Monday 1 September 2008

Picture-speak

Some of my favorite pics - 'mah' works :)

'The Brisbane Cityscapes'
I took this picture while on a boat ride on the Brisbane river - it was an awesome ride - some of best landscapes i have seen - colors of the sky I have never seen before - It feels like the sun painting the whole city in its Yellow and the overwhelming clear blue Skies.
'Yohei - upscaling Windermere'
My Mad mad Japanese friend who has washed his mobile 3 times and used mosituriser instead of shampoo - Yohei the sweetheart with his innoccent smile and never say die attitude. I remember waking him up hysterically at 4.30 am to catch a train for this trip at 5.15 am. His brilliant plan to snow board with an old scrap metal sheet and cardboard sled which almost gave me a frost bite and of course his lovely wife 'Asami'. He went RED after having the curry but he loved it and of course his infamous 'one hour pasta sauce' - I am grateful for whatever little Japanese i learnt from him Arigato - Gosai- Masta - Yohei san!

'The nestled Windermere - Lake District'
It was a last minute decision to make this trip to Lake District - tickets were bought, the YHA was booked for 2 nights - it was the last weekend before the lakes closed down for Winter. We changed 3 trains and 2 buses to make it here - a good 51/2 hours away from Sheffield into the Lancaster county, very close from the Scottish highlands. The lake district houses 5 of Britains most beautiful and scenic lakes - we went to the biggest ' Windermere'. A low budget trip with packed with extreme action - so it included a trek of 4 hours in pouring rain, river crossing on the mountain and a ride in the freezing lake - so serene and calm. This picture is taken from one of the stop overs in the walkathon - which gave a complete birds eye view of Windermere and the last of what the Summer left behind. You can see the leaves drying on the trees and grass turning flame red - signs of the harsh winter creeping in ....


'Baby Rewa - one month old'

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