Holy moly! The previous day's long bike ride followed by a night of too little sleep had me feeling knackered today and expending much energy trying to stave off a bad mood. But during a walk down the beach here on the northwest shore of Maria Island, I turned a corner to find the sandstone…
Last month, I did a tour in Perth, Australia that had street art as a central focus. Among the most remarkable pieces encountered was a set of posters by Peter Drew. One poster said "REAL AUSTRALIANS SAY WELCOME" while another featured a striking profile of a vaguely South Asian man in a turban beneath which…
Among the many posts I need to are ones related to my observations of animal abuses as I've traveled over the last three months. Until I finally get off my butt and start writing those, read this very detailed and thoughtful piece put together by several travel bloggers. The post explains why certain types of…
Before I happened upon the frustrated ibis that I recorded in Sydney this evening, I found this other example of weird animal behavior. This is a line of commuters lining up to catch buses at the height of evening rush hour in Sydney, which is no picnic. Have you ever seen anything so orderly, especially with…
Here's a video of the scene I happened upon in Wynyard Park in Sydney CBD this evening of an Australian white ibis, a huge, cool, funky-looking bird that I could watch for hours, even when they're not being unintentionally comical. In this case, however, we have an ibis that's found a delicious roasted chicken meal that s/he…
Step 1: Don't panic! (Douglas Adams had that exactly right.) Step 2: Once you're done panicking, admonish yourself for having panicked. Step 3: Upon realizing that you're wasting valuable time admonishing yourself for a completely natural reaction when you should be working on problem solving, you can now get busy on the important work of…
I'd mentioned in a Facebook post a long while ago (6 Feb) how I'd been a last-minute addition to another group's five-day kayak tour of Phang Nga Bay in Thailand. That group was a made up (I'd thought) of a five-member family from Denmark, and I'd initially met them at dinner that Monday evening after…
Anybody who knows me knows that I absolutely despise brutalist architecture.* The concrete dominated structures often remind me of Havana's early Soviet-era high rise government and apartment buildings I saw three years back that remain in use despite being near collapse. Even in states of advanced decay that can add some bit of personality to…
Spent a good portion of the morning (14 Feb) in King's Park area of Perth. Beautiful. Need some evidence? Here you go:
I've spent much of my time in Perth so far just wandering somewhat aimlessly about town which has resulted in a surprising number of pics of street art. Most of the photos I'm posting here were encountered as part of a walking tour Monday morning. What I learned on that tour is that Perth is…
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