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Photography

Picture of the Week – Crazy Bolivian Tour Guides

July 8, 2011

This week’s picture is from our Pampas tour in Bolivia. Wildlife was the theme of this tour, and our guides were all too happy to get right up in the mix with the main attractions. It was no coincidence that the man petting the alligator had a massive scar on his arm from, yep, you [...]

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Picture of the Week – Grand Palace in Bangkok, Thailand

June 24, 2011

This week’s picture will keep with the theme for the week and comes from one of our favorite cities in the world, Bangkok. The grounds at one of Bangkok’s top tourist attractions, the Grand Palace, are immaculate and filled with gorgeous temples and chedis (the stupa on a Buddhist temple). The bright, sparkling gold colors [...]

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Picture of the Week – The Past Vs. Modern Technology

June 17, 2011

This week’s picture is a favorite of mine. It’s impossible to get away from technology, no matter where in the world you visit and how developing that place might be. Bolivia was definitely one of the poorest countries we traveled through on our RTW trip, so it was always surprising to see things like satellite [...]

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Picture of the Week – Angkor Wat

June 3, 2011

This week’s pictures comes from the one of the most spectacular sites in the world, Angkor Wat in Cambodia. There are some popular sites that are overrated, then there are those which stand the test of time and simply breathtaking. Angkor Wat is definitely in the latter category. This shot was taken at the end [...]

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Picture of the Week – Tat Kuang Si Waterfalls

May 27, 2011

Though you may get the impression that we hated our time in Laos based on my post earlier in the week, quite the contrary. We enjoyed it, but it simply didn’t live up to our high expectations. One of the places we visited that did blow us away was the Tat Kuang Si Waterfalls about [...]

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Picture of the Week – Taganga, Colombia

May 20, 2011

Since I’ve been writing a lot about Colombia this week, the picture of the week comes from one of our favorite places in Colombia, the sleepy fishing village of Taganga. One thing we made it a point to do every single day we were in Taganga was to watch the sun set. We had a [...]

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Cartagena, Colombia – A Photo Essay

May 19, 2011

When cities are as stunning as Cartagena, I think they deserve their own post dedicated to pictures. Luckily for me, Megan ventured out one morning shortly after the sun came up and shot Cartagena as it was slowly awakening. She got some amazing shots of the empty plazas, tinto vendors, and of the city coming [...]

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Picture of the Week – Ha Long Bay, Vietnam

May 13, 2011

Sticking with the Vietnam theme for this week, today’s picture comes from our trip to Ha Long Bay in northern Vietnam, a few hours outside Hanoi. Ha Long Bay is one of the most picturesque places we’ve been, with countless, giant limestone cliffs jutting out from the water. It’s an amazing site to see, and [...]

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