tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59833414163338827212024-03-12T22:20:43.854-07:00InWordsBurdettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07116597455314757060noreply@blogger.comBlogger63125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5983341416333882721.post-80328103162960947922013-12-24T13:06:00.000-08:002013-12-24T13:06:47.890-08:002013 Travel Dispatch # 29 (Queensland)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is a "makeup" exercise for the travel posts. Right after we got off the dive boat we rented a car and spent the next day on a drive up the coast from Cairns to Port Douglas and the beginnings of the Daintree Rainforest. As usual, I took quite a few pictures. But that night as I was transferring, supposedly, my files to the computer I thoughtlessly skipped a step and formatted the card before I had actually uploaded them to the computer. I said a few things best not repeated and spent a few hours attempting to resurrect the files to no avail. I was discouraged and not just a little P-Oed, but I didn't loose heart completely. I locked the card, tucked it away and decided to deal with it when we got home. Which I did and with the happy result of being able finally to retrieve the errant photo files.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So, I get to abuse you once more with more travel pics from our mega trip. As I mentioned, these shots are from a day when we visited Port Douglas (north of Cairns) and took a hike in Mossman Gorge at the south end of the Daintree Rainforest. The above photo is on a pier near the marina at Port Douglas. There were a number of good views on the drive up and since we came back on the same road we got to see them twice - but conditions had changed dramatically in those few hours.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">It was spring time in Australia and things were in bloom. They have a tree we never did find out the name of that has an incredible bloom and there were a lot of them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">These pics were shot on the 23rd of November in Australia, but they were already getting in the spirit of the coming season and since we are now pretty much there I want to conclude with this shot I got in a little shop in downtown Cairns. There's definitely an Aussie vibe about this look at jolly old St. Nick and the Mrs.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL AND TO ALL A GOOD NIGHT!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Yesterday was a "stay at home" day. Overnight Saturday the temperature dropped enough that the rain we had been getting since early Friday changed to freezing rain. In the process, it coated everything with a damaging layer of wet, heavy ice. There was no wind, thankfully, or things could have been much worse. As it was, the main sound of the day was the sound of branches breaking, falling and covering the ground with fragments of ice.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The best place to be was definitely inside in a warm and cozy place. But ultimately the splendor of all that shimmering, transparent ice covering everything drew me out with camera in hand to record the very real beauty of another of nature's many faces. Without further comment, I will just post some of the shots I got within yards of the house.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have to admit I almost didn't bother to go out. I could just imagine all the cameras out there clicking away and didn't see why I should add to the deluge of "ice" shots. Well I'm sure they were and a lot of them have already been appearing on facebook. More ice pictures probably didn't need to be taken. But I'm glad I got off my duff and went out. It's, happily, not all that common an occurrence and it was an undeniably wonderful photo op. And I also almost hate to admit that these are the first pictures I've taken since getting home from our trip - almost three weeks ago. That's just too long to have the cameras sitting idle. They (I) need the exercise and constant practice to keep the eye and the head in shape. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">It's now Monday morning. The temps have drifted back up to above freezing and overnight last night the ice disappeared from the trees. The driveway is still a bit treacherous, but the trees are much less burdened. Rumor has it that we're looking at sub-zero temps before Christmas. Ah, winter in the North Country.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.roundlakestudios.com/" target="_blank">Photography by Burdette</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hang on to your hats. This could be a bumpy ride. Well at least a full one. This was my first visit to Paris and we've only been here for two and half days -- not very long in such a subject rich environment. As a newbie, it was difficult not to behave like a typical tourist and try to check off as many of the traditional sites as possible. In the time we had, I think we did pretty damn well. I've taken more photos in the short time we've been here than I've taken other places where we've spent more time. This is a city teeming with photo ops. But don't panic. I've narrowed the selections down to just some basic markers to highlight the highlights. It's still going to be lengthy though as I'm combining the two days into one post. Grab a cup of whatever and come along for our lightning tour of Paris.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The weather here has not been all that great -- a lot of grey. But our first evening there was some nice late light near the Seine and there were some occasional moments of sun.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The last shot is across the Seine from the Left Bank looking at the Louvre which was going to be our first destination early the next morning.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Crossing the river the next morning, we encountered this. The mesh retaining walls of the bridge literally covered with locks. Padlocks. Like this...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We had two more sites to check off during the afternoon and it required a couple of Metro trips. One was the Eiffel Tower, of course.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Needless-to-say, it's been a fantastic journey, but it's nearing the end. Tomorrow we make our final two flights toward home and after spending the night in another of the world's great cities, we will get in our own car and drive ourselves back to our own little home town and our own cozy house. It's been great knowing there are interested folks out there to share this adventure with. I don't know how many photos I've included in these posts, but I do know I have accumulated 3156 photo files -- that I've kept. So you see, I really did spare you the bulk of them. And thanks for the comments you've made along the way. It was nice to know someone was following along.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.roundlakestudios.com/" target="_blank">Photography by Burdette</a></span></div>
Burdettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07116597455314757060noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5983341416333882721.post-11395505007791815562013-11-30T15:02:00.000-08:002013-11-30T15:02:31.506-08:002013 Travel Dispatch #26 (Bali Rice Fields)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">The highlight of our auto tour of Bali was a visit to an area of terraced rice fields ascending up the side of one of Bali's still active volcanos. The rice fields are at some of the lower elevations, obviously because the highest point on Bali is almost 10,000 feet (how about that you 46'rs?) Think about it. Bali is an island you can drive around the perimeter of in less than a day and yet it sports a mountain peak topping out just under 10,000 feet -- almost twice the height of Mt. Marcy. The clouds were hanging low that day so the mountain peak was never visible, but the terracing was very reminiscent of agricultural practices in Peru.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">There's a lot of similarity in these shots, they're all of terracing and rice fields after all, but in combination they offer a better sense of just how the area looked. I found it to be incredibly picturesque and apparently other concur. It was a feature of the majority of island tour packages and you have to pay a "Park Fee" just to drive into the area.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">There is a well established and comfortable walkway allowing easy access to overviews of the fields. But I choose to venture off the prescribed path and into the fields themselves. In addition to gaining a more interesting vantage point, I chanced upon a group of farmers working in one of the many paddies. They very happily agreed to let me photograph them and I was able to get some shots that are more than just interesting landscapes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">It's one of the contradictions of that fascinating little island. A very poor place filled with happy, hard working people. They have so little and work in ways little changed from what their ancestors did centuries ago, yet they seem content with what they have. I'm certainly not in a position to draw any revelatory conclusions from any of that, but the sentiment of "Less is more" seems to have some relevance. A lesson we seem unable to absorb in our western world, but one that is especially relevant as we rush headlong into another commercially overcharged holiday season.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">In this one photo, there are paddies full of rice ready for harvest, banana trees loaded with fruit and palm trees dripping with ripe coconuts. Such abundance and so well tended for by people who have learned to honor the land they depend on.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.roundlakestudios.com/" target="_blank">Photography by Burdette</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I think Bali may have one of the most artistic cultures I've ever encountered. Art, design, decoration and care in arrangement are evident everywhere. There is more public art on display than I've ever seen anywhere. Part of it is because there are so many temples and the temples are all minor to major works of art themselves. In this post, instead of focusing on the big pictures, I'm looking at some of the smaller pieces that work together to make up the whole.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The shot above is a detail of one the many large statues located at major intersections in the area. They are all different and all very elaborately designed and crafted. Here are front and back views of the same statue.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We saw it and felt it everywhere we went. We were greeted by it when we walked into our room and were greeted by these pieces that shared our room with us.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Different neighborhoods in Ubud had their own artistic specialties. Some were doing painting, some wood carving, some ceramics, some jewelry, etc. Whole neighborhoods devoted primarily to making art. It's part of their tradition. But it's a tradition that sadly is being lost. Many talented Balinese artists are finding that they make better money doing other things than they can get from their art products and have stopped making art. We had several different people independently make this claim and they are saddened by it but don't know what to do about it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The above piece is life sized and has a wonderful "feel" to it. It felt like it could easily just begin moving and stand right up. We were at the Louvre earlier today, and this had as nice a feeling about it as some of the pieces in the galleries there.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So here we are in Paris, after a long, long day of travel with some really "interesting" experiences as we passed through a number of different countries en route to here. We're in Paris, but have yet to post about Bali. So fried as my brain is what with time changes, sleep depravation and normal decline of function, I'm going to attempt to string some pictures together to create at least a passing impression of our brief time in Bali.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We were only there for a brief three days and small as that island is, three days is not nearly enough to do it justice. As with the diving photos, I've decided to divide these up a bit and do several posts (three to be precise). The first one will be a quick collection of some of the highlights of our visit to this beautiful but challenged country. I'm working with a foggy brain here so I may just let some of the pics speak for themselves.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The place we stayed was exquisite. Easily the nicest place we were in during our trip.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The view from our patio. One feature of this trip that was a bit of a challenge was the frequency of relocation. We never spent more than three nights in any one place. The room we had in Bali was one of the three night stays and we enjoyed every bit of it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Since we hadn't visited a temple since all those weeks ago in Japan, it be time to put a temple on the agenda and Bali is the place to do it. As many temples as we saw in Japan, Bali has more. The grounds of this one were immaculate.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Another stop we made was to a very large and very impressive Art Gallery. This was essentially a cooperative gallery similar to the Guild, but this one was representing over 150 artists and the place huge -- room after room after room. We did our bit for the local arts and bought some paintings.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">One thing Bali doesn't seem to lack, along with the rain, is lots of fresh fruit. Fruit in quantities and descriptions we can hardly imagine. For instance, I have no clue what those red/pink things in the upper right hand corner are.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Where ever I go, I engage in a personal quest. I have to find a source for Gelato. Bali was no exception. I quested and I found.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The lovely girl behind the counter was amused when I asked her to pose so I could get a shot of her and her Gelato cap.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Passing through the market place, we happened upon this woman from Australia and her companion, "Dahling".</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is just to illustrate the principal from of transportation in Bali. There are a lot of car and trucks too, but most people use motorbikes. I saw a family of five on one motorbike. And have we mentioned the traffic? Let's just say that venturing into Bali traffic on one of these things is an incredible act of faith.