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Cusco, Peru 2008
A dancer, dressed as a "Capc Qolla" - a mechant from the Altiplano - performs in the Plaza de Armas during the Fiestas del Cusco celebrations, a week long festival that takes place before Inti Raymi.
Uthai Thani is located in the lower part of northern Thailand. Most of the province consists of forests and high mountains. It has a total area of 6,730 square kilometres. It is divided in to 8 Amphoe (districts), as follows:
Amphoe Muang Uthai Thani
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It’s extremely rare that I post a photo of myself, but here is a self-portrait taken at the labyrinth, in view of the Golden Gate Bridge, along the Lands End Trail, in San Francisco. This was closing in on sunset, so the light was a bit harsh, casting some strong shadows. I would have preferred to not have been in the photo, but that wasn’t possible. :) This is one of my favorite spots in San Francisco. You have to traverse a large set of stairs to reach this vantage point, but I think it is worth it.
I know I’ve posted a bunch of photos of Fort Point in the past, but I find it really interesting. Every once in a while, an idea I’ve kept on the back burner in my brain pops into focus, again. Given that Fort Point is really interesting, but is, literally, overshadowed by the iconic Golden Gate Bridge, I thought it might be interesting to create a photo book with the working title, "Fort Point: Beauty in the Shadow of an Icon." I had taken a bunch of black and white film shots back in the winter, but a few weeks ago, when the idea popped into my head, again, I thought it could be interesting with all photos captured on film, since the film medium is old just like the fort. So, I took some color film and a tripod to Fort Point and captured these. Who knows if I’ll actually ever get around to assembling the book.
For more information about the Great Wall of China and Beijing, please visit my website: www.abookaboutchina.com/location/Great-Wall-China
The Great Wall of China is by and far the most famous tourist attraction in the country. The Chinese call it Changchen (长城) which literally translates as the Long Wall. It is sometimes refered to as the Wanli Changchen (萬里長城) or Ten-thousand Li Wall (a 'Li' is a Chinese mile or about 500 metres) which incidentally is almost right. The true length of the wall is 6,259.6 km (Which is a very precise number I got off of wikipedia - but I'm not going to measure wall and argue with them.) The wall was first built over 2,500 years ago during the Warring states period. It wasn't then so much of one wall, rather many bits of wall. When the first emperor of China, Qin Shi Wandi, unified the country, about 2,200 years ago, he joined the sections of wall together to make one single defensive line. The wall of that era, however, looked nothing like the wall we have today. The Qin wall was made of rammed earth mixed with straw and glutinous rice. The Qin wall soon fell into disuse and disrepair. For most of China's history, there was no wall. When the Ming dynasty was founded, they wanted a strong northern defence against the nomadic tribes to the north. So they rebuilt the wall. This time in stone. The wall that tourists go to see today in Beijing, it the Ming dynasty wall. Sections of the wall have been restored and are open as tourist locations. The biggest of these sections, and the most visited is the Badaling Great Wall which is photographed here.
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Photographer in Action . Vietnam Veterans Memorial . www.vvmf.org . Constitution Gardens, NW . WDC . Memorial Day Monday, 29 May 2006 . Elvert Xavier Barnes Photography
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View my blog from my visit to Zurich. atravellingjack.co.uk/10-things-zurich
The Zürich Zoologischer Garten (Zürich Zoological Garden) is a zoo located in Zürich, Switzerland. It was opened in 1929 and, as of 2004, has 2200 specimens of 300 species. It is located on Zürichbergstrasse, on the lower reaches of the Zürichberg in the Fluntern quarter.
Greece is a dream destination. It may not be the most popular travel destination for Winter Vacation but we did fly and welcome the New Year in Athens.
Sharing with you stories, travel tips, itinerary, budget and photos from our recent Winter Greek Holiday.
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Cusco, Peru 2008
A young dancer, dressed as a "Sargento," performs in the Plaza de Armas during the Fiestas del Cusco celebrations, a week long festival that takes place before Inti Raymi.
According to the mythology , Lord Muruga fought with a demon named "Thalayaga Asuran" which took place in the air. As it is the place of the war , this place is named as Thirupporur. This place was founded by the Adhinam Srimad Chidambara Swamy.
Cusco, Peru 2008
The Inca Queen, surrounded by princesses from the four regions of the Inca empire, celebrates the start of Inti Raymi at Coricancha. The Inca sun festival takes place annually at the June solstice. The celebration begins with the greeting of the sun at Coricancha, the most important temple complex of the Incas, proceeds to the Plaza de Armas, then continues with the main event at Sacsayhuaman, the Inca fortress overlooking the city.
The Mute Swan is one of the heaviest flying birds, with males (known as cobs) averaging about 12 kg (27 lbs) and females (known as "pens") more than 8 kg (19 lbs). An unusually big Polish cob weighed almost 23 kg (50 lbs), surpassing the longer-bodied Trumpeter Swan to make it the heaviest waterfowl ever recorded. Its size, orange-reddish bill and white plumage make this swan almost unmistakable at close quarters. Surveys done by airplane, however, often mistake the species, creating questionable counts. The most similar species is the Whooper Swan, but it has a yellow and black bill, lacks the curved "swan" neck, is longer and heavier, and lacks the characteristic projection above the bill.
