http://www.anintrovertabroad.net/blog daily 1.0 2016-02-27 http://www.anintrovertabroad.net/blog/2015/11/15/belated-bangkok monthly 0.5 2016-02-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1447527219813-1I9078KL0QKK704WI1DZ/P1030157.JPG Travel Blog - Belated Bangkok! Another Botero! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1447527223426-VXYPQ1YEVWD7TR7BC0QV/P1030158.JPG Travel Blog - Belated Bangkok! Vroom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1447527229104-TTOGAQQNNK72AV88E7AZ/P1030159.JPG Travel Blog - Belated Bangkok! Had to get the stores in the background... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1447527232760-1JFZT1SHLAILXOW3R53V/P1030161.JPG Travel Blog - Belated Bangkok! A (relatively calm) Bangkok street. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1447527239878-WG13791TRR7L387AXSGI/P1030163.JPG Travel Blog - Belated Bangkok! No idea, but worth a picture! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1447527245162-SRS8KEVHKLKUOLZOINTJ/P1030169.JPG Travel Blog - Belated Bangkok! The fancy new gift shop in the Jim Thompson House. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1447527248344-SGJSIGQYQRLOHKWVCPBI/P1030175.JPG Travel Blog - Belated Bangkok! The sole selfie of many that turned out decently. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1447527257727-83H7REO0QRDJDNPSWD8O/P1030177.JPG Travel Blog - Belated Bangkok! One of the original blocks for block printing. I think that's the correct terminology? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1447527259027-NBITSPXM8FGA7HD5PDNT/P1030181.JPG Travel Blog - Belated Bangkok! Shingles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1447527270192-RYLBQLIDMAQGH4IUJ4YE/P1030185.JPG Travel Blog - Belated Bangkok! Wood carving. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1447528217194-AQ0K2WI8T9JH6V848VCJ/IMG_20150905_092349.jpg Travel Blog - Belated Bangkok! Cute little coffee shop where we hung out before the food tour. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1447528225683-V9S754DPICT05VV0RJEF/P1030201.JPG Travel Blog - Belated Bangkok! Dumplings! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1447528227494-92U3L7FDHH5GFHBKY046/P1030202.JPG Travel Blog - Belated Bangkok! Our intrepid crew setting out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1447528237278-QIT95TR3N6X9ISGUJ59F/P1030205.JPG Travel Blog - Belated Bangkok! Duck, pork, and Pepsi. What else do you need? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1447528239532-P1ZV7R2YPJ6JNG07BZI7/P1030206.JPG Travel Blog - Belated Bangkok! Not going to pretend to know what these fruits are (besides yummy), but Grace probably knows. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1447528248434-AT62U9WS7QJ2DR0KE5A5/P1030212.JPG Travel Blog - Belated Bangkok! Temple with a modern backdrop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1447528251546-H93U7DDNSNGQFOF54IJ1/P1030223.JPG Travel Blog - Belated Bangkok! Cook preparing our papaya salad right in front of us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1447528257287-CCQYN0LL3XQW0AY0VWL7/P1030225.JPG Travel Blog - Belated Bangkok! Taking a ferry across the river. Grace gave me a smile... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1447528259529-MWT3OIGLANGAPZG1JNZG/P1030226.JPG Travel Blog - Belated Bangkok! ... for one picture, at least. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1447528264579-IQU74F2FLI11Z0TOMDES/P1030228.JPG Travel Blog - Belated Bangkok! Then again... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1447528267257-OLACF21YA5SWD2TSFKC2/P1030233.JPG Travel Blog - Belated Bangkok! ... my smile limit is pretty low, too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1447528273191-YNRU8SAPYQN0AQE6MPP0/P1030237.JPG Travel Blog - Belated Bangkok! Our ferry driver. Pilot? Captain? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1447528277349-7PSW0KVG6JIZXRJCOS9W/P1030240.JPG Travel Blog - Belated Bangkok! The waterside. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1447528283631-K133NNHYJ45CI2L6Z6DT/P1030246.JPG Travel Blog - Belated Bangkok! A shrine/area for offerings. Apparently red has significance, so people will leave random red drinks, in addition to other things. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1447529567177-NGOABSYDMO2OKJPPKSHB/20150906_094613.jpg Travel Blog - Belated Bangkok! Spring rolls! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1447529566380-CQ036Z0BMWOQIJYVJNU5/20150906_095718.jpg Travel Blog - Belated Bangkok! Pumpkin hummus! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1447529573317-56O0XWRK0BD96UQ5GIPB/20150906_101905.jpg Travel Blog - Belated Bangkok! Papaya salad! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1447529572064-QJ9ASFVKKW0NCO37JNQK/20150906_101911_001.jpg Travel Blog - Belated Bangkok! Papaya salad up close! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1447529580126-VGU6MS9H7S4H2Q05UZMX/20150906_113543.jpg Travel Blog - Belated Bangkok! Tasting the Pad Thai we were cooking. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1447529729279-0UKSJ7IBGP46EE4WNFUD/20150906_135609E.jpg Travel Blog - Belated Bangkok! Did you think I was joking? http://www.anintrovertabroad.net/blog/2015/8/9/hong-kong-day-4 monthly 0.5 2015-08-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1439101495440-QV0WR502GU5KJMPQ0SEA/P1030092.