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Bali seems to be a land of old and honored tradition that is also trying hard to modernize. It's going to be an interesting journey. Next post I'm going to spend more time looking at and talking about some of the art of Bali.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.roundlakestudios.com/" target="_blank">Photography by Burdette</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Our last day in Australia we drove our rental car up from the coast north of Cairns into the Atherton Tablelands -- a distinctly different climate and feeling than on the coast. Our route up there was a "lovely" little road known as Gillies Highway. The above photo is looking back down from whence we've come but is only a very little way along the way.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here's the same picture but in color and with the track of the roadway highlighted. It continued just like that and worse for another thirty to forty kilometers -- and very steeply upward. It would be a fabulous road to do on a motorcycle and was really quite fun in a car. That's from the driver's perspective, maybe not so much as a passenger. You'd have to ask Fran about that.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Then we got to the top and the end of the curves and there was a scenic overlook so we could enjoy the fruits of our twisty climb. This was what we saw from there.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Aw well.... Shortly after getting back on straight roads, and out of the clouds, we followed signs that led us to the "Cathedral Fig Tree". There is nothing special about these photos. This is certainly a case of pictures being about the subject and not the photo. But the subjects are remarkable.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">It is aptly named the Cathedral Fig because there is a very strong spiritual feeling within it's aura.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Still on the Tablelands we stopped by a waterfall, of which there are many but we only got to this one, and enjoyed watching these two young ladies cavorting in the pool below the falls.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">And so ends our sojourn Down Under. Early the next morning, very, very early, we lifted up and away from Australia en route to Bali. I hope to get Bali sorted and reported during our travels toward Paris. We will be up in the air, literally, during much of Thanksgiving. So a Happy Thanksgiving to you all and to all a good morning.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.roundlakestudios.com/" target="_blank">Photography by Burdette</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">While we were on top of the water there was an aspect of the trip that was very much appreciated. The photo above demonstrates the sea conditions for pretty much the whole time we were out -- nearly a dead calm. And when you're thirty or forty miles from land and spending all that time ON the boat, calm seas are a wonderful thing. The boat was always in motion, of course, but it was a gentle, easy rocking. But even with that, there were a few passengers who may not entirely agree.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">There I was, just swimming along minding my own business about thirty or forty feet underwater when all of a sudden I'm accosted by this fish -- and a pretty good sized fish at that.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This may look like a closeup because it is! But not because of the camera setting. The camera was actually set at maximum wide angle and this fish is basically right in front of the lens. And it's not just looking me over, it's swimming fast and coming at me. As I paid attention to this one, I felt a bump on my head and another one had just bonked me on the way by. Two of them were swimming very fast around me in attack mode. Happily they weren't sharks but Triggerfish. Fine examples of Titan Triggerfish and apparently I had inadvertently strayed too close to their nest site. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">My dive buddy, Fran, observed the whole thing from a short distance away and gave me a hand. I mean she really gave me a hand, she applauded. Looking at these pics after the fact and noticing those teeth and very full looking botoxy lips, I was glad they felt no need to nip me.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">As amazing as the fish were, and they really are quite amazing and wonderful, I think the thing that impressed me most on our dives was the coral we saw there. We hear horror stories all the time about the decline of coral the dying and bleaching of coral and the generally dismal state of our oceans. With all of that happening, and we have seen sad examples of it, it was very heartening to see reefs where the coral and all the life it supports was looking quite healthy. Pictures of coral may not, on the surface, be as exciting as fish pictures; but seeing healthy coral is very exciting. It is beautiful and amazingly colorful.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">A veritable wonderland unlike anything else. You may have noticed something besides coral sneaking into that last picture. We always like to run across turtles and on this trip we did manage to cross paths with one. They're a delight to watch underwater. I wish I had thought to do a video of this guy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">. . . as Fran climbs out backwards, the approved ProDive way, at the end of the last dive of the trip. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The dive experience we had with ProDive of Cairns was as good as any we've had anyplace. It was our first time doing a live aboard of this type and we had some trepidations about it going in. But they were a thoroughly professional and polished operation. They had all the details worked out for seamless efficiency during every phase of the trip. To make it even more enjoyable and pleasant, the atmosphere on the boat was friendly, fun and helpful. But never at the expense of safety which is a pretty important consideration when people are disappearing underwater for extended intervals several times each day. And to top it all off, the food was plentiful and very good. The chief, actually only, cook was Veronica and she did an amazing job of keeping forty people fueled and happy -- even doing special menus for people with dietary issues.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.roundlakestudios.com/" target="_blank">Photography by Burdette</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Today was a travel day. We finished our business in Australia yesterday with a lovely drive up into the Atherton Tablelands (more later) and this morning (way early) we headed to the Cairns airport for our two flights to Bali (we did Cairns to Brisbane and then Brisbane to Bali.) So here I am in a truly delightful accommodation in the Ubud area of Bali and still trying to get caught up.