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never ending, snaking popular tours around Bath 6 shot in camera multi. More Bath ones here www.maxblackphotos.com/new-images.html
10/04/15 Guide Bridge: Northern Rail Class 323 323227 departs with 2H72 11:46 Manchester Piccadilly - Hadfield via Glossop.
April 2012 trip to DPRK, North Korea for the 100th year birthday celebrations for Kim Il Sung - check out my North Korea blog at americaninnorthkorea.com/
Road-side lunch near Titisee - prepared by our travel guide and driver. Excellent!
Photo by Poul-Werner Dam / bit.ly/PWD_Flickr
"A Guide to Dancing Naked", part of the 2013 Capital Fringe Festival, performing at Gearbox.
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Robert Overstreet - The Comic Book Price Guide No 8
Harmony Books, 1978
Cover Artist: Bill Ward
"Hi - I'm Torchy! This edition gives special recognition to me and my friends in...Women in Comics"
The Cover - All characters are used with permission and are copyrighted 1978 as follows: Bulletgirl, Hawkgirl, Phantom Lady, Torchy and Wonder Woman by DC Comics, Inc.; Lady Luck by Will Eisner; and Sheena by Thurman T. Scott.
can't make up my mind about this - it's a zero flash zone - think i've been staring at it for too long
fly Diptera sp.
Canon 100mm macro
1/250
f4
iso 400
handheld, natural light, stack 5, cropped
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Myanmar, previously known as Burma, what a surprisingly amazing place. We booked this holiday to get out of our comfort zone of easy beach holidays in the Maldives. There were several times when we wondered why we did it, travel in Myanmar consists mainly of long, sometimes tedious journeys on outdated transport systems. But now, in hindsight, we realise that this was the only way to truly get a feel of how the country and people are living day to day. And by far, more so than any other holiday we have had, the people are the most memorable thing we brought back with us. They are totally charming, polite, honest, resilient, hard working and most of all truly happy people. Their sincerely happy smiles, some of which we thankfully managed to capture in our photo's, are what we mostly remember and will stay with us forever.
We all know, or think we know, about the bad old days of the Burmese regime, so we obviously had a few reservations about what we were letting ourselves in for, but as it turned out, Myanmar must be the safest place we have ever been to. There is zero crime here, 85% of the country are buddhists and all the people seem to be true to Buddha's teachings of compassion, honesty, right mindedness, right living and non-harming to any living thing. Admittedly, although the country is now a democracy, the military still retains a certain amount of power, so I guess there is still an undercurrent going on albeit out of sight of the regular tourist. However, all the people we spoke to are so much happier now, they are more or less free to speak openly, without fear of reprisals and they all feel positive about the path the country is on now.
As for the landscape, what can I say, there is nowhere like it on earth! Outside the cities the whole country seems to be in some sort of 200 year old time warp. The people are mostly farmers on small plots of land using ox carts to plough the fields and living in houses made of bamboo, wood and matting. The wierdest thing is most of them have solar power, mainly for a bit of light and to charge their mobile phones! Everyone is on their phone here.....just like the rest of the world I guess. Also, there are temples, pagodas and stupas everywhere you look, especially in Bagan, which is like the Mecca of Myanmar. We were there for the Full Moon Festival where thousands of Burmese monks and Myanmar people gather from all over the country to celebrate for three days at the Ananda Pagoda in Bagan. After possibly days travelling they stay awake for most of the three days and nights watching entertainment which includes dance, theatre, chants, recitations and singing as well as stand up comedy. Amazing belief.
A word about One Stop Travel & Tours the Myanmar company we booked with. We found them via recommendations on Tripadvisor and so glad we used them. They never asked for a deposit, they booked all our hotels, train & boat journeys, balloon ride and one internal flight all on an email handshake! We just paid them in US Dollars on arrival, saving us thousands on UK travel brochure rates, and they never let us down once. The guides were all good guys and always there to greet us at the various destinations on our tour/trek, sometimes waiting hours when the transport was late. A special thanks to Leo our Yangon guide and Eaint at the One Stop office. After leaving our Nikon Coolpix A camera charger at home we trawled the shops of Yangon eventually finding a replacement.......only to leave it plugged in the wall at our next hotel in Mandalay! We were now a ten hour boat journey away in Bagan, but a call to Eaint at the One Stop office and they got it to us two days later just before we moved on! A huge thank you to all at One Stop as this holiday produced without doubt our most amazing photographs ever!
