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2010/12/12

Jolly old st. nick

Filed under: All - 12 Dec 2010

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I couldn’t for the life of me remember what this was, and it’s not marked on my map. So I wasted like 20 minutes tracking it down on Google. It’s St. Nicholas Church. You’re welcome.

2010/12/09

Deco in north american walled city

Filed under: All - 09 Dec 2010

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I was thrilled to find so much art deco in this "new to me" neighborhood which I will eventually put on a map for you :>)

2010/12/05

Solddowntheriver

Filed under: All - 05 Dec 2010

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Brought to you by Discontinuities Inc. : Chapter III of the Shoggy Saga. The Great Old Ones are on the verge of being kicked out of the civilized universe by the Elder Gods (and the Mother of Bumba), so they decide to travel light and offload the poor darling Shoogoths …

Timeless clock

Filed under: All - 05 Dec 2010

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Found in Százéves Cukrászda, the second oldest confectionary in Hungary

2010/12/04

Wooden walkway at chew jetty

Filed under: All - 04 Dec 2010

Wooden walkway at chew jetty

Chew Jetty, or Seh Chew Keo, is the biggest of the waterfront settlements in George Town. It was created in the middle of the 19th Century, in a very different Penang from what it is today. The last community jetties, the Peng Aun and the Chap Seh Keo, were only …

Pittock mansion – the architect

Filed under: All - 04 Dec 2010

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BUILDING PITTOCK MANSION In 1909, when he was 74 years old, Henry Pittock began planning a mansion overlooking Portland, Oregon. He hired Edward T. Foulkes, the son of one of his Oregonian employees, to be the architect. Foulkes was trained at Stanford University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Ecole …

2010/12/02

Faro de pechiguera

Filed under: All - 02 Dec 2010

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Lost between the pages

Filed under: All - 02 Dec 2010

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For the past several days I have been a little under the weather and haven’t felt like getting out and hunting for an interesting landscape. But, I’ve been keeping my camera busy shooting various things I can find in the house. Started looking through these old books and quickly traveled …

2010/12/01

Funicular in budapest

Filed under: All - 01 Dec 2010

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This is a view of the funicular that goes up to the Castle district. It’s on the Buda side of the city. The funicular is the second-oldest in the world. The large building on the left is now the Budapest History Museum. Budapest, Hungary. January 2011. Read the …

2010/11/30

Above mount everest base camp

Filed under: All - 30 Nov 2010

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Everest under the monsoon clouds Tibet side – old travel scans