Month: October 2011

  • 1hr in: Shenyang

    One Fun thing about gett about the world from an armchair is that it’s truly surprising howlittle you’re going to find and yet how much.  Come on along a simple info foraging trip for city Shenyang, china.

     map images fail….sorry.

    First the point of chenyang is that it is NOT beijing. or the biggest city of travel note.  next, if you’re going to puroose the Great Wall, this is as good a hub to do so as any.

     

    http://maps.google.com/maps/api/staticmap?size=300×300&maptype=roadmap&sensor=false&path=weight:3|color:blue|enc:yna~Fq_epVuPaLgGmE_CqY~%40i%40Xg%40Nu%40%40y%40Iu%40Uq%40e%40g%40m%40Q{%40%40g%40Vc%40j%40ui%40s_%40gS_N%3Fi%40r%40{DxAqMcDeA&client=google-maps-sharing&signature=vpCUuSWfIahUOxlNWt596046y4s=

    Traders Hotel Shenyang, Shen Yang Lu, Liaoning,

    Beishi 1st Street, Heping, Shenyang, Liaoning, China (Yellow Laosi Sichuan Noodles With Peppery Sauce Cold Noodles)

    there cuss cuss cuss as without an idea of a map this is pointless lol.  now what you can NOT see on this view and thus i encourage you to take the moment to take the above adress info’s and plu them into the google map is, this city has a phenomenal bus system that lol is an exercise in tom foolery to consider taking as i miss stops on my oown bus system and they’re called in a language i almost can hear!..but knowing its possible to get there way why I picked this particular check.. plus if you wish to pick a more “budget effective” lodging, :) you’ll note the map at two levels more detail provides at least 20 I saw that must be more economic than a downtown location more often than not don’t strangle me with priceline dot kaboom here.

    http://www.shangri-la.com/

    I’m not interested in crying about what the rates must be but i’d like you to consider this, it’s a fancy schmancy hotel, right? hmnnnn :D this means the chances improve that they’ve guided or facillitated  information to get to the great wall excursion far more easily…no?  of course for a fee :D

     

    0the department store?…hmn….l I don’t know about you but if i’m going to the great wall of china, I’m getting my damn picture taken sipping tea or coffee  as that’s a hike certainly and I’d like some livation…  and i ain’t arguing with customs about bringing in a thermos!    however thermos?  quick tip, glass vaccuum flask!  you’ll get pains trying to think of what the thermos is in chinese  as it’s going to be?  thermos.. almost unrecognizably english …. so ;)   next thing about fancy schmancy hotels is that the chances of a coffee pot in room have just improoveeed!  so, :D   bust out the tea ball with me and lets brew some hot water for the glass vaccum flask…thermos…and then brew some … oh yeah! we gotta get some damn tea in china  sorry!

    http://www.hkkingpowergroup.com/eng/index.html

    eighty six steps or meters away… how hard is that?  king department store… and odds are if they specialize in food and beverage?  I can procure tea there.. what do you think?

     

    you’ll note on the map there is  parks and i’ve picked nothing I’m physically incapable of walking to- 2.0km   well i’m American and 5k is 3.1 miles so if fatty here can walk three miles nonstop or must until he can baring busted equipment .. I think i can manage a lil jaunt about on my feet getting some take away and gobbling it in the park somewhere…and oooo, a stroll by the police station!  because it’s like there…maybe a murder mystery will come to mind.

     

    dumb as this is / sounds i pick the areas most likely to have an english speaking person around them because such is helpful to me …but if you are luckier or speak chinese yourself or write it it fast enough, maybe you can skip such a feature.

    shopping?

    taiyuan street

    ;) you’re on it hours of street shopping with the no cars.

     

    a steam locomotive museum?

    http://www.china.org.cn/english/olympic/218670.htm

     

    wanna know how and where you’re at now and like how to get home sorta?

