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When the sky is generous, we can't remain indifferent... A beautiful serie of sunsets and sunrises for these last days, as to augur us the beautiful autumn lights!
Yesterday a sunrise and today a sunset! Enjoy!
Today's soundtrack: Behind the Moon, Matt Costa.
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Les Sables d'Olonne (France)
The sun was generous enough to give us a beautiful sunset. If only with it had been as generous with it's warmth. Brrrrr! I still hate my camera. It just couldn't pick the silhouette of the trees clearly. >_<
This is a custom pendant of my logo, which was generously given to me as a 30th birthday present by a great group of friends of mine!
The logo started off with the eyes - they came from some little characters I used to doodle back in school. When I needed a website logo for a university exercise, I took the eyes and put the basketball in the background. Later on, as I started DJing and selling mixtapes I put the headphones around the ball and that became the brand.
Up to this point I'd done all the drawing myself - first by hand, then with some fraught time on Corel Draw :o) About three years back my mate Ruari who is a very talented artist told me he could re-draw it, an offer I gratefully accepted since I didn't have a decent high-res copy - I'd last done it on computer in the days of dial-up, when 1024x768 displays were something to really crow about! He did an excellent job keeping all the shapes and proportions just right but stepping it up to the next level too - and it's this version of the logo which is now immortalised in silver and worn on special occasions.
I'm very lucky to have the friends that I do!
Inle lake full Moon Panoramic View at SHWE INN THA Hotel
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Currently, I'm running a crowd funding activity to initiate my personal 2016 Flickr's Project. Here, I sincerely request each and every kind hearted souls to pay some effort and attention.
No limitation, Any Amount and your encouraging comments are welcome.
Crowd funding contribution can be simply direct to my PayPal account if you really appreciate and wish my forthcoming photography project to come alive.
Please PayPal your wish amount to : men4r@yahoo.com
Email me or public comments below your contribution amount for good records with your comments and at final day, at random, I shall sent out my well taken care canon 6D with full box n accessory during random draw to one thankful contributor as my token of appreciation.
Now, I cordially invite and look forward with eagerness a strong pool of unity zealous participants in this fundermental ideology yet sustainable crowd fund raising task.
Basically, the substantial gather amount is achievable with pure passion n love heart in photography and not necessary be filty rich nor famous to help me accomplish raising my long yearning photography career, a sucking heavy expense that been schedules down my photography making journey had inevitably, some circumstances had badly fall short behind racing with time and inability to fulfill as quickly in near future consolidating good fund .
Honestly, with aspiration and hope, I appeal to urge on this media for a strong humanity mandate through good faith of sharing and giving generously on this particular crowd funding excercise to achieve my desire n is not just purely a dread dream , is also flickers first starter own crowds funding strength turning impossible into reality through this pratical raising method that I confidently trust it will turn fruitful from all your small effort participation, every single persistency will result consolidating piling up every little tiny bricks into an ultimate huge strong living castle.
In reality, I have trust and never look down on every single peny efforts that been contributed as helpful means, turning unrealistic dream alive is the goal in crowd funding excercise, No reason any single amount is regard to be too small when the strength of all individual wish gather to fulfill my little desire to make exist and keep alive. .
I sincerely look forward each and every participants who think alike crowds funding methodlogy works here no matter who come forwards with regardless any capital amount input be big or small , please help gather and pool raise my objective target amount as close to USD$10K or either acquisition from donation item list below:
1- ideally a high mega pixel Canon 5DS ( can be either new or use ok)
2- Canon 70-200mm F2.8 L IS lens ( can be either new or use ok)
Last but not least, a photography journey of life time for a trip to explore South Island of New Zealand and Africa.
.
My intended schedule may estimate about 1 month round trip self drive traveling down scenic Southern Island of New Zealand for completing the most captivating landscape photography and wander into the big five, the wilderness of untamed Africa nature for my project 2016 before my physical body stamina eventually drain off.
During the course, I also welcome sponsor's to provide daily lodging/accommodation, car rental/transportation, Fox Glacier helicopter ride and other logistic funding expenses, provide photographic camera equipments or related accessories .
Kindly forward all sponsors request terms of condition n collaboration details for discussion soon.
Great Ocean Drive- the 12 Apostle's
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Fotografía tomada en la precordillera de Santiago de Chile, en el Parque Aguas de Ramón, comuna de La Reina, el día 5 de noviembre de 2019 con cámara Sony Cybershot
Photograph taken in the precordillera of Santiago de Chile, in the Aguas de Ramón Park, commune of La Reina, on November 5, 2019 with Sony Cybershot camera
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Currently, I'm running a crowd funding activity to initiate my personal 2016 Flickr's Project. Here, I sincerely request each and every kind hearted souls to pay some effort and attention.
