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Is Bigger Better?

A stretched Ford Excursion is one example of how many things are bigger in America, though in some parts of the world, they've taken the "size race" to heart and gone even bigger with buildings, bridges, public works, or technology initiatives.

Long Beach, CA USA (Los Angeles area)

Dress Code

Check out those gas station attendants!

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

For Tourists

Those are heavy loads! Dozens of porters take supplies up to the tourist areas the hard way when they could just as easily send it up via the tram. Part show, part cheap labor.

Huangshan (Yellow Mountains) - China

A Public Pee

The gray object on the right side of the bike path in between the bicycles is a men's urinal right out in the open.

Amsterdam, Netherlands

100 foot Nuclear Missile

9 megaton nuclear warhead (600x power of bomb drop on Japan!)

Titan Missle Museum (Near Tucson, AZ, USA)

Radio Telescopes

Very Large Array - National Radio Astronomy Observatory

West of Socorro, New Mexico, USA

Art on Buildings

New Summer Palace artwork

Near Beijing, China

Architecture

Public waterworks building

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Waterfall Bonanza

Perhaps the most dramatic set of waterfalls in the world, upwards of 250+ individual waterfalls

Iguacu Falls - Brazilian side

Advancing Glaciar

Many glaciars are receding due to global warming but the Perito Moreno is not. Yes, those are people on a sidewalk.

Perito Moreno Glacier - Southern Chile

Coastlines

Big Sur coast California, USA

Nature as Art

Some places make taking photographs easy, and can make an amateur into a professional.

Kata-Tjuta - Near Ayers Rock, Australia

Orange Robes

Morning Buddhist monk begging ritual

Luang Prabang, Laos

Spiritual Pathways

Meet fellow seekers on the road of life, like this group of men from India

Nepal on the Annapurna trail

Religious Intrigue

Ponder many of the world's religions -Major and Minor.

Ayutthaya, Thailand

Rethink Time

Walk amongst the oldest living trees / plants. Bristlecone pines. Some are 4500+ years old.

White Mountains of California

Rocks That Breathe?

Ponder the oldest (3.5 billion years!) known living organisms in world - Stromatolites. Rocks that BREATHE!

Near Shark Bay, Northwest Australia

Same Same but Different

Trying familiar foods in new packaging is fun. A screw top aluminum Coke can.

Shinkansen bullet train in Japan.

New Friends & Food

Or something new, like Swedish pancakes with new friends at a hostel.

Hostel in Cairns, Australia

Exquisite Meals

An exquisite meal in Sri Lanka for a not-so exquisite price

Grand Hotel in Colombo, Sri Lanka

Hot Dogs in a Can?

I have my limits though. American Hot Dogs in a can? I'll pass.

Nepal

Cooking School

Thai cooking school

Chiang Mai, Thailand

Aboriginal Rock Art

Thousand+ year old Aboriginal rock art

Arnhem Land, Australia

Massive Monuments

Visit monuments such as massive Borobudur

Island of Java in Indonesia

The Taj

The famous Taj Mahal was more beautiful than my lofty expectations

Agra, India

Future Insights

Dream about the future

Osaka Motorshow

New Ideas

Suzuki