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Without question, one of the special and most anticipated events of our grand adventure was the time we spent diving on Australia's Great Barrier Reef. If you dive, it's one of the "must do" dive sites in the world and I must say we were not disappointed. Since we were out there for the better part of three days and did eleven separate dives with me doing photography on most of them, it's not really practical to try to squeeze the whole thing down to one measly post. It just deserves more attention than that and if you non-diver types get bored with underwater pics, so be it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Just so you know, because I'm sure you were dying to, the fish pictured above is a Titan Triggerfish -- it's also my new homepage image on the website, but more about him/her later.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The composition of the dive party was interesting and quite unexpected. As you can see from the pics below, it was a very young group. We were, with no close competition, the most chronologically mature, in the group -- by decades in most cases. Prodive's boats carry a maximum of 32 divers plus instructors and crew. The boat was full to that limit, but most of the divers were on board to get their diving certifications. As a result, the already certified divers (thirteen of the thirty-two) were left pretty much to ourselves and dove essentially unguided - a new experience for us.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The abundance of nubile young females in bikinis did nothing to detract from the enjoyment of the trip. And, we were the only Americans in the group. Most of the young people were Swedish, Danish or Finnish and there were also Spaniards, Italians, Canadians, Croats, Scots and one Brit -- and the crew, of course, were mostly Australian. A very international group to be sure. We noticed early in our Australian peregrinations the abundance and variety of languages we were hearing. The experience on the dive boat reinforced that in spades. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">There's tons of stuff to see and pay attention to underwater, but one of the most interesting has to be the fish. On the GBR we found no shortage of them in all shapes, sizes and colors. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here's Miss Inquisitive checking out a Pineapple Sea Cucumber. Luckily, she put it back where she found it and didn't try to incorporate it into a salad or on any sandwiches.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">That's round one of our dive pics. If it looks like fun, it is. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The trip back to Ayers Rock was by bus again and there's not a whole lot terribly photogenic on most buses. I did try to do some shooting out the window, out of boredom more that anything else, but the results are even worse than trying to catch shots while running after a tour guide.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">What did happen though, is we stopped a few times for leg stretching, food, loo etc. Outback stations can be pretty interesting places. I guess when people are out in the middle of nowhere they can get creative about how to amuse themselves -- but what would Adirondackers know about that?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Waiting for the bus outside our King's Canyon rooms for the ride back. It was after the rim walk, about 11:00 and the temperature was already at about 30 degrees C. A bit warmer that in SL that day I dare say.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">At a stop along the way just to stretch our legs. The bus driver told us to go clime the sand dune. Yes that is a sand dune and it is in the middle of the outback. The sand is as fine as you'd see on any beach, except you may have noticed it's rather red.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is Snowflake who you already met in the top photo but were never properly introduced. Say "Hi". Snowflake is a year old camel that thinks it's a dog. At her present age she stands right about six feet tall. She will grow and one can only hope she doesn't think of herself as a lap dog.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This one is for Jane M. A donkey I didn't catch the name of it, but it had the longest ears I've ever seen on a donkey.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Then there was the emu. Don't know its name either. But they certainly are a different looking bird. Actually Australia is full on interesting looking birds -- the feathered kind I'm referring to, of course.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This was a VERY Italian woman who was on the tour with us. She was very animated, in the best Italian tradition, and very intense --and then there was the hair, a little reminiscent of the emu. A woman very comfortable with herself.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I was just on the verge of getting caught up when I hit a bit of a glitch last night. Yesterday we drove north from Cairns, very interesting driving on the left and negotiating the roundabouts, and spent some time at Port Douglas and Mossman Gorge. I got some nice shots. I think. I accidentally erased them before I had them on the computer. I spent most of last night trying to recover them from the disk without sufficient success. So I'm going to wait until I get home to try again with some better software. Next on the agenda is to try to make some sense of the pics I shot on the dive trip. 'Til then....</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Still in Cairns but we're off the boat and back on dry, solid ground. As it turned out, the dive boat we've been on for the past three days actually, unbelievably, did have wifi. They had it, but it was quite slow and of the 32 divers on board at least 22 of them were in their 20's and came fully loaded with all of their devices. The connection speeds were sorely challenged. I was glad I had chosen to leave the computer with the rest of the luggage. There also wasn't much spare time for doing such things as blogging. They took us out to dive and dive we did. But more about that in another post.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This post backs up to while we were still in the interior. We had just spent a night at King's Canyon Resort and had an early morning call to be out and ready to climb by something just plain stupid like 6:00 or something. Of course it made sense because it was supposed to be a hot day and getting an early start was going to kept us ahead of the heat.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is looking toward the rim we are going to climb up to just as the sun starts to light it. We got to the bottom and started up...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is toward the top of the climb when you could start to look out over the surrounding terrain. The red shirt helps highlight just how red the rock and soil are there.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here's an elated and lovely you know who back lit by the morning sun after achieving the top of the rim. The whole hike was 6.6 km. There was the climb up, then a climb down to the waterhole at the bottom of the canyon, another climb back up to the rim and finally a decent back down to the desert floor.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We did the whole thing in just under three hours. It was a lovely hike and could have been a whole lot better but for the attitude of the guide we had. He was completely new to us and was just there for that hike. But it was obvious from the beginning that he didn't really want to be doing it. As a result he just ticked off the required marks and then rushed on to the next obligatory high lit of the walk. Apparently, as far as he was concerned, the only pictures worth taking were the ones to be gotten at the prescribed spots. Oh, how wrong he was. But at the pace he insisted on moving, it was very difficult to grab decent shots. Very disappointing morning from that perspective and lots of missed opportunities. If you fell behind, he actually yelled at you.