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Sorry for the decidedly weak state of this page.  One day maybe I'll make it cool.  In the interim, for your troubles here are some random semi-personal images from my travels.
page last updated August 2005


Danger!

These signs effectively use both graphics and text to convey a simple message:  Stay away!!  Clockwise from upper left: 1) Grand Canyon (1997);  2)Oxford, UK, 2004; 3) Queensland, Austrlia, 2003;  4) Also in Queensland: The fine print helpfully adds that "Crocodile attack can cause serious injury or death".
DoD Stingers

Danger
 

England (2004): Yo! Adrian's Wall.  Also, All Souls' College, Oxford (aka The City of Spires), and the Tate Modern art museum, London. 

Yo Hadrian!        Oxford

Spider


Ireland (2004): Clockwise from upper left: 1) Guiness - the essence of the Eire experience.  2) Peat mining - yes, they still do this.  Goodbye wetlands!  3) Chillin' with Oscar Wilde.  4) You may have heard that Dublin has some pubs (Neary's gets the thumbs up).
Guiness Peat Harvesting
Dublin Oscar Wilde

Australia (2003): Ruth and me on our honeymon.  Trust me, there are way more pictures than this.  The usual highlights: Sydney Opera House, koalas, and coral reefs (Whitsunday Island, Queensland shown).
Opera House
Gundy Whitsunday

Western Australia (1999): Bluff Knoll in the Stirling Range, about a 6-hour drive southeast of Perth.  With John Rayner and Andy James.  Holding Emu Bitters carried up the mountain by yours truly.  Always check your pack.



Tasmania (1999): Wineglass Bay, the most photographed spot in Tasmania.  A one hour hike from the trailhead leads to this vista.  Not bad, eh?  Sadly, I was on the turbo tour and did what most tourists do: hike up, admire the view, snap a photo, and head back to the car.  Much more strongly recommended is to actually hike down to Wineglass Bay.



Dijon, France (1998): Collecting water from the fountain at Place Darcy, a memorial for Henry Darcy, the grandfather of groundwater hydrology.

King's Peak, Utah (1996): highest point in Utah (13, 528 ft), High Uinta Wilderness.  I made it to the top on my second attempt.



Finally, if you've had the misfortune to stumble this far you are rewarded with this horrifyingly gruesome image.  I urge you NOT to view this photo if you are disturbed by disturbing things: ugh.