42 Search Results for "formations"

• Sedona Sunset

  • From: horbinsr
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    Sedona is a fun place and has some fascinating rock formations, but our best experience was on an off road tour which took us up to the top of a rim to witness a true Sedona sunset.

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• Death Valley Artist Drive

  • From: horbinsr
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    I had never been to Death Valley before and was only familiar with the name from the 1950's TV show "Death Valley Days" (yes, I did watch it). I was impressed with the beauty of the emptiness and desolation, the distant blue mountains with the expanses of flat sand, dotted with lacey, brownish 'plant life'. The salt flats of Badwater Basin (lowest place in the US at 282ft below sea level) were intriguiging and a gret place to do ultra close-ups of salt formations, but what made me fall in love withn the area was absolutly marvelous, drop-dead gorgeous array of colors of the minerals. These images represent just some of what turned me into giggling school girl at every turn (please don't take offense).

    Found mainly along hwy 190, between Badwater Basin and Stovepipe Wells, the sand (or gravel) consists of so many colors you have to name them descriptively. Chocolate, carmel, turquoise, mustard, vanilla... on and on. Some of the absolute best displays are found along Artist Drive. A curvy, dippy ride thru the colors of creation.

    Driving back from Badwater I spotted some flashes of solid color along the side of the road. Scretching to a stop I discovered it was a small bolder containing pockets of mineral deposits before they are turned into graceful flows of luscious flavors. I shouldn't admit this, but if that bolder was any lighter, it would have a special place in my home right now. Oh! To posses a piece of God's pallet.

  • 1 week ago
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• Death Valley Pallet Origins

  • From: horbinsr
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    I had never been to Death Valley before and was only familiar with the name from the 1950's TV show "Death Valley Days" (yes, I did watch it). I was impressed with the beauty of the emptiness and desolation, the distant blue mountains with the expanses of flat sand, dotted with lacey, brownish 'plant life'. The salt flats of Badwater Basin (lowest place in the US at 282ft below sea level) were intriguiging and a great place to do ultra close-ups of salt formations, but what made me fall in love with the area was the absolutely marvelous, drop-dead gorgeous array of colors of the minerals. These images represent just some of what turned me into giggling school girl at every turn (please don't take offense).

    Found mainly along hwy 190, between Badwater Basin and Stovepipe Wells, the sand (or gravel) consists of so many colors you have to name them descriptively; chocolate, carmel, turquoise, mustard, vanilla... on and on. Some of the best displays are found along Artist Drive, a curvy, dippy ride thru the colors of creation.

     

  • 1 week ago
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• The origins of color

  • From: horbinsr
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    I had never been to Death Valley before and was only familiar with the name from the 1950's TV show "Death Valley Days" (yes, I did watch it). I was impressed with the beauty of the emptiness and desolation, the distant blue mountains with the expanses of flat sand, dotted with lacey, brownish 'plant life'. The salt flats of Badwater Basin (lowest place in the US at 282ft below sea level) were intriguiging and a great place to do ultra close-ups of salt formations, but what made me fall in love withn the area was absolutely marvelous, drop-dead gorgeous array of colors of the minerals. These images represent just some of what turned me into giggling school girl at every turn (please don't take offense).

    Driving back from Badwater I spotted some flashes of solid color along the side of the road. Screeching to a stop I discovered it was a small bolder (the size of 2 basketballs) containing pockets of mineral deposits before they are turned into graceful flows of luscious flavors. I shouldn't admit this, but if that bolder was any lighter, it would have a special place in my home right now. Oh! To posses a piece of God's pallet.

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• Amazing Sky Formations 3 White

  • From: pbultman
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    Amazing sky formations over Ollantaytambo Peru.  Touring the Inca ruins there, we looked up and saw 3 rainbows--we could see the entire circle on 2 of them and part of a 3rd--along with 3 plain white rings which all met at 1 point.  This photo shows the 3 white rings intersecting in the sky above several members of our group up on the Inca ruins.  Something very mystical was going on. 

  • 4 weeks ago
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• Double Rainbow Rings Ollantayt

  • From: pbultman
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    Amazing sky formations over Ollantaytambo Peru.  We were touring the Inca ruins there and were at a fairly high elevation.  It was a gorgeous sunny day with a clear blue sky.  At first, we saw the complete rings of 2 rainbows, then part of a 3rd one.  There were also 3 plain white rings which met at 1 point and intersected with the rainbows.  None of us had ever seen anything like it.  I wasn't even sure my little point and shoot camera would be able to capture it shooting straight into the sun. 