No limitation, Any Amount and your encouraging comments are welcome.
Crowd funding contribution can be simply direct to my PayPal account if you really appreciate and wish my forthcoming photography project to come alive.
Please PayPal your wish amount to : men4r@yahoo.com
Email me or public comments below your contribution amount for good records with your comments and at final day, at random, I shall sent out my well taken care canon 6D with full box n accessory during random draw to one thankful contributor as my token of appreciation.
Now, I cordially invite and look forward with eagerness a strong pool of unity zealous participants in this fundermental ideology yet sustainable crowd fund raising task.
Basically, the substantial gather amount is achievable with pure passion n love heart in photography and not necessary be filty rich nor famous to help me accomplish raising my long yearning photography career, a sucking heavy expense that been schedules down my photography making journey had inevitably, some circumstances had badly fall short behind racing with time and inability to fulfill as quickly in near future consolidating good fund .
Honestly, with aspiration and hope, I appeal to urge on this media for a strong humanity mandate through good faith of sharing and giving generously on this particular crowd funding excercise to achieve my desire n is not just purely a dread dream , is also flickers first starter own crowds funding strength turning impossible into reality through this pratical raising method that I confidently trust it will turn fruitful from all your small effort participation, every single persistency will result consolidating piling up every little tiny bricks into an ultimate huge strong living castle.
In reality, I have trust and never look down on every single peny efforts that been contributed as helpful means, turning unrealistic dream alive is the goal in crowd funding excercise, No reason any single amount is regard to be too small when the strength of all individual wish gather to fulfill my little desire to make exist and keep alive. .
I sincerely look forward each and every participants who think alike crowds funding methodlogy works here no matter who come forwards with regardless any capital amount input be big or small , please help gather and pool raise my objective target amount as close to USD$10K or either acquisition from donation item list below:
1- ideally a high mega pixel Canon 5DS ( can be either new or use ok)
2- Canon 70-200mm F2.8 L IS lens ( can be either new or use ok)
Last but not least, a photography journey of life time for a trip to explore South Island of New Zealand and Africa.
.
My intended schedule may estimate about 1 month round trip self drive traveling down scenic Southern Island of New Zealand for completing the most captivating landscape photography and wander into the big five, the wilderness of untamed Africa nature for my project 2016 before my physical body stamina eventually drain off.
During the course, I also welcome sponsor's to provide daily lodging/accommodation, car rental/transportation, Fox Glacier helicopter ride and other logistic funding expenses, provide photographic camera equipments or related accessories .
Kindly forward all sponsors request terms of condition n collaboration details for discussion soon.
Great Ocean Drive- the 12 Apostle's
Please Click Auto Slide show for ultimate viewing pleasure in Super Large Display .to enjoy my photostream . ..
Due to copyright issue, I cannot afford to offer any free image request. Pls kindly consult my sole permission to purchase n use any of my images.You can email me at : men4r@yahoo.com.
Don't use this image on Websites/Blog or any other media
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“Sun so generous it shall be you-
Leaves of Grass” ― Walt Whitman
27/52-2018
happy fence friday and enjoy the weekend!
For those not familiar with Australian colloquialisms, an Aussie Battler is someone who does it tough and struggles to achieve some goal despite the odds. In this case, the Aussie Battler is a guy and his van who sets up every day (and has for years) in the approach to Caloundra on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland. As you can see he specialises in pies and peas, that means meat pies with a generous spoonful of hot mushy pies on the top! A great favourite of mine I must admit.
Around Australia how they are served up and what they are called differs a bit from state to state. I have waited for years to take this shot and finally achieved it today. If you are in Queensland and up that way, keep an eye out for him on the right hand side of the main road into Caloundra.
Rootzz 4worldpeace! generously allowed me access to his photostream to play with a new plug-in called Fractalius. Thank you so much; it was lots of fun! I'm posting 3 of his photos [with his permission] this morning. :-)
Original: flickr.com/photos/elliott52/2368838740
The little solnishko loves to share time and stories with the people he cares about, including all of you!
Skippy was inspired by some of the amazing new creations from his buddy Mister Apple at Apple Fall...
including the ’The Gatekeeper’ Collection,
as well as ’The Lumberjack’ Collection.
