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And we can follow around the globe those who get to start the 2018 ball rolling. Just have a look at timeanddate.comThank you Sabine! I look forward to seeing everyone's views; this thread is always a treat.
But...but...it's still 2017! We'll see who is capable of delayed gratification.
Thank you Sabine! I look forward to seeing everyone's views; this thread is always a treat.
But...but...it's still 2017! We'll see who is capable of delayed gratification.
Thank you, I will take some time later to read about the woman who has such a poignant inscription on her tomb. Beautiful photos. My sister lives in Dawson Creek, BC, and I always keep an eye and ear out for news of there.Walking the oceanside paths in Victoria today, stopping along the way at the beautiful old Ross Bay Cemetary to visit Emily Carr's gravesite. As we see so frequently on the waymarks along the camino, people treat her grave as a shrine and leave things around and piled on her stone.
And I bet you there is no health and safety check on the food pavilions! You are right, the noise is muted, but the atmosphere still comes through. Vibrant colour, very welcome in the cold and dark of winter in this latitude!May you all have a very happy and healthy year!
And thank you for the mud, the snow, and all the scenery already.
This morning I went up the road, the usual way, and took pics along the way.
I take all this for granted, but the bike with flowers reminded me how different it all is. So herewith the usual sights of morning around here. The monks walking through the village collecting food for the day, the street vendors selling crispy deep fried stuff for breakfast, the motorcycle taxi guys with their punk hairdos, and today the special hubbub that precedes a holiday which is coming up this week: setting up little pavilions, and preparing for general fun and games. Everyone's watching as they erect a long bamboo pole with a prize on top. It gets heavily greased, and then teams of guys try to get up there to snatch the prize. Somehow, anyhow. Standing on each other's shoulders, you name it.
What you all miss is the noise level, which in places is deafening from loudspeakers people set up outside of those little pavilions.
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oh my...missing so much my hometown's fiesta 'davao' ill send you one once i get home around March.rect a long bamboo pole with a prize on top. It gets heavily greased, and then teams of guys try to get up there to snatch the prize.
Yeah, right. There isn't even the concept of that.no health and safety check on the food pavilions
Funny. I didn't even notice that. I was too transfixed by the faux-chicken look of the guy in the centre.the smiley sticker
Yes, please post them here, yaying - we'd love to see them!ill send you one once i get home around March
That's thanaka. It's the ground bark of a tree in the orange family and is ubiquitous, as a sunscreen and because (as my Burmese friends say) it's 'cooling.'What are the white markings / painting on the women's faces? Is it significant to the upcoming holiday?
"We basically just start saying it's stupid cold outside,"
Crispy and cold. Finally sun. Happy dance.
My eyes are closing, so humour me and tell me if I am looking at clouds or mountains! A sight for sore eyes, indeed.We've had a period of typical Vancouver winter weather - short dark days, and rainy, with temperatures between 3 to 7 C. However, yesterday began to clear, so I did an 8 km circuit from my house, and came upon this view. It made up for the gloomy week.
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You are right - it's not so obvious. I hadn't noticed that. The sun lighting the top half of the snowy mountains stopped me in my tracks when I came around a curve in the path.My eyes are closing, so humour me and tell me if I am looking at clouds or mountains! A sight for sore eyes, indeed.
To a Norwegian the name Kattevennen is really funny - it means the cat’s friend in Norwegian! But I suppose it has nothing to do with a catWalked 13k around Kattevennen and the Planetarium there.
Followed some wrong arrows but thanks to cellphone gps back on track..Finally sun!! And a buckwheat pancake with bacon and syrup.
There is a rather large Turkish community in that area and I walked passed that lovely mosque.
GR route from the North sea to the Riviera.
Not realy , but the last weeks there where lots of those paths around here aswell .Does this photo remind you of anywhere on the camino?
To a Norwegian the name Kattevennen is really funny - it means the cat’s friend in Norwegian! But I suppose it has nothing to do with a cat
Peter, I love your typo. I have a Spanish friend who picked up on the Irish soft t that sounds a bit like th, so your wather is just perfect for that pronunciation! I noticed the water in the Liffey was also very high yesterday. My walk today was simply traipsing back home from a quick visit to a friend in hospital, and nothing to record except real gratitude for being able to walk, and see, and be.After Marianne's training this morning we had a nice walk beside the river.