     

    just north of center is the far east mansion.  keep that in mind- because just a scosh below it is the beishi community and also the north police station

    http://www.lonelychina.com/images/shenyang/shenyang-police.jpg

    http://www.world-guides.com/images/shenyang/shenyang_mukden_palace5.jpg

    and

    Shen:Yang:Bei:Zhan
    Bei Zhan Lu, ShenHeQu, ShenYangShi, LiaoNingSheng, China, 110013

    …as in maybe
    http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Shenyang_Railway_Station_01.jpg/250px-Shenyang_Railway_Station_01.jpg
    but hey wait!  what if you wanted something other than boring shopping and silly trains?
    Shanyang Botanical Gardens
    http://chinatravelguide.com/ctgwiki/Shenyang_Botanical_Garden
    you should watch the vid. it’s rather pretty
    oh? and hmnnnnnnn, there’s a reason it’s ranked as the number one attraction of things to do ;)   I’m not saying this town is boring or nothing…but travelers who have been here might hint that it’s that cool :D   i love the rustbucket train in it :D
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    there, in a 3 square mile tear drop you’ve stuff to do, places to go food to eat, sites not just everyone would want to see, and
    at 8 hours from Beijing you get a few hours of intrigue and murder to invent or circumvent on your orient express :D

     

    http://www.china-tour.cn/images/China_Pictures/Shenyang-Pictures/Wunu-Mountain.jpg

     

    oh and i fibbed, it took me an hour to find the stuff i needed last night to hint of a story of which i spent an hour again actually building on it ;) :D   2 hours and i’m reasonably certain I can enjoy something fun in town.    but still, not so shbby as the idea at core of the place is that i can get a thermos to have tea for a hike up the great wall, have a spa and pool moment to relax, get some noodles and go for a stroll…bound to be something to see, and get on transport  back or to the next location……which?

     

    ;0 which was mr zeoraksan national park after a pottery tour in seoul south korea.  maybe you too, may start clicking around for stuff to see.

     

  • north by north west .

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvmchU8W9ic&feature=related

    on your marks…skid marks… get set… and your off with a copy paste to the gret klondike international outhouse race this time oh eight. 

     

    yes I was tooling around my armchair looking for a fabulous array of things to explore in the pacific northwest of north america and remembered just a bit of inland joy…to put one’s self in the call of the wild jack london style in dawson city yukon canada perhaps with a bottle of yukon jack which i know! you can light on fire..woo one hundred proof stuff burns in you or in cup!.

     from tossing in the golden gate bridge and it’s chinatown…san francisco…

    if you’re going to san fran-cisco be sure to wear a flower in your hair….

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdvCqUguIh8

     

    or up to prince rupert

    http://holidays.syl.com/img/17011/1.jpg

    http://holidays.syl.com/img/17011/1.jpg

    that’s b.c. canada where you can catch a ferry…to the queen charlotte islands and learn of how early man scratched out a living in these lands of the cold closing in on artic waters.

     

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    be you in search of a cup of coffee where com on, you tell me that’s a pretty town, you can’t lie to me :D

    or on your way to catch …something :D up in dawson. like a case of the giggles just thinking of the right songs to dedicate.. like she’s a brick. house.  might mighty lettin’ it all hang out :D *commodores, brick house)  orcliche entendres like why do you have your outhouse adorned with playing cards?…all hearts ace, king queen, jack ten?  because the name of the entry is the royal FLUSH?  ayuk  yuk yuk! :D

     

    ahhh i was on a roll….perforated roll :D take what you need.

     

    maybe you need the lights!

    http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2193/2259237964_585638389d.jpg

    juneau ak.

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    http://www.ourbc.com/travel_bc/bc_cities/yellowhead_hwy/photos/prince_rupert/cowpuccinos_02_588.jpg

    cowpuccino’s, prince rupert, bc 0 come on! where else have you ever seen a cable spool fit and look like it belonged as furniture?

