Dusty Globe » All http://blog.newsok.com/dustyglobe Just another Blog.newsok.com weblog Sun, 14 Aug 2011 11:04:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 Around Chamonix http://blog.newsok.com/dustyglobe/2011/08/14/around-chamonix/ http://blog.newsok.com/dustyglobe/2011/08/14/around-chamonix/#comments Sun, 14 Aug 2011 11:04:29 +0000 katya http://blog.newsok.com/dustyglobe/?p=1308 Brévent at night
Mont Blanc at sunset
Sunset over Mont Blanc
Alps at sunset
Sunset over Brévent
Moon rising over the Alps
Moon rising over the Alps
Moon rising over the Alps

More photos from Chamonix…

]]> http://blog.newsok.com/dustyglobe/2011/08/14/around-chamonix/feed/ 0 Adventures in European Roadtrips http://blog.newsok.com/dustyglobe/2011/08/08/adventures-in-european-roadtrips/ http://blog.newsok.com/dustyglobe/2011/08/08/adventures-in-european-roadtrips/#comments Mon, 08 Aug 2011 13:21:58 +0000 katya http://blog.newsok.com/dustyglobe/?p=1291 Chamonix, France, It isn’t every day that a friend offers to sell you a Mercedes for next to nothing. In our case, it was a great looking beige 1992 Mercedes diesel–just the car to take us on a road trip through France and Spain. Our problems began well before we embarked on the trip. In France you need a control technique sticker (the equivalent of the car inspection in the US, or MOT in the UK), a Carte Grise (registration), and insurance.…

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Notre Dame
Sacre Coeur
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View from Montmarte
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I spent most of yesterday diving, but unfortunately those photos will have to wait, since I was shooting on a film camera (trust me, you aren’t missing much; most of my energy was focused on remembering how to dive, not on focusing the camera).…

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When I was in India last year I made the mistake of trying to ride “ordinary” buses in an attempt to see India as a local would. This time, remembering the horrors of the Indian bus experience, I had booked a first class bus ticket, and so full of confidence in the “deluxe” ticket I had secured, I turned down the Valium and headed for the bus.…

]]> http://blog.newsok.com/dustyglobe/2011/03/17/overland-egypt/feed/ 0 Valley of the Kings http://blog.newsok.com/dustyglobe/2011/03/17/valley-of-the-kings/ http://blog.newsok.com/dustyglobe/2011/03/17/valley-of-the-kings/#comments Thu, 17 Mar 2011 12:20:14 +0000 katya http://blog.newsok.com/dustyglobe/?p=1240 I spent most of yesterday visiting the west side of Luxor, which includes the famous Valley of the Kings. The Valley of the Kings is where many of the pharaohs, such as Tutankhamun, from the New Kingdom of ancient Egypt were buried.

Valley of the Kings (I wasn’t allowed to take photos inside the tombs)

The west side of Luxor also includes the Valley of the Queens, several temples, and the village where the workers who built the tombs lived.…

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Citadel of Qaitbay
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Modern Library of Alexandria
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It’s really frightening to see just how much the glaciers here have melted. The Mer du Glace, one of Europe’s longest glaciers is rapidly shrinking at a rate of about one centimeter and hour. At the end of the Vallée Blanche there are markers showing where the glacier came to in 1980, 1990, 2000, and 2003; the difference between 2003 and now is immense and the difference between 1980 and now is truly shocking.…

]]> http://blog.newsok.com/dustyglobe/2011/02/26/vallee-blanche/feed/ 0 Photos from the Aiguille du Midi http://blog.newsok.com/dustyglobe/2011/01/18/photos-from-the-aiguille-du-midi/ http://blog.newsok.com/dustyglobe/2011/01/18/photos-from-the-aiguille-du-midi/#comments Tue, 18 Jan 2011 16:11:35 +0000 katya http://blog.newsok.com/dustyglobe/?p=1199 Aiguille du Midi
View from the Aiguille du Midi
Mont Blanc
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Panoramic view of the Alps from the Aiguille du Midi
]]> http://blog.newsok.com/dustyglobe/2011/01/18/photos-from-the-aiguille-du-midi/feed/ 0 Bonne Année (Happy New Year) From Chamonix! http://blog.newsok.com/dustyglobe/2010/12/30/bonne-annee-happy-new-year-from-chamonix/ http://blog.newsok.com/dustyglobe/2010/12/30/bonne-annee-happy-new-year-from-chamonix/#comments Thu, 30 Dec 2010 14:58:18 +0000 katya http://blog.newsok.com/dustyglobe/?p=1192 Bonne Année! Here are some photos of Chamonix over the holidays.

Holiday Lights in Chamonix
Holiday Lights in Chamonix

Here are a few more photos from around Chamonix:

Slalom Race
Slalom Course and Chamonix at Night
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Slalom Race
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