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Greate Idea! Here are the two more links of my home town's view. night piece of the down town[^] Other scenery photos[^] :) Let's roll!
Wow! I'm not a city type person but Nanjing sure looks interesting. Nice pics!
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I moved around so much growing up it's difficult to remember just all the schools that I've been to, let alone all places that I've lived. This is my best attempt for those I remember in reverse date order as photos are prooving really hard to find: Tiverton (1999-current) http://www.tiverton.net[^] Where I live now. A decent enough British market town built around trade with the Great Western Canal and the cloth factories and surrounding estate being the main reasons. My friend's family used to own half of the town many generations ago. The yocals keep to their local shops and local pubs and the outsiders like me stick to ours. On the rare occasioned our paths cross we need to visit the hospital for anti-viral jabs. A lot of local people form Tivvy and the surrounding area work with one of the country's largest meat processors, so chances are if you buy a chicken from sainsbury's or some pork from Safeway it has passed through the hands of a Tivetonian. Kentisbeare (1995-1999) http://www.kentisbeare-primary.devon.sch.uk/village.html[^] Small, smelly and everybody is related to everybody else. That is the street I lived in anyway; the rest of the village was ok. Apart from the smell though - the fact that the entire village was surrounded by pig and cattle farms was not something they could hide - hell, even the chainlink fench surrounding the playground had pig shit hanging off it nine months of the year. I have fond memories of Kentisbeare because of all the places I lived this was the one where I actually got to have some resemblance a childhood: I remember riding my bike with my friend to some far off woodland with a lake and going hunting for pheasants armed with spears, and chasing deer around the orchards behind our houses, freeing ducklings from the local duck farmer, riding pigs, or rather trying to ride pigs, getting caught by the police stealing fish from the local trout farm, building dams in the local river and flooding the roads, playing on a tyre swing hanging fifty feet from a massive oak over a small ravine, ... all the things I never got to do anywhere else, and all without a care in the wole world. Damn, that place was good. Then I turned fourteen and that was that. Kenton
Suddenly I feel like I put far too little energy into this :) David Wulff wrote: Where I live now. A decent enough British market town built around trade with the Great Western Canal Out of interest, what are the offroad cycling trails like around there? Are you likely to be run over by speeding cars, or are there decent stretches (more than 5 miles long say) where you could ride a bike without fearing for your life due to speed-demons?
Look at the world about you and trust to your own convictions. - Ansel Adams
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Here's where I come from, Bergen, Norway. Haven't lived there for 20 years, though. :( Haakon S. A sure cure for seasickness is to sit under a tree. Spike Milligan
What a beautiful place! I've never been to Norway but based on pictures I've seen and, of course, the Norway ride at Disney World, I would love to go there someday.
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Suddenly I feel like I put far too little energy into this :) David Wulff wrote: Where I live now. A decent enough British market town built around trade with the Great Western Canal Out of interest, what are the offroad cycling trails like around there? Are you likely to be run over by speeding cars, or are there decent stretches (more than 5 miles long say) where you could ride a bike without fearing for your life due to speed-demons?
Look at the world about you and trust to your own convictions. - Ansel Adams
Meg's World - Blog Photography - The product of my passionMegan Forbes wrote: Suddenly I feel like I put far too little energy into this I needed to kill off an hour or so this morning. :rolleyes: Megan Forbes wrote: Out of interest, what are the offroad cycling trails like around there? There are a couple of routes I know of, one following the old railway line and the other along the canal - neither or which are near roads. Do watch out for locals along the railway path though - they live in little holes in the ground and don't trust outsiders.
David Wulff The Royal Woofle Museum
Putting the laughter back into slaughter
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After seeing Eastdragon's pics I thought it would be cool to start a thread where lots of people posted pics of where they live or grew up. Some pics of where I come from are here[^]. Most of the pictures are a little too urban for my liking but they were hard to come by. The most similar pic to home (where I grew up) would be the one of the Big Piney River, and I currently live about a mile from the Stonehenge in Rolla. I might have to take some forest pics to post next time I go home.:) Brad Jennings Sonork: 100.36360 AIM: hongg99
Wow! So many great pictures...I wish I could visit all of these places. I currently live in Maryland, USA. I found some good [pictures of the area](http://pictures on the area)[^] on the web. Maryland is a great place but I still call Idaho, USA my home. I was born and raised in southern Idaho[^] and hope to return someday.
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What a beautiful place! I've never been to Norway but based on pictures I've seen and, of course, the Norway ride at Disney World, I would love to go there someday.
