Stonehenge is one of the world's most intriguing places, with carefully placed, massive stone monuments celebrating some of the world's most ancient religious traditions.
Danny Sullivan has a great set of travel tips to Stonehenge because until recently when he was not running search conferences around the globe he was ... living near Stonehenge.
Saturday, June 21, 2008
Thursday, June 19, 2008
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USS Missouri Surrender Deck, site of the end of WWII. The surrender was signed here and the actual documents lie in a case to the left. Battleship tours run from the grounds of the USS Arizona memorial. Arizona is free but Missouri tours are 16 per adult as of spring 2005.
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Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Great Hall of the People, Beijing, Tiananmen Square
This is the Great Hall of the People where the China Communist party members meet to make China's key governmental decisions. This enormous hall lies to one side of Tiananmen square in Beijng and across from the Forbidden City.
Friday, June 6, 2008
Bendixen's Shipyard, Eureka, Cal.
Click on this picture for Dberry's great collection of historic pictures and postcards featuring Northern California destinations.
Pristine unused postcard. On the back is printed "Private Mailing Card Authorized by Act of Congress, May 19, 1898."
Pristine unused postcard. On the back is printed "Private Mailing Card Authorized by Act of Congress, May 19, 1898."
Higgins Ferry, Smith River, CA about 1903
The history of Northern California offers a powerful combination of Native American culture and lore, European exploration, gold mining and the farming and ranching that still characterize the splendid American landscape that stretches (very roughly) from Redding to Yreka to the Oregon border in the middle of the state and from Mendocino to Del Norte Counties on the California Coast and from Alturas to Klamath Falls Oregon in the high desert Eastern side of California.
Forbidden City Ancient Fire Extinguisher
These massive kettles were used to hold water to put out fires in the Forbidden City. For the more important building the huge copper (brass?) kettles were covered with .... gold.
Thursday, June 5, 2008
Travel Like James Bond
If you like James Bond films you'll enjoy Budget Travel's tour of hotspots from the Bond Movies:
http://www.budgettravel.com/bt-dyn/content/article/2008/05/15/AR2008051502899.html
From Italy to Istanbul to Thailand, James Bond really got around as a tourist even though he generally was too busy dodging bullets to do much sightseeing. You can avoid most of the danger he faced with visits to these locations or avoid all of it as an armchair traveller:
Casino Royale (2006) One & Only Ocean Club, Paradise Island, Bahamas
GoldenEye (1995)Le Casino de Monte-Carlo, Monaco
Octopussy (1983)Taj Lake Palace, Udaipur, India
From Russia with Love (1963)Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, Turkey
Dr. No (1962)Dunn's River Falls & Park, Ocho Rios, Jamaica
The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)Ko Tapu, near Phuket, Thailand
Goldfinger (1964) Fontainebleau Miami Beach, Fla.
Quantum of Solace (release date: November 2008) The Palio, Siena, Italy
http://www.budgettravel.com/bt-dyn/content/article/2008/05/15/AR2008051502899.html
From Italy to Istanbul to Thailand, James Bond really got around as a tourist even though he generally was too busy dodging bullets to do much sightseeing. You can avoid most of the danger he faced with visits to these locations or avoid all of it as an armchair traveller:
Casino Royale (2006) One & Only Ocean Club, Paradise Island, Bahamas
GoldenEye (1995)Le Casino de Monte-Carlo, Monaco
Octopussy (1983)Taj Lake Palace, Udaipur, India
From Russia with Love (1963)Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, Turkey
Dr. No (1962)Dunn's River Falls & Park, Ocho Rios, Jamaica
The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)Ko Tapu, near Phuket, Thailand
Goldfinger (1964) Fontainebleau Miami Beach, Fla.
Quantum of Solace (release date: November 2008) The Palio, Siena, Italy
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