Friday, 19 January 2007

Pictures of Ben and George (London)

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Maybe you were getting the feeling that we don't actually live in London. You know because it might look as though all we do is travel....

Westminster Abbey (London)

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So we talked a very short tourist into taking our picture in front of the Abbey. If you look closely, you will notice that I am wearing a br...

Remember the small emblem on the scarf? (London)

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As you can imagine football is a pretty big deal in England. As it turns out we happen to live in the neighbourhood with the current team c...

The Packers? (London)

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See how happy they look? Okay, really Jason looks thrilled. Jason's dad did insist on wearing the colours of another team that day...yu...
Saturday, 13 January 2007

Hong Kong: People, Neon and Excitement!

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Its difficult to describe Hong Kong. Its foreign and exotic. And huge and tiny all in the same sentence. This is a tiny part of this islan...

Continuing with the lay of the land (Hong Kong)

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Hong Kong is a contrast in cultures. Pedestrians, cars, tunnels, bridges...you name it, Hong Kong has it. New drug stores, ancient Chinese...

We love neon! (Hong Kong)

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If you can believe it...we are standing on a bridge over the street that leads to the subway station. Here's the kicker...its air condi...

Escalator Heaven (Hong Kong)

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The people in Hong Kong are obsessed with convenience! So much so that there are escalators and air conditioning everywhere. In fact, the ...

Subways, Subways... (Hong Kong)

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C'mon...how can you resist this? Look at this advert! A local specialty! (Jason hates when I make him take these pictures!) As you can...

What else do you expect to see in China? (Hong Kong)

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PANDAS!!! These aren't my best work...but c'mon, they're pandas!

A little bit of Buddhism (Hong Kong)

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Jason is standing at the base of Tian Tan, the "world's tallest, outdoor, seated bronze Buddha." The statue is located near P...

268 Stairs? (Hong Kong)

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Here we are starting the journey to the top! Jason at the top! Regretting that he is in jeans!

One last bit of Susperstition (Hong Kong)

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This lion is one of a pair that guards the entrance to the HSBC building in Hong Kong. The lions were carefully relocated from the old headq...
Monday, 8 January 2007

Off to a new land...Lisbon

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Lisbon, Portugal. By far, our favourite European city. It is vibrant, interesting, a bit of the old world, a bit of the new...everything ...

How to rebuild a city! (Lisbon)

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Our first day. We had no idea what to expect. What we discovered was that Lisbon, for all of her hills, trams, cable cars and subways, is...

An Elevator to the Stars...(Lisbon)

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Lisbon is filled with unique ways to travel. This is an elevator built to take you to the top of the nearby hill. Its not a tourist trap ...

Stolen Monuments...(Lisbon)

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Look familiar? Can't figure out why? This bridge is often referred to as the Golden Gate of Lisbon. Its the 25th of April Bridge. O...

An ancient fortress (for the little people)...(Lisbon)

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Torre de Belem...a Fortress in the water. Accessible only by a footbridge a over the river. However beautiful, its apparently only for ver...

Mosteiro Dos Jeronimos (Lisbon)

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Did you think we were going somewhere in Europe and you weren't going to see a beautiful church? Ha! You thought wrong! (Or right!) ...

Let's get back to the good stuff...(Lisbon)

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Us! You may recognise the sights behind me! Depending on what city you live in! Jason is testing my fear of heights by balancing precariou...

More of the good stuff...(Lisbon)

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(I have to admit -- even though we were smitten with the view, we contemplated the idea of rolling down the slope to the bottom. Apparentl...
Sunday, 7 January 2007

Fancy a Drink of Water? (Bath)

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The Roman Baths. They are Britain's only hot spring. The Romans built a magnificent temple and bathing complex that still flows with ...

It was all smiles before we drank the water! (Bath)

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They can't all just pictures of murky, green hot water! (Jason's dad was kind enough to pose so you could see not only the water, ...