Day Two at Iguazu started at La Garganta del Diablo, the largest of the Iguazu waterfalls. It was amazing. Simply awesome. I think i’m ruined for all other waterfalls… the garganta del diablo (“throat of the devil”). check out the bigger version here. aaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! across the way, you can see the brazilian lookout cheers garganta del diablo garganta del diablo garganta del diablo garganta del diablo san martin falls san martin falls
Took a two day side trip to the Argentine side of the amazing Iguazu Falls. The first day we did La Gran Aventura, which includes a boat ride around and up to the falls. (I highly recommend.) There’s a huge rush to looking up at waterfall that is rushing down at you. From wikipedia: Upon seeing Iguazu, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt reportedly exclaimed “Poor Niagara!” Vastly larger than North America’s Niagara Falls, Iguazu is rivalled only by Southern Africa’s Victoria Falls which separates Zambia and Zimbabwe… here start your visit la gran aventura: in the boat. beany in …
I spent Monday wandering around Recoleta, one of the nicer barrios in Buenos Aires. The highlight was, of course, the famed “Cementerio de Recoleta” where the rich & powerful are buried. Or, perhaps more accurately, enshrined. 🙂 cementerio de recoleta evita’s tomb @ cementerio de recoleta me @ evita’s tomb @ cementerio de recoleta floralis generica. the sculpture closes its petals at night like a real flower. outside the facultad de derecho colonial style building in recoleta
Arrived in Buenos Aires! Spent yesterday wandering around the Sunday antiques market. It was a beautiful sunny day and the streets had so much life to them. tango sign filete porteno – the most beautiful in the market the artist tango in the plaza mi amiga
My new D80 has arrived! I’m very excited to play with it (especially in Argentina, when I travel there during Thanksgiving). I tried it out over the weekend. Here are some shots from the Pike Place Market in Seattle. (You can tell from the ambient greyness that it’s officially fall in the pacific northwest.)
Yesterday, I picked up what may be my last rolls of developed film. I have to say, there’s definitely something to the delayed gratification of seeing your photos for the first time as prints in your hand. A couple things I hope to still do when I convert to pure digital: Compose the shot right the first time. I realized, with my digital point & shoot, I would take 20 photos to try to capture a picture (instead of 2 or 3) just because I could. To some extent, that’s the benefit of digital… But I think if I’m not careful, I’ll just get sloppy. Printing photos. I love …
Yangshuo is labeled “sleepy little backpackers’ town” with “views that have inspired Chinese artists for centuries.” While the scenery is breathtaking, the pollution is killer and the town has lost a lot of its quaintness in its mad dash to commercialize. The highlight of the weekend was an early kayak trip down the Lijiang river Saturday morning. We got dropped off upstream and paddled for about 3 hours. We had no guide, the morning was fresh, and there were very few tourists out – just fishermen and locals. note: pictures were “depollutionized” in photoshop karen kayaking view on the …
Had a great week wandering around Beijing. Saw Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City, Summer Palace, and yesterday, the Great Wall (which was my favorite). Off today to Yangshuo for the weekend. Backposts soon!
After the hoards of folks at the Summer Palace & the Forbidden City, I was concerned about tour groups and a mob scene at the wall. I decided to try Simatai, as it was supposed to be one of the less “restored” public portions of the Great Wall. I got lucky – the Great Wall at Simatai was beautiful and empty. It took about 3 hours to get out there, which is past the travel time tolerance of most tour groups. This meant that Thursday morning, there were probably only 50 other folks out on the wall total. It took me about two …