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The Imaginarium ❤TAXI❤
*DAWN* Winter Glamping Gacha
*DAWN* Glamping Tent - RARE
*DAWN* Snowflake Pallet Bed - Blue
*DAWN* Snowshoe Wallhanging
*DAWN* Iron Lamp
*DAWN* Wooden Sidetable
*DAWN* Firewood Rack
*DAWN* Tree Branch Shelving
*DAWN* Wooden Curved Bench
*DAWN* Bark Candle Set
*DAWN* Iron Chandelier - Copper
Bee Designs Owls Time Gacha
Bee Designs Owls Time Gacha 1 RARE
Bee Designs Owls Time Gacha 2 RARE
Bee Designs Owls Time Gacha 5
Bee Designs Owls Time Gacha 3
Bee Designs Owls Time Gacha 7
Bee Designs Owls Time Gacha 10
Wearing:
Nutmeg & Entwined. Camille
Blueberry - Cutieberry
Blueberry - Cake Leggings
Blueberry - Cupcake Boots
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definitely generous with the Ivy
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The great Baba Sweet Tooth of Pakistan was considered one of the generous humanitarian figures the world has ever known. Every Eid he would come to every child's house in his complex mechanical driven rickshaw chariot led by fifteen fantastical and magical markhors leaving gifts of candies, toys for the children and gifts to the parents for a happier life. The legend is told that his special abilities to bend time and space by a gravity impelled technology was bestowed upon him as a gift from Zeta Reticuli aliens over a thousand years ago to help spread joy the world over and give great inspiration to all the young children of Pakistan and eventually to lands far beyond. Young and old highy revere him & say he still is around but resides out in the stars still returning to this day every Eid like clock work.
Today you can smell the sweetness of the Ginger Roti Mahal from dozens of miles away and sweetness has not ever turned stale in all this time since the first brick of ginger roti was carefully laid with love by the great Baba Sweet Tooth over a thousand years ago.
Divided reverse. Note generously translated by Nettenscheider and xiphophilos.
Presentations of the Iron Cross First and Second Classes to the assault troops who captured the first American prisoners. His Excellency Mudra, Commander of Army Section A, on 14 November 1917 in the salt works of Duss [Lorraine].
Von Mudra was awarded the Pour le Mérite on January 13, 1915 for his services during the Argonne battles. On October 17, 1916, he received an oak leaf to the Pour le Mérite.
I have always wondered what this memorial beside the main road commemorated. It was time to find out so I parked the car and this is what it says;
“In memory of Bradley Martin, Esq
Balmacaan
Born 1st Dec 1841 Died 5th Feb 1913.
Erected as a token of admiration, gratitude and affection, by the inhabitants of Glenurquhart and Abriachan and by friends in Inverness”.
It appears that Bradley Martin who was born in America was a generous benefactor and used his considerable wealth to fund the building of Blairbeg Hall here in Drumnadrochit where the memorial is positioned. The memorial stands testimony to man much loved in the community.
A spate of generosity from the Originality Symbols collection
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It`s 5.45 am........ it`s still dark enough to see the stars........ the sky is getting redder ...... you say ....,,,wow.
Inle Lake Sunrise - Myanmar
Be the first to kick start your generous support and fund my production with more amazing images!
Currently, I'm running a crowd funding activity to initiate my personal 2016 Flickr's Project. Here, I sincerely request each and every kind hearted souls to pay some effort and attention.
No limitation, Any Amount and your encouraging comments are welcome.
Crowd funding contribution can be simply direct to my PayPal account if you really appreciate and wish my forthcoming photography project to come alive.
Please PayPal your wish amount to : men4r@yahoo.com
Email me or public comments below your contribution amount for good records with your comments and at final day, at random, I shall sent out my well taken care canon 6D with full box n accessory during random draw to one thankful contributor as my token of appreciation.
Now, I cordially invite and look forward with eagerness a strong pool of unity zealous participants in this fundermental ideology yet sustainable crowd fund raising task.
Basically, the substantial gather amount is achievable with pure passion n love heart in photography and not necessary be filty rich nor famous to help me accomplish raising my long yearning photography career, a sucking heavy expense that been schedules down my photography making journey had inevitably, some circumstances had badly fall short behind racing with time and inability to fulfill as quickly in near future consolidating good fund .
Honestly, with aspiration and hope, I appeal to urge on this media for a strong humanity mandate through good faith of sharing and giving generously on this particular crowd funding excercise to achieve my desire n is not just purely a dread dream , is also flickers first starter own crowds funding strength turning impossible into reality through this pratical raising method that I confidently trust it will turn fruitful from all your small effort participation, every single persistency will result consolidating piling up every little tiny bricks into an ultimate huge strong living castle.
In reality, I have trust and never look down on every single peny efforts that been contributed as helpful means, turning unrealistic dream alive is the goal in crowd funding excercise, No reason any single amount is regard to be too small when the strength of all individual wish gather to fulfill my little desire to make exist and keep alive. .
I sincerely look forward each and every participants who think alike crowds funding methodlogy works here no matter who come forwards with regardless any capital amount input be big or small , please help gather and pool raise my objective target amount as close to USD$10K or either acquisition from donation item list below:
1- ideally a high mega pixel Canon 5DS ( can be either new or use ok)
2- Canon 70-200mm F2.8 L IS lens ( can be either new or use ok)
Last but not least, a photography journey of life time for a trip to explore South Island of New Zealand and Africa.
