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A Perfect Moment in Herculaneum

7 Comments October 15, 2010
A Perfect Moment in Herculaneum

Have you ever had a moment where it feels like times stands still or shifts ever so slightly and you’re suddenly fully aware of everything around you? That’s what happened to me moments before I captured this photograph.

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Strange Signs – WTF!!! Baguettes

11 Comments October 3, 2010
Strange Signs – WTF!!! Baguettes

I’ve been going through some of my photos today and found a few gems that I just had to share including this funny one of a sign on a restaurant in Cancun, Mexico.

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Hugging Gators in New Orleans

7 Comments October 1, 2010
Hugging Gators in New Orleans

I’ve decided to try to go back in time and fill in the gap for the months that I was silent while I was travelling. So follow me back to June 2010 when I traveled to one of my favourite cities in the world… New Orleans!

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Paragliding in Brasov, Romania

9 Comments September 23, 2010
Paragliding in Brasov, Romania

The night before I was going to leave Brasov, the owner of the guesthouse I’m staying at pointed up at the mountain at paragliders floating high in the sky. After hearing my ridiculously girly squeal of glee at even seeing them he mentioned that he knows someone here that takes people up. So of course I had to try it!

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Bran Castle in Romania

7 Comments September 21, 2010
Bran Castle in Romania

This Beautiful Castle in Bran, Romania which was once the home of Vlad Ţepeş, Vlad the Impaler!Photo taken by Costi. If you’re travelling in this area in Romania, staying in Brasov and taking a day-trip by bus to the nearby town of Bran is well worth it. Bran is most famous for Bran Castle otherwise [...]

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Bratislava, Slovakia

4 Comments September 9, 2010
Bratislava, Slovakia

Bratislava, Slovakia’s state capital and largest city is where I finally felt like I was heading back into territory more unfamiliar to me than my travels of the past few months. This made it the perfect time to take another step outside my comfort zone towards overcoming my terror of water.

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Bratislava Coronation Festival

2 Comments September 6, 2010
Bratislava Coronation Festival

I completely lucked out with the timing of my visit to Bratislava, Slovakia. When I arrived earlier that week the town was quiet and I had the chance to explore with fewer tourists than I’d expected and had no idea that I’d arrived to see one of Slovakia’s biggest festivals, the yearly Coronation Festivities in the historic section of town!

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Chichén Itzá – Mayan Ruins in The Yucatán, Mexico

13 Comments May 16, 2010
Chichén Itzá – Mayan Ruins in The Yucatán, Mexico

Deep inside the Yucatán peninsula is one of the best known Mayan Ruins, Chichén Itzá. It was declared a World Heritage by UNESCO in 1988 and is a goal in many people’s bucket lists.

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Palenque, Mexico – Among the most famous Mayan ruins

1 Comment May 9, 2010
Palenque, Mexico – Among the most famous Mayan ruins

Set deep in the extremely hot and humid tropical rainforest of Chiapas, Mexico lies one of the most famous Mesoamerican ruins called Palenque that was a thriving city in the seventh century CE and abandoned long before the Spanish rediscovered it in the 16th century.

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A Perfect Moment

5 Comments May 2, 2010
A Perfect Moment

Wandering the streets of Campeche, Mexico I almost yelled out in happiness when I saw this: Don’t get why I was so thrilled? Look at the pattern of the chipped and peeling paint on the wall of the powder blue building and follow it up all the way into the sky, the clouds seemed to [...]

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