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Tends to be isolated moments for me, rather than being overwhelmed by the overall impression of a place.I was once at a meeting in Shizuoka in Japan. It had been cloudy all week. Then the weather lifted and the host stopped the meeting and pressed a button to open the blinds on the big window. Mt Fuji was emerging out if the clouds, 30 miles away. Absolutely spellbinding. The closest I've ever come to a spiritual experience.Looked a bit like this, but with the mountain emerging from the mist, so you weren't sure if it wa...Oh good God! THERE it is!In recent times, standing on the Golden Gate bridge had a similar effect on me.I've got a real soft spot for the great train stations in Europe. Just looking at the departure board at Munich Hauptbahnhof and seeing trains going to Belgrade and Warsaw and Naples and Paris. The feeling of the history and complexities and possibilities of Europe. But you have to be listening to Empires and Dance by Simple Minds to really get it.
I’ve climbed that bas**rd through the night to see the sunrise and it was a bas**rd I can tell you, sunrise like no other.
I remember going to the factory shop where they sold “seconds” dirt cheap.I went to Elgin city a couple of times, and Ross County, but mainly Inverness CT just as they moved to their new stadium. Funnily enough, the first league fixture (or one of, its a long time ago) there was called off close to kick off due to a frozen pitch. But Clach’s game was on so I went there instead.. had some good times watching ICT in those days.Getting back to the thread - anyone else walked along the “High Line” park in NYC.?
Quote from: mushRTID on May 02, 2020, 12:32:43 pmQuote from: Nudga on May 02, 2020, 11:56:26 amQuote from: Donnywolf on May 02, 2020, 08:18:29 amStrangely I have been to Las Vegas 9 times (not for years now though) and when people ask me what is the best bit about it I always say :The Grand Canyon - then I add - even tough it is not in the same State of course and is as far away from Donny as Conwall is.I have driven a few times and flew in a 9 or 11 Seater Plane once. The skies were black with Planes - they were literally everywhere. They weighed people and then selected the Passengers. Me and Mrs DW had 7 Japanese tourists so they played the commentary tape in Japanese and the Pilot just told us in English what we were seeingReally funny hearing a sentence or 2 in Japanese with "Hoover Dam" or "Grando Canyon (no kidding) stuck in it somewhere.I drove from Los Angeles to Las Vegas, did a short detour to Hoover Dam. Incredible engineering. I really enjoyed driving over there, apart from LA, it's a shit hole. LA, I wouldn't go back for a gold pig. Las Vegas however, loved the place and I want to go back without the kids. Have always fancied LA, what was so bad mate?It's like Blackpool on steroids, it's dangerous. We felt on edge all the time, even in the touristy spots like Hollywood boulevard. Our hotel was only two blocks away bug we had to make sure we got back there for around 6 o'clock in the evening as the crazies came out. Groups of street gangsters, pimps, druggies etc. I'm glad we only had one day there. The only bright spot I thought was eating at the HardRock Cafe, that place was cool.
Quote from: Nudga on May 02, 2020, 11:56:26 amQuote from: Donnywolf on May 02, 2020, 08:18:29 amStrangely I have been to Las Vegas 9 times (not for years now though) and when people ask me what is the best bit about it I always say :The Grand Canyon - then I add - even tough it is not in the same State of course and is as far away from Donny as Conwall is.I have driven a few times and flew in a 9 or 11 Seater Plane once. The skies were black with Planes - they were literally everywhere. They weighed people and then selected the Passengers. Me and Mrs DW had 7 Japanese tourists so they played the commentary tape in Japanese and the Pilot just told us in English what we were seeingReally funny hearing a sentence or 2 in Japanese with "Hoover Dam" or "Grando Canyon (no kidding) stuck in it somewhere.I drove from Los Angeles to Las Vegas, did a short detour to Hoover Dam. Incredible engineering. I really enjoyed driving over there, apart from LA, it's a shit hole. LA, I wouldn't go back for a gold pig. Las Vegas however, loved the place and I want to go back without the kids. Have always fancied LA, what was so bad mate?