.
My intended schedule may estimate about 1 month round trip self drive traveling down scenic Southern Island of New Zealand for completing the most captivating landscape photography and wander into the big five, the wilderness of untamed Africa nature for my project 2016 before my physical body stamina eventually drain off.
During the course, I also welcome sponsor's to provide daily lodging/accommodation, car rental/transportation, Fox Glacier helicopter ride and other logistic funding expenses, provide photographic camera equipments or related accessories .
Kindly forward all sponsors request terms of condition n collaboration details for discussion soon.
Great Ocean Drive- the 12 Apostle's
Please Click Auto Slide show for ultimate viewing pleasure in Super Large Display .to enjoy my photostream . ..
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Soo Line 1003 puts on a show for photographers during what can best be described as a fan trip.
The Wisconsin chapter of the National Railway Historical Society was celebrating 75 years. What better way to celebrate than by chartering Steam Locomotive Heritage Association to operate their beloved 1913-built Mikado from Hartford, WI to Burnett, WI & return.
The trip featured the 1003 tender first from Hartford to Horicon, when 1003 then did a small freight move to run around it's train and shove to Burnett.
In Burnett a large crowd was gathered for photo opportunities, watch the crew load coal, and see the engine up close and personal. As far as I can tell, my wife and I were the only ones representing Minnesota.
Seen here, the 1003 is on it's return from Burnett towards Horicon, where it'll take on water before finishing the trip to Hartford. The crew was more than generous with the smoke.
Soo 1003 was one on my bucket list, sure glad I can check it off with a shot like this. I wouldn't mind seeing it again someday, but opportunities have been difficult to take advantage of, and the clock on 1003's boiler is ticking.
As it's just round the corner.... Autumn, an obvious title but I've become empty headed and can no longer think of any!
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Established with the generous support of alumna Penny W. Stamps, the Distinguished Visitors Program brings respected emerging and established artists/designers from a broad spectrum of media to the School of Art & Design to conduct a public lecture and engage with students, faculty, and the larger University and Ann Arbor communities.
5 Feb 2009: Science Communication through Art and Technology, JF Salgado.
Sow _Muc
Generosity, Nourishment, Discovery
"Muc, with its many young, symbolizes abundance and fertility."
Scrofa _Muc
Generosità, Nutrimento, Scoperta
"Muc, con i suoi molti piccoli, simboleggia abbonadanza e fertilità."
Testo tratto da L'oracolo dei Druidi. Lavorare con gli Animali Sacri della Tradizione Celtica. Text taken from The Oracle of the Druids. Working with the Sacred Animals of the Celtic Tradition.
www.edizionilpuntodincontro.it/libri/l-oracolo-dei-druidi...
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We had a pricey lunch at Peggys Cove, a lobster club sandwich. The servings were generous, and every item was prepared beautifully, however, so in the long run, it was worth it. I was lucky the lighthouse lined up with the coffee cup on the table..
"Generosity is a matter of heart and not finances" And I would say this is one very generous sunset! Personally that's how I feel when I am standing there in awe over these breathtaking moments...whether it is a sunrise or sunset they all leave me stunned. This moment was no exception! May we all live generously today ; ) ....and if I will just look up every day and look around, there is always a "reminder" to be generous...It truly is "more blessed to give than receive" : )
Thank you all for your generosity in sharing all your amazing captures! It's mesmerizing...I just want to drink them all in! I have seen some amazing shots already in 2011 and the best is yet to come! Whew Whoooo! ; )
Enjoy every moment, they all count! Have a great day! We have so much to be thankful for!
“Do all the good you can,
By all the means you can,
In all the ways you can,
In all the places you can,
At all the times you can,
To all the people you can,
As long as ever you can.”
John Wesley quotes
its titled by عزه
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I had a lovely surprise. My neighbour called to give me these cherries & strawberries - my favourite summer fruits. She had a food shopping delivery today & decided to share the fruit. A perfect gift on a sunny day.
عيؤنگ ڶاٺؤڑيها ڶغيڑے ڶا ٺؤڑيها ..
عيؤنگ ڶے ؤ ڶؤ أقڍڑ ..
عيؤنگ عنگ أڍاڑيها ..
أنا ڶؤ پعٺ نظڑاٺگ اپيع اڶعمڑ ؤ اشڑيها ..
عيؤن اڶڶيڶ انا پاڶځيڶ ..
أځپ أسهڑ ڶياڶيها ..
ؤأځپ أپگے ؤهے ٺپگے ..
