ASF Travel Photos

[2020hindsight]

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canaus - not too many photos can be flipped and look identical
brilliant ! thanks

 

[2020hindsight]

Not really a travel photo. This is out my back door.

kennas - come midsummer, you're gonna regret all those rockwalls and stuff - must be the pits doing the mowing with all those terraces in the way

here's a photo of a Peruvian I found on the net .. (love that grin lol) - come to think of it, looks a bit like aunt lucy

 

[barnz2k]

anyone care to comment on the hike up to Machu Picchu?
How straining is the hike? Scary!?
I dont mind the idea of a hike but I hate heights, so if its on the edges of clif's and literally climbing involved i think the train will be the way to go for me lol. But much more deserved and rewarding if hiking up no?

Hey, when Im travelling I just 'ignore' my stocks and dont really check in here haha.

 

[Sean K]

anyone care to comment on the hike up to Machu Picchu?
How straining is the hike? Scary!?
I dont mind the idea of a hike but I hate heights, so if its on the edges of clif's and literally climbing involved i think the train will be the way to go for me lol. But much more deserved and rewarding if hiking up no?

Hey, when Im travelling I just 'ignore' my stocks and dont really check in here haha.

Joe Blow just finished the 4 day trek a week or so ago. He might comment later.

Most reasonably fit people will do it comfortably. Some do it with no more training than a regular walk to the pub, bit will find it difficult. Friends of mine, in their 60s, completed it a month or so ago. There are some dodgy bits to traverse, and if the trail was in Australia, there'd probably have to be handrails in places, but not here. There's no 'climbing' as such, but walking poles are necessary for walking down hill, especially if it's wet.

The other option is to catch the train and bus, but you miss some great views and ruins along the way.

 

[Stan 101]

A couple of photos from Tulagi harbour in the Solomons hard to believe how still the ocean was that day. circa 2004. We found a new ship wreck from ww2 on that trip.

Also a fishing boat from Pha Nang..


cheers,

 

[Sean K]

How to graduate as a Divemaster on Utila, Bay Islands, Honduras:

 

[Stan 101]

Good to see the form of the DMs PADI are training these days, Kennas..haha.


Here's a shot hanging on the deco bars after an exploratory dive in the Solomons. 2.5 hour dives in just shorts... got to love warm weather... There was plenty of shark and dolphin action on that whole trip. Nothing like playing with dolphins on the deco line..

Cheers,

 

[Joe Blow]

A few random photos from Peru.

 

[Joe Blow]

A few more: Inca trail and Machu Picchu.

 

[Sean K]

Some great shots there Joe!

 

[Joe Blow]

Some great shots there Joe!

Thanks!

Here's a few of Hollywood as a bit of a contrast.

 

[Absolutely]

My own effort from Hollywood recently.

 

[GreatPig]

Taken on our holiday to Japan, from which we returned yesterday.

First: one of the Kannawa Hells in Beppu. The basket is for cooking eggs.

Second: part of a tropical plant garden in Okinawa.

Third: the Todai-ji temple in Nara. Supposedly the largest wooden structure in the world.

GP

 

[GreatPig]

Some more from Japan.

First: orchids in the tropical garden in Okinawa.

Second: a fruit plate, part of a collection of food arrangements in Kochi (Shikoku).

Third: Canal City in Fukuoka.

GP

 

[2020hindsight]

Ten points for the person who knows (or guesses) which part of the world I'm in now.

Or if you want to cheat, here's the Link

Met someone from Macau the other day ... a taxi driver no less
He told me something I never realised .. that the fort in the middle of the island was built on a man-made moutain

THese photos aren't mine btw..

http://www.pbase.com/bmcmorrow/macau&page=all

Fortaleza do Monte, atop Macau's highest point, completed in 1626
View over Macau from the Fortleza de Monte
Facade of St. Paul's Church from the Forataleza do Monte
St. Paul's, built 1602-1627, was destroyed in a typhoon in 1835

James Mitchener had a story about Macau in Tales of the South Pacific (as I recall) - love Macau

http://maps.google.com.au/maps?hl=en&tab=wl
- google maps - search for "fort macau"

 

[2020hindsight]

Joe I notice you posted this on another thread:-

When I sit here banging away at my keyboard travel is all I think about. Sometimes I fire up Google Earth and visit places I have been to and places I would like to go. In a sense it is what gives my life purpose. I never feel more alive than I do when I'm trudging around a beautiful foreign city, experiencing new sights, smells and sounds. .

Now you posted some photos of Machu Picchu on post 129 , i.e.

https://www.aussiestockforums.com/forums/showthread.php?p=231010&highlight=machu#post231010

I haven't been able to find it on Google Earth yet (the shot I posted on #107 doesn't make sense). So if you get time, I'd appreciate it if you (or kennas maybe) could explain the place please.

Because my bank manager tells me with my current rate of saving, I'll be 156 years old when I can afford to go there in person

thaks for any assist. (and where you were standing when you took those photos etc)

 

[2020hindsight]

btw, I walked kokoda back in the mid 60's - with bare feet (I figured good enough for the natives, good enough for me). - not recommended btw .

 

[Joe Blow]

2020 - You're too far to the right. Head left a little and zoom in. (see attachment)

As for travelling there its not as expensive as you think. Just to do the Inca Trail you should be able to do it for around $4,000-$5,000 including airfares and all associated expenses.

http://www.intrepidtravel.com/trips/GXB

 

[2020hindsight]

you mean, all I had to do was follow that trail lol
as homer would say , "the answer my friend is dohing in the wind!"

thanks.

PS gee there were a lot of cameras down there taking photos of the satellite that day.
PS I'm gonna blame googlemaps - misleading me with that arrow (see #107 if you're real keen)

 

[So_Cynical]

Great photos...i love photo threads I've been to the Philippines twice in
the last 14 months, on my first Trip i spent 5 wonderful days on Malapascua Island.


http://www.malapascua-island.com/



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