Brad Fackrell wrote: What a beautiful place! Thanks! Your are certainly welcome to visit Bergen. It is located in the middle of the west coast fjord district and therefore a good starting point if you wish to experience our famous costal areas. Hundreds of cruise ships, also American, make a stop in Bergen each year. Regards, Haakon S. A sure cure for seasickness is to sit under a tree. Spike Milligan
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Yes it was, Grith, my girlfriend, got a good price for a room and tickets. Actually, it was my first time ever outside Denmark :-O, so we opted for a more luxurious vacation than we normally would pay for. The service from the employees was fantastic, they were always smiling and seemed very keen on making the stay comfortable. And last, if it wasn't for the Hotel restaurant, I would have starved. Admittedly, we didn't go to any restaurants outside the Ribeira so it may not be a trend, but at best the food was average. At one place I even got a steak which was very obviousely rotten! X| I really don't know what had happened to the waiters nose, but I could smell the steak from 10 meters away... "After all it's just text at the end of the day. - Colin Davies "For example, when a VB programmer comes to my house, they may say 'does your pool need cleaning, sir ?' " - Christian Graus
You're right. The Ribeira is an old, historic zone and most of the restaurants are tourist traps. I live here and I don't remember the last time I went for a dinner there, although it is beyond doubt, the most beautiful area of the city and what makes it unique. But now I'm curious. What attracted you here for your first trip outside your home country? Why not the common Paris, London and the like? G. Raven
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You're right. The Ribeira is an old, historic zone and most of the restaurants are tourist traps. I live here and I don't remember the last time I went for a dinner there, although it is beyond doubt, the most beautiful area of the city and what makes it unique. But now I'm curious. What attracted you here for your first trip outside your home country? Why not the common Paris, London and the like? G. Raven
Well, as I mentioned, Grith tries very hard not to go to the same place twice, and as she has allready visited a lot of cities, including Paris and London, it's quite a challenge to find a new interesting place. But some friends of mine visited Porto about ten years ago as a part of their interrailing, and they were impressed by the Portuguese people whom they found to be very friendly and helpfull. I doubt that Paris or London would have made a better first trip. Aside from the gastronomic catastrophies, I have only good impressions from Porto. That, and an aquired taste for good Portwine, now we consume enormous amounts of Taylors 10 years Tawny :-D "After all it's just text at the end of the day. - Colin Davies "For example, when a VB programmer comes to my house, they may say 'does your pool need cleaning, sir ?' " - Christian Graus
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After seeing Eastdragon's pics I thought it would be cool to start a thread where lots of people posted pics of where they live or grew up. Some pics of where I come from are here[^]. Most of the pictures are a little too urban for my liking but they were hard to come by. The most similar pic to home (where I grew up) would be the one of the Big Piney River, and I currently live about a mile from the Stonehenge in Rolla. I might have to take some forest pics to post next time I go home.:) Brad Jennings Sonork: 100.36360 AIM: hongg99
Here's some from my hometown in Canberra, Australia: Parliament House, Canberra (17.7 Kb) Baroomba Rocks (19.9 Kb) Black Mountain (15.8 Kb) Black Mountain, Lightning strike (28 Kb) Brindabella range (7.7 Kb) Canberra at night (49.2 Kb) Carillion (17.8 Kb) Black Mountain, fog (20.2 Kb) Hawker (34.5 Kb) Mt Rogers, lightning (18.6 Kb) Mt Franklin (52.2 Kb) Night fog (17.1 Kb) Pond (18.1 Kb) 'roo (25.3 Kb) Neighbours' Trees (48.5 Kb) cheers, Chris Maunder
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Greate Idea! Here are the two more links of my home town's view. night piece of the down town[^] Other scenery photos[^] :) Let's roll!
Just out of curiosity, why are there no people in most of these pictures? In the US, and probably most of the world, we hear all our lives about what a terrible overpopulation problem China suffers. In any small town in the US there are people standing around in parks and on sidewalks at almost any hour of the day, and it's positively crowded in any large city. Are people there so polite that they get out of the photographer's way? Great photos, again... Thanks!:-D "Your village called -
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Brad Fackrell wrote: What a beautiful place! Thanks! Your are certainly welcome to visit Bergen. It is located in the middle of the west coast fjord district and therefore a good starting point if you wish to experience our famous costal areas. Hundreds of cruise ships, also American, make a stop in Bergen each year. Regards, Haakon S. A sure cure for seasickness is to sit under a tree. Spike Milligan
My wife and I plan to make a trip to Europe someday, probably not until we retire. I would love to see all of Europe but I’m sure that is not possible in one trip, but Norway is on the top of our list. We will keep Bergen in mind as a good starting point. Thanks ;)
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After seeing Eastdragon's pics I thought it would be cool to start a thread where lots of people posted pics of where they live or grew up. Some pics of where I come from are here[^]. Most of the pictures are a little too urban for my liking but they were hard to come by. The most similar pic to home (where I grew up) would be the one of the Big Piney River, and I currently live about a mile from the Stonehenge in Rolla. I might have to take some forest pics to post next time I go home.:) Brad Jennings Sonork: 100.36360 AIM: hongg99
Pictures taken near where I grew up,[^] in central Illinois (USA). I grew up about 5 miles north of town of 1300 people. Most of the pictures on the above link were taken close to our old house. I wish I had some others because these aren't great. I still only live about 30 miles from home.
