| Feb 2008 |
|
New photos from a May 2007 visit to
the amazing Canyonlands National Park
in Utah. There are now 4,950 photos in the searchable
photo
database.
|
 |
|
|
| Feb 2008 |
|
New photos from April 2007 and
August 2007 visits have been added to the
Canyon de Chelly
page, along with an expanded description of this magnificent site and its
history.
|
|
|
|
| Jan 2008 |
|
Photos have been added from an air boat
tour of the Florida Everglades
that included a visit from a large, curious alligator.
|
|
|
|
| Oct 2007 |
|
A recent car trip in the the eastern U.S.
brought me to Niagara Falls,
the Outer Banks of North Carolina and
several other places that will be the subject of future updates.
|
|
|
|
| Aug 2007 |
|
A car trip to the Pacific Northwest
offered a chance to see the beautiful coast of Oregon,
Crater Lake National Park,
Mt. St. Helens National Volcanic Monument
and the entire coast of California.
|
|
|
|
| June 2007 |
|
A return to one of my favorite cities,
Istanbul, with new
photos from a May 2005 trip where I spent a solid week in the city. There's
so much to see – the imperial mosques, the palaces, the bazaars and the
various neighborhoods – that even a week is not enough! There are now
more than 4,600 photos in the searchable
photo
database.
|
|
|
|
| May 2007 |
|
More photos from Ukraine, including
Odessa
and the Crimean resort city of
Yevpatoria.
|
|
|
|
| Apr 2007 |
|
More photos from Ukraine, including
the formerly secret Soviet nuclear submarine base at
Balaklava,
the western Ukraine city of
Lviv (Lvov) and
the northern city of
Chernihiv (Chernigov).
|
|
|
|
| Feb 2007 |
|
Photos from the
Baltic Countries
(Estonia,
Latvia and
Lithuania)
and the Polish city of
Kraków,
have been added. There are now more than 4,200 photos in the searchable
photo
database.
|
|
|
|
| Dec 2006 |
|
New "mashups" using Google Maps!
Visual Site Map
offers a visual representation of the places included in this web site;
Satellite Photos
displays aerial photos of some of the world's great landmarks; and
IP Locator
displays the location (based on IP address) of all visitors to this site over
the past 24 hours.
|
|
|
|
| May 2006 |
|
Photos from
Budapest,
which may be my favorite city in Europe, and
Slovakia,
have been added. There are now more than 3,900 photos in the searchable
photo
database.
|
|
|
|
| April 2006 |
|
Photos from
Slovenia, a
country that a lot of people don't seem to know about, have
been added. It's a great place and well worth a visit. Check it out!
|
|
|
|
| April 2006 |
|
New pages have been added to
the Europe section for
Bosnia and
The Czech Republic. These
pages include the cities of Sarajevo,
Prague and other
places, plus skiing in Jahonina
(site of the 1984 Winter Olympics).
|
|
|
|
| March 2006 |
|
Many pages now include
links to local weather information, maps and aerial photographs. These
pages also display the local time. So, for example, if you want to
know what the current time and weather is in Thimphu,
Bhutan or Luxor, Egypt, the
information is at your fingertips!
|
|
|
|
| April 2005 |
|
Several "utility" pages
have been added. One allows all users to
adjust
their monitors so that the photographs on this web site
(and images on the web in general) will appear as intended. Also,
for web developers pages have been added that explain
HTML color
codes and HTML
character entity references and Unicode.
|
|
|
|
| July 2004 |
|
Ukraine: The newest section of the web site,
Europe, begins with photos from one of Europe's newest countries.
Ukraine became an independent nation only in 1991 after the
dissolution of the Soviet Union. Although new as a country, Ukraine's
heritage goes back centuries and there are many sights to
attract the traveler, including the beautiful city of Kyiv
(Kiev) and the spectacular landscapes of Crimea.
|
|
|
|
| Jan 2004 |
|
Mexico! I finally made it
to this friendly and fascinating country for a month in late
2003. The photos include scenes from Mexico City, the Copper
Canyon, several colonial cities and the Day of the Dead
festivities around Pátzcuaro. Also included are photos
from several pre-Hispanic archaeological sites. The
photo
database has been updated and now contains more than
3,100 searchable photos. |
|
|
|
| Aug 2003 |
|
The web site has been
redesigned to update the look by adding navigation tabs across
the top of the page and a new frame in which to view the
photographs. "Under the hood," everything has been converted to
XML, which should make future revisions easier. Users of older
browsers (such as Netscape 4.x) will still see the old pages. |
|
|
|
| July 2003 |
|
Several new pages have been
added to the United States portion of the web site.