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• Pelican Bar

  • From: dmarkgren
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    During a trip to Negril, Jamaica; my wife and I took a boat from Paradise Beach to the Pelican Bar which is situated on a coral reef.  The bartender/owner did not happen to be in but a cooler full of chilled beer for anyone who stoppped by greeted us.  After a few beers we swam from the bar and saw some amazing coral formations and sea life.   

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• Climb This?

  • From: Buqo
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    When we got to the locked gate we couldn't drive any further so we got out and hiked.  I used a telephoto lens to make this "close up" of the Komnisko Alps.  I wanted to get closer but didn't want to have to explain my trespassing to a Slovene magistrate.  Something about the Alps urged me to go on and see how high up we could get.  Being a geologist I have an appreciation for rock formations and would have loved seeing these cliffs up close.  But having a brain, I beat back the desire to try to climb something like this and settled for this picture.  And yes Shattman, we do know our mushrooms.

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• Sand "Trees"

  • From: britnilea
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    Natural formations in the sand that resemble trees!

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• Lava Arch, Big Island

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• Strange Alaska Clouds

  • From: mparis184
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    The cloud formations over this mountain along the Klondike Highway in Alaska looked like they were painted with strokes from a cartoon painters brush.

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• Three Sisters

  • From: Socialbttrfly
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    This is Three Sisters  is an "eroded ridge formation of the Three Sisters is a formation of the Seven Sisters." This has spiritual significance to the Aboriginal people. These mountains are located west of Sydney in Blue Mountains, Australia.  You are able to take a cable car on Scenic Railway or Skyway. But if you are more adventurous you can climb down a staircase of rock formations to the rainforest below. It is an amazing site to see!

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• Scooter, Cadaques, Spain

  • From: steve778
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    On a scooter on the way to the Cap de Creus, an otherwordly promontory above the Spanish town of Cadaques. I rented the scooter in Cadaques for a price I forget, but it wasn't too expensive. A simple driver's license was all I needed in the way of credentials.

    It's about 15 minutes by scooter to the lighthouse at the top of the road; the route is clearly marked and very safe. The views of the Mediterranean coast along the road are amazing, and I pulled over a few times just to relax and look around. I attached the camera to my coat, so it's not pointed in a way that I would have chosen, but you can see the ocean emerge in this clip, and hear my stupid, I-wish-there-was-no-audio-on-this-thing comments. Sorry bout that.

    The scooter-er ahead of me is my friend Chad, who's addicted to speed and couldn't stand the idea of not going fast the whole way. On the trip back we stopped at one of Salvador Dali's favorite haunts. The artist spent a lot of time in and around Cadaques, and you'll recognize some of his imagery in the rock formations and water-blasted terrain around town.  There's a small Dali museum in the city, too, with minor works, drawings, and sketches, though I visited *that* museum on my last trip to Cadaques years ago, so I'm speaking from memory... And it may be a little off.

    Cadaques is a day-trip from Barcelona, but I recommend staying over night.  It's a beautiful little town, well worth more than a few hours.  There's fresh seafood, swimming and boating, and plenty of opportunities to just do nothing.

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• Massive Chalk Drawings Central

  • From: theresab
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    Massive drawing in the Chalk Formations of Central England which date 1000's of years old.

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• Cruising Antarctica

  • From: jcjlkrebs
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    Getting Ready

    We had long wanted to go around the Cape of South America, and one day a brochure arrives from Princess Cruise Lines (Our Favorite line) with an outstanding price for a 16 day rountrip cruise out of Buenos Aires.  After many conversations with our travel agent (Sheryl @ Go Travel) we finally booked the cruise and the airfare to go with it.  The airfare became the most challengeing, because to get a half way decent rate to Buenos Aires, we have to travel from Tampa Bay to Chicago and then onto Buenos Aires (an 11 hour flight).  We have a 5 hour layover in Chicago but at least it gives us time to get between terminals and hopefully enough time for our luggage to get transferred.  We decided to go in a day early both to enjoy Buenos Aires and to make sure we are they early enough so we don't miss the start of the cruise.  We have reservations at the Claridge Hotel there, and they also will pick us up at the airport.  Now one of the challenges of this cruise,  of course it is summer there now, but gets very cold both in the ports around the cape and the Falkland Islands, so we have to pack with hot (Buenos Aires & Montevideo) and cold (around the cape) clothes.  After searching thru the closets we finally came up with enough different clothes to fill the bill.  We are going to Tampa on Monday and staying the night there so we have a place to leave the car and also a shuttle early on Tuesday to the Airport for the start of our journey.

