Thursday, 24 January 2008

Room of Maps (Vatican City)

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If you were a Pope and wanted to look at maps of, say world empires, your home land, the Roman Empire, would you just put up cloth or "...

Views and Entrances (Vatican City)

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Ever wondered what the Pope sees when he is giving mass in front of St. Peter's Basilica?   Look no further as this is the exact view! E...

First glance inside! (Vatican City)

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Jason is standing right in the front door of St. Peter's Basilica.  As you would imagine, it is gorgeous.  On the right side of picture,...

Final Resting Place (Vatican City)

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Throughout St. Peter's Basilica is the final resting for a number of Popes.  It is a very stunning sight to see as many are on display (...

And finally -- St. Peter Himself! (Vatican City)

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"St. Peter's baldacchino is a large sculpted bronze artwork designed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini and located over the high altar of ...

Swiss Guards! In Rome? (Vatican City)

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"Swiss Guards are Swiss mercenary soldiers who have served as bodyguards, ceremonial guards, and palace guards at foreign European cour...

Sunset leads to Nightfall Leads to Goodbye Rome!

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Sunset at St. Peter's Basilica! Nightfall! Goodbye Rome!
Tuesday, 16 October 2007

The Adventure Begins! (Nairobi, Kenya)

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We start here. A little, tiny airplane...takes off in the morning sky and lands on a dirt airstrip, further than either of us have ever been...

A View From the Top (Somewhere over Kenya)

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Kenya is a gorgeous country. The landscape changes constantly. Jason took this video out the window of the plane and it is obvious how lush ...

Wanna go inside the plane? (Kenya)

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The plane was empty of passengers as you can tell from everyone standing on the airstrip so I took the opportunity to show you what the...

Further than... (Kenya)

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Further than we had ever been...but of course, there was always an enterprising lad around...duty free shopping, anyone??

Checking In! (Lewa Downs, Kenya)

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After we landed and finished our mini-game drive, we were taken to our "cottage"/home for the next few days. It was heaven! T...

What about the animals? (Lewa Downs, Kenya)

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Let's start with the elephants! Moms, Dads and babies! On our way in from the airstrip, we had a mini-game drive. For our first time in...

Video Elephants! (Lewa Downs, Kenya)

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A little video to show you how beautiful these creatures truly are!

Giraffes! (Kenya)

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I think that the easiest way to organise these photos is by animal. Unlike the one species of elephant we saw, there are two main types of g...

Wanna meet Lula? (Lewa Downs, Kenya)

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Lewa Downs was originially a family owned ranch. Now its a wildlife conservancy. "The Lewa Wildlife Conservancy works as a catalyst fo...

Because its my blog! (Lewa Downs, Kenya)

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Well, dear reader, we have reached that moment again...the where I get to put pictures in my blog because I like them. These, according to o...

Pumba! (Warthogs!) (Lewa Downs, Kenya)

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Warthogs are extremely shy -- making them very difficult to photograph! They are usually in families, or groupings called sounders. I can s...

Zebras! (Lewa Downs, Kenya)

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There are two main types of zebras in Kenya. Grevy's Zebras and Common ( Burchell's ) Zebras. This is a great side picture of a co...

Horseback Riding! (Lewa Downs, Kenya)

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A little discussed fact about Safaris -- its hard to bounce around in the car that much. It really is. So, Jason and I were looking for alt...

Baboons! (Lewa Downs, Kenya)

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These are two photos of baboons from our horseback ride! Jason and the boys were so excited to find them! I, on the other hand, was having ...

Turtles in the Road! (Lewa Downs, Kenya)

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On one of our drives we encountered a very unusual object blocking the path of the jeep! A turtle! As you can see he was quite afraid of us....

Welcome to our little chateau! (Masai Mara, Kenya)

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Imagine! All that luxury to a tent. Okay, so just a "tent" is a stretch! But still, bucket showers, a tarp floor, and only cl...

Monkeys, Monkeys, Monkeys (Kenya)

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These little black faced monkeys were everywhere! They looked so cute and when they were eating it reminded me of squirrels...they ate with ...

Ostrich -- Can you imagine? (Kenya)

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This is a male ostrich, black and white, as opposed to the female ostrich, all brown, below. They are very large birds and are surprisingly...

Whew! I could use a break! (Kenya)

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Even when you are in the most beautiful place on earth...everyone needs a little down time! Jason was napping and I decided to sit on our ...

Hyenas! (Masai Mara, Kenya)

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If you have ever seen The Lion King, you might be under the impression that hyenas are nasty, ugly creatures...in fact, I thought they were...