Tracking Down Places from the Past: The Wharf at Siø
The island’s wharf was a 600-foot-long stone dyke with pilings at the end and a deck over them creating a circular platform wide enough to turn around a horse drawn […]
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Dreaming About a Life on the Sea, Denmark 1937
From my dad’s journal of memories: a story from his life when he was a teenager on a farm on the isolated island of Siø during the dirty thirties. My uncle had purchased a […]
The Aran Island of Inisheer in Ireland
Today we were off to the Doolin Ferries to see if we could figure out the schedule to the Aran Islands — the information was quite obscure online. At the […]
Small Boats from Around the World
A collection of small boats from around the world. Boats in the pond in the artist Monet’s Garden in Giverny, France.Boat on the Chao Phraya River during Loi Krathong in Bangkok.Waiting […]
Side Trip from Amsterdam: Marken, a Village with Bright Painted Houses
Various sources raved about Ijsselmeer, a huge artificial lake of great beauty just outside Amsterdam. Our plan was to visit the three villages of Hoorn, Edam and Marken in the area. Our B&B host told us […]
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Eyes from Around the World
A collection of eyes from around the world. Blue mosaic tiles surround the eye of the ‘Big Fish’ in Belfast. Graffiti eyes in Galway, Ireland: ‘Open Your Eyes and See […]
Sights Seen on the Return Trip along Inle Lake
After a very late lunch and a visit to the weaving ‘factory’ we only had one major stop left on the lake, and that was to a village that specialized in […]
Life on the Water by U Bien Bridge in Mandalay
U Bien Bridge is a photographer’s delight, and the surrounding waters offer glimpses of life on the Irriwaddy River. Bringing in the morning’s catch. The boats are also used to navigate […]
Halong Bay, Vietnam 2003: Descending with the Dragon
Back in 2003 we were still using expensive-to-develop film, and even so our two day cruise on Halong Bay to Cat Ba rated an amazing 70 photos. Enter our 2013 cruise with digital cameras […]
Weekly Photo Challenge: Threshold of a New Adventure
Getting on a boat at sunrise, about to head off to the town at the end of Inle Lake. On the threshold of a new adventure. The anticipation of what we might […]
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