    Major Change in Plans

    Well, yesterday morning brought some change to our travel plans to get to Buenos Aires.  As I previously mentioned we were to leave out of Tampa, then on to Chicago for the flight to Buenos Aires.  I was snooping around on Orbitz yesterday morning and noticed that they had dramatically reduced the direct flight out of Miami to Buenos Aires.  I called American Airlines direct and got our flight changed so we go directly out of Miami (non-stop going and comming) on a nicer airplane, and the best part, we have credit vouchers from American for $154, seemed like a no brainer to me.  We canceled our motel reservations in Tampa, made new ones in Miami and I am writing this from the Holiday Inn next to the Miami Airport.  Our flight leaves at 8pm tonite and we are both excited about the new adventure.  Next stop .... Buenos Aires

    Buenos Aires

    Well, we finally arrived in Buenos Aires.  After a long overnite flight from Miami on which I got a little sleep and Judy got a little more.  Customs at the airport was a breeze and when we got our baggage we did find our driver holding our sign and he quickly whisked us off to our Hotel, The Claridge (It is about a 30 minute drive from the airport to the city center).  We arrived at before nine at the hotel and of course our room wasn't available until noon.  We left our bags with the doorman and had some breakfast (included with our room) at the hotel.  After breakfast we went out exploring close to our hotel and there we found Florida Street.  Descrbing Florida street is easy, it has no vehicular traffic and about everytime of store imaginaable from the very high end to people selling trinkets in the street.  We walked around some and then we went back to our hotel and were able to check in.  The room was as described, european for smallish but very adequate.  The people at the Claridge make it what it is, they have been great.  We took a shower and a little rest then off we went again to Florida Street and a walk to the Intercontental Hotel where we could do all off our paperwork for tomorrows cruise.  After about a mile walk, we found the place and we were both a little hot and we went to the lounge and had a very good local beer.  After finishing the paperwork, we took a different way back to the hotel and seen more sights.   We did see performers tangoing in the streets (tango is the passion of Buenos Aires) and got some pictures to be posted when we get home.  It was early but we decided we needed some dinner, most restaraunts don't open for dinner until 8 (BA is a night city) but the coincerage at the hotel recommended El Establo as a place that is open early.  We went there and both ordered a sirloin skewer, and it was great, the beef in Argentina is as good as we had read.  Now the neat thing...  The two skewers with a french fry type of potato and beverages were about 100 pesos with tip (about $33).  Food is inexpensive in Argentina.  Our first day here was filled with adventure and new sights and a great time was had by both of us.   Now finally some  sleep.  Tomorrow........the Star Princess.

    Aboard the Star Princess

    Well, yesterday went very smooth.  We slept in until about 8 am, went to a wonderful included breakfast, and got all of our suitcases repacked and called for a car to take us to the cruise ship at 11.  I can't say enough about the staff of the Claridge Hotel,  the desk clerks and the the rest of the staff were just great.  Our car arrived at 11 as promised and we were off to the docks.  After a ten dollar car ride we arrived at the dock,  turned our luggage over to the baggage people and with a few minutes were aboard ship.  Our cabin is on aloha deck and of course an inside room.  We went to the cruise critic get together at sail away and Judy met some of the people that were writing blogs and we met some people interested in trivia and will meet and play with them.  We went to the opening show with a singer, who was pretty good.  We did have some interesting table mates for the first nite.  We are personal choice diners this time, so we wound up with an eye surgeon from near Philadelphia, obviously with my cataract surgery comming up when we get back the conversation was interesting.   

    Played Trivia two times today and did not win either time, but we didn't embarasse ourselves either.  Tonite is formal night aboard ship, but even tho we bought dress up togs, we are going to skip tonites formal dinner and opt for the buffet.  Went to a port guide show this morning and we are excited,  One more day at sea, the Stanley  in the Falkland Islands, and PENGUINS we hope.