ؤأفڑځ ڶڶفڑځ فيها ..
ځپيپے ڶؤ ضمنٺ اڶيؤم ..
أعيش اڶشگ فے پاگڑ ..
يڃے مسٺقپڶ اڶايام ..
يغيڑ فے هؤۓ اڶځاضڑ ..
يغيڑگ اڶژمن پعڍے ٺعڶم طپعـۂ اڶغاڍڑ ..
أڂاف عيؤن ما يڍڑؤن ..
ؤش اڶڶے يڃڑځ اڶڂاطڑ ..
ؤ عيؤنگ آه ڶؤ يڍڑؤن ..
ځياٺي فيها ڶڶآڂڑ ..
عيؤنگ ڶا ٺؤڑيها ڶغيڑے ڶا ٺؤڑيها
پـــڍڑ پـن عپــڍاڶمځســن
Model : My Bro
Taken By: Me
Edit By : Me
Location: House
Don't Forget to Say Mashalla ^^
Note: Miss.Generous My old Nick Name
This Photo Shouldn't Be Used Without My Permission
Copyright © 2009 El Merya3 - All rights reserved
The winds blew hard and the promise of a sunset drew as many to the beach that night as one expects to see on a balmy summer night. The long reach of telephoto lenses were spotted on many cameras, including mine, until the sky suddenly turned into a this magical display of nature's beauty. I put on a wide angle lens and headed for the edge of Lake Michigan. My heart filled with joy as I saw how well the camera captured the generous scene before my eyes. Frankfort Michigan.
The beautiful two souls who read stories to the toddlers at the local library every week. Rain or shine.
The 'smugglers' who shared the cabin with me on the Trans Siberian always placed a generous cash gratuity into our passports as we were to be searched. Andre 'the elder' would assert his authority as the head smuggler and collect all four of the passports... including mine... and he would give them to the officials with a mischevous smile and a nod that said 'this is my gift to you.' This is my business. This is what I do.
Andre always put the American passport on the bottom... I think he thought it would draw less attention there...and then he always shushed me with a stern and piercing look as he prepared for these most critical transactions. The first thing the official would do is put the American passport on top. I began to realize that although we shared that cabin and the comraderie of the rails... or confinement thereof... that Andre 'the elder' didn't really think that having an American in his cabin was all that much good for business. It seemed to bring a little 'extra special' attention and scrutiny to his little clandestine smuggling operation. Maybe he had to bump up the bribes a notch or two to insure the safe passage of his valuable contraband. Either way you could just tell by watching him that Andre was a bottom line kind of guy.
By the end of the journey though Andre had invited me to live with him and his family in Poland... to work at his store... and to marry his daughter who he assured me had the bluest of eyes and breasts that were the national pride of Poland. Although I never saw him again I came to love Andre as a father in law even though I never met his daughter... somehow I feel like I know her.
It's no joke either about Polish womens breasts being an object of national pride. Somehow Andre 'the elder' seemed capable of working it into any conversation relating to his motherland... to which Andre 'the younger' and their female companion would invariably agree with.
This usually led to a toast... a clanking of the glasses... the tipping of a bottle and a slurred chorus of 'nasdorovia's.'
Whenever the merits of Polish breasts were agreed on, indeed that meant it was time to drink some more vodka. Even to this day... when I think of Andre or Polish womens breasts... it makes me want to knock back a shot of vodka... but I don't drink anymore and really I am more of an ass man... but still. I never had the heart to tell Andre that... I mean, talking about Polish womens breasts really seemed to make him so happy. I didn't want to take that way from him. You've just never seen a guy so filled with joy as Andre was whenever his favorite subject was being discussed or debated... it really lit him up from the inside.
Anytime you want to make a Polish national feel good... or homesick... just bring up the fact that Polish women have the best breasts. It's been good for a lot of free drinks for me.
I had just left Asia... everyday I travelled closer to Europe. With the passage of time and distance Andre's observations were indeed verified though... the closer I got to Poland... the larger breasts became. I'm not kidding. Andre was right.
The first Russian I met... the man smiling in the photograph... was like most Russians it seemed...named Sergei. A few were named Alexander or Andre. I think Russians have only three names... except for politicians or people of fame. I might have met a couple of Victors and a handful of Igor's as well. Somebody once said they'd heard of a Russian named Nikolai too. Still... most men in Russia are named Sergei. That's just the way it is there.
Seconds after I took this photograph Sergei slipped into his pocket without flinch or hesitation the currency that Andre had stashed in his passport. I knew it was coming and I was watching closely for it. I barely caught it. And I grew up in Chicago.
