Washington

The first time I ever saw a Panda was at the Tiergarten Schönbrunn in Vienna, Austria...

...he was passed out upside down.

The next time was at the Toronto Zoo...

...he was passed out on a rock.

In Washington we visited the Smithsonian zoo and saw the Panda...

...who was passed out over a rock.

Wow, Panda's are lazy.

Pictures from Washington are now up in the galleries

Not quite Tonka

The big kid in me can't get over how much watching these guys work reminds me of playing with Tonka trucks in the sandbox when I was a kid.



Sabodala mining operations pictures have been added.

The kids

BTW, I've updated the Transportation and the People galleries for the Suriname trip.

Halton County Radial Railway

We headed out to the Halton County Radial Railway museum for their Ice Cream and Starlight event.
They had ice cream AND we got to ride on some antique street cars.
Awesome.

I've updated the Transportation gallery for some images from the night

My favourite photos from the past year

For bokeh, subject, story, memories, colour, or whatever reason I have, these are the photos from the past year of which I am most proud.

June 2009 to May 2010 Fav Photos:

Country One

I've managed to upload images from the first country of my trip.
The Antigua images are up.
Check 'em out.

Images are Up

Ah, a weekend to relax, breath...
...and update the galleries.
The images from my West Africa trip are up.
And I've expanded and updated the rest of my galleries.
Check them out.

Back from West Africa

So, this is a raptor typical of West Africa.



This is what the rear wing of a Piper airplane looks like after such a raptor collides into it during take-off.



And this is what the rear of the fuselage looks like after such a collision (note the crinkled metal on the left side where the tail and fuselage are riveted together).



The impact scared the heck out of me.
Didn't stop the pilot though.
He continued our ascent and flew for over an hour (and up to at least 7000 feet) to our destination.
Even though the plane was warbling the whole way.
Anyway, I have made it back onto Canadian soil and should be posting some images from the trip shortly.
And we all know when I say shortly I mean, well, within the next 3 months.

Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum

So I had a chance to visit the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum. It was pretty awe inspiring to see one of the last two flying Lancasters in the world, take to the skies.



I've created a new gallery for Transportation, including pictures from the museum and its planes (a lot of which they are still flying).
Check it out.