    Falkland Islands and Penguins

    What a day this has been,   We arrived at the Falkland Islands and tendered in (took a small boat from the ship to the Dock) and our adventure had begun.  The town of Stanley is a small town and the biggest in the Falklands, it is under British protectorate but basically governs itself.  We had a tour scheduled at 1pm to see the penguins but went in early to browse around the town.  It was a nice day in the middle fifties and lots of sunshine, (I got a bit of a sunburn).  We took some pictures in the town and made our way to the tour we had booked.  That is where the adventure began.  We boarded a small tour bus that we rode on for about twenty minutes, then at a staging area we boarded four wheel drive land rovers with our driver George.  To say the next twenty minutes were something is understating it.  It was like a Disney ride over open country, thru streams and over ridges, in mud and over makeshift bridges ( a couple of planks) and made our way to Bluff Cove where hundreds and hundreds of Penguins lived.  They are amazing small animals.  We are there during the time of the birth of small chicks (well, not so small.  We seen penguins on nests, penguins sheilding their young, and young penguins just learning to stand up.  We took hundreds of pictures, some good and some bad, but lots of them to share when we get home.  We had the penguins come right up close to us and run by, it was an amazing sight.  We can't wait to share the pictures with everyone.   The trip back from the Cove was just as exciting as the trip to it.  Our driver George was a local cattle rancher, who when tourists are in town drives people to see the Penguins.  There were about six land rovers going back and forth, sometimes seems like the were racing each other, because the all took different shortcuts thru various ditches, streams and rocks.  What a wonderful experience it was...  Next in two days,  Glaciers and touring alongside sights in Antartica.

    Elephant Island & Icebergs

    Wow, what a day it has been. This morning we get all bundled up (30 degrees and windy) get all of our camera gear and head outside, and wow, the first thing we see is an iceberg that is 18 miles long and 7 miles wide, flat on top with peaks jutting outing out in different places.   Then the small (just by comparison to the big one) start showing up on all sides of the ships, all with multiple shapes and some with that wonderful blue color.   We shot video and more pictures that you can imagine.  We seen whales, but only at a distance, and they never got any closer.   Then the penguins in the water, it seemed like they were everywhere, some were alone, some swiming and jumping in unison along side the ship.  If you were on one of the upper decks you could barely see them but we were on the promenade deck (deck 7) and they were very visible and sometimes actually funny in the way they stayed in formation.  We jumped from once side of the ship to the other, being thankful for the warmup as we went inside, even just for a few minutes.   The naturalist onboard said that this was just a slight appetizer for what is yet to come.  Tomorrow, even closer to the arctic circle.   Oh, and by the way, it snowed aboard ship today, just for a little while, kind of neat I thought, and even neater was the video I got of the icebergs, the snow and a lady in the pool all at the same time.

    Esperana Station and Admiralty Bay

    Wow, another one of those days that are hard to put on paper.  We arrived at Esperansa station amidst wind and very cold overcast weather.  After a short delay, the captain made the decision that we were not going to go to the station because of the high winds and rough seas, but he informed us that a high pressure system was moving in and that we would had to Admiralty Bay.  Then the weather changed, it became clear and the sun was bright and the sights were magificent.  With the sun shinning on on all the icebergs and the magnificent moutains we nesteled into the bay.  To describe the bay is difficult, but here goes,  we were on deck fourteen all dressed for the cold weather and no matter which direction you turned you seen wonderful blue icebergs in the water and mountains covered with ice and snow and with the sun shinning over them it made for a majestic site.  Then scanning thru the binoculars I seen tens of thousands of penguins sunning themselfs on cliffs and near the water.  Judy had her camera going and I had the video tape going the whole time.  Then came the humpback whales, one female with her new baby.  We stayed in this one spot for several hours and watched the humpback whale move all around the ship.  We were next to a Polish research station and a boat from the ship went and picked up two people from the station and they gave us a quick rundown on the area and what they were doing there.   I again noticed that I was getting sunburned (the ozone level here is real low, and it is summer so sunburns happen) so I went and put on suntan lotion.  We sat in this bay surrounded by snow capped peaks and penguins all around for nearly three hours.  We hated to see the day end but we were promised that tomorrow would bring even more scenic treasures.  We will be cruising thru a small strait that is suppose to remind us of the Norwegian fiords but with glaciers and snow capped mountains.  Needless to say, another astounding day in Antartica.

    Gerlache Straight and Anvers Island

    Again we have been blessed with a wonderfully clear day, chilly but so nice.  I can't wait until we can post some pictures because we have taken hundreds as well as lots of video.  Today we became only two of about three hundred thousand people that have layed eyes on Antartica and what sights we have seen.  First the icebergs, thousands of them floating all over the place, big ones, little ones, some with penguins on them, others with seals on them and everyone of of them in a different shape.   Today we watched humpback whales playing with their calfs.  We watched one pair for almost a half hour, coming to the surface, rolling over, flapping their fins and raising their tails.  Later in the morning we seen three killer whales (Orcas) cavorting around the side of the ship, swimming along in unison just like they do at sea world.  Later in the day we went thru a small channel called the Newmaier Channel where it got down to less than a mile wide, with the tall mountains on either side, it was remindful of the Norwegian Fiords except that all the mountains were covered with deep snow like you would see pictures of the Alps with all the snow.  We are having a wonderful time, of course eating too much, not excercising enough, and surprisingly because of all the wonderful sights, no naps either.   Tomorrow, Deception Island where we are told a colony of over 150,000 penguins live.  We can't wait.  Can't wait to post the pictures. 