Myanmar has been open to mainstream tourism for five years now, a lot of the people speak English now so it is relatively easy to holiday there. We are so glad we went there before it really changes, there is still a huge amount of charm and old worldliness about the place that you will not find in any other country. If you are prepared to switch off from the 21st century and just accept it for what it is you will be richly rewarded with amazing memories of a landscape like no other and a fascinating people who are genuinely happy to see you.
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Amazon guides: Jesus
Río Tahuayo, Cuenca del Alto Amazonas, Departamento de Loreto, Perú.
Ningún viaje al Amazonas sería posible sin un guía. La selva y el río son lugares inhóspitos. No es fácil ver a los animales y menos distinguir los animales o plantas que son peligrosos. Tienen toxinas, savias cáusticas, espinas ponzoñosas o venenos letales. Hay hormigas por todos lados y orientarse dentro de la selva es imposible para un turista, todo se parece!.
Los verdaderos expertos del Amazonas son los indios. Sus pueblos han sobrevivido por centurias o milenios y han desarrollado una cultura extraordinaria de sobrevivencia. La diversidad vegetal y animal ha sido develada por siglos de observación y experiencia, han clasificado e identificado todo lo que hace daño o es útil, pueden protegerse de los mosquitos con repelentes naturales o usar una planta con poderes antiinflamatorios, pueden construir un refugio con los materiales de la selva y pasar la noche en la espesura, hacer una trampa para pescar, escoger una fruta comestible o cazar un mono. Pueden subir un árbol sin morir en el intento o hacer una canasta de las hojas de una palmera en 10 minutos. Pueden caminar descalzos entre lianas, lodo y raíces sin mirar el suelo y pueden percibir la cercanía de un animal solo con el olfato.
No trip to the Amazon would be possible without a guide. The jungle and the river are inhospitable places. It is not easy to see the animals, let alone distinguish which animals or plants are dangerous. They have toxins, caustic saps, poisonous spines or lethal poisons. There are ants everywhere and finding your way around the jungle is impossible for a tourist, everything looks alike!
The real experts of the Amazon are the Indians. Their people have survived for centuries or millennia and have developed an extraordinary culture of survival. The plant and animal diversity has been unveiled by centuries of observation and experience, they have classified and identified everything that is harmful or useful, they can protect themselves from mosquitoes with natural repellents or use a plant with anti-inflammatory powers, they can build a shelter with the materials of the jungle and spend the night in the thicket, make a trap to fish, choose an edible fruit or hunt a monkey. They can climb a tree without dying in the attempt or make a basket from the leaves of a palm tree in 10 minutes. They can walk barefoot through vines, mud and roots without looking at the ground and can sense the proximity of an animal by smell alone.
London Permaculture photos getting an airing in the new edition of Graham Burnett's Permaculture: A Beginner's Guide.
The new second edition of Graham Burnett's classic "Permaculture: A Beginner's Guide". Now revised, updated and with colour, photos illustrating permaculture in practice join Graham's artwork.
Available for a very reasonable £8 (+ postage) from the man himself at his inspiring Spiralseed site.
Ann, a yellow Labrador Retriever is a Lions Foundation of Canada Dog Guide in the Hearing Assistance Program.
We held our first ever 'puppy room' to help students who might be stressed ahead of their exams.
Image Credit: Bhagesh Sachania
This is scout, a miniature horse that works as a guide horse. I saw him and his partner at the Cincinnati airport and asked if I could take a picture as I had never seen a guide horse before! Yes, he did get on a plane!
February 9, 1991. Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, subjects of the CBS movie "Lucy and Desi: Behind the Laughter."
Two of our guides on the specially chartered outbound flight to Hamhung. On this flight there was a total of 5 passengers...
Travelling like a VIP North Korean style - It's the only way!
Oscar helping Guide Dogs Wirral Fundraising Group to raise money and create awareness for this fantastic charity.
The modern day shot at Guide Bridge, only two platforms remain in use using two tracks, the sidings have been lifted and 25kv has replaced 1500 volts dc.
The long footbridge has been declared unsafe and is locked out of use. I could sense the ghosts of the Tommies and hear their unique sound, or something peculiar anyway - sadness also.
These large scorpions can give you a painful sting, but these are not life threatening. It is the small white ones you don't want to get a sting from.
Operated by: Sportsman's Guide, South Saint Paul, MN
Unit Number: n/a
Body: Morgan
Chassis: Sterling
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Seen in a loading dock bay at the Sportsman's Guide warehouse and outlet center in South Saint Paul, MN
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