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Just got a good camino prep walk heading up and down ancient staircases.I will ask the mods to close the 2017 thread.
https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/where-did-you-walk-locally-in-2017.44869/
I hope everyone is ok with this new one? It has been a pleasure to see where everyone walked in the past year.
Your pictures and stories are always an inspiration.
I hope we keep up the good work....
Thanks for that tip, sorry I have not been doing it.Likes to all!
We are just nicely getting walking again after pre-Christmas bugs and bad weather. No new photos yet.
One (annual) plea. When posting photos please keep the size down or better still post as thumbnails. Large files take up too much bandwidth where it is restricted and the page too long to load when there are many large file posts.
Many thanks to those who already do this, it really is helpful.
Not to worry, but it does help.Thanks for that tip, sorry I have not been doing it.
Wooooowwweeeee, Laurie, Mayan ruins!Just got a good camino prep walk heading up and down ancient staircases.
And at the end your boots need a large clean up again .
Enjoy , Who is your favorite , Mathieu van der Poel or Wout van Aert .
It took me a while to see the boot! No wonder you don’t feel like cleaning it straight away.The 8k walk through woodland started dry but after a while the mud took over.
At least it did not rain while walking.
The church is a local basilica and the other edifice is a small chapel.
He had . Congrats .Pity for van der Poel , he had the best season!
No pictures but wonderful images from your words!!There has been terrible conditions for walking here in New England, mostly ice. We've been taking the dog for short walks but even he wants to head back soon. We had a nice walk day though this morning. We went to a nearby state park to do a loop through the woods around a pond. A light snow had just started to fall. The road was ice and pretty smooth from a recent rain. Peg and I had put ice grippers on our boots but the dog went natural. The poor guy had a heck of a time trying to get up some of the hills. The snow kept him from getting any kind of a grip. His legs were going in all directions and he was sledding downhill on his belly. Toward the end the sun came out and there was blue sky but we still had the snowfall. Sorry, I'd left the smartphone home and there's no pics.
You seem to be having a super muddy winter, Sabine! May you have some glorious sunny days, as well.It took me a while to see the boot! No wonder you don’t feel like cleaning it straight away.
The words painted the picture very well, Rick!Sorry, I'd left the smartphone home and there's no pics.
Love those pics @VNwalking . So like our 2nd home in Thailand.
Last week in Queenstown NZ Pat and I did a bit of training to simulate the first section of the CF up to Orisson.
She made it
Not far (4kms) but very steep! She is Napolean Route ready!
Rob, your pictures of Pat in the Southern Beech forest bring back many happy memories for when the NZ forests were both my workplace and play space! Thank you for sharing the views from above Q'town!
And yes...if she can do that, getting to Orisson and onwards will be no trouble. (BTW, your new avatar is very nice!)
I've been out and about at glorious Jervis Bay. Great piles of seaweed on the beach near our house, but they started to wash away this morning. Good thing; the smell is interesting after a few days in the hot summer sun!
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It looks freezing in Spain now. Love the photos of the snow but brrrrr
Snowwwwwwwwww!I went for a walk yesterday with friends living about two hours north of me in the wilds of Central Ontario. It was almost balmy!
I would offer to give some red socks but my efforts are the stuff of ridicule. Am I bovvered? Waaah! Surreal is amazing.Snowwwwwwwwww!
Lovely, Marylynn!
Here it is the beginning of the hot season and the forest trees are losing their leaves and blooming - they are a riot of color and noise, from the many birds that come for food and nectar.
One huge old relict of the original forest is near the monastery and standing at its base is a neck-straining experience. Quite wonderful!
We walked to a local pagoda and I tried to take a panoramic shot and ended up with surreal, which I actually like a lot. And hidden in there is an elephant, at my 'planetary post' - I was born on a Wednesday so the tusked elephant is my animal in the Burmese zodiac. No red socks, though, sorry....View attachment 39448View attachment 39451View attachment 39452View attachment 39453
Actually, I can smell that beautiful pink rose!@Vacajoe thanks for the great GGB shot!
And for everyone who is getting tired of cold and gray...Here is some color for you; there are flowers here right now from ground level to way up against the sky.
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Yesterday we traipsed along the beach.... oh my look at that very great blue sky!!!View attachment 39496today we started up the mountain and found lots of waterfalls....... if the worlds go round...maybe we will have falls-up
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