    Deception Island

    We left the coast of Antartica and headed for Deception Island a volcanic island that has a large open caldron that we can see inside of.  When we got there and the ship slowed and started to work its way along its coast, we started to see Penguins, thousands and thousands of them, on the shores (black beautiful beaches) all the way up the sides of the mountains.  We were told that a colony of 150,000 lived on Deception Island, we didn't count them but we sure seen lots and lots of them.  The island itself was beautiful with its black sand beaches and cliffs down to the water.  We seen lots of penguins in the water and Judy got wonderful pictures of them swimming near the ship.  We can't wait to post some of the pictures when we get back to Buenos Aires, because some of them are absolutely amazing.   Tomorrow we will be sailing back to round the cape and to our next port.  Next port on Sunday is Ushuaia, where we have a city and wildlife tour scheduled.

    Cape Horn

    This afternoon after sailing without sight of land for most of the day, we arrived at Cape Horn, it is widely considered to be the southern tip of South America.  We had heard stories of the heavy winds and large waves rounding the Cape, well, we are one of the lucky ones just has we have been this whole trip so far, the weather was beautiful, almost calm seas and a temperature in the forties.   Again we took lots of pictures of the landscapes, no penguins, darn.  After we had loaded our local pilot off of a Chili military ship, we rounded the island of Cabo de Hornos.  After seeing some wonderful rock formations we were on our way to Ushuaia and our next stop.

    Ushuaia

    Today we arrived in Ushuaia and took a  tour on a catamaran and seen lots of birds and seals.  We seen both seals and sea lions, the sea lions being so big they looked like small bears but with heads just as big.  There was not much to see in Ushuaia, but we wondered around the souvinear shops and like always bought very little.  We are excited about tomorrow and Punta Arenas

    Punta Arenas

    In Punta Arenas we had booked a ferry tour to see the penguins, but it was canceled and we were offered a trip to see the penguins another way but it required a long walk (over a mile) over a bridge.  I decided that I was not up for that long a walk, but Judy decided to take it.   Boy did I miss a lot, she came back with over two hundred pictures of penguins that are absolutely amazing.  She was able to get up close and personal with all kinds of them, and we can't wait to share the pictures, some are absolutely outstanding.  She has figured our a way to make the penguins come to life on camera.  I am extremely proud of how good her photographic talents have become.  After she got back we tendered back into Punta Arenas and of course did the usual souvenier hunting, but didn't dind anything that interested us.  Now three days at sea before we get to Montevideo.   Our trip has been outstanding and are surprised at the number of people that are taking it for the second time. 

    Three days at Sea

    Well, we have just finished up three days at sea, tomorrow, Montevideo.  We have spent the sea days doing trivia, having afternoon tea, taking naps (Jim) and enjoying evening entertainment.  We have seen a new production show which was pretty good.  After you cruise for a while you seem to see the same shows over and over again, because as along as we cruise Princess, the shows on all the ships will be the same, just with different performers.   Tonight we seen what we thought is probably the finest singer we have ever heard aboard a cruise ship.  Her name  Philippa Healy from England and was performing in Les Miz in London.  She sang Opera, classical and showtunes, and we almost went back for the second show, but decided that because of an early morning tour in Montevideo, we decided to get some sleep instead.  Tomorrow the last full day, where did the time go, more from Montevideo later and then a day in Buenos Aires.

    Montevideo

    We arrived in Montevideo and had an early tour.  Everything that we had read about Montevideo was that it was clean, almost grafitti  free.  We seemed to see lots of grafitti, dirty streets but was told the dirty streets were because of a street fair the nite before.  We did notice people in green jackets sweeting the sidewalks and streets.  Our tour was interesting as we went around this city of three million (half the people of Uraguay live here).  Our tour lasted about four hours, of course lots of pictures, and then back to the ship to pack (yep the cruise is about over).  After getting all packed, the majority of our luggage was placed outside for pickup.  Tomorrow, leaving the ship and Buenos Aires.

