My many hikes and walks tell me that I have to find the best ones for Cee…now that she gives us the opportunity to share them!
The levada walks in Madeira are marvellous. The stillness in the air and the soft scents along your walk make you never want it to end.
The hiking trails in the Pyrenées can be rather difficult, but their beauty is outstanding. And so are the ”Pancakes” of New Zealand.
In New Zealand you can also find these magnificent boulders on a sandy beach of the South Island.
Finally something of Ground. From the magnificent plateau in the Himalayas – on the road to Lhasa, Tibet.
Leya 
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The boulders and Tibet shot are excellent – I love the boulders
Thank you, Scott. That Tibet shot was taken through the train window…
well if that’s the case hats off Leya
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Hi, A-C!!! Back from Istanbul … how are you doing???? Still busy???
As usual you provide us with the most wonderful images from around the world, with the stillness and greatness in its on beauty. My pick this week has to be top one – I love the softness and lushness in that image.
Welcome back, Viveka! I’m back today too – been with my students for a week in Bohuslän.
Beautiful captures, Christine… you surely deserve being featured in Cee’s fun foto challenge for this week, congratulations 🙂
Thank you very much!
Congratulations! I have selected your post to be featured on Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge.
http://ceenphotography.com/2014/05/27/cees-fun-foto-challenge-water/
Cee – what can I say – I’m so happy about it – thank you!
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Thank you again!
Some spectacular shots there Ann Christine! Love them all, hard to pick a favourite.
Well, thank you!
Amazing photos, Ann Christine. Love the turtle-like boulders and the ‘Pancakes’. 🙂
Thank you, Sylvia
Ooooh, lucky you to have been in Lhasa!! I’m so ENVIOUS! 🙂 Beautiful impressions, I especially like the round stones.
They are really interesting, aren’t they. You didn’t want to leave that beach.
You have some wonderful photos this week. I really enjoyed looking at them.
I’m glad you did, Cee!
What fabulous photos – it makes me want to travel even more and visit all the wonderful places!
Alison x
Travelling is a great eye opener too!
Such excellent cloud cover in the last photo. It’s almost as if the clouds are descending from the sky…they look like candy-floss! My favourite shot of this set of photos. I like walking and hiking too. It’s always an adventure 🙂
Mmm, thank you – I took so many photos of those great plains and the clouds all seemed to hang about 50 metres from the ground only!
Oh I can see how much you enjoyed this challenge Ann Christine looking at your lovely photos . It’s a great way to go looking at and remembering past travels isn’t it .
I’ve only experienced one of these places… hiking up to the La Breche de Roland in the Pyrenees .. ahh KNEES … yes they were put to the test on the way down Lol
Those rocks … amazing and weird … Anna who lives in Christchurch NZ created a great series of paintings of those unusual boulder rocks using her own photo as a prompt .http://annacull.com/2014/04/07/shoot-it-sketch-it-moeraki-two-wip/
Thank you for the link! Impressive and beautiful. I remember those knees too – mine that is…But, it was worth it.
Those round rocks on the shore in NZ … surely they must have some special significance ? Like, be something to do with evolution …? I must see if I can find out …
”The Moeraki Boulders are concretions created by the cementation of the Paleocene mudstone of the Moeraki Formation, from which they have been exhumed by coastal erosion.” According to Wikipedia.
The larger boulders, 2 metres (6.6 ft) in diameter, are estimated to have taken 4 to 5.5 million years to grow while 10 to 50 metres (33 to 164 ft) of marine mud accumulated on the seafloor above them. Local Māori legends explained the boulders as the remains of eel baskets, calabashes, and kumara washed ashore from the wreck of Arai-te-uru, a large sailing canoe.
Hmmm. Not QUITE like the stromatolites, but on the way,eh, Ann Christine ? And there are always local legends that are such fun if only … 🙂
On the way…but stromatolites are older, aren’t they? And you have got them in Australia?.
We have – over in Western Australia (where I was born and grew up). And I understand they’re almost unimaginably old. Bit like me. [grin]
Then they are gorgeous too…grey, wrinkled and wise?
EXACTLY ! Oh … dunno about the third adjective …
The most fitting one for sure!
Ah, I would love to hike those trails!
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Lhasa has my heart and those boulders are amazing!
I lost my heart in Lhasa…I understand.
You’ve exceeded the challenge this time. The Tibetan photo is spectacular.
I’m happy you liked it! Everything about Tibet made a deep impression…
Magnificent ! Tell us about New Zealand please?
I’ll do a bit more there, yes. Glad you liked it so much! A Neverending interest in NZ from my part!
I really did and I think many people dream about it here in the states.
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Amazing rocks! The third one, Wow!
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great photos – I love the rounded boulders and the plateau in Tibet is fabulous. How wonderful for you to have seen it.
Something to remember and warm my heart by!
Beautiful shots. I love the light and shadow in the first one.
Thank you, Imelda! Light and shadow is important to me too.