    :D

    http://www.ourbc.com/travel_bc/bc_cities/yellowhead_hwy/photos/prince_rupert/cowpuccinos_02_588.jpg

    http://www.masausturesimleri.info/thumbs/anchorage_skyline_evening_alaska-t1.jpg

    anchorage skyline :)

    anchorage ak.

    http://www.masausturesimleri.info/thumbs/anchorage_skyline_evening_alaska-t1.jpg

     

     

     

     

  •  

    Atreus- the treasury of Mycenae – 4 mins lame ads

    http://www.unitedbags.com/c-6-sandbags.aspx

     

    http://mbiru.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Great-Sand-Dunes-national-park.jpg

    http://mbiru.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Great-Sand-Dunes-national-park.jpg

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    lets talk scale “model” for the sake of not falling 40 some feet .  lets talk 9 at most.  Lets you watch video, notice sourcing link- an idea within vid but also most representative schematic view pictured. Lets talk sand as it’s far faster and vacation-wise possible to test wether  “Super adobe” strures are Josh possible.  Lets friggin urry up winter -stop delayinging my fun!.  Sand casters somewhere closer to the sky?- anyone!  don’t cause a stampede!

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    update  for the sheer christmas joy of it.

    it’s snowy cold out.  I’m a tad closer to spring :)

    continuous loop bag probably safer idea than individual bags ..bummer though that implies weight.. ..less of an individual only project…no probably about it drat. so

     

    there is another meaning hinted at…it is shifting sands.

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    aftern christmas morning. hickory farms sausage reminds me of picnic..surprise they’re a fine array of product for said. so.

    pic. nic.   pic.nic. ;) keep saying this til there is that day :D

     

     

  • where mr not math Math’s

    http://www.kleinbottle.com/images/PedaPoster_v3_big1.jpg

    http://www.kleinbottle.com/images/PedaPoster_v3_big1.jpg

    http://image.made-in-china.com/2f0j00SMZTvazFatWE/Silicon-Dioxide-G-350-.jpg

    http://image.made-in-china.com/2f0j00SMZTvazFatWE/Silicon-Dioxide-G-350-.jpg

    Silicon dioxide…white sand.

    http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_f3wJfyINpgY/TKmo46QP0VI/AAAAAAAAABg/Q0Mkts8nY7w/s1600/pantai-senggigi-gado-gadoblogspot.jpg

    http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_f3wJfyINpgY/TKmo46QP0VI/AAAAAAAAABg/Q0Mkts8nY7w/s1600/pantai-senggigi-gado-gadoblogspot.jpg

    text:

    http://lusy-tourisminindonesia.blogspot.com/2011/01/senggigi-beach.html

    island of Lombok is Senggigi beach. This beach is located not so far from town or from the airport of Mataram in Ampenan, only 1 / 2 hour trip.

     

    http://imageshack.us/f/828/22233824qqpo5zkr.jpg/

    from google search “molecular model SiO2″

    http://www.hgs-model.com/gallery/img/photo_Low_quartz.jpg

    colors inverted @ www.online-image-editor.com

    http://api.ning.com/files/VmiNtAkwMINuABCxO79kjssTdwZjLhL50mjY*nHhv9h3iOnhNA0ze031NCWq1jPX34XJAqWXce3USSc18TsDnQhde5mrCx3E/Changling.bmp

    http://api.ning.com/files/VmiNtAkwMINuABCxO79kjssTdwZjLhL50mjY*nHhv9h3iOnhNA0ze031NCWq1jPX34XJAqWXce3USSc18TsDnQhde5mrCx3E/Changling.bmp

    oo tough to find a simple vid of odo of star trek deep space nine shapeshifting!  google image search “ds0 odo shapeshift”

    other media present at this time was” Terminator 2 Judgement day.”