    Buenos Aires

    This ship was late getting into Dock this morning because of high winds in Buenos Aires.  We were suppose to arrive at six, and finally docked at ten.  Now the scramble began.  Buenos aires's terminal is a ways from the dock, and you have to take a shuttle to it.  Of course the same is true of all the luggage., so after arriving late it was a big snafu with the luggage, but we finally managed to get off ship, find our luggage and get in a cab to our hotel, the 725 Continental.  We arrived and checked in without a hitch and upon arriving at our room found no lights, thankfully the bellboy was right behind us and told us you had to insert your room key in a slot to activate the lights.  Neat idea, you take the key when you leave and all the lights go out until you insert your key card again.  After we got settled, we wondered down to Florida Street again (a nifty pedestrian street that I have talked about before) did a little shopping and had some lunch ( a big mac) and went back to our hotel.  We arranged with the front desk for dinner and al tango show for tonite.  They came to pick us up at 8 and we headed to Madero Tango.  Madero Tango (www. maderotango.com) turned out to outstanding, with a wonderful meal served with wine.  Judy had great chicken and I had pork, both were outstanding. (We read in the tango show reviews that the chef at this place was the finest in Argentina, and the food sure showed it.  The tango show was outstanding, live band with a piano, two concertinas, two violins and one bass.  Over twelve tango dancers were in constant motion for 90  minutes.  Finally back to our hotel at midnight.  Tomorrow, Recolata Cemetery and Avita Perons grave.

    Sunday in Buenos Aires

    We got up this morning, actually late for us, about 8 AM and had breakfast at the hotel, and then exploring on our own.  Cabs are inexpensive here, so we took a cab to a Sunday flea market in the San Telmo area.  We wondered around there for quite a while, and bought a little picture as a souviner from a real good photographer that had a booth there, we wondered around thru several different areas  and then walked about a mile back to our hotel.  I extended our check out time to six pm (for a price) so we don't have to go to the airport until evening, because our flight isn't until 1 am directly to Miami.  We hailed another cab from our hotel to the Recoleta area and a wonderful above ground cemetery.  Of course we had to see where Evita Peron was buried, and of course we got lots of pictures.  We took a cab back here to the hotel, gonna rest a while then off to Florida street and perhaps something to eat.

    Home and Recap

    Now that we have arrived home after a long trip from Buenos Aires.  Our first recollections on this trip are fantastic, unbelievable with not enough adjectives to describe how great it was.  We seen things that we never dreamed we would see in person.  Large icebergs, Penguins by the hundreds of thousands.  Strolling in all the communites and cities we visited was so enjoyable.  Would we do it again, even with the long air flights and the numerous days at sea...  IN A HEARTBEAT

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• Horseshoe Bay Beach Fun

  • From: Studio88
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    One of Bermuda's most popular beaches is the Horseshoe Bay beach.

    It has pink sand and rock formations, the water is aqua blue and it's a great

    place to enjoy a fun day at the beach. I took this photo along with the other

    Bermuda photos last week ( July 3, 2009).

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• Urgup, Cappadocia, Turkey -- J

  • From: abruce
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    Imagine hundreds of these cone-shaped formations in one area.  Now imagine these same formations with ancient churches and homes carved right into them.  That's Cappadocia.  The landscape throughout this area is surreal and lunar-like.  All of it formed by volcanic eruptions and subsequent erosion that took place millions of years ago. Trust me, you've never seen anything like it.  The stone (tufa) is so soft and porous that ancient civilizations and early Christians were able to carve out monasteries, homes, even underground cities.  We were once told that you could carve out a room in about 2 months!  Need an addition?  Here's a spoon!  Knock yourself out! 

    By the way, that's my 5-year old explorer way up there!  Wanna see more?  I can post more photos of rock churches and homes.  Our hotel, the Esbelli Evi in Urgup, was carved out of this same soft stone centuries ago.

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• Cathedral Rock - Sedona Arizon

  • From: russtrvl
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    This is another stunning contribution of nature. The shape and colors of these rocks are stunning and breathtaking. Standing there one can really experience the power and beauty of nature.

     

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• Bryce Hoodoo

  • From: bwaggo
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    Taken at Bryce National Park in Utah. These rock formations were created by ice, water and wind erision over many years . Much of the rock is sandstone.

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• Please Use The Stairs

  • From: wellw001
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    The Baths aren't necessarily easy to navigate.  There were areas where stair/ladders were required.

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