Living on that train with those smugglers was like taking an advanced college course in the subtleties and techniques of graft. It was Andre 'the elder' who taught me that you need to keep variable amounts of currency in each of your four pockets... like five in one, ten in the next, then twenty and a hundred...and that you must properly size up the person you are attempting to bribe and choose from one of your pockets the minumum amount you are betting it will take to pacify that official.
That's helped me more than once in life since then.
Andre also showed me that it was really important to telegraph the bribe... to look the mark right in the eyes and demonstrate that one... you were about to bribe him and two... that you were going to reach into your pocket and take out all of the money you had available to you for this transaction. It was really deep psychology according to Andre. The man had an ethic and he was a perfectionist. It's always remarkable to watch such a master at work.
Andre pointed out that it was good form to allow your pocket to turn slightly inside out so that the mark could see that indeed you really emptied it. This he noted made them feel really special. Like you went all the way for them. He also taught me that a bribe is never to be peeled off of a larger wad of bills or taken from a wallet... unless you had done business with the mark before but in his opinion it was still a bad idea.
Andre's bribes never failed or produced even the slightest trace of hesitation. The man was truly a master. Andre 'the elder' was the maestro of bribery. And he taught me well. Halfway through the journey he announced that he was getting sick of the train and that he and his cohorts were getting off at Irkusk and flying on to Moscow.
He gave to me a case of vodka and an envelope with additional bribes in it and told me that he would meet me in Moscow with the 'goods' next week.
I was proud and honored that Andre 'the elder' trusted me with the 'stuff.'
I was officially a smuggler now.
When I went through Japanese customs they even pulled me right out of line... took me to this little office where I presumed I was going to learn what a rough rectal exam was like. They never even looked in my bags though... they just wanted to know if I slept with any prostitutes in Bangkok... it was a real interrogation too... they didn't believe me when I said I hadn't... they even tried to say I must be gay then. the fact that I didn't seem to take much offense at their calling me gay really seemed to disturb them because thry had a little conference among themselves... in Japanese... so I had no way of knowing what they were saying.
I told them that i did get a killer massage at the James Bond Turkish Bath and Massage House... but there was no happy ending if you know what I mean. I only went in because of the James Bond motiff. I'm a sucker for that stuff... like the cosmonaut cigarettes on the train in Russia.
Still they didn't believe me but they let me go with a warning... a reminder to call them if I wanted to change my story and they gave me this pamphlet that described all of the symptoms one might have after a hedonistic weekend in the city of angels... Bankok. Reading the brochure it made me really glad I just stuck with the massage. The pictures, even though they were in black and white, they were especially disturbing.
Bangkok... really the only reason I went there is because I loved that song by Murray McMurray... you know the one... 'one night in Bangkok makes a hard man humble.' I wanted to see what the inspiration for that song was... and I thought I could use some humbling. Murray was correctamundo... I was indeed humbled.
I dealt with smugglers before in Japan... Nigerians... but dealing with the Nigerians always made me feel dirty. And that was before they became famous on the internet.
Those Nigerians... they are a resourceful bunch though. And the colorful clothing... you haven't partied until you've partied with a Nigerian man wearing a yellow daishiki with a matching hat. I couldda stared at those intricate psychadellic patterns forever. I still felt dirty though. But as a rule, if you ever want anything illegal, if you want to find the corruption or a cities dark underbelly... look for the Nigerians... you can't miss them the way they dress. Or you can just find cab drivers... who are often Nigerian anyway. Cab drivers are also a valuable resource when you are looking for some sin in a new city. I never once got into one of those three wheeled cabs in Bangkok called "Tuk-tuk's" without being offered a "massagy-massagy," Not once.
When I was in high school and I wanted some beer or alcoholoc beverages... I'd just call for a cab... and when the guy got there... I'd tell him to go get me a twelve pack or something... then I would do that "rip the twenty dollar bill in half" trick and tell him he'd get to keep the other half when he came back. They loved that. It always produced for me. It's one of the most secret agent like things you could do... ripping a bill in half like that... it's an all or nothing move... it's like saying neither one of us trusts the other but this twenty... that's what it's all about. Of course you gotta figure in the cab fare too.
I think Nigeria has the worlds biggest cab driver school or something. Most Nigerian guys grow up to be cab drivers... the ones with more education do internet scams... white collar work. From what I've seen... those are your only two career paths if you're from Nigeria. Smuggling and dealing in hashish is just a very common side gig. And they had this scam where they used a computer to alter prepaid phone cards and increase their value. Nigerians can be geniuses.
It was a Nigerian that taught me that if you took the local train long distance in Japan you could have a friend get on at the station before your destination and give you an extra ticket he bought there for like a buck and you could save hundreds because if you over rode your fair they didn't check on the train... you just had to pay when you inserted your ticket at the exit. Those Nigerians.