Quote from: Donnywolf on May 02, 2020, 08:18:29 amStrangely I have been to Las Vegas 9 times (not for years now though) and when people ask me what is the best bit about it I always say :The Grand Canyon - then I add - even tough it is not in the same State of course and is as far away from Donny as Conwall is.I have driven a few times and flew in a 9 or 11 Seater Plane once. The skies were black with Planes - they were literally everywhere. They weighed people and then selected the Passengers. Me and Mrs DW had 7 Japanese tourists so they played the commentary tape in Japanese and the Pilot just told us in English what we were seeingReally funny hearing a sentence or 2 in Japanese with "Hoover Dam" or "Grando Canyon (no kidding) stuck in it somewhere.I drove from Los Angeles to Las Vegas, did a short detour to Hoover Dam. Incredible engineering. I really enjoyed driving over there, apart from LA, it's a shit hole. LA, I wouldn't go back for a gold pig. Las Vegas however, loved the place and I want to go back without the kids.
Strangely I have been to Las Vegas 9 times (not for years now though) and when people ask me what is the best bit about it I always say :The Grand Canyon - then I add - even tough it is not in the same State of course and is as far away from Donny as Conwall is.I have driven a few times and flew in a 9 or 11 Seater Plane once. The skies were black with Planes - they were literally everywhere. They weighed people and then selected the Passengers. Me and Mrs DW had 7 Japanese tourists so they played the commentary tape in Japanese and the Pilot just told us in English what we were seeingReally funny hearing a sentence or 2 in Japanese with "Hoover Dam" or "Grando Canyon (no kidding) stuck in it somewhere.
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Scariest place I've ever been was Rio about 15 years ago.First day there, I had my shoes nicked. Second day, Mrs S-T was mugged.Third day, a guy was murdered on the steps of our hotel. Went out to photograph sunrise over the SugarLoaf Mountain. Someone coshed him over the head for his phone and he never came round.Fifth day I left the hotel grounds and someone was shitting in a planter by the hotel gate. Had my suitcase broken into at the airport coming home. £750 of stuff nicked.Then a week later, I'm flicking through The Times and there's a photo of the promenade outside our hotel. So I read the story. 4 days after we left there was a 3 hour gun battle on the road between police and local drug barons. 35 dead.Jaw droppingly beautiful place but you needed 20 pairs of eyes the whole time.I found out later that there were more violent deaths in Rio in 2005 than there were in Baghdad.
Miles and miles of tranquil golden beach. Beautiful blue cloudless sky and a hot blazing sun beaming down as we drank cold lager in the beer garden next to the pier, listening to local talent taking turn on the outdoor stage. Yep, Southport's great in a heatwave.
Quote from: BillyStubbsTears on May 02, 2020, 03:24:25 pmScariest place I've ever been was Rio about 15 years ago.First day there, I had my shoes nicked. Second day, Mrs S-T was mugged.Third day, a guy was murdered on the steps of our hotel. Went out to photograph sunrise over the SugarLoaf Mountain. Someone coshed him over the head for his phone and he never came round.Fifth day I left the hotel grounds and someone was shitting in a planter by the hotel gate. Had my suitcase broken into at the airport coming home. £750 of stuff nicked.Then a week later, I'm flicking through The Times and there's a photo of the promenade outside our hotel. So I read the story. 4 days after we left there was a 3 hour gun battle on the road between police and local drug barons. 35 dead.Jaw droppingly beautiful place but you needed 20 pairs of eyes the whole time.I found out later that there were more violent deaths in Rio in 2005 than there were in Baghdad. Where did you stay.? I was right on the promenade at ipanema beach. Got a yellow cab from the airport to the hotel, and to the exhibition centre and back each day and saw no bother.I did have a down day where I got a cab to the funicular railway to get to Cristo Redemptor, and after from there I got the metro to the Maracana and then back to ipanema. Only went on the metro in daytime though - ventured only a couple of blocks around the hotel in the evening, but again, never saw any bother..
Quote from: Nudga on May 02, 2020, 04:46:20 pmHow do I upload pictures on here from a mobile phone 1) Go to Desktop mode (button at the bottom of this screen)2) Hit "Reply" to a post.3) That gives you the option to attach a file.4) FFS check carefully what you've attached before you post it...
Mush, Freemont Street light show.
Half Dome at Yosemite
I went to Vegas for the first time last year and not really sure what the fuss is about. Went to an amazing pool party but that could have been anywhere sunny with booze flowing, and Downtown was decent but I thought the casinos were really quite depressing and it was nothing like what I was expecting. Judging by what people have said in this thread I missed out by not going to the Grand Canyon (unfortunately I was only there 2 nights so didn’t have the time).Somewhere not mentioned yet is the Norwegian Fjords which are stunning - particular highlight when I went was a hike up to Preikestolen (Pulpit Rock), a flat rock on top of a cliff face with amazing views out across the fjords (even on a cloudy day!)