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The composition of the rock that make up this area is very different than the rock structure we saw at Uluru. There the rock was smooth and uniform. At King's Canyon is it all kinds of rocks pressed together like a big wad of dough filled with a variety of nuts and chips.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">After the rim walk ended, at the late, late hour of 9 am, we got back on the bus and did the three hours back to Ayers Rock Resort for one more night there before flying on to Cairns. But before we get there, my next post will be of a few interesting critters we encountered on the return trip. I bet you can hardly wait. Right now it's time to put my waterlogged body to bed and hope it dries overnight. Not complaining, mind you, but this body has spent more time in water in the last three days that it has in three times that many months.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is Nick, he was our guide for several of the tours we did while at Uluru. On this particular day we went explore another upthrust area near Uluru called the "Olgas". The native name is Kata Kjuta, but they're better known by the English name. We did two hikes by and into them and these are some pics.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We stuck around long enough to catch the sun peeking out of the clouds just at the right time to spotlight the rock formation. Another sunset success. The weather was being somewhat uncharacteristically cloudy and not everyone was having such luck.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This day was perhaps the hottest we experienced during our stay in the interior. It got up to about 40 degrees C. These Crested Pigeons were sitting with their wings held away from their bodies just trying to keep from being par-broiled on the spot. Pigeon Pie anyone?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Check out the lady to the left of center. She's taking a picture of the place with her iPad. We saw a lot of that. There was not shortage of cameras around, but there was an incredible variety of them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Dinner time there. The next day we did the rim walk. It was very good exercise but will have to wait until we get back from diving to get it on the blog. Rain is in the forecast here, but we don't really care as we'll be underwater anyway a good deal of the time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">OK, this one is going to be fast and furious. A bunch of pictures and probably not much commentary. This post is going to be about our first day at the Ayers Rock Resort and most especially about Uluru (Ayers Rock) and our introduction to it. We're now in Cairns and actually have wifi in our room. Going to try to get caught up.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">But before I begin that, I would just like to back up a bit to revisit the time we were able to spend in the company and influence of Hugh and Jo. Being able to visit a new and completely unknown place along with friends who live in that place is a very special treat and provides experiences and opportunities that would simply be impossible if we were here totally on our own. We had the connection with the monastery in Japan and then the time with Hugh and Jo and connections they facilitated with friends of theirs. It afforded us the gift of being able to see and relate to the reality of the place and not just the experience of a foreigner passing through a strange land. The times with the real people of Japan and Australia have made an already special trip that much more special. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We, of course first say "the rock" from the plane as we flew in and could see it from our balcony once we checked into to our room. But the first real exposure to it was that afternoon and evening when we did the "Sunset Viewing." This is really big deal and probably one of the few things that pretty much anyone who visits "the rock" does and the number of people we saw there confirms. The evening we went was a good one. There were clouds but not so many that it interfered with the setting rays of the sun painting "the rock" a glorious red. You will note in the picture that will be appearing in this post and some following ones that there is a very distinct redness about the landscape there.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The BBQ was fun, at least for a carnivore like myself, they were serving beef steak (cooked anyway you liked it), chicken, prawns and kangaroo. I had them all. So far I have had kangaroo, three times, camel and emu. They have all been good and I would eat any one of them again. They also served a big, lovely salad. Then we went home and went to bed -- we had been up since four that morning to catch our six o'clock flight to Ayers Rock Airport.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The next morning, up at four o'clock again, we went out to view the other side of "the rock" at sunrise.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">One thing we did not do, or have any desire to do, was climb "the rock". Climbing is allowed, sometimes (see below), but it is also actively discouraged. The native owners of this land would rather it not be climbed as it is a holy place for them. But the agreement made when the land was deeded back to them (long story) included allowing "the rock" to be climbed. They are trying to reduce the number of people who climb. Currently, statistics show that about 25% of visitors climb or want to climb. According to some agreement, if that number can be reduce to 20% or less, "the rock" can be closed to climbing altogether.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">You can see the route up "the rock" in this photo. If you look real closely, you can see the trail and the guide posts going right over the top. Every day a ranger makes a judgement about whether climbing will be allowed on that day. As you can see, the day we were there it wasn't. They take this very seriously and if you dast climb when it is forbidden it is a very bad thing -- something like a $5000 fine. And it's enforced. Would that they paid such attention in the High Peaks.</span><br />
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is handled almost exclusively by Greeks. Steve specializes in oysters
(he once personally shucked 3000 oysters in a day) and Hugh was
determined to get his oysters from Steve, which he did – four dozen
of them at eleven dollars a dozen. Pretty darn good considering
they're going for fifteen to twenty dollars per half dozen in the
restaurants we've been in. Steve was shucking without a pause the
whole time and just handing them out like candy on halloween. We
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that had everything you can imagine and more AND it had lunch. It
made Fran very happy. After lunch, we went to the hotel and checked
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<span style="font-size: large;">Once we were settled into the hotel, we went for a walk downtown
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<span style="font-size: large;">The featured show at the gallery was an exhibit of Indian art.