    poor robert patrick shotgunnned awwwwwww

    http://imageshack.us/f/192/neca4.jpg/

    http://imageshack.us/f/849/222315285jsvts25.jpg/

    from: google image search “glass car”

    http://www.designyourway.net/diverse/3d/cars/a_glass_car.jpg

    colors inverted @ http://www.online-image-editor.com/

    http://www.johnlund.com/ArticleImages/Artcl33-blunders/stock-photo-circuit-board.jpg

    google image search “circuit board”

    http://www.johnlund.com/ArticleImages/Artcl33-blunders/stock-photo-circuit-board.jpg

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    now the point of this is  truncated as i’m out of time and due out to win the lottery and pick up the milk/juice…:D  is in ninety three college try one i walked past a similar type of poster of the math matical fors of space enclosed.  I thought of sand and how also poly chains/crystals etc. grow and can be many things otherwise unseen/detected while they exist in your very face.

     

    I was to muse on that..  but oh well here’s a poem that started the paper post…it wasn’t metal but glass.

     

    space caged- coalesce

    lest nada nothing exist

    racing waves promise

     

     

  • what catches my eye.

    Multiple times weekly i gets to learn from this spot/ my gateway to the world,-the internet, of what is to be seen.  the follow are from the ideas adventure the stories I might be hinting at :)   there is a strong possibility.

    http://img.izismile.com/img/img2/20090812/aral_sea_02.jpg

    google image search, aral sea, friday morning the 10.21

    http://img.izismile.com/img/img2/20090812/aral_sea_02.jpg

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    http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6135/5952632426_326d39fb4a.jpg

    the top of St mary’s Glacier looking down…for sledding down on a saucer sled…or if you take a Finn, skiing naked….The Finnish soul is apparently flashier…. http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6135/5952632426_326d39fb4a.jpg

    to

    http://img.groundspeak.com/waymarking/display/e9f0bd4a-29d2-4bb1-9868-63e5de5cd70c.jpg

    the view of the glacier from across the lake at the bottom

    google image search , st marys glacier top colorado, and st marys glacier respectively

    http://img.groundspeak.com/waymarking/display/e9f0bd4a-29d2-4bb1-9868-63e5de5cd70c.jpg

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    http://v9.lscache8.c.bigcache.googleapis.com/static.panoramio.com/photos/original/22617892.jpg

    http://v9.lscache8.c.bigcache.googleapis.com/static.panoramio.com/photos/original/22617892.jpg

    cascade brewery gardens, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.

    wondering when this is crossing my mouth

    http://www.liquorhomedelivery.com.au/mediumimages/23005.jpghttp://www.liquorhomedelivery.com.au/mediumimages/23005.jpg

    http://fl2.shopmania.org/files/photos-images/11668/24-x-mercury-cider-draught~t_11667023.jpghttp://fl2.shopmania.org/files/photos-images/11668/24-x-mercury-cider-draught~t_11667023.jpg

    the elaborate seach set began with a map of hobart’s Cascade brewery the oldest inAustralia from i believe eighteen twenty.  a convict brewery no less.

    which is from a wiki search/article on hobart, which is from a search for cider australia..and heheheh believe me

    it’s just duplicated with a simple mercury cider search :) and cascade gardens lol, takes far to long to share it all but believe me that’s how it’s found

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    http://www.delta-alfa.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/olkhon-island.jpg

    http://www.delta-alfa.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/olkhon-island.jpg

    a view from olkhon island, lake Baikal, – near Irkutsk, Russia.

    http://www.etopedia.com/wp-content/images/2ac17__Pink-lake_thumb1.jpg

    uh oh! this isn’t a google image!  this is a yahoo Image search ;)   keep on your toes people :D

    http://www.etopedia.com/wp-content/images/2ac17__Pink-lake_thumb1.jpg

    Retba lake, Senegal, Africa

    i belieeve to complicate matters some this was a “bing” search for pink lake”  that by chance i saw this image somewhere, but oddly google doesn’t list it fast enough or at this size. :)

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    Incredible Underground Lakes and Rivers

    Posted by admin in Travel on Jul 4th, 2009 | 10 responses

    Far below the Earth’s surface, where the sun rarely penetrates, is a world of twinkling glow worms, precious gems and limestone caves and mountains, a land inhabited by nature alone. Within this world are visions to rival many landscapes decorating our horizon; lakes lie still and calm, great networks of caves know no borders and rivers and rivulets carve an ever-evolving terrain.

