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August 19, 2011
Common Sense and Whiskey, the Book - Chilean Patagonia, Chapter Seven
Here is Chapter Seven of Common Sense and Whiskey, the book. We'll publish each chapter over the course of the year (Track down previous chapters here). You can order the entire book direct from EarthPhotos Publishing, or at Amazon.com. Photos and additional commentary are available at A Common Sense and Whiskey Companion. And here's the Chile Gallery at EarthPhotos.com.
A band of cold rain swept over the Hotel Cabo de Hornos, churning the Strait of Magellan dirty gray. Punta Arenas's...
Friday Photo Quiz #125 - Where in the World?
The metro area of this handsome European capital is home to some 3.2 million people. The river that splits the town is Europe's second longest, after the Volga.
Can you name the city? The country? The answer is below.
And a good weekend to all from Common Sense and Whiskey and EarthPhotos.com.
And the answer is ........................................................... it's Budapest, capital of Hungary. The river is the Danube.
See almost a thousand photos of cities all around the...
August 17, 2011
Wednesday HDR - Ecuador: Pigs!
Colorful small animal market outside Quito, on the road to Volcan Cotopaxi. Mostly llamas and pigs, as you can see in the Ecuador Gallery at EarthPhotos.com. Click this one to make it bigger, and see 330 more HDR shots in the HDR Gallery.
August 16, 2011
When Money Doesn't Matter #9
Michele Bachmann's in the news for politics, but more importantly, how does she travel?
Ryan Lizza's long biography in the current New Yorker informs us that Bachmann's campaign has traveled in a Dassault Falcon 900, and that she told Lizza, "Isn't this an incredible way to fly? I've never been on a nicer plane in my life."
So let's see.
The Dassalut Falcon is a trijet. Various iterations of the 900 can fly from 4150 to 4750 miles. Here's the web site. I found several used Falcons on sale...
August 13, 2011
A Visit to Chilean Patagonia, Next Week, Here on CS&W.
Coming next week, in its entirety: Common Sense and Whiskey, the book: Chapter Seven, Chilean Patagonia, in which we venture to the Torres del Paine, rent the last car in Punta Arenas, rub Magellan's toe and share papas fritas and cervezas with a giant whose father from Poland and mother from Odessa met in Palestine and moved to Brazil. Next week here on the blog.
See all the photos from the book and more in color in the Chilean Patagonia chapter of A Common Sense and Whiskey Companion. And...
August 12, 2011
Common Sense and Whiskey in Award-Winning Company
Exciting, delightful news: Common Sense and Whiskey has been chosen as an Iglu Travel Awards 2011 winner. It's our second year in a row to be so honored. The category is Travel Stories. Here's how they put it:
"Our dedication to sharing experiences makes this award one of the most important. Here at Iglu, we're absolutely committed to using detailed first-hand reports. However, we've also got to ensure that the experiences are relevant, accurate, up-to-date and interesting, not to...
Three Africa Links, Fine for Weekend Perusing
• A 3,000 Mile Adventure Across Namibia
• A nicely done photojournalism site: Africa Knows
• An engaging five part series on travel across Africa from World Hum: The Roads Between Us
(Photo from Dead Vlei, Namibia. Click it to make it much bigger. More in the Namibia Gallery at EarthPhotos.com.)
Friday Photo Quiz #124. Where in the World?
A kind of wet, kind of polluted day, and the 'polluted' part is not all that uncommon. The partial facade on the lower right is a strong clue - at least to anyone who's ever been here.
Can you name the special administrative region? Oops. Another clue. The answer is below. And a good weekend from Common Sense and Whiskey and EarthPhotos.com.
And the answer is ...................................................................................... it's Macau, across the Pearl River delta...
August 10, 2011
Travel Links
A few interesting links today:
On North Korea:
Kingdom Kim's Culinary Outposts
Off the Dictated Path in North Korea
Elsewhere in Asia:
Pictures of Laos
China's dams killing Mekong
Fine headlines:
97-year-old butter found at Robert Scott's Antarctic base
Swedish envoy in Russian pantyhose probe
Missing Aussie found at pub
August 5, 2011
Friday Photo Quiz #123. Where in the World?
The city far below is the "adventure sports" capital of this country, and the mountains in the background are just remarkable. Can you name the city? The country?
Click to read on for the answer. And a good weekend from Common Sense and Whiskey and EarthPhotos.com.
And the answer is ............................................................................it's Queenstown, on the South Island of New Zealand. The mountain range in the background is actually called "The Remarkables."
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