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<span style="font-size: large;">There was, of course, much more in the gallery than the Indian
exhibit. A lot of early Australian work and a representation of some
English and European work. There is also a fair representation of
more contemporary stuff. This was a good example. Quite an arresting
piece. There were actually two of them side by side, but I wanted a
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<span style="font-size: large;">By the time we finished our city chores, it was time to get ready
to head out to the country to our dinner with Rosie and Tony, more
old Adelaide friends. Rosie and Tony have a home in Adelaide and a
home in the country outside the city. That home is actually a ranch
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<span style="font-size: large;">What we discovered is that Fran LOVES cows. Who knew? But that didn't stop
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then headed back to get some sleep in preparation for an early
morning flight that would land us at Uluru and the Ayers Rock Resort
around noon the next day. But on our way back into town, I saw and
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.roundlakestudios.com/" target="_blank">Photography by Burdette</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It's hard catching up. Posting at the end of the day while all the
memories are still fresh is ever so much easier to do. Posting
several days after-the-fact, especially while fully engaged in new
adventures, gets much trickier. Relying on these depleted memory
cells is a considerable challenge. We're in Uluru now (which is the
epitome of “the middle of nowhere”), taking hikes and getting up
at ridiculous hours for sunrise viewings, and having to harken back
to the discoveries and revelations three or four days back (while
it's fun to reinforce the memories) just gets damn confusing. I guess
the answer there is to never go anyplace that is not fully connected
to the 21<sup>st</sup> Century – oh, how dreadfully dull. While
it's obvious it's just best to keep up, that's clearly not going to
be possible. Wifi from a live-aboard dive boat in the middle of the
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in the company of our wonderful friends from near Melbourne and
arrived at our digs on KI just in time to enjoy the setting of the
sun. Our time on KI was very full and very enjoyable. Not at all at
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<span style="font-size: large;">KI is not a little island. Our first full day on the island we
traveled somewhere between three and four hundred kilometers, that
would be 185 to 250 miles for you non-metric types. And, or course,
it wasn't all drive time, because there were a number of interesting
destinations to be gawked at en-route. Our first big stop of the day
was at Seal Bay. Now I know you can go to Loon Bay in the Adirondacks
and never see a loon, but Seal Bay is pretty predictable and
satisfying. The first shot of today's dispatch is from there as is
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is a shot of the beach at Seal Bay with Australian Sea Lions
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very end of the island called, no kidding, Remarkable Rocks. And they
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strolled the little village of Penneshaw while we were waiting for
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ferry. Great look for the intrepid traveler. I've been encouraging
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.roundlakestudios.com/" target="_blank">Photography by Burdette</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Time flies. There's been no shortage of events, activities and
photo ops. What has been in short supply (read “totally absent”),
is access to Wifi and therefore the internet. Hence the rather
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<span style="font-size: large;">It's been such a large gap, and we've seen so much more of
Australia, that it would be quite impractical to even attempt to get
all caught up in one blog posting, besides, who would have the
patience to wade through so much drivel from yours truly? AND I don't
have the patience or the time to put it all together at once. We are
also still somewhat Wifi challenged so I'm just going to get as much
done as I can between tour activities here at Uluru.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">And we're on the move again, but this time our mode of transport is the more pedestrian and user friendly automobile. We're traveling down the Great Ocean Road with friends Hugh and Jo after spending a couple of nights at their home en route to a few days of exploration of Kangaroo Island.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">After a few hours of driving through rural Australia to get to the coast, passing through farm and ranch land that is unbelievably and uncharacteristically green and lush, we hit the Ocean Road just a couple of kilometers from a coastal formation known as the Twelve Apostles, great spires of rock thrusting out of the ocean. But now it is really more like Eleven Apostles because one of them just recently succumbed to the ravishment of the waves. Like pretty much all of our earth, it is an evolving, living landscape.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'm trying not to over do it and some would say, "You've seen one Apostle, you've seen 'em all." But I think you can get different feelings for the same place by looking at it from different perspectives. So, a couple more shots. Actually, the day was hardly ideal for taking pictures and I'm pretty happy with how well they come out despite the grey, cold, wet and windy conditions.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Another day of promise tomorrow in all regards but the weather. Shower chances are slightly diminished, but the wind and cool will persist. After several years of serious drought conditions, no one here is complaining about the rain and the area is looking great.</span><br />
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Burdettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07116597455314757060noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5983341416333882721.post-48084455454041618072013-11-07T04:25:00.000-08:002013-11-07T04:25:06.687-08:002013 Travel Dispatch #12 (Castlemaine)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">There's been a big change since Sydney. Yesterday we flew from Sydney to Melbourne, got picked up at the airport by friends who live near Melbourne and spirited away to their place. Their place is not Melbourne at all, but a small town (about the size of Saranac Lake) considerably south of the larger city. The area is best known as the site of Australia's Gold Rush in 1851. It's where all the serious prospectors went when the bloom wore of the rush in California and it has a lot of the feel of the American West.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Today we went to visit some artist friends of our host and hostess and were thrilled with their grounds and studio -- in many ways it is reminiscent of the King's place outside of Malone. <i>(The name of their studio and garden area predates the title of the book.)</i> Their last name is Gray. In the late 90s, they had a show at the Guggenheim in NYC and sold every single piece.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">They work in metal, wire, mesh, sheets etc. and also collect utilitarian items make from wire.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Metal artist, Peter Gray, standing in the door of his studio.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">And they also have a wonderful garden incorporated with all the art.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I don't know what the top one is, except very showy, but the bottom one-- paging Katherine Hepburn.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is what I'm talking about with the old west feeling. Of course, there are a couple of other details of interest about this particular structure as well.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">And then there were the Roos. We went for a drive this afternoon so I could get some shots of kangaroos. How could a photographer spend time in Australia without getting at least a few shots of kangaroos? Almost as unthinkable as not getting any shots of the Sydney Opera House.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So that mission is accomplished, but be forewarned, there may be more to come.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">And no Australian sojourn would be complete without a look at a Kookaburra. So, another check mark goes on the list and tomorrow we head down the coast on the Great Coast Road. Who knows what we'll be seeing there.</span><br />
