Travel eye-candy

[princesss]

And just because it''s pretty and not everybody has been to Virginia...this is my school during the first snow of the year. It started around midnight, which is why the picture is so dark.

 

[Love in Bloom]

Date: 6/30/2007 12:28:33 AM
Author: princesss
Two tigers at a monastary in Kanchanaburi, Thailand. This picture was taken with my camera, along with several pictures of me petting the tigers which I can put up if anybody is interested...

I''m very interested!

 

[Kaleigh]

Great pics princess. I want to see a pic of you petting those tigers. Love the snowy shot of your school, is that UVA?? And love the pic of the Duomo ( I can't spell it either) in Florence, have fond memories of it.

 

[Skippy123]

Wow Princess, those are some wonderful pictures and places!!!!

 

[princesss]

Ok, tiger pictures. (And no, I don''t go to UVA. Good guess, though! I go to the University of Mary Washington which used to be part of UVA.)

This is when we got there. My mom, boyfriend, and I showed up just in time for the last tiger to be walking to their playground, and one of the volunteers that works there asked if we were there to walk with the tigers. I kind of nodded (more out of confusion from hearing English, and was agreeing to "Yes that is a tiger walking in front of me" not "Oooooh, let me walk him!") and the next thing I knew he took everything but my sunglasses and put my hand on the tiger''s back.

 

[princesss]

Ok, I learned two things from the whole tiger petting experience.

1) When you know that if they decide to kill you, they will, it is surprisingly calming. If you look in the background in this picture you can see the tourist area of the "enclosure". Basically, a rope separated the tigers from the people. And not even a thick rope. More of a cord, really.

2) Despite what every 8 year old girl who was obsessed with tigers ever heard, they really *can* be big kittens if they''ve been raised around people (but they really, really could kill you quite easily). One in particular LOVED having the spot behind his ears scratched, and purrs when you do it. Now, I don''t know if anybody else has heard a tiger purr, but when it is unexpected, it''s probably the scariest sound in the world until you figure out what it is. This same tiger liked a friend of ours so much that he rolled onto his back and plopped his head onto her lap so she''d keep petting him.

 

[Harriet]

Date: 6/29/2007 11:31:03 PM
Author: Skippy123
Thanks Linda! Bumping for others to post eye candy. Harriet, I am going to post some pics of Santa Fe some time for ya.

Please do.

 

[Skippy123]

Date: 6/30/2007 8:16:39 PM
Author: Harriet

Date: 6/29/2007 11:31:03 PM
Author: Skippy123
Thanks Linda! Bumping for others to post eye candy. Harriet, I am going to post some pics of Santa Fe some time for ya.

Please do.

I will. I think you will like it.

Tell us about your ring, you naughty thing. . . keeping us hanging. I hope you got it back.

 

[surfgirl]

I travel a lot but I dont post my photos here because it's too many photos to load around...but if anyone's interested, please feel free to see my photos here:




ETA: Skippy, those cakes are TO DIE FOR! Especially the lemon coconut! I'm going into a diabetic coma just thinking about it...

 

[Skippy123]

cool Surfgirl aka Noodleprincess. Those cakes are so pretty.

Cool travels.

 

[Harriet]

Thanks, surfgirl.

 

[KimberlyH]

Oh my goodness , Skippy and princesss, how did I miss these fabulous photos! I was too busy reading the WWT thread, apperantly.

Skip, your shots of Hawaii make me long for a vacation...NOW!

princesss, I can''t even imagine what an amazing experience you had with those tigers. They are just amazing creatures and you are so lucky to have had such an incredible experience! Do you have more pictures to share.

Uh oh, I feel a vacation coming on...and it''s not an option right now...how sucky is that!

 

[Skippy123]

Date: 7/19/2007 10:34:25 PM
Author: KimberlyH
Oh my goodness , Skippy and princesss, how did I miss these fabulous photos! I was too busy reading the WWT thread, apperantly.

Skip, your shots of Hawaii make me long for a vacation...NOW!

princesss, I can''t even imagine what an amazing experience you had with those tigers. They are just amazing creatures and you are so lucky to have had such an incredible experience! Do you have more pictures to share.

Uh oh, I feel a vacation coming on...and it''s not an option right now...how sucky is that!

Thanks Kimberly, you just went to Maui Wowi and Chicago 2 times recently! It is fun to travel

You are too cute. W/all your Chicago trips it is making me want to go.

