Category: Travel Photography
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Ride Of Your Life
As this photo shows, there is a ride at the top of the Strat Hotel in Las Vegas that thrusts you out into nothingness at a height of almost 900 feet over the city, then tilts you forward (further than this image shows, too!). There’s very little keeping you in your seat. The screams are…
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Crazy Ely’s
I liked the red neon sign in this one. In case it wasn’t obvious, we’re still in Las Vegas. I have no idea who Crazy Ely is…
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Note Quite An Eyeful
Another day, another Las Vegas replica of a world famous structure – this time it’s a half pint version of the Eiffel Tower. This structure sits atop a restaurant in the aptly named Paris Las Vegas hotel. That I really need to spend more time in Paris (if travel is something that we’ll be able…
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Lady Liberty (almost)
You can be forgiven for mistakenly thinking that this shot was taken in New York City. This is actually the 1/2 size copy of the statue of liberty outside the New York, New York hotel in Las Vegas. As well as dozens of America replicas, there’s a statue of liberty in England, standing at 17…
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Wynn & Encore
The Wynn Hotel opened in Las Vegas in 2005, designed by Marnell Corrao Associates. It proved so popular, they opened a sister hotel, Encore, a year later. What did these images teach me? The average life span of a hotel in Las Vegas is something close to 50 years. Not long at all, really.
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The Stratosphere
This is the tower attached to the Stratosphere Hotel, or The Strat as it is now known, one of several incredibly unique hotels you can find in Las Vegas. This shot was taken from my hotel window – not that I spent any real time in my hotel room. I had less than 3 hours…
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The Grand Canyon
Here are a few shots of the 227 mile long canyon that scars the landscape of the Colorado Plateau. What did these images teach me? There are almost 90 species of mammal that live in the grand canyon, and nearly a third of them are species of rodent or bat.
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The Golden Gate Bridge
One of San Francisco’s (if not the whole of America’s) most famous sights, is the Golden Gate Bridge. What did these images teach me? The Golden Gate bridge was opened in 1937, having taken 4 years to build. There are about 1.2 million rivets holding everything in place.
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Red, White, and Blue
I’m trying something new this month – I’m going to dedicate every picture throughout November to a single theme: America. That’s right, all shots this month (newly edited, even if they were taken some time ago) come from the United States of America. What did this image teach me? I’m sure everyone over there in…