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Galley Head Castle Ruins, Ireland

Galley Head Cliffs, Castle and Lighthouse in Ireland

September 25, 2019by Albatz Travel Adventures 6 Comments

October 9. We spent the day in County Cork driving from Skibbereen around to the fishing villages of Baltimore and Union Hall, visited a large number of beaches including Galley Head, […]

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Ireland, Road Trip
Walk to Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland, UK

Giant’s Causeway in Northern Ireland, UK

September 3, 2017by Albatz Travel Adventures 1 Comment

September 21, Monday afternoon. Giant’s Causeway—Night in Ballycastle with dinner at the Central Bar.  After exploring the nearest Ballycastle beach we headed to the Giant’s Causeway, a fantastical formation of basalt rocks that is possibly the […]

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Ireland
Playa de Catedrales on the north coast of Galicia in Spain

Rock Formations at the Beach of Cathedrals in Northern Spain

August 18, 2016by Albatz Travel Adventures 15 Comments

October 7th, early morning, well 9:00 or so, which is early in Spain! In Santiago de Compostela we met Jessica, a long-time resident of the city, who sent us a list of […]

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A Photo a Week Challenge, Spain
Green grapes in a village in the Picos de Europa

WPC: Monochromatic in Northern Spain

September 12, 2015by Albatz Travel Adventures 1 Comment

Surprise! At least to me. Since I am currently editing my photos of northern Spain, I decided to ‘paint’ a monochromatic portrait of Spain. I had planned on a full […]

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Spain, Weekly Photo Challenge
Rock Formations at Étretat on the Alabaster Coast of France

White Cliffs at Etretat on the Alabaster Coast of France

July 9, 2015by Albatz Travel Adventures 6 Comments

The unusual rock formations at Étretat on the Alabaster Coast of France have inspired many artists including Monet. Monet’s painting of this scene, painted early in the morning when the fishing boats were just […]

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Art, France
Junk with red sails in Halong Bay in Vietnam

Weekly Photo Challenge: Afloat in Halong Bay

April 10, 2015by Albatz Travel Adventures 10 Comments

Sitting aboard a boat in Halong Bay is like being afloat into an Asian painting, with red-sailed junks and karst rock formations jutting up out of the blue-green waters. This little boy […]

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Vietnam, Weekly Photo Challenge
The Hill of Seven Colours in the Quebrada de Humahuaca

Northwest Argentina’s Coloured Sandstone Desert

May 20, 2014by Albatz Travel Adventures 13 Comments

At the edge of the Andes lies the Quebrada de Humahuaca, a UNESCO World Heritage Site with multi-coloured sandstone formations. The whole northwest of Argentina is filled with these striking quebradas (canyons) […]

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Argentina, Cee's Fun Foto Challenge

Sunrise, Sunset on Halong Bay

January 29, 2014by Albatz Travel Adventures 1 Comment

Most Halong Bay cruises offer a night aboard a boat. This means you get to see the bay at its most magnificent; during the sunset, and if you survived the […]

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Vietnam
Karst Rock Formations Jutting Up Out of the Blue-green Waters of Halong Bay, Vietnam

Sailing into an Vietnamese Painting

January 26, 2014by Albatz Travel Adventures Leave a comment

Cruising Halong Bay in Vietnam is like sailing into an Asian painting, complete with whimsical boats and karst rock formations jutting up out of the blue-green waters. More photos of […]

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Photo Challenges, Vietnam
Lower Antelope Canyon

Curves at Lower Antelope Canyon

June 19, 2013by Albatz Travel Adventures 9 Comments

A slideshow of our photos at the bottom of this page is set to the music of one of the Navaho guides who was playing his guitar in one of the chambers with amazing […]

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