Published 2003, this is a shocking expose of a lax Bolivian prison in La Paz. Backpackers bribe guards to stay the night inside & do drugs!
Seems tourists are no longer allowed into the party prison in 2006. BBC published a photo journal on the jail.
The CFAs (Come From Aways) after a gymnastics coaches course were taken on tour to Cavendish, Prince Edward Island.
We took in the beach and later visited the home of Anne of Green Gables.
Actually, she was just a character in a novel. This must be the home of the author, Lucy Maud Montgomery.
Actually, Lucy Maud lived nearby. This is a restoration of a farm which inspired the novel — for the benefit of Japanese tourists.
Anne of Green Gables
33 more photos on Flickr
The best highlight of the trip for me was wandering the quiet seaside village of North Rustico.
» next travelogue post on this trip – PEI hospitality
And today, there’s a new sweet-spot champion, a do-everything phone that comes closer to the bull’s-eye than anything before it: the BlackBerry Pearl.
In a Sea of Cellphones, a Pearl – New York Times
I’m still searching for the ultimate phone. David Pogue almost has me convinced on the Pearl. I do need to check Mac compatibility. And so far it is only available from T-mobile in the States.
If only Apple would announce their iPhone.
Unexpectedly I found time to bike a day on the new “rails to trails” path on PEI.
It’s an ideal way to see this rustic, rural Province.
A sidetrip took me to the north coast beaches and Dalvay-by-the-Sea, built 1896, in Prince Edward Island National Park.
One day I will return to do bike the entire 470km Confederation Trail.
» next travelogue post on this trip – PEI CFAs
Are icebergs the most beautiful thing on the planet?
I thinks so. Here’s a great one.
This image was produced in 1999 by Ralph A. Clevenger, a professional nature and underwater photographer who is also a member of the faculty of the Brooks Institute of Photography in Santa Barbara, California. As Mr. Clevenger explained, this image is not a single photograph but a composite of four different photographs (not all taken in the same place).
source – Snopes.com
New Brunswick was on “the list” since Rocco raved about the Province. He owns a beach house there.
I mentally drafted versions of this post while standing hopelessly trying to hitchhike to the Bay of Fundy.
Rocco bears the full brunt of my gratitude:
“New Brunswick is a pretty bog infested with mosquitos and profane, obese, chain-smoking, beer-swilling unwed mothers. The public transportation sucks … – disappointed in New Brunswick”
I had hoped to write-up one of the major hikes, especially Fundy Trail Footpath. But I never got there.
Still, I must concede we had one great day in a rent-a-car touring to Kouchibouguac National Park and Shediac.
24 more New Brunswick photos on Flickr
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The proud father reports that “Liam Isaac Emil was born in Saskatoon on Thursday, August 31, 2006 (one month early, but luckily one day AFTER father Dave’s Ph.D. proposal defense and as mother Jenn was just starting on the mend from a cold).
Mother and baby are doing very very well and we have returned home from the hospital.
Father is doing fine, too.”
More photos will be posted on the family website: theBurgesses.ca
UPDATE: Flickr was bought by Yahoo which also owns Yahoo Photos, the largest photo hosting site on the internet. Yahoo photos got a facelift and now looks and works much like Flickr. Webshots, another photo host, also tried to get Flickrized — but is still ugly as sin. I’ll stick with Flickr.
My newest photos will be posted on Flickr from here on in. For US$25 / year I get near unlimited upload.
It takes a few minutes to explore the many Flickr navigation options, but it is worth the time.
My Flickr photos are linked under “Photos” on the right hand navigation. That’s the quickest way to find them again, in future.
I’ve visited the capital of Minnesota several times over the years, always enjoying the quiet, picturesque city.
The wide streets, big trees and lovely architechture remind me a bit of Winnipeg, Manitoba, not far to the north.
This time I was here for the USA Gymnastics Championships, hosted at the Xcel Energy Center, home of the Minnesota Wild hockey team. I was impressed. The venue, the city, and the organizing committee (with whom I had drinks) were all fantastic.
more St. Paul photos on Flickr
» next travelogue post on this trip – want your corpse posed and displayed?
Rick McCharles 