I continue to try and work with photos taken on my recent trip to China. Here are a few more from our Li River Cruise Trip.
Which way to the Karst?
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Around in London
A few pictures from our few hours in London last summer for Son of a Beach’s Which Way Photo Challenge.
Is the road going forward? or back?
I’ve been working with old photos lately. Here are some ways from a visit to Masai Mara National Park in Kenya in 2012.
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A wall that connected
One thing that fascinated me when I researched about the Great Wall of China is that it was used more for communication than for separation. In the days before cell phones, messages could be sent quickly over long distances along the wall using smoke, flares and flags.
These are photos from the reconstructed area called Mutianyu. It is less crowded than Badaling, which is more easily accessed from Beijing. As I mentioned we had a private driver to our hotel as part of Wild Great Wall’s self-guided tour so we did not have to figure out how to get back to the city.
Comparing from the photos I posted last week, Which Way. You can see that the reconstruction and maintenance are a monumental endeavor. The wall is along the crest of the hills and the area is not accessed by roads, the materials are heavy and there is a lot of territory to cover.
Traveling this section there are a lot of stairs, steep and uneven in many places.
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Which Way-Weifang
Peony garden at Shihu Yuan.
Keyhole gates at Shihu Yuan.
Avenue to a temple decorated for Qing Ming Festival.
Walkway at Yangjiabu Folk Village.
A few pictures of ways in Weifang, Shandong Province, China, for Son of a Beach’s Which Way Photo Challenge.
Back to the Wall
I never finished the series of posts I intended to write about walking Hadrian’s Wall last June.
Here is a gallery of pictures from the Hadrian’s Wall National Trail between Housesteads Fort and Chester’s Fort.
In this stretch, while not including the highest point on the walk, it passes something equivalent to the Continental divide in North America, the texture of the clouds changed, and it got way less windy.
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Streets of Downtown Seattle
Different ages and architecture styles looking up Columbia Street.
Similar view climbing Columbia during the blue hour to catch our bus.
Our favorite watering hole is on Post Alley.
Passage to the waterfront.
Pike Street runs through Washington State Convention Center.
Freeway Park is a pleasant way to cross over I5 which runs through downtown.
I used to go downtown pretty often. Of late I take the whopping 20 minute bus ride two or three times a year. This past weekend I attended a conference downtown so went in twice. That takes me to above my annual average this year.
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Beyond the bustle: Shouguang alleyways
Here is a sampler of pictures from the alleyways just beyond the busy, dusty main streets in the older part of the town, taken on a lazy-ish Monday afternoon.
Peeking through into a traditional courtyard home.
A lot of living happens in the alley.
Grape vendor and friend.
Local gathering place.
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