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Burdettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07116597455314757060noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5983341416333882721.post-44101518804457650592013-11-05T05:00:00.000-08:002013-11-05T05:04:59.205-08:002013 Travel Dispatch #11 (Sydney and Art)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">This entry is going to be short and sweet but very long. Huh? We went to see a show at Sydney's Wharf Theater this evening and so got back to the room a bit later than usual. So I'm not going to go on much about the events of the day. However, we did have a very full day and some activities that generated LOTS of pictures. I'm not going to try to explain each picture, I'm just going to throw them at the blog in clumps.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We began the day with Ros and Tony picking us up at the hotel and taking us to Bondi Beach where a wonderful art event is happening right now. It's called "Sculpture by the Sea" and is the work of dozens and dozens of artists exhibited along a seaside walk beginning at Bondi Beach. It's a really big deal here and there was some really nice work on display. I took a bunch of pictures and several of those follow without further comment.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here's one more I took along that walk that I think is as wonderful a piece of art as the sculptures above.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">No man hands did this work though. This is more of nature's handwork.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The sculpture walk pretty well took care of the morning and from there we had to hurry to our next appointment. Today is a very special day in Australia. It is the day of the Melbourne Cup Race and everything in the whole country pretty much stops for the race. Imagine the Kentucky Derby, the Super Bowl and the final game of the World Series all happening at once and you've got an idea of the impact of the Cup Race on Australia.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Our incredibly wonderful hosts, Ros and Tony, were so wonderfully kind to invite us to join them at their club for the race. Like I said, it's a really big deal and quite a delightful affair. Coat and tie required for me, which friends of our hosts graciously provided, and a hat for Fran -- just like Derby Day you see.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Now wouldn't you think that's enough? But no, from the Race Luncheon, we went back to visit the Opera House one more time. I bet you thought you had seen the last of that Opera House, well au contraire. More shots of that amazing sculpture to help erase that last picture from your memory banks.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The walkway going out to the Opera House is called the Writer's Walk. On it we discovered a connection that links Sydney, Australia with our own town of Saranac Lake.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Then we went to see a show at the Wharf Theater of Sydney.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">If you look really closely, you can see white specks above the roofs. Those are sea gulls. Hundreds of sea gulls flying in the beams of the lights apparently feasting on the bugs the lights attract. So ends the saga of the Opera House.</span><br />
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<br />Burdettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07116597455314757060noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5983341416333882721.post-29485432554682940212013-11-04T04:23:00.000-08:002013-11-04T04:35:00.975-08:002013 Travel Dispatch #10 (Sydney, Manly)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">We left our hotel, pictured here, at a reasonable hour, ie. the sun was well up. The Russell Hotel is a charmingly older hotel smack dab in the middle of the area called the Rocks and just so barely off the harbor. A very convenient location suggested by our friends in Melbourne and a lovely little accommodation.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Our first adventure for the day, after breakfast, was to get on one of the many ferries and head out of the harbor to Manly a nearby town. We then spent the next three hours on a medium sized trek about Manly.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">As we explored, we saw some of our first wildlife of the trip, exclusive of the pubs, of course. This is one of a pair of Cockatoos we saw sitting on the ground calmly munching on pine cones.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">And a little further along the trail, we found this guy sensibly sunning him/herself on a handy rock. I think a local called it a Tear Drop Lizard. I'm sure Ed will correct me if I'm wrong about that.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is what part of the coast around Manly looks like. We probably walked between five and six miles and it was well worth it. And, to our delight, the temperatures in Sydney changed yesterday afternoon from 30 degrees to 17 or 18 degrees (all centigrade, of course) and with the stiff breeze we were actually a bit cool at times.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Along the way, we passed this marvelous little section of rock face that really wanted to have it's picture taken. It's not really a picture "of" anything. I just really like the image.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">That one was what I would call "found art". Also along a part of the path there were some examples of public art. A couple of those follow.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">OK. So we're now in Sydney after another long flight, but not nearly as long as the flight from JFK to Hong Kong, it's morning and we catch a shuttle to our quaint little hotel right in the harbor district.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">What have we seen the most of in Australia so far? That may be Pubs. Remembering that this country's origins are English, that shouldn't be much of a surprise. Maybe it's just the neighborhood we're in, but you never have to look far for a pub.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is the zen garden at the temple we stayed in for the past two nights. The problem with these zen temple places is that they are the result of a lot of people over a very long period of time taking great care in making them places of beauty. And they've done a good job of it. So it's pretty much impossible to get very far in or around them without finding more stuff to photograph. Of course, I'm sure it's all been photographed before, but it's all fresh to my eyes. As a result, I end up taking waaaayyy too many pictures and when I get around to looking at them to make selections to include in these blog entries I end up with more images than anyone should reasonably be expected to wade through. But, ultimately that's your problem and not mine. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">My problem is finding the time to post all of the pictures I've selected as being interesting -- at least to me. And in the final analysis, that may be the deciding factor. How much time will be available to get it all done and still get out there to make more pictures. My god. It's an endless, self-perpetuating cycle. This travel business is exhausting. I need a drink.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Lucky for me, these units seem to abound all over Japan. A refreshing drink is just a few steps away. Interestingly, most of the beverages included are juice mixtures or flavored waters. There's not nearly as much soda available as we see in the US. And the obesity rate is considerably lower here too. Coincidence?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This shot demonstrates the fun of riding a city bus. One thing there is no lack of in Kyoto, or Japan itself for that matter, is people. We used four different forms of ground transport during our time in Kyoto, train (the most), subway, bus and taxi (the most expensive) and in all but taxis, the crowds were daunting.