My World In Five Colours – 2013

8 oktober, 201325 oktober, 2013 / Leya / 48 kommentarer

I have been nominated by Madhu of theurgetowander for My world in five colours for the Capture the Colour photo competition, the 2013 edition.

The rules say that I publish a post with five original shots from my travels, that best represent the colours blue, green, yellow, white and red, on or before 9 October. I then need to tag five other bloggers and link back to Travelsupermarket on Facebook or Twitter with @travelsupermkt and #CTC13 hashtags.

So here are my five snapshots from different countries in the world:

BLUE: Floating icebergs on Iceland.

RED: Pohutukawa (” Christmas tree”), New Zealand

YELLOW: Alley in Copenhagen, Denmark

WHITE: The Pothala Palace, Lhasa Tibet

GREEN: Highgate Cemetery, London, England

My nominees, with due apologies for the very short notice, are:

1. Seonaid of breathofgreenair

2. Nina of Vackrare

3. Viveka of myguiltypleasures

4. Meg of Meg Travels

5. Ailsa at Where’s My Backpack?

This challenge is open to everyone – you don’t need to be nominated to take part. The deadline for submitting your entry is 9 October.

If you don’t have a Facebook or Twitter account simply email your entry to capturethecolour[at]travelsupermarket.com, complete with your name, address and phone number.

Good luck to Madhu and to all my blogger friends that are taking part in this challenge!

Travel Theme: Height

6 oktober, 20137 oktober, 2013 / Leya / 21 kommentarer

Ailsa at Where’s My Backpack? urges us to show something of Height. My entry is taken from the train ride to Tibet over the great plateau in the Himalayas. For more about Height – click here.

The Tang Gu La or Tanggu Pass is a wide mountain pass over 5000 metres elevation used by the Quinghai – Tibet Railway to cross the Tanggula Mountains. On August 24, 2005, rail track for the Qinghai–Tibet Railway was completed 28 kilometres to the WNW of the highway, reaching 5072 meters (16,640 feet)—the world’s highest, 255 m higher than Cóndor station, Peru.

We travelled Peru 1987 and Tibet 2009 – both fantastic adventures. I had the great luck of catching this sign, Tang Gu La, from the train window. We were never allowed to go outside for photos, and the train rarely stopped anywhere. The compartments all had extra oxygen. The feeling is not possible to describe or explain.

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Candid Shots

2 oktober, 20132 oktober, 2013 / Leya / 36 kommentarer

Cee has a wonderful task for us…Candid shots, when people don’t know they are being photographed! My last shot is a double one…That car driver didn’t know I was standing by the road aiming for the rainbow – and I didn’t know I was to end up with him instead…

Red hatters chatting in London

Dog lover in Madrid

Studying Scarborough…

Madrid Park

Madrid

Flea market in Madrid

Double candid? He didn’t know about me and I certainly didn’t know about him/her showing up in that angle…

Ese’s Weekly Shoot & Quote Challenge: Scent

29 september, 201329 september, 2013 / Leya / 16 kommentarer

Certain scents bring back old memories like nothing else can do. Memories from childhood and younger days. Sometimes a scent brings tears to my eyes and other times a smile on my face…For this challenge I chose a quote from the world of animals. Maybe it seems like a joke to some of you, but I have grown up with animals and I just might agree with Mr Stewart. What do you think?

For more quotes, photos and thoughts about scent, click here.

On a warm summer evening… one of the last days before autumn arrives…the old stone steps are entirely – His.

True delight…

When a dog is really comfortable, they give off a certain scent and you can smell it on their paws.

Booboo Stewart

Weekly Travel Theme: Relaxing

28 september, 201328 september, 2013 / Leya / 13 kommentarer

We all need relaxing…and these are my entries from our family! If you want some more of this, click here.

Friends

Down and out in Paris – Mother celebrating73 years

Mille in the tent after a tough hike

Totti has this gift of…relaxing everywhere, any possible way

Heathrow (?) after Tibet

This morning – uncut…

Ese’s Weekly Shoot & Quote Challenge: Desire

23 september, 201323 september, 2013 / Leya / 21 kommentarer

I know, I know…I have used this picture before…but – those greedy fingers are irresistable!

A desire presupposes the possibility of action to achieve it; action presupposes a goal which is worth achieving.

Ayn Rand

Should you desire more of this, click here.

Ese’s Weekly Shoot & Quote Challenge: Bare

18 september, 201322 september, 2013 / Leya / 15 kommentarer

This challenge is a real challenge…not easy. My choice is Art by Gaudí for the theme. His life and nature theme is strong and holistic. Click here to meet more of Bare.