China Town

Hana

Some pictures of some blooms in the yard,,.

Vegas Once More,,.

Another very similar trip to that Neon Hell in the Dessert, no big story for this post,But I will share you this " it's not always true and it's not true at all". Pictures of another growing city in the "land of to much" :0

A Interesting house in Pahrump ??


The Lions at the MGM

New Year

So far so good,,so thanks,,.

Once More

This year came to it's end, perfectly.

Jade in Bloom

Resting Place

Decorated for Dia De Los Muertos

Taizai Shimasu (Stay/Remain)

For one more sunset,,

So. Cal.Fires

A smoke filled sky and a red sun,.

Water

B&W

Montana 07 trip

Well another trip to MT,a total of 4962.5 miles round trip in 25 days,lots of fishing and camping out.Went to places in MT I have never been to before like Yaak MT the most north west corner town in MT.Also saw the fires in Idaho on the way back,lots of smoke in the air for days it seemed.

Sun Fire

You got to love those Tucson Sun sets.

Soul Kin

Was good to see you my friend...

OK

I never put picts of people on this site but I thaught this was a good one..

Flora/FireWorks

Then & Now or Here & There

Folklife a festival

Pic's of the 2007 Folklife Festival at the center of our little corner of the Universe.

Taipei Airport 2.0

So here is the Taipei airport again on the way back,this time it was decorated with many many paper lanterns,and another pic of my favorite sitting area,..

Ongpin

Oh yes,there is one in most cities and Manila is no different,,,China Town..

BAYWALK

Baywalk in the day is so very different than Baywalk at night.At night its Band after band after band on stage after stage after stage,with food and drinks at every venue under the stars next to the bay..

Creatures

I spotted this spider hanging out in a Guava tree while in Pampanga and the Bird was in a back yard we walked through.The bird wanted to attack anyone who came within striking distance but he was tied at the leg,..

More Manila / Malate

Looking out of the back of a Jeepni,at a swarm of Jeepni..
A view of Remedios Church built in the 1500's.

Many sidecars all in a row..

Mall of Asia

We went,we saw,,we even shopped,, that's our story and were stickin to it..The Mall of Asia is in Manila and its very large,lots of shops from all over the world,great art galleries,many choices of eats to choose from,,and the latest in technology in the gadget area..

Tagaytay/Taal Valcano

So for todays adventure some friends took me to Tagaytay to the Taal Volcano its actually a volcano inside of a volcano,we drove for a couple hours then took a boat to the island and then hiked for an hour to the top.It was an incredible view from up top,all the jungle below us and the lake water dancing in the distance.

( a smaller lake inside of the volcano )

Bonsai Garden

Went to the U.P(University of the Philippines) to see the Bonsai Garden,it was spectacular so many native plants and tree's done Bonsai,while there I got to meet the Prof. of the Botany dep.at U.P. and talk about his work,he takes care of the garden 7 day's a week,he even gave me some seed's to bring back to start some new Bonsai for my collection.

Subic Bay/Ocean Adventure

Also in Subic Bay we went to Ocean Adventure the philippines answer to Sea World,its a great place to see lots of ocean going animals and see the Whale and Dolphin show.

Subic Bay/Animal Safari

Took a day trip to Subic Bay the old American Naval base.We went to Zoobic animal safari and saw all kinds of tasty looking animals but they would not serve them to us for lunch no matter how much we asked,,O well.