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A fellow traveller (or maybe a few) has been posting some photos from our travels through the Iberian Peninsula (and Morocco) back in the summer of 2019. Although I am in Michigan soaking up some summertime sun and heat at the moment, it made me a bit nostalgic for that big summer trip I took back in 2019, so I went searching through the archives to find something to share from this day 2 years ago. I guess I was exploring Sintra and the beach town of Cascais near Lisbon, Portugal (actually the second visit of the big trip). Here is a shot of a pretty little square, the 5th of October Square, which is very near a sandy beach area. Note the classic marble colors and patterns on the ground. This style is prominent all across the country.
Solola Market, Guatemala - 2009
A local woman, dressed in the elaborate and colorful textiles of the Lake Atitlan highlands region, carries her goods on her head and her child on her back at the Solola Sunday market.
Vietnam Veterans Memorial . www.vvmf.org . Constitution Gardens, NW . WDC . Memorial Day Monday, 29 May 2006 . Elvert Xavier Barnes Photography
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Somewhere near Walensee – where rain met the setting sun, and time paused just long enough for the world to turn golden. I may never find this spot again, but its light still lingers in my memory.
Nahan is famous for the local traditions and recently I got a chance to watch the 43rd Annual Hajrat Lakhdata Peer Sahib Dangal which took place at the dangal ground adjacent to the Lakhdata Peer Nahan. There were 50 participants from Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, UP and Delhi, who took part in the famous dangal and the final fight was between Kashmiri from Himachal Police team and Sukhwinder Singh who came from Merrut.
Greece is a dream destination. It may not be the most popular travel destination for Winter Vacation but we did fly and welcome the New Year in Athens.
Sharing with you stories, travel tips, itinerary, budget and photos from our recent Winter Greek Holiday.
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The city of Trat is a starting point for Ko Chang island group or forays into outlying gem and Cambodian markets. Those enthralled by shopping will be delighted as Trat has more markets for its size than almost any other town in Thailand due to Cambodian coastal trade.
One year ago, I was soaking up some classic Scottish Highland views. We had seen some the day before, but this was a full day in the Highlands. Even though it was my third visit, it was still wonderful and I’d go again in a heartbeat. We drove up to the Isle of Skye, stopping at the Eilean Donan Castle since it is right by the bridge. It was really too quick on Skye, though, with only a stop up in Portree, also serving as our lunch stop (I had spent a long weekend there a couple years prior). We stopped off a few times in the afternoon, as we headed back south, to take in the views. We ended the day in the pretty little town of Oban, which is right on the mainland coast, where we learned some classic Scottish dancing. Actually Oban seemed like it’d be a nice place to spend a few days. Here are three shots from the Scottish Highlands. A landscape from where I can’t remember, low tide at the Portree harbor, and the Eilean Donan Castle.
Café Palacio
El alcalde de Santa Tecla, Henry Flores, inauguró el viernes 17 de 2023 el Café Palacio, en una de las joyas arquitectónicas del municipio, que cuenta con más de 112 años de historia.
Este nuevo lugar, albergado al interior del Palacio Municipal Tecleño, forma parte del plan integral de recuperación, revitalización y potenciación del Centro Histórico de Santa Tecla.
Asimismo, con la apertura de este lugar se apoya a emprendedores locales y a generar decenas de empleos directos e indirectos, además de ofrecer más opciones para el disfrute familiar.
Dirección: Palacio Tecleño de la Cultura y las Artes, Avenida Eduardo Molina Olivares, 2-3 (contiguo a Alcaldía de Santa Tecla) Municipio de Santa Tecla, Departamento de La Libertad, El Salvador Centroamérica
Historia de la Casa
Antigua vivienda de la Familia Castaneda. Este edificio fue construido por don Fernando Castaneda padre, en los años 1912 y 1913 y gastó más de 80 mil colones. Comprado el 3 de octubre de 1924 a don Fernando Castaneda hijo, por la municipalidad que entonces presidía don Paulino Cea Campo, en la modesta suma de 20,000 colones. El histórico edificio cuenta con 17 salones posee mil 570 metros cuadrados, la fachada tiene 40 metros, un patio interno y externo. Después de siete años de quedar abandonada por los daños que sufrió debido los terremotos de 2001(De 1911 a 2001, el palacio sufrió cerca de cuatro terremotos e inclemencias del tiempo), en noviembre de 2007, la Alcaldía tecleña inició el proyecto para la restauración del antiguo Palacio Municipal. Las obras culminaron en el mes de Octubre y nuevamente vuelve hacer una de las edificaciones mas importantes de la ciudad todo gracias a los fondos de la municipalidad Tecleña con la cooperación de la Junta de Andalucía, España.