 

[Skippy123]

Harriet,
what are your travel plans? Where are you going? Your cruise and Sydney? Is FI going on both trips? I think it is wonderful your job give you time off for a month! Wow, fun!

 

[Jaders731]

OMG.. Surfgirl.. I am obsessed with Sprinkles... holy lord.. they are sooo good!!! I had them for the first time last month.. and let me tell ya.. I dont like choc. cake.. but the dark chocolate with the flat sprinkles.. heaven on earth... here is my picture:

Ok... so they arent totally travel eye candy.. but in a way they are.. I travelled all the way from Turks and Caicos for those little beauties!!! mmmmmm my mouth is watering.

 

[surfgirl]

jaders you crack me up. I know, I had the same reaction to them.

 

[Harriet]

Date: 7/20/2007 11:34:22 AM
Author: Skippy123
Harriet,
what are your travel plans? Where are you going? Your cruise and Sydney? Is FI going on both trips? I think it is wonderful your job give you time off for a month! Wow, fun!

Oh boy, have I ever earned the time off (that''s it for the year, though). The FI and I will be going on the cruise, followed by a couple of days in Paris (Fauchon, here I come). After that, I''ll be going to Singapore, during which I''ll go to Indonesia and possibly Thailand. Then, it''ll be Australia. Phew!

 

[CrownJewel]

princesss the photos of you with the tigers are SO cool!! I can''t even imagine how it felt. Kind of makes me want to go there and "accidentally" say that I am there to walk the tigers too!!!

surfgirl, what a fantastic job you have!!! I read through a couple of the entries on your blog and I''m anxious for you to post more. I like the way you write and I appreciate your respectful accounts of the places that you''ve been to. I laughed out loud about the fellow airline passengers. I''ve read travels blogs before where the writers just whine and complain about everything in any country that is not like their home country. (e.g. "it''s such a dirty country, the people spit on the table and have no manners, the people are disgusting, they have no style, the food is nasty...etc etc.") I think it''s nice to read a travel blog that points out the interesting aspects of different countries, both good and bad, in an enlightening and respectful way, instead of just recounting its shortcomings compared to one''s native country. kudos to you!!!!!!

more travel eye candy please!!!

 

[surfgirl]

crown jewel (did you change your avatar???), thank you so much for the kind words! I was just trying the blogging thing for traveling because I have so many weird experiences that nobody would believe and sometimes I need to vent when I''m in country for long periods of time so this is becoming a good way to vent, and it''s rather amusing when I read them back later on... I''ll be in the Caribbean as of tomorrow night so check back from Sunday onwards as I''ll be trying my best to take some photos and make some entries while I''m there! Enjoy and thanks for checking it out.

 

[Skippy123]

Date: 7/20/2007 3:27:38 PM
Author: Harriet

Date: 7/20/2007 11:34:22 AM
Author: Skippy123
Harriet,
what are your travel plans? Where are you going? Your cruise and Sydney? Is FI going on both trips? I think it is wonderful your job give you time off for a month! Wow, fun!

Oh boy, have I ever earned the time off (that''s it for the year, though). The FI and I will be going on the cruise, followed by a couple of days in Paris (Fauchon, here I come). After that, I''ll be going to Singapore, during which I''ll go to Indonesia and possibly Thailand. Then, it''ll be Australia. Phew!

Harriet, I can''t wait to hear about your trip and see pics. I think Harriet has a few. hehe
I can''t wait!!!!

 

[Harriet]

I have a grand total of 12.

 

[Skippy123]

Date: 8/29/2007 10:42:20 PM
Author: Harriet
I have a grand total of 12.

Yay! I can''t wait! I missed you!

 

[Skippy123]

Any have pictures of Barcelona to add to our Eye candy??? I am thinking of going there this spring and would love some pics and thoughts on the city, please

 

[Skippy123]

It has been kind of cloudy and cold lately so I thought it would be fun to see some travel pics.
I have seen some AMAZING pic's floating around here lately and was hoping to see more (thanks Ali).

Anyone want to add to this thread???

 

[Skippy123]

Flowers in Santa Fe at La Posada

eta: I will add a few more a little later.

 

[EricaR]

Lake Tahoe

 

[bee*]

Hi Skippy, I have a few of Barcelona on my mac. The first two don''t look as good when they''re reduced down in size but here they are

This is the view from the cablecar when we got engaged

 

[bee*]

another from the cable car-this looks over the port

 

[bee*]

One of Gaudi''s famous buildings

 

[bee*]

The Parc Guell lizard-my fave thing in Barcelona.