) tarijensis. They grow at a rate of about 1 centimeter (0.39 in) per year to a length of about 12 meters (39 ft). Other shrubs include Pilaya, which is used by locals to cure catarrh, and Thola (Baccharis dracunculifolia), which is burned as a fuel. Also present are quinoa plants and quenua bushes.
The local guides claim that the island took its name Isla de Pescados ("Island of the Fish") because when viewed from distance it looks like a fish.
This is Angshu Sherpa, our ever-smiling forest guide. He took us into the deep jungles, enthusiastically showing us cheetah paw prints, medicinal flowers, wild birds, and more!
I wasn't particularly interested in birds growing up, so I decided that on this trip I would do some birding in Singapore for the first time. On Friday, Ross and I embarked on a 6am-5pm adventure with local guide Kim Seng. With his help we saw over 50 different species—most of which were new to me. We would probably have seen twice as many if I hadn't wanted to spend as much time as possible watching birds once we'd spotted them, always my favorite part of the whole thing. It was an incredibly satisfying day and I'll write more about it elsewhere soon, I hope. For now, here is a list I made of the birds we encountered. Stars indicate birds I heard, but wasn't fast enough to see.
1. Greater Racket-tailed Drongo
2. Blue-tailed Bee-eater
3. Dollarbird
4. Brahminy Kite
5. Changeable Hawk-Eagle
6. Scaly-breasted Munia
7. Brown Shrike
8. Long-Tailed Shrike
9. Spotted Dove
10. Common Kingfisher
11. Collared Kingfisher
12. Javan Myna
13. Common Myna
14. Asian Glossy Starling
15. Oriental Magpie Robin
16. White-breasted Waterhen
17. Forest Wagtail
18. Marsh Sandpiper
19. Green Sandpiper
20. Whimbrel
21. Grey Heron
22. Purple Heron
23. Greater Egret
24. Lesser Egret
25. Japanese Sparrowhawk
26. Grey-headed Fish Eagle
27. White-bellied Sea Eagle
28. Pacific Swallow
29. Crimson Sunbird
30. Copper Throated Sunbird*
31. Short-tailed Babbler
32. Striped Tit-Babbler
33. Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker
34. Orange-bellied Flowerpecker
35. Common Tailorbird
36. Dark-necked Tailorbird*
37. Arctic Warbler*
38. Ashy Bulbul
39. Red-eyed Bulbul
40. Olive-winged Bulbul
41. Asian Brown Flycatcher
42. Large-billed Crow
43. Black-naped Oriole
44. Banded Woodpecker*
45. Black-nest Swiftlet
46. Edible-nest Swiftlet
47. Lesser Coucal*
48. Chestnut-bellied Malkoha
49. Asian Koel
50. Indian Cuckoo
51. Pink-necked Green Pigeon
52. Whiskered Tern
53. Yellow Bittern
54. Black Baza
55. Brown Hawk Owl*