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Travel Photo Thread

vadimivich said:
That's such an iconic photo - the Russian version of the Iwo Jima shot, if you will. Of course, it was actually staged as well.

The original flag that was first flown over the Reichstag is on display at the Museum of the Great Patriotic War in Moscow

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The one in the back? Indeed. I've been plowing through a photo blog and its touched on twice in there.
 
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Jungfrau; taken from First, Switzerland

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Small village north of Grindelwald, Switzerland

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Arches in the same Cathedral/Mosque in Cordoba as posted earlier (rawarr, I think?)

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Cathedral; Salamanca, Spain

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Plaza Mayor at Christmastime; Salamanca, Spain
 
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Backside of the Cathedral in Santiago de Compostela, Spain

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frontside of the same cathedral

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Just hanging out in my friend's backyard... James Cistern, Eleuthera, Bahamas

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view from Mount Alvernia, the highest point in the Bahamas at a staggering 207 ft above sea level, on Cat Island.
 
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View of the Columbia River Gorge from The Vista House, Oregon
This is about 25min from my house.

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Mount Hood in the background, Willamette Falls in the foreground. 'Scenic Viewpoint' off Hwy 205N, Oregon.

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Unaltered photo of the sunset; Bald Head Island, NC

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After a long day of ice climbing; New Hampshire
 
Bull fight, Las Ventas, Madrid. Bull being weakened before the matador comes out to finish the job. I learned a lot at this bull fight. 1) 3 matadors and 9 bulls were showcased, with the most amateur going first and expert last (repeat 3 times a piece). 2) I also learned that every piece of the bull is immediately butchered and sold to vendors at Las Ventas. Pretty cool:

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Intermediate matador, teasing the wounded bull:

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Midland, TX sunset:

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Cute orphan girl in Guatemala:

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Donde Esta San Pedro (San Francisco, Guatemala):

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Friend of mine snapped this one, perfectly timed:
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Another friend got this video:

I'm somewhere on the other side of the bull at this point, because right before the video starts, the bull was in a tunnel but turned and charged back the way he had came to get to where he is standing in the vid. I was in the path of the charge and when I turned to run, I tripped and fell. I proceeded to shit my pants and go against the advice of all the spanish people I talked to and get back up and run. Damn thing was right behind me but luckily I got out of there. And by got out of there, I mean I ran like a scared girl and got well outside the fence. About 30 seconds later he gored that dude in the video. That bull was pissed off and was still out in the streets long after all the others had made it to the ring.
 
Some more from last year.

Berlin Wall

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Auschwitz, Poland

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Ljubljana, Slovenia

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Mostar, Bosnia & Herzegovina

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Eating a goat's head in Albania

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And without a doubt the most unique place I've ever been; Cappadocia, Turkey.

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Great thread...keep them coming.
 
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vadimivich said:
Wife's family is from there originally, we're buying a villa there this winter for our vacation home. I absolutely love Sicily. Love it.
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...and you'll happily accept visitors? :)
 
Of course, of course - there's an open invite to like half the pit to come visit us in Europe at any time.
 
vadimivich said:
Of course, of course - there's an open invite to like half the pit to come visit us in Europe at any time.
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I spent some time in Palermo and Siracusa and absolutely loved it. Where abouts is your villa? Very jealous.
 
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Seven Mile Beach, Negril, Jamaica.

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Sunset from a catamaran. Costa Rica

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Taken from the beach at Manueal Antonio National Park, Costa Rica
 
vadimivich said:
Prague, oh how I love you. Best drinking city in the world (imo)

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I can't wait to visit Prague. I have this amazing vision in my head of what it's like, and I have a feeling that, as good as my imagination is, it won't come close. I've heard so many amazing things about the city and my wife is Czech, so it will have added meaning.
 
One of my favorite pictures from our honeymoon.

Sandals Royal Caribbean, Montego Bay, Jamaica

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Also sign me up for visiting vad too!
 
seventwofour said:
Vamos La U!

Gonna throw some pics up later, including some from Chile.

Where'd you study, bro? Looks like Santiago based on your English-teaching assignment. Me too. Spring 2008. Valparaiso is one of my favorite places in the world.
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Ha, vamos Catolica! I had to at least pretend to root for Colo Colo, though, cuz I sat with their fans at the superclasico and they would have killed me if I didn't.

Yeah, studied in Santiago 2006.
 
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