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    1. Cheddar Gorge is Britain’s biggest canyon and is found within the Cheddar Caves, where the UK’s oldest complete human skeleton was found in 1903. Known as the Cheddar Man, the remains were estimated to be 9,000 years old

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    2. Hamilton Pool Preserve, in Austin, Texas, was created quite naturally when the dome of an underground cave collapsed revealing this stunning natural pool. It is now frequented by day-trippers and naturalists. That’s naturalists not naturists, although no doubt someone has tried to go skinny dipping at one point!

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    3. Hamilton Pool from another perspective. When there’s been heavy rainfall, 45ft waterfalls cascade from the rim of the cavern. It must be pretty spectacular when you’re bathing.
    Photo Source: Van Sutherland, of Austin TX

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    4. Stalagtites adorn the roof of Luray Caverns, Virginia, the still waters throwing a perfect reflection.

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    5. Legend has it that early cavemen inhabited Wookey Caves in Somerset, England.

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    6. This underground lake in Mellisani Caves, near Kefalonia, was found when the roof of the cave collapsed after an earthquake in 1953.

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    7. Lechuguilla Cave, in Carlsbad Caverns National Park, New Mexico is the fifth longest cave discovered yet at 120 miles (193 km) long and measures 489 metres (1,604 ft) deep, making it the deepest in continental United States.

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    8. This underground lake near Macan is one of many that are considered to be gifts from the gods by the Mayans, and therefore sacred.

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    9. The limestone flow feeding into this underground lake in Mexico resembles a waterfall turned to stone. Maybe the Ice Queen is privy to this particular cavern?

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    http://smoont.com/incredible-underground-lakes-and-rivers/

    this is a nice one I believe in banff.  Canada.   I knnow I’ve seen it or it’s approach on i believe rudy maxa’s travel… a pbs high def travelogue.

    I’m shy the image i wanted and sorry fourty-four thousansand messages into talking to people makes it a bit much to find exacts but, yahoo image search underground river banff.  and i had to recheck it as i know there is a lot of error involved in where this image associates :) .

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    http://www.benjamindavis.net/landscapes/Sunset%20over%20Salt%20Lake_web.jpg

    http://www.benjamindavis.net/landscapes/Sunset%20over%20Salt%20Lake_web.jpg

    google image search – great salt lake.

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    http://s1.hubimg.com/u/1384496_f520.jpg

    http://s1.hubimg.com/u/1384496_f520.jpg

    google image search, Dead Seea

    I fit it amusing to know people like eggs float a bit more with saltier water :)

    oh and for beach side

    http://mazageltd.com/images/laziza.png

    http://mazageltd.com/images/laziza.png

    google image search laziza raspberry.  I know the raspberry is tasty stuff.  the zero point zero percent is because it may be alcohol free but it is a malt beverage.  Isuspect dumb as this sounds you who are under legal drinking age might even still get carded trying to purchase it. 

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    http://72.44.88.165/~michaelc/system/application/img/project_image_image_file_18_1294250617.jpg

    http://72.44.88.165/~michaelc/system/application/img/project_image_image_file_18_1294250617.jpg

    google image search, mozambique chair,

    http://www.addictedtotravel.com/Resources/Images/Cache/2009/7/5bc4805c6b664950bd518f141e9a1764-350-1000_350-233.jpg

    tends to tie in with a trip somehow involving a beach ;) … oogle image search mozambique beach.

     

     

    oh and because I do listen too stories sould include sound so hear’s one that captures my ear

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCdeKmHwK30

     

    it is possible to see that with a moment to investigate i can conujur adventure..but that is the hint here, see for yourself that it’s pretty out there.

     

     oh, and listen some too :)