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Whirling Dervish at the Sufi Music Festival in Jaipur

Sufi Music Festival in Jaipur, India

November 30, 2021by Albatz Travel Adventures 11 Comments

Checking out posters while travelling is a great way to find unique one-of-a-kind events wherever you happen to be. Here is the poster I discovered at Jaipur’s famous Elephant Festival, […]

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India, Lens-Artists Photo Challenge
Grilled sardines on Italian Day in Vancouver

Summer Traditions for Late June and July in Vancouver

June 29, 2020by Albatz Travel Adventures 8 Comments

Under normal circumstances we stay home during Vancouver’s summer and spend our time at all the great festivals. This year we’re staying home as usual but all the festivals have […]

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March 14, 2020: empty shelves at my local grocery store

Crowds Equal Chaos in the New World Order

March 17, 2020by Albatz Travel Adventures 6 Comments

In the new world of coronavirus you probably won’t be seeing crowds like this for awhile. A tad crowded on a Bangkok ferry early in the day of the Loi […]

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Collections from Around the World, Lens-Artists Photo Challenge
Xochimilco, a floating festival on Sundays when Mexican families cruise down the waterways on brightly-coloured boats

Xochimilco, a Vibrant Floating Festival

September 19, 2018by Albatz Travel Adventures 6 Comments

Xochimilco is the most fun you can have at a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Formerly the floating gardens of the Aztecs, it is now a festival at its liveliest on […]

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Cee's Fun Foto Challenge, Mexico
Ladder up against a wall at the Mural Festival in Vancouver, Canada

The Mural Festival On (& Off) Main (Vancouver)

July 19, 2018by Albatz Travel Adventures 2 Comments

Although some countries have had ‘murals’ for thousands of years (cave paintings, Mexico, Egypt come to mind) there now seems to be a world mural craze, and Vancouver jumped in […]

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BC, Cee's Fun Foto Challenge
Aeriosa performs the 'Thunderbird' dance, an aerial dance performance on the inside walls of the Vancouver Central Library as part of the Indigenous Festival called 'The Drum is Calling'

Amazing Things I Saw and Heard while Hanging Out in Vancouver this July

July 30, 2017by Albatz Travel Adventures Leave a comment

Although we usually venture far and wide during the winter, in the summer we stay near and close, visiting all of Vancouver’s many festivals. I have my favourites, ones that we […]

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BC, Travel Theme

A Street Party in Bilbao for the Día de Todos

October 12, 2016by Albatz Travel Adventures 3 Comments

Originally posted on Albatz Travel Adventures:
We stepped out of our hotel in Bilbao and were delighted to find the streets alive with people. Just down the street a live…

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Spain
Chinese New Year Flowering Quince Bonsai

Chinese New Year 2015: Year of the Goat, Ram, Sheep

February 7, 2016by Albatz Travel Adventures 5 Comments

Today is the last day of the ‘Year of the Goat (or Ram or Sheep)’, tomorrow the ‘Year of the Monkey’ starts! Here are some photos from the 2015 Chinese New Year Celebration in Vancouver to […]

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Chinese Food
Illuminated Boat in Bangkok's Loi Krathong Festival

Loi Krathong Festival in Bangkok

November 6, 2014by Albatz Travel Adventures 4 Comments

Loi Krathong is a festival of floating lanterns set adrift on the rivers of Thailand. Last November I was in Bangkok and watched them make up variations of these lanterns. Lantern […]

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lanterns at Bangkok's Loy Krathong Festival

Loi Krathong, Thailand’s Floating Lantern Festival: Imagination vs. Reality

March 7, 2014by Albatz Travel Adventures 9 Comments

Ever seen photos of Thailand’s Loi Krathong festival, with thousands of lanterns floating up in the air or down the river? Well, I was in Bangkok this November and got […]

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Thailand, Weekly Photo Challenge

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