Thank you Raymo.
I know most folk don't like being showed holiday photos but I do. I never took holidays that much.
I am enjoying all that have come in since I started the steam thread.
Thank you.
Alex
Splendid pictures. Would it be possible to add some captions that say what or where they are please Raymo? Google is suggesting that the animal with the magnificent nose that looks a bit like a racoon is called a Coati - is that right?
It would be good to get a small hint so that we can Google for a bit of further edumacation about the places you've been to.
Which reminds me of a comment I saw elsewhere which said that "They say that travel broadens the mind, but with some tourists the broadening seems to affect the backside...." (In the context, I think it was a politically incorrect dig at some American tourists that somebody had encountered on a trip).
Only a relatively small number of these pics are holiday ones; I travelled
very widely with my work, and usually had a camera with me.
I have no idea how to add captions to pics, so will add brief
descriptions.
Yes, a coati [or Brazilian seagull, as I call them]. They wander around among tourists nosing into their bags for anything edible. Quite feisty if you try
to shoo the off. Just under a metre overall.
Iguassu falls at junction of Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay.
Brazilian butterfly, so I presume that it speaks Portuguese.
I have nothing much to do , so switch me off when you've had enough.
I don't suppose the other members are all interested in my pics.
raymo
Stunning 500 yr old Inca stonework; no mortar, and a razor blade will not
go between them. Cuzco, Peru
Looking down upon Quito, Ecuador, [2800m] from a nearby mountain
at 4500m.
Possibly the worlds highest, coldest, and miserable every day job. A refreshment kiosk near the edge of a glacier in central Peru at 5250m.[17325ft.].
raymo
As far as I recall Alex, they did not have access to suitable ingredients for mortar, and as a bonus, walls and buildings are free
to move about a bit during earthquakes. We seem to be having a private viewing session between the three of us; I do hope other people aren't getting irritated at my hogging the terrestrial section. If anyone is, please say so.
Chris, the pic is foreshortened by the zoom lens; the mountain
in the background is actually about 7 or 8 clicks away. Have you read
my PM?
cheers raymo
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We seem to be having a private viewing session between the three of us; I do hope other people aren't getting irritated at my hogging the terrestrial section. If anyone is, please say so.
I'd bet that plenty of people are looking and enjoying them. The ratio of people on forums who reply compared to those who just enjoy a look is always pretty low.
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Have you read my PM?
cheers raymo
Thanks for the heads up. When I'm viewing on the small tablet I always miss a lot of the fine print! But I've found it now and replied.
Very enjoyable Raymo, Loving the misty mountain cliffs, and that boat is a classic, also the people shots are interesting !
Mate, I don't 'log-on' on here much, and only have a quick squizz from time to time, but dont think your hogging the terrest section, it has been a little 'slow' last 6 months or so, so it is peeps like you that keep-it-going
Glad you posted such an interesting thread
cheers
It is a strange bird, in that it is the only bird to have a stomach that
ferments vegetation, enabling it to live entirely on buds and leaves etc:
and its chicks have a claw digit at the end of each wing, a bit like a bat.
raymo
Would it be possible to add some captions that say what or where they are please Raymo? Google is suggesting that the animal with the magnificent nose that looks a bit like a racoon is called a Coati - is that right?