The Japanese didn't have much an apetite for the devils weed... they preferred amphetamines... something I never did. I always thought it would be pretty hillarious to hang out with some really stoned Japanese people. I wondered what their eyes could possibly look like when they were smoking pot.
The other gaurd in the picture... the mean looking one... noted the transaction as if to say 'I had better get my cut' and the money quickly dissapeared with all of the magnificence of a Las Vegas slieght of hand magician.
You could see it in the officers eyes... and he didn't appreciate my shutter happy finger either. I thought this would be another precious roll of thirty five millimeter lost to the angry hands of the authorities. That stuff is hard to come by in Siberia you know.
It was obvious these men were used to being treated to such gratuities. Probably they sent word ahead... there is a man in the rear cabin who treats security officials very well.
It reminded me of the consulate officer at the Russian embassy in Beijing who informed me that they were 'all out of visas' until I produced my last eight american dollars... and even then he motioned for me to show him the inside of my bag because I'm sure he wanted to make it an even ten. That's why you keep your money in different pockets. Miraculously the rubber stamp that made visas was rejuvenated and after a strong smack on the stamp pad was good for just one more visa.
Our cabin and our bags were never searched. Not anywhere on the entire journey. They could have contained a ton of heroin or four chinese children set out to work in the kitchens of europe.
At this time I didn't know what the two Andres and their female cohort were smuggling, but I had hoped that it was indeed something that would make the journey more pleasant.
My passport was taken from me there at Manzhoulli and I was issued Russian travel papers that I carried for the duration of the trip. Papers that were stamped with a radiation symbol the morning after we tore ass through the radiated zone caused by the disaster at Chernobyl. To this day I wonder how the passport was returned to me as I departed Russia at the Polish border.
Later Sergei 'the compensated' and I sat outside the Manzhoulli station where he smoked a cigarette and asked me questions about America. It wasn't small talk... Sergei had a deep interest in the way things were there... why our countries grew up in this diabolic situation of mutual assured nuclear destruction. What was so different about us his words seemed to say in a meandering way. I saw then that Sergei was raised too on the same diet of propoganda that I was... just the other end of the spectrum. I remember it seemed as if we both realized that right at the same time... his deep basso Russian laughter overwhelmed mine and carried beyond our immediate confines to precede me into Siberia.
I uncapped the pewter whiskey flask in my bag... the one decorated with the golfers on it that I shoplifted from Carson Perie Scott's in high school and we shared a sip. The same one the port official in Shanghai uncapped to smell but never dared to partake of. I crushed that flask when I had it in my back pocket when I fell off the back of a moving truck... the flask was empty... which undoubtably had something to do with me falling off of the back of a moving truck... but I was crushed too because I loved that flask. I ended up filling it with water and freezing it repeatedly until the crushed metal expanded outward. Plus I think it's realy the only thing I've ever shoplifted... except for candy and stuff like that. I just fell in love with that thing the first time I saw it. I knew then that I had to have it and I carried it around the whole world.
In Siberia vodka was golden... but whiskey... even the cheap Japanese stuff I carried...Suntory I think... it produced a reaction in my Russian friends like nothing I had ever seen. One sip... savored as if it were sent from heaven above and there were kisses and bear hugs. One sip of whiskey to a Russian then always opened up an immediate and strong friendship. Sometimes it even lasted longer than the fire it produced in your stomach and the burn in your throat.
I watched the sunset there that evening in Manzhoulli. Alone at the side of the rails I wished that someone would have walked over... sat next to me... and even in the silence of those who speak no common language... just appreciated that Manzhoulli sunset with me.
If I could have found one...I would have paid a prostitute just to sit next to me and enjoy that there. But I've heard that prostitutes always make you pay extra for weird stuff like that. I did after all have a bag of Yuan's that I worked out of the black market in China. The ones that I was left with after they wouldn't let me buy booze with them. The ones only chinese citizens are supposed to carry. Foreigners in China are supposed to carry a different money than the Chinese... they're called foreign exchange certificates. I called them 'fecks' because I like to come up with acronyms or slang names for things. It makes me sound smarter... like I been around the block a time or two.
Chinese money confused me... they rarely used coins... I'd break a one yuan note... worth maybe twenty cents and about the size of a buck... and for change I'd get a bunch of smaller notes of differing sizes. It was like some of their cash was as small as a postage stamp. After a week I had so much of the stuff and couldn't figure out how to use it... I'd just open my hip bag and let the bus driver or shop keeper help themselves.
It was the hearbreak of the solo traveller... that I should be in a place of such significance and see something of extraordinary beauty and have no one there to even draw breath with in in the way one does when confronted with such magnificence. The sigh of beauty.