"We have done so much in the last 2 years, and it doesn't happen by standing around with your finger in your ear, hoping everyone thinks that that's nice." - Donald Rumsfeld
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After seeing Eastdragon's pics I thought it would be cool to start a thread where lots of people posted pics of where they live or grew up. Some pics of where I come from are here[^]. Most of the pictures are a little too urban for my liking but they were hard to come by. The most similar pic to home (where I grew up) would be the one of the Big Piney River, and I currently live about a mile from the Stonehenge in Rolla. I might have to take some forest pics to post next time I go home.:) Brad Jennings Sonork: 100.36360 AIM: hongg99
Here's one from my neighborhood - never mind the dangerous looking chick.[^] And a few miles down the road, I found this suspicious character.[^] If that was real gold, he'd be struggling mightily to hold it up, of course. The building he's standing in front of is the Oatman Hotel[^]. Built in 1902 in what was then a gold mining boom town along Route 66, it was a vacation spot for the stars; Clark Gable and Carol Lombard spent their honeymoon there in 1939. "Your village called -
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Here's some from my hometown in Canberra, Australia: Parliament House, Canberra (17.7 Kb) Baroomba Rocks (19.9 Kb) Black Mountain (15.8 Kb) Black Mountain, Lightning strike (28 Kb) Brindabella range (7.7 Kb) Canberra at night (49.2 Kb) Carillion (17.8 Kb) Black Mountain, fog (20.2 Kb) Hawker (34.5 Kb) Mt Rogers, lightning (18.6 Kb) Mt Franklin (52.2 Kb) Night fog (17.1 Kb) Pond (18.1 Kb) 'roo (25.3 Kb) Neighbours' Trees (48.5 Kb) cheers, Chris Maunder
Beautiful place, Chris. Why settle for Canada? "Your village called -
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Greate Idea! Here are the two more links of my home town's view. night piece of the down town[^] Other scenery photos[^] :) Let's roll!
I love the aerial photo with the greenish tint. Postcard material.:) "For all of our languages, we cannot communicate" - Christy Moore, Natives
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After seeing Eastdragon's pics I thought it would be cool to start a thread where lots of people posted pics of where they live or grew up. Some pics of where I come from are here[^]. Most of the pictures are a little too urban for my liking but they were hard to come by. The most similar pic to home (where I grew up) would be the one of the Big Piney River, and I currently live about a mile from the Stonehenge in Rolla. I might have to take some forest pics to post next time I go home.:) Brad Jennings Sonork: 100.36360 AIM: hongg99
Here are some pics of my current hometown. www.greenvillearea.net/photoalbum.html[^]
"Myths and the magic, Triumphant and tragic, A mechanized world out of hand. "
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Here's one from my neighborhood - never mind the dangerous looking chick.[^] And a few miles down the road, I found this suspicious character.[^] If that was real gold, he'd be struggling mightily to hold it up, of course. The building he's standing in front of is the Oatman Hotel[^]. Built in 1902 in what was then a gold mining boom town along Route 66, it was a vacation spot for the stars; Clark Gable and Carol Lombard spent their honeymoon there in 1939. "Your village called -
They're missing their idiot."Roger Wright wrote: this suspicious character.[^] :wtf:I have been called many things, many of them using the word 'character', but never suspicious. I still look back back on that little excursion to your place as a lot of fun, and I want to thank you again for showing me around.:-D
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Roger Wright wrote: this suspicious character.[^] :wtf:I have been called many things, many of them using the word 'character', but never suspicious. I still look back back on that little excursion to your place as a lot of fun, and I want to thank you again for showing me around.:-D
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PJ Arends wrote: but never suspicious. Depending upon your viewpoint, the phrase could equally mean that you are looking suspicious that you've been had. I love English!:laugh: PJ Arends wrote: a lot of fun, and I want to thank you again Me, too, and you're entirely welcome! Great fun!:-D "Your village called -
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After seeing Eastdragon's pics I thought it would be cool to start a thread where lots of people posted pics of where they live or grew up. Some pics of where I come from are here[^]. Most of the pictures are a little too urban for my liking but they were hard to come by. The most similar pic to home (where I grew up) would be the one of the Big Piney River, and I currently live about a mile from the Stonehenge in Rolla. I might have to take some forest pics to post next time I go home.:) Brad Jennings Sonork: 100.36360 AIM: hongg99
Here are some tourism pics from our web site. My pics are all archived on CD at the moment. Municipal web site gallery[^] "For all of our languages, we cannot communicate" - Christy Moore, Natives
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Pictures taken near where I grew up,[^] in central Illinois (USA). I grew up about 5 miles north of town of 1300 people. Most of the pictures on the above link were taken close to our old house. I wish I had some others because these aren't great. I still only live about 30 miles from home.
"We have done so much in the last 2 years, and it doesn't happen by standing around with your finger in your ear, hoping everyone thinks that that's nice." - Donald Rumsfeld
Jason Henderson
blogLooks strikingly similar to where I grew up. I grew up about 2 or 3 miles froma village of 100 people. The closest city that had over a 1000 people was 10 miles. Brad Jennings Sonork: 100.36360 AIM: hongg99