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Did I mention there were a lot of people around? And the closer you got to a temple, especially the popular ones, the lotter of people there were. From what we saw at this temple today, I can't imagine there were any kids in school anywhere in Japan today.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Our visit to Kyoto ended as it began, in Kyoto Station. According to Hiroko, it is the biggest train station in all of Japan. It is immense and very impressive, but not at all in keeping with the historic style and sense one has of the city. It is a monument to Kyoto's new image of itself -- one of modernity and growth. An interesting direction for a city that has been the historic center of Japan for so many centuries.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We have been out to dinner and had our first sushi meal since we've been in Japan. Can you come to Japan and not have at least ONE sushi meal? I think not. As good as it was, we should probably have had more -- and may still though our Japan time is getting short.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">As I mentioned, we spent most of today out and about seeing the sights, of which there are MANY here in Kyoto. The town is loaded with Temples and Shrines. We are now staying in another monastery located within a temple compound. In this compound alone there are forty-seven temples. We're NOT going to visit them all. In fact, we may not visit any of them aside from the one we are staying in.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The one temple we visited today worth sharing is the one pictured above. It's called the Golden Temple (for pretty obvious reasons) and has a more official Japanese name that I don't recall at the moment and am too lazy to lookup. It was actually rebuilt in 1955 to its original specs after a fanatic monk burned it down. The original was built as part of a shogun's home in the 1300s. It's also one of the most popular attractions in all of Kyoto. The place was chocka-block with tourists -- at least 90% of whom were Japanese and a large percentage of those were school children.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">But enough with the temples. In keeping with the direction I pointed in my latest show at the Guild, I'm trying to pay more attention to people on this trip and not just focus on the scenery. It's not a natural thing for me to do and I'm not all that comfortable about approaching strangers to see if I can take their picture. But if there is anyplace on the planet where people have an understanding of the picture taking impulse, it's Japan and people here, especially near the tourists sites, respond very positively. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">And that's it for now. It's beddy-bye time, 10:30 on Halloween night and we haven't seen a single trick or treater. They do take Halloween decorations etc. pretty seriously here though. Gotta run.</span><br />
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Burdettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07116597455314757060noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5983341416333882721.post-46022378182873809462013-10-31T01:10:00.000-07:002013-10-31T01:10:31.065-07:002013 Travel Dispatch #6 (Kyoto and more Temples)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">We did a bunch more sightseeing today (ie. chasing temples), but I'm going to spare you all that, for now at least, to just respond to the show of hands for the 80 year comparison pics. Got some pretty good shots today and will probably get them out at some point but for now this is about all I have the energy for.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is the photo we took yesterday with Fran, Tokuman Roshi and the current crop of monks, almost exactly eighty years later. Everything has changed but the buildings and the sense of the place.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">And we're back! Well, back into a part of the world where we have internet access again. We have just had the most amazing experience at a most amazing place. I can't relate it nearly as well as Fran could, since it's really her story, but I will try to give a sense of my spin on the past couple of days. Sit back, this may be a lengthy one.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is the entrance to where we have just come back from. It is a Buddhist monastery that has it's origins in the 12th or 13th century. It is a training ground for monks. Fran's grandmother studied Zen Buddhism there exactly 80 years ago, nearly to the day actually, from when we arrived. The monastery is a very private place and not generally open to the public, I was indeed privileged to be able to take the pictures I took in and around the entire compound. Because of Fran's connection through her grandmother and the papers and photos she brought to share with the monks, we were very warmly received. In fact, we were treated as very special guest and afforded every courtesy and consideration. Very impressive considering that the primary focus of the monastery is the difficult and rigorous training of the monks.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The interior of the main building. The entire place was immaculate and extremely well kept. There were very old parts and some very new parts. It was difficult at times to know which was which.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is a view, across a little pond and garden area, of the building we stayed in. Actually, we had pretty much the entire ground floor.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The interior of our room, with sleeping palettes in-place. We were guests there for two nights and two full days plus.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The grounds were littered, hardly an appropriate verb, with artfully arranged and beautiful objects. It was a heavenly place for a photographer to wander around. And again I felt very honored to be allowed to do so. I could append a unseemly number of examples, but will spare you that.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">But ultimately, a monastery is not really about the place, beautiful and special as it is, it is about the monks being trained there. They were a wonderful group of devoted young men, though a couple were into their 40s most of them were in their 20s. They treated us wonderfully and tolerated our intrusion into their monastic lives with grace. Their days start at 3:30am with an exercise session and then proceeds to prayer and meditation. Fran joined them one morning, I did not. They have two breaks, at 9 in the morning and 4 in the afternoon. The above is during one of those breaks. It is the only time I observed them to act somewhat unmonk-like.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Both Fran and the Roshi had copies of a picture of Fran's grandmother with the Roshi and monks of her time. The above is a present day, as of today actually, recreation of that photo taken in exactly the same place. The only things different are that the trees are bigger and the group of monks is smaller. The picture Fran is holding is of her grandmother. </span>(A show of hands if you want to see the original pic from 1933.)<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">And now for a closing bonus for the foodies in the crowd, we know you're out there.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We had lunch at the monastery and dinner on the 11th floor of Kyoto Station after we got back. The lunch was with the Roshi and dinner was with a lovely young lady who served as translator the whole time we were at the monastery. (Maybe more about her later.) But the food.... Below are the foodie pics.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">A most excellent monastery lunch. . .</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">. . . and our decidedly un-monastic dinner. But both were delicious. The Japanese do do food well, in both taste and appearance.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.roundlakestudios.com/" target="_blank">Photography by Burdette</a></span></div>
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