Now available are photos from The Dakotas (including the Badlands),
Upper
Michigan and New England (featuring a very unusual
cemetery in Barre, Vermont). |
|
|
|
| Mar 2003 |
|
The Asia portion of the web site has been
revised to give it the same "look and feel" as the other parts of the web site, and
to add many new photos from the original trip. In addition, all Asia
photos are now searchable from the Photo Search page. The photo
database now contains more than 2,600 searchable photos. |
|
|
|
| Mar 2003 |
|
The New Mexico page has been updated with
new photos from a December 2002 trip to Bosque del Apache (a
popular bird watching area known for its Sand Hill Cranes) and the
Colorado
page adds a few photos from a January 2003 trip through the beautiful
San Juan mountains to Aspen, Colorado. |
|
|
|
| Dec 2002 |
|
The South America portion of the
web site has been updated. New photos from the original trip
have been added and all photos are now searchable in the
photo
database. |
|
|
|
| Sep 2002 |
|
The main page for the country
of Namibia
has been completed, as well as a separate page for Namibia's
Skeleton
Coast. Namibia, and especially the
Skeleton Coast, were very different from other places I have
visited in Africa. Have a look! |
|
|
|
| Aug 2002 |
|
The first pages based on a recent trip
to Namibia and South Africa have been added. Check out the Himba & Herero
People page for photographs of two of Namibia's indigenous tribes that
have followed very different paths into the 21st Century. Also, there are
photos from South
Africa and from two days with the Great White
Sharks. |
|
|
|
| Aug 2002 |
|
The Photo
Search page has been updated and now accesses a database with information
about more than 1700 photos. You can create your own custom slide show from photos
of interest to you. In addition, a new Google
search feature has been added to the site. You can now search
the text of the pages for subjects of interest. Also, a site-wide
Site Map has
been added to make navigation easier. |
|
|
|
| May 2002 |
|
The California page
has been updated. During a recent trip to California, I visited Yosemite National
Park and the northern coast for the first time and revisited Death Valley. Yosemite exceeded
all my expectations and it certainly deserves its reputation as one of the most stunning landscapes
on earth. Death Valley overwhelms with its austere grandeur. California's
northern coast is not a destination for a relaxing beach vacation, but its high cliffs, rocky
coastline and towering redwoods are definitely worth the trip. |
|
|
|
| Apr 2002 |
|
The North America portion
of the web site has been updated. More than 250 photographs have been added
to pages for Canada and several U.S. states. The photos show some of the
magnificent National Parks and other wilderness areas of North
America, as well as a look at the historical and present-day
indigenous cultures of the continent. |
|
|
|
| Jan 2002 |
|
The Iran portion of the
Middle East section is finally finished! More than 200
photographs divided into 17 different slide shows
covering the glories of ancient and Islamic Persia, as well as
modern Iran. It's a fascinating country! |
|
|
|
| Nov 2001 |
|
The Turkey portion of the Middle
East section is finished. Scenes from Istanbul, a cruise
along the Bosporus, plus visits to the ancient cities of
Ephesus and Pergamun. |
|
|
|
| Sep 2001 |
|
Lowriders! A
visit to a lowrider show in Albuquerque, New Mexico (USA)
offered a chance to see some of the best of these unique cars. Also, some
interesting people were in attendance. Check out the Lowriders page. |
|
|
|
| Aug 2001 |
|
Egypt and
Jordan, in
the Middle East section, are complete. Jordan was
surprising for its dramatic landscapes, Roman ruins at
Jerash and, of course, Petra, a city carved into solid
rock! The Egypt section includes glimpses of modern
life, but focuses on the antiquities, which have been arranged
in chronological order so viewers can better sense the
development of the ancient culture. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
