My travels

[Traveler]

Thailand, 2005

 

[Traveler]

killer whale, robson's bight, vancouver island, canada. 1981,

 

[SeaBreeze]

Nice pictures Traveler, you've done quite a bit of traveling in your day! We honeymooned camping in Yellowstone.

 

[Traveler]

Nice pictures Traveler, you've done quite a bit of traveling in your day! We honeymooned camping in Yellowstone.

Thank you. I have always needed to see what was on the other side of the mountain. Before I even started kindergarten, I'd take off in the morning, to roam the city, not returning until late afternoon. Must be in my DNA.
The only thing stopping me now is my health. Oh, well, I had a good run.

 

[Traveler]

Summer, 1974. Best Onion Soup Au Gratin I ever had.

 

[RadishRose]

Thanks for he pics, Traveler. I especially enjoyed the antiquities from ancient Egypt. Their art was so beautiful!

 

[Traveler]

The Grand Canyon, South Rim. 1963 Over a mile deep, that's the Colorado River way down there.

 

[Traveler]

Thanks for he pics, Traveler. I especially enjoyed the antiquities from ancient Egypt. Their art was so beautiful!

You are most welcome. I just wish the photos did justice to the actual experience.

 

[Traveler]

Pharaoh Tutankhamun's Death Mask. 2nd floor of Egyptian Museum of Antiquities. In my opinion it is the single most beautiful thing ever created by man. If memory serves it is 18 kg of solid gold.

 

[Traveler]

Bust of Queen Nefertiti. Said to mother of Pharaoh Tutankhamum. Discovered at Amarna, just lying there a few inches under the sand. I never got to see it personally, but I just had to post it. After 3,600 years she "speaks" to me. It is in the Berlin Museum of Antiquities .

 

[Traveler]

Queen's Valley tomb #66. Tomb of Queen Nefertari, wife of Pharaoh Tutankhamun. Notice the stars painted on the ceiling. Also, notice that the Goddess Hathor is offering the ankh, symbol of eternal life, to Queen Nefertiti.

 

[Traveler]

There are still two locations left in my bucket list: Herculaneum and Pompeii, both of which were complexly destroyed by the sudden and super violent eruption of Mt. Vesuvius on August 24th, 79 A.D.
I most especially wanted to study all of the bakeries in those towns. Yes, I do read about them but nothing can replace a "hands-on" experience.
The 3 images that follow are: the bakery as it appears today, how it might have looked on the day before the great eruption, and an actual loaf of bread from that bakery.