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Fun Photo Friday — Damnoen Saduak Floating Market Video


As promised last week, today’s Fun Photo Friday will actually be a Fun Video Friday! This short 1:44 video will take you via long-tail boat along the Khlong Damneon Saduak (Damneon Suduak Canal) to the Damneon Saduak Floating Market, which I’ve been showing you since Wednesday last week. The Damneon Suduak Canal was completed way back in 1868 by order of King Mongkut. King Mongkut ruled Thailand from 2 April 1851 until his death, at age 63, on 1 October 1868. The 22-mile/35-kilometer canal connects the Mae Klong and Tha Chin rivers. Next week I take you to Singapore (I know… yet again!), but this time for something I’ve not yet shown you. After that, Ursula and I boarded a cruise shipt that would take us… well, you’ll just have to wait for that adventure over the weeks and months ahead.

Now for today’s Damnoen Saduak Floating Market Video:

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The Ghost Town Picture Series — Part 1


Ghost Town

My last travel series, which took almost a year to present to you, wore me down a bit. And since that trip, we’ve done even more extensive traveling — Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, India, Prague, back to Cape Town, another cruise up the west coast of Africa and to Saint Helena, and a return to Luxor. Those destinations were over two months-long trips, and I’ll be presenting those to you in the future. As for now, I need a break. So, for the next five weeks I’m going to present a special photographer’s dream — a ghost town. With one exception, all the photographs over the next fifteen articles will be color-filtered black & white. For tips on what that means, see my photography articles: Black & White Photography—It’s All in the Color! and More Fun with Color Filtering for Black & White Photography. As for this series, expect minimal text and maximal photography. The location of this ghost town will remain a secret, for at least most of you, until the last Fun Photo Friday of this series. And while I did all the B&W conversions and most of the photos, some of these were taken by Ursula. Those will be so designated. I hope you enjoy the show!

Ghost Town
Ghost Town
Ghost Town
Ghost Town

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Canary Islands — Tenerife; Walking San Cristóbal de La Laguna


La Unión y el Fénix (The Union and the Phoenix — statue for former insurance company)

I mentioned last week that Santa Cruz is a very walkable city with much to see and do within easy walking distance of the port. Today I’m going to show you what I mean with a simple slide show/photo gallery. All the photos below were taken in just over an hour. The first show was made at 12:27 p.m., and the last at 1:33 p.m. Enjoy!

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