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Been There Loved Every Minute

April 18, 2018 by David Herd

What a Wonderful World

Loved Every Minute, starting with “The Big Apple”.

Loved Every Minute

Loved Every Minute photo blog simply shows some of the many wonderful places I have been fortunate enough to visit. Most travellers have their own bucket list & I’m pleased to say I have ticked 98% of my long list.

Last time I was there it was freezing.

Loved Every Minute

It was mid February & I had arrived from Rio de Janeiro where the temperature was in the high 30s.

Talking about Rio…..

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Here I am on Sugarloaf mountain with Copacabana in the background.

 In case you were wondering about the featured Photo

Loved Every Minute

Well, it’s Madonna di Campiglio 8,500 feet high in The Dolomites in Northern Italy.

 This needs no explanation. 🙂

Loved Every Minute

The Great Wall of China is an ancient series of walls and fortifications, totaling more than 13000 miles in length, located in northern China. Construction began in the third century B.C. as a means of preventing nomadic barbarians from invading the Chinese Empire. 

Majestic Table Mountain

Loved Every Minute

Cape Town is certainly one of the most stunning location on Earth.

Loved Every Minute of the Italian Riviera

Loved Every Minute

Camogli is a fishing village and tourist resort located on the west side of the peninsula of Portofino.

Loved Every Minute of Budapest on the River Danube

Loved Every Minute

The Hungarian Parliament Building, also known as the Parliament of Budapest a notable landmark of Hungary.

Mostar in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Loved Every Minute

What a surprise packet, Mostar is a city in southern Bosnia and Herzegovina, straddling the Neretva River. It’s known for the iconic Stari Most (Old Bridge), a reconstructed medieval arched bridge.

Ankor Wat Cambodia

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An amazing experience.

You gotta love the Ginza.

Loved Every Minute

Tokyo, what an incredible city in an amazing country.

Dubrovnik

Loved Every Minute

The best advice I can give you when you visit this amazing city is to go in the quiet season otherwise it will be like an ant’s nest.

On the ferry to Koh Chang.

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Thailand’s 2nd largest island after Phuket.

Rice paddies near Ubud

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Bali is a wonderful tropical island, just a pity so many out of control Aussie pests travel there.

The Great Ocean Road on the south coast of Australia

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Behind me is “London Bridge”, The span closer to the shoreline collapsed unexpectedly on 15 January 1990 leaving two tourists (Kelli Harrison and David Darrington) stranded on the outer span before being rescued by police helicopter.

Trafalgar Square London

Been There Done That

I have lost count of the number of times I have visited this great city.

Ha Long Bay Vietnam

Loved Every Minute

Northeast Vietnam, it’s famous for its emerald waters and thousands of towering limestone islands topped by rain-forests. 

Behind me is the most expensive building in the world.

Been There Done That

US$ 5.7 billion, including the cost of the prime land. Marina Bay Sands Resort in Singapore is in a class of it’s own, click on THIS LINK for a closer look.

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A-One hotel on Beach Road

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Pattaya Parasailing every day

October 2, 2016 by David Herd

Every morning

Pattaya Parasailing every day

  Pattaya Parasailing every day except for the few occasions the weather is so bad they have to cancel. Most of these tourists are from China, they pay for their holiday before leaving so a fair bit of the money never makes it to Thailand.

Organised chaos

 

Pattaya Parasailing every day

They buzz around like mosquitoes, personally I would not do this because I just don’t trust the Thai boat drivers.

 Coming in to land

Pattaya Parasailing every day

 

There are 4 or 5 of these barges located on the bay,  non-parasailers can also come out to the pontoon to watch the fun for a small cost.

One of the overpowered speed boats.

Pattaya Parasailing every day

About 750 HP is a ridiculous waste of money, I’m guessing they are just showing off to their competitors. When I lived in Australia I had one Yamaha 200 HP powering my boat, that used to cost me about $25 aud per hour in fuel. So these guys are obviously making plenty to be able to justify these three huge engines.

Stuck on the sand.

Speedboat stuck on sandbar

Every which way but loose

Pattaya Parasailing every day

 

This was the name of the 1978 Clint Eastwood movie, the phrase reminds me of the speed boats in this photo, it seems to be total chaos. 🙂

Check out the crowd on the barge

Pattaya Parasailing every day

All waiting for their turn to fly.

Flying high

Pattaya Parasailing every day

The most popular attraction for tourists.

Chaotic & crazy Parasailing in Pattaya

Chaotic & crazy Parasailing in Pattaya

 A storm is looming

Pattaya Parasailing every day

The black clouds are coming across the bay but the tourists don’t seem to care.

More boats stuck on the sand.

Pattaya boats stuck on the sand

Here it comes

Pattaya Parasailing every day

There is no better sight than watching a storm roll in over Pattaya bay.

A beautiful rainbow over the bay

Pattaya Parasailing every day

After the rain in Pattaya there a beautiful day always follows.

Pattaya Parasailing every day

Pattaya Parasailing every day

Quite a walk for the tourists to get to the boats when the tide is out.

Finally another busy day on the bay

Triathlon coming to Pattaya Thailand

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