Envy was the emotion I always felt as I watched others hold hands or share the entwinement of a lovers arms... those who whispered to each other at these moments... them who had someone stand on the pier or at the station to wish them bon voyage... even more so they who met someone to welcome them to their destination.
I always stepped off of my conveyance alone.
I was there alone as the sun set on Asia... I said goodbye as it was dropping low over Mongolia and casting a gorgeous and firery reflection off of the steppes and the deserts miles distant.
It would be to me my last sunset of Asia.
And my last stupid thought. Possibly it was the vodka the Andres forced upon me there... but I clasped my hands behind my head and layed back on my backpack as the sun rounded the earth... and I entertained myself with a promise that if I were ever to become filthy rich that I would buy my childhood home... the one I grew up in... have it taken apart piece by piece and put into shipping containers where I would then have them shipped here... or maybe to the Steppes of Mongolia in front of me... and reassembled exactly as it was. I didn't care where... I just thought it would be loads of fun to take my childhood home apart and rebuild it somewhere really far away.
That I might live in my house and look out the window at this place.
"Remember to be gentle with yourself and others. We are all children of chance and none can say why some fields will blossom while others lay brown beneath the August sun. Care for those around you. Look past your differences. Their dreams are no less than yours, their choices no more easily made. And give, give in any way you can, of whatever you posses. To give is to love. To withhold is to wither. Care less for your harvest than for how it is shared and your life will have meaning and your heart will have peace.”
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Morning in Torrevieja (9/10)
This photo is part of a series of 10 photos taken in the city of Torrevieja in Spain during the summer of 2022. The aim of this series is to show the atmosphere and activity when the city wakes up. The streets of the city are usually very tight and one way with cars parked in all the open spaces. During the hot summer months, people walk primarily on the shaded pavements because the heat is suffocating. The activity really starts around 9h / 10h when people start to leave their homes and the shops open their doors. I hope that these few photos will immerse you in the life of Torrevieja.
Cette photo fait partie d’une série de 10 photos prises dans la ville de Torrevieja en Espagne durant l’été 2022. L’objectif de cette série est de montrer l’ambiance et l’activité lorsque la ville se réveille. Les rues de la ville sont en général très serrées et à sens unique avec des voitures parquées dans tous les espaces libres. Durant les grandes chaleurs de l’été, les habitants marchent en priorité sur les trottoirs à l’ombre car la chaleur y est suffocante. L’activité commence réellement autour des 9h / 10h lorsque les gens commencent à sortir de chez eux et que les magasins ouvrent leurs portes. J’espère que ces quelques photos vous immergeront dans la vie de Torrevieja.
"Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need." - Khalil Gibran
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Every Tuesday at work we have 'soup day'. Someone from the office brings in homemade soup and shares with the soup people; this week was my turn.
Part of bringing in soup is supplying some bread to dunk so this morning after setting the soup up in the office crockpot I ventured to the market to grab some freshly baked bread.
I passed by the inspiration village and noticed how quiet it was and decided to drag my camera out of my bag to get a shot of this gigantic sign reminding people what city they were in.
I haven't done much to celebrate Canada 150 but I may as well make use of a good photography opportunity when one presents itself!
Hope everyone has had a good day.
Oh, and if you're wondering, it was cream of asparagus soup and it was a hit!
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This is a view of the kitchen at Gurdwara Bangla Sahib, a Sikh house of worship, in Delhi, India.
Run entirely by volunteers, as an act of astounding generosity and charity, this Gurdwara serves free meals to anyone who wants them, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. The kitchen, or "langar", here feeds between 30,000 to 40,000 people daily and over 100,000 people during religious holidays.
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This belonged to my very good friend, Minseon Lee, who so generously gave me my first Korean showing just a couple of months after I arrived. A dozen of my best photos were arrayed upon the walls of her coffeehouse for six months. Her lovely place and delicious brew was a magnet for so many people involved in photography and the graphic arts there in Chungmuro.
Those days are gone but certainly not forgotten and are cherished memories for me as it provided me with a social life that was most enriching and an enduring friendship with a very artistic soul.
Minseon is still in business just around the corner and about 30 meters up on the left on that little street to the right of the former Coffee Bubble. The new place is called "Chungmuro 29" coffee roasting house. She roasts it herself and it is truly the best coffee in town!
And...unlike so many other places in Seoul her coffee is only 1,500 Won!! No kidding! It beats the pants off Starbucks' ridiculous 7,500 price and is so good it is in a different universe--one we can all afford!
So, to everyone, but especially to my fellow photographers and other graphic artists in Seoul who still do have reason to go to Chungmuro (they haven't said the last rites yet!) I highly recommend Chungmuro 29.
Nikon F4 with AF Nikkor 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6 on Portra 400.
Sunset Harvest at Inle Lake by Professional Fishermen - Myanmar
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