Archives for March 2015

Sunset from the Boat – Taking a Sunset Cruise from Tamarindo

March 30, 2015 by Davis Chapman Leave a Comment

Tamarindo, Costa Rica –

“You’re welcome to swim to the beach, but don’t go past the tree line. The Saudi Billionaire who owns the house there doesn’t like it.”

Not that I was planning on swimming all the way to the beach, it’s at least fifty meters, and I’m not that strong a swimmer.

Plus the ocean has a very strong current today.

Not a good combination.

But there are others that make the attempt.

Several are successful.

Including a Father and very young daughter.

And she’s not willing to try to swim back.

I don’t blame her, she can’t be more than six or seven, if even that.

Already, two of the passengers have gotten into trouble in the strong currents.

One grandmother, here with her spouse, children, and grandchildren, exhausted herself near the reef.

Luckily, she was wearing a life-vest.

The Train Market of Mae Klong

March 23, 2015 by Davis Chapman Leave a Comment

Mae Klong, Thailand –

“When you hear the horn, get away from the tracks.”

Not exactly the words you expect to hear when visiting a market.

I mean, what you expect to hear about is what you might find at this market that you might not at a different one.

You know, regional specialties, or other things that set one apart from another.

And that is exactly what we are hearing about.

What sets this market apart from the others around the country.

Maybe the world.

The tracks.

A History of Plates – A Visit to the Primehof

March 16, 2015 by Davis Chapman Leave a Comment

Delft, Netherlands –

“It’s the coldest winter since 1928,” the man behind the counter told us.

Great.

It had been spring-like weather the week before, but we happened to be visiting during an extreme cold snap, with high winds.

We were not prepared.

So, after a brief bit of shopping for a hat that wouldn’t fly off my head with the slightest breeze, we backtracked a little to take a few photos of things we had passed on our walk from the B&B where we were staying.

As we were taking our photos, we ended up just outside the Primehof, the former palace of William of Orange.

As with many former palaces across Europe, it was now a museum.

I think this must have something to do with palaces having lots of large, spacious rooms. These tend to lend them to become museums over other potential uses.

That and often being centrally located in town.

It all adds up.

The Tomb of Minh Mang

March 9, 2015 by Davis Chapman Leave a Comment

Huế, Vietnam –

Symmetry.

Some find it comfortable.

Safe.

Balanced.

Predictable.

Others can find it boring.

So, when someone desires symmetry in their abode, it tells you something about them.

And, when you get right down to it, this is an abode.

Just because they’ve been dead for a while…

Lava Fields in the Wind and Rain – Craters of the Moon

March 2, 2015 by Davis Chapman Leave a Comment

Craters of the Moon, ID –

Bleak.

That’s what it looks like to me.

I’m glad that I didn’t have to cross this stretch on foot.

Or in a wagon train as a settler, for that matter.

The stories are all bleak.

The miles and miles of nothing but cinders underfoot.

Like millions of tiny razors, cutting and slicing.

Reducing foot and hoof to a bloody mess.

Makes me glad that I’m visiting now, and not back then.

Now, when we’ve got good pavement to drive on.

And good shoes to walk in.

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