This was the first sunset we had on our Sydney to Australia cruise. We had boarded the MS Noordam earlier in the day. Our scheduled departure time was 6 pm, but the ship actually set sail an hour early due to a rising tide that would have kept us from passing under the Harbor Bay Bridge. I must say everything worked out for the best because I never would have gotten this shot … [Read more...] about Friday Fotos – Sydney sunset off the rear of the MS Noordam
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Friday Fotos – Waikiki at night from Ala Moana Park
This photo was taken on our last night in Honolulu. On the days we took the Hop On-Hop Off tour, we discovered how close our condo was to Ala Moana Park. So, on our last night in Honolulu, we decided to take a walk over to the park. We were amazed at how easy it was. We’d expected having to deal with traffic, but there’s a bridge with a pedestrian walkway that makes the trip … [Read more...] about Friday Fotos – Waikiki at night from Ala Moana Park
Friday Fotos — More from Fjordland National Park
Part of Fjordland National Park in New ZealandAlong the way to Milford Sound, one of the sights to see is The Chasm. While The Chasm is a beautiful nature walk on a path traveling through the trees and over a river, it was not an easy place to get photos. Not far away, however, is this pass. You can still see snow on the mountains even though we were at the end of … [Read more...] about Friday Fotos — More from Fjordland National Park
Friday Fotos – Mirror Lakes and the world upside down
Mirror Lakes - what a showstopper!Mirror Lakes was one of the stops on our tour to Milford Sound. The crystal clear water was perfectly still on the day we visited, which let me capture a photo of fish swimming above the mountaintops. This was one of those stops where the tour director gave us ‘twenty minutes,’ but the natural beauty was so immense that many of us tended to … [Read more...] about Friday Fotos – Mirror Lakes and the world upside down
Friday Fotos – Huka Falls near Lake Taupo, New Zealand
Huka Falls near Lake Taupo in New Zealand is nothing less than impressive. Located approximately in the middle of the north island, the falls are on the Waikato River. Roughly 200,000 liters of ice-blue water flow through this point every second—that’s more than 50,000 gallons every second. The falls create a huge undertow, which has taken under boats that got too close. We … [Read more...] about Friday Fotos – Huka Falls near Lake Taupo, New Zealand