Tuesday Travel: From California to Cestus III
“… where Kirk fought Gorn to decide the fate of both their races.”
Watts this tower doing here, then?
“.. what he called Nuestro Pueblo, our town. Everyone else called it “that eyesore”, or “that lunatic’s junkyard”
Making the most of what’s on offer
“Then there was the couple who had signed a lease on their new ‘gourmet hot dog and donut shoppe’ in the heart of a tourist town – just 2 weeks before the Covid-19 shutdowns began.”
Weekly Featured Travel Pic – Harley Cafe, Las Vegas
19 years is a long life for a ‘theme restaurant’ – especially for a place as transient as Las Vegas. So the closure in 2016 of the Harley Davidson Cafe on the Las Vegas strip shouldn’t be surprising – especially after the NY version of the cafe shut down a few years earlier – reportedly…
Weekly Featured Travel Pic – Crockfords Tower, Sentosa Island
There’s a proverb that goes back as far as the ancient Greeks which suggests that “beauty is in the eye of the beholder” (*) – and that is particularly true of architecture. Buildings that some of us see as stunning, others see as a waste of space – or worse, a blight on the…
Travel Thursday – A ‘back-breaking’ bridge in Vietnam’s Hoi An
A monster that causes earthquakes across Asia, a bridge the snaps the back of the mythical creature, a temple to say sorry, and a covered walkway to bring together two cultures – Hoi An’s Japanese Bridge has it all! Hoi An is in the centre of Vietnam – in the Quang Nam province – it was, for…
Friday Featured Travel Pic: Jewel Cave, Western Australia
The Margaret River – Augusta region of Western Australia is home to some of the country’s best wineries, some of the most rugged coastlines (including Cape Leeuwin with its century-old lighthouse), some of the most amazing trees (Karri pines – mighty eucalyptus that can grow up to 90 metres tall) – and some of the…
Weekly Travelpic – Coffee Markets in Saigon
This is inside the Ben Thanh markets, in the heart of Ho Chi Minh City (or Saigon, as it was known prior to 1975) – apparently one of the oldest surviving ‘structures’ in Saigon. Markets in the area have existed for centuries .. although they were initially closer to the river (which is unsurprising). However, during the…
Weekly Travel Pic: Ovation of the Seas in Sydney Harbour
Our feature Travel pic for this week is the Royal Caribbean Ovation Of The Seas, at berth alongside the Overseas Passenger Terminal in Sydney, Australia. This Quantum class ship was the third of its class, and went into service in April 2016. It can carry up to 4,900 passengers and 1500 crew, and has been…
Travel Pics Theme: X for Xerox. Stonehenge
This week, our travel-pic theme is X for Xerox – black-and-white reproductions of some pics we’ve taken around the world. Today’s a dark and foreboding Stonehenge. The stone structure is one of the most famous sights in England, has prompted entire belief-structures based on its supposed ancient wisdom and astronomical expertise. But unfortunately, its…
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