Posted: 2008-09-30 08:14 AM  
Thank you for your comments. Yes, you are right, I was in the UK. I've been there for 4 weeks, one of which I spent in Cornwal... That's a great place.
Posted: 2008-09-22 01:25 PM  
Hi Jill,
Great slide show! I started to get a paper and a pen writing down all numbers of the pix I liked the more... I started with 1, then 2, 3,4,5,6,7....till 13!!
only 1 bad point: it was too short!! hehehe
Posted: 2008-09-22 07:24 AM  
Good morning, Jill,
just before going to work I want to tell you how much I enjoyed your new slide show. Compositions, colours and texts are really great. Have a nice day - Petra
Posted: 2008-09-22 03:16 AM  
Hi Jill,
I love your National Parks and I have special emotional connections with some of them - Grand Canyon, Bryce, Zion. I have been there many times, last time- two weeks ago.
I liked very much your Zion Narrows slideshow. I think you have excellent and better photographs of Narrows than me. It is a difficult place to capture well and balanced.
Thank you for your comments on my pictures. It is always rewarding when you attract somebody's interest with your postings.
Posted: 2008-09-20 03:44 PM  
Thanks for looking at my pix. The little girl with the balloon came back every day to ask for more. I had a whole bag of them , I think she and her friends got most of them.
I managed to avoid giving bribes, although there were a few situations that were sticky, and the locals expected me to reach out to my pockets. But I didn't! I know that some say that this is just a way of life in some places (Nigeria and Cameroon being worst) but I am rather disgusted by this, you know.
I am writing a few reports from the trip (obviously :)) and there will be a few more pix, mainly from Samarkand and Turkistan, which were also superb for sights.
I had fantastic weather in Uzbekistan! There were hardly any clouds and the temperature was hitting 40C (103F) on most days. I was lucky with slightly cooler 26C (80F) in Khiva, which is usually the hottest. I had such a great time there.
Posted: 2008-08-18 08:40 PM  
Jill,
Egypt was fantastic, and so unexpected! The heat was killer though. 115 - 120f daily but at least it was dry heat!
Thanks for looking at the album. It is so easy to shot a good pic when everything around you is so beautiful! Nature does the work for you!
Posted: 2008-08-15 11:23 PM  
Thank you for taking the time to comment on my little picture. Before writing this note I peeked into your album on Alsace.
Thr close up of grapes. the fortified church the early morning and the fair tale towns made me catch my breath.
Hugh