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03/03/10 10:57 - ID#51098

dubai

More photos from the trip to Atlantis in Dubai.

Dubai skyline

massive viewing tank in the hotel...i mean MASSIVE. it's 3 stories tall and holds some 11 million liters of water.

all the tanks are meant to look like the lost ruins of Atlantis, very cool

and an entourage of rays in flight

the tank is so huge and I was shocked they actually have a young whale shark in it! i learned more about this unusual sighting:

the aquarium, or 'lost chambers', carried the Atlantis theme with all kind of artifacts and machinery

Rory is um...testing the environment suits for leaks?

that's a biiiiiiiig grouper

sunrise over The Palm

Burge Dubai, the tallest building in the world

at the water park we went on this slide ride where you end up gliding through this shark tank

and cute rays greeted you with a smile, it was pretty impressive

for (e:matthew)

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11/15/09 02:32 - ID#50309

URTI - feeling so miserable

So I have a pretty hefty upper respiratory tract infection. Joy, joy, joy. To brighten things up a bit I thought I'd share just a few shots from the US leg of our tour.

the traditional British group photo after the ceremony

the husband and I with the man who took our pics, the one and only (e:Libertad)

one of the coolest shots we got in the cemetery

my favorite kissing shot

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01/30/09 06:33 - ID#47568

random cambodia shots

I attempted to put my Cambodia photos on my site but am having issues with internet today. I'm still working on the Vietnam photos, but they shouldn't be far behind. Here are just a very few.

looking dorkish with traditional dancers

rory in the back of our little motorcycle taxi called a romauks

we took a boat ride through a floating village

and got stuck in some heavy plant life

we learned how they harvest and process silk (pretty amazing really)

and visited an art training center which teaches painting, sculpting and carving to deaf kids

then of course we sweated our way through the massive angkor wat temple complex

and i got to stand where 'lara croft' stood....omg yay!

amazing stuff!

rory peaking into the tippy top of one

so beautiful i can't wait to go back for more!

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11/13/08 03:36 - ID#46675

cambodia...so awesome

I'm finally working on Cambodia and Vietnam photos! I swear it. See?

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07/20/08 09:26 - ID#45079

back from paris

I fixed the photos from a few posts ago*

I had the most fabulous time in Paris EVER. I've been before, but it was SO much more enjoyable this time around with Rory's arm to hold onto. Finally made it to the catacombs which I found pretty amazing (and not at all creepy) but my camera sucks in low light. I have a few 'ok' shots, but I'll post some of Rory's when I get them, they are spectacular. Can you believe they actually exhumed 6 million bodies and shoved them in old quarries? Crazy!

We also made it out to Euro Disney which was entertaining, as if I haven't been to Disney like 5 times in the last month! It was interesting to compare and contrast rides. My votes stand that Aerosmith's Rockin' Rollercoaster and the Tower of Terror are way better in their US version. However...Big Thunder Mountain, Space Mountain, and Pirates of the Caribbean were WAY better over there! Seriously. This also comes after having just ridden the newly updated version of Pirate's of the Caribbean in the US, to which I WAS going to tell you all is much better than it's first version. Just in case you ever go.....

There was also this restaurant that was 'inside' the Pirates ride, meant to look like you were in the jungle by a river. It was simply AMAZING! The food was really good, and the atmosphere was just divine.

first i took the train up to Lille to visit friends

i had a beer called 'kwak' which was served in this unusual way

tribute to joan of arc in the cathedral

my friend lived on the 5th floor, so the bathroom was....short

if you stand up in the bathtub your head sticks out the sky light

amaury

rory's flight was delayed and we got to our little hotel at midnight

more paris photos in next post, i have to finish sorting them out!

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07/04/08 05:27 - ID#44863

photo catch up

I'm so behind on photos! I finally sifted through all of (e:jbeatty)'s photos for the parts of the trip I was missing. Here are a few shots from the communist statue park we visited in Budapest. Also, a few from Disney/Universal. I'll try to get everything up on my photo site before heading out of town again! Ciao peeps.

run away!

he got me....

dinner with the peeps

my nephews on their first amusement park ride

mohammed at universal

lego family

fireworks

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03/14/08 11:29 - ID#43663

from the north: part 3

we found a wandering camel and my aunt's friend carries camel biscuits in the car for this very reason

made our way toward the very tip of the country and finally met the sea again

we were off road 90% of the time

I thought it was interesting to find a mancala game carved into the rocks

it was wicked windy and i ended up looking like i went skiing at the end of the day with all the windburn

we found more ruins, or should i say "the archaeology"
don't worry, we did not "inerfere" with it

different view
part of it reminded me of greece

small lookout post

the stairs...i love spiral stairs

view at the top

between this and the beautiful water, i almost felt like i was in the caribbean

i think this is the oldest standing house in qatar

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03/12/08 02:24 - ID#43635

from the north: part 2

It's starting to warm up here. We're hitting around 90 most days. It's not hot, at least compared to 130 it's not. The evenings are fucking amazing! It won't be much longer that I can keep my windows open and enjoy 'fresh' air. I'll try to send some warmth and sunshine your way b-lo. Now onto more photos from the north of Qatar.

whenever I travel I always wonder about random articles of clothing I find in the street, or up in a tree - in this case, what's the story behind a single sandal in the middle of nowhere?