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 4 Apartment buildings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1439101494981-LZN5RX5PMPD4L1JR6FGZ/P1030090.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 4 Up close of another building. I was trying to spot hilarious things in the windows but didn't find any. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1439101549657-9ESSQYK8OLYHRY4GLRG3/P1030093.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 4 More apartment buildings, with a fancy swimming complex in the right foreground. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1439101540484-UODB5H5TMVCD3SRMYXVX/P1030095.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 4 The cable car. So close (but so far away)! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1439102300924-9VQ13WNPKRRTET8Q83EG/P1030100.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 4 I still get a kick out of machinery, to Grace's chagrin. At least I can bond with my nephew. Who's two. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1439102327575-YVGWGQJ7WQ0VJI2REDJS/P1030102.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 4 Setting off! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1439102344635-VTQ800LTYEF0J861OTN6/P1030108.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 4 Cable car selfie I. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1439102379865-IZMCZGEEYZT5N7VSZBM5/P1030110.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 4 Cable car selfie II. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1439102022388-I7IBUUQBIWAPM147Q94N/20150719_131903.jpg Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 4 The view looking back. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1439102007738-D9TDQXFOSHMS7NTEJGBB/20150719_131916.jpg Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 4 Lots of construction going on. I think for the Hong Kong - Zhuhai - Macau bridge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1439102011809-H4P2D3UXNFG247KFP2MD/20150719_132013.jpg Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 4 Cable car selfie III. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1439102044050-WWYTOZUSPQ0BHT1XHMR2/20150719_132107.jpg Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 4 Huge apartment buildings, but also lots of greenery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1439102061386-PLO22TN0NYD7DUEW6KSL/20150719_132334.jpg Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 4 Islands of buildings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1439102077257-H4FF5V9EN3HNZPQ70ZK3/20150719_132342.jpg Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 4 Quite the view. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1439102102366-YRG5W4F8LMIEJ6467PYN/20150719_132540.jpg Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 4 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1439102108847-9KADF9GPSAFRZTMM6JG0/20150719_132629.jpg Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 4 Hong Kong International from above. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1439102162632-TUC4D6FB4AQJLB25A8LG/20150719_133044.jpg Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 4 Apparently you can hike up. Maybe a fun walk in December. Not so much in July, I imagine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1439102155367-Q6AY9UK1YDF7P0AJYC06/20150719_133052.jpg Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 4 Another view of HKI. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1439102208402-HEHUPJ4LZUFT6C93LJ66/20150719_133225.jpg Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 4 Our first sighting of the Tian Tan Buddha (top left). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1439102213083-A1DPXMTD5SOC05NDAOQG/20150719_133420.jpg Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 4 Stairs and waterfalls. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1439102240807-3OQG8UKVUVB88S5OL7ZJ/20150719_133445.jpg Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 4 Not the best shot, but you can see the bridge construction going on out on the water. Apparently the longest segment will be 18.4 miles! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1439102254491-UIZXCTA8QHXBU9WJOEFH/20150719_133513.jpg Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 4 Sighting the monastery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1439102281759-FOGUQ3EBIZ9QCYG9WAJL/20150719_133609.jpg Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 4 Monastery and Buddha. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1439103804065-GGEU8UNR4I9J75QHSP9W/image-asset.jpeg Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 4 Panoramic view from the cable car. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1439102516470-GSAFDGAUWSPBOIF3Q94B/20150719_134539.jpg Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 4 Buddha from the tourist village. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1439102425409-6TNR9E129R6FPKD6UBOT/20150719_134557.jpg Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 4 It was incredibly sunny, so this is hardly the best selfie. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1439102473440-2TRKSPG0VM361KGVAA8T/20150719_135250.jpg Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 4 They had a store with dozens of different crazy chopsticks, including these. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1439103413998-YQ2K5MEHPZEAEIL1FF19/20150719_135812.jpg Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 4 I've been to 2/5 of these. I think Grace has been to all of them. I need to step up my game. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1439103388320-K9TNSWZDB7M87LBRXCWO/20150719_135954.jpg Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 4 Yeah, it's still really sunny. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1439103426794-J3569MUVV0CIJCFNWREN/20150719_140308.jpg Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 4 Grace's impersonation of The General Makura. Water bottle substituting for axe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1439103419092-S7IHAJY6HZ6WOAHO2Y9J/20150719_140451.jpg Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 4 Pre-climb selfie. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1439103456684-J3PCMHFWR7UU6TWCVWOL/20150719_140544.jpg Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 4 Stairs leading to the Buddha. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1439103470005-84HMSAVVZC9EY7JBDZUA/20150719_140710.jpg Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 4 Cool bronze (?) piece. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1439103461798-2M06H9IR59JDTDTHW1CP/20150719_140728.jpg Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 4 Mid-climb selfie. Do we look tired, yet? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1439103486662-TV1N11YO565OP4F5LDJN/20150719_140930.jpg Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 4 Buddha. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1439103500294-CZEZCNVIEN3OJHPSHREL/20150719_141416.jpg Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 4 Not sure who these are. They're presenting offerings, and were quite photogenic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1439103513972-FHTW39B30UWNZPKHNLHA/20150719_141432.jpg Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 4 Tea? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1439103526071-W00FGK8K9V0GA2VBYKXJ/20150719_141457.jpg Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 4 Incense? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1439103543956-WHDX4WDOLWPPPXMG3C67/20150719_141554.jpg Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 4 Not sure about this one. I don't think it's a hip flask. Monastery in background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1439103517302-P9D9TLE7PEZS6LVVJIWE/20150719_141518.jpg Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 4 I didn't quite get the memo on this selfie. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1439103565747-5X6YAAID6OYQE7VK5NAQ/20150719_141659.jpg Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 4 Toilet for fancy, behatted people only. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1439103573501-EEA55V8L612BB1ITRK79/20150719_141725.jpg Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 4 The lighting was, unfortunately, much better on Buddha's back than on his front. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1439103621109-CPSQLEB0YUB4WBLZQPK4/20150719_142001.jpg Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 4 Presenting the offerings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1439103604763-CQQAS93IT1PVGXJJXQIS/20150719_142042.jpg Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 4 View of the monastery from above. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1439103649686-JB1296J7H55U255E68CY/20150719_143939.jpg Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 4 The monastery up close. A lot more colorful than the Chi Lin Nunnery! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1439103625865-IEHGV9EYYUR7LTX09UGJ/20150719_144032.jpg Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 4 Monastery selfie. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1439103678484-GRJCEZFG44EJM796W39P/20150719_173554.jpg Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 4 The juxtaposition of the march in front of fancy stores and alongside luxury cars was particularly interesting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1439103689380-MBF0FSDVCIMVMYCI9650/20150719_173632.jpg Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 4 There were a lot of police keeping order. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1439103712509-0ZG6A0PZMYJV8CXWOL5V/20150719_173723.jpg Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 4 It's hard to see, but the march goes all the way to the end of the (visible) street and much beyond. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1439103730297-7K6M60ZFGL4ORC96SH2J/20150719_173929.jpg Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 4 More police. And gavels. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1439103745571-JXQPJVGM7EATRKU9J6XZ/20150719_174259.jpg Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 4 Strange to see so many swastikas without the Nazi association. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1439103765418-QQE514FRCDE3C0MIZ4JX/20150719_174538.jpg Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 4 Note sure what this banner is all about. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1439103779622-RF9SWUPV7KHSN2ZFOQS7/20150719_174834.jpg Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 4 The most colorful part of the parade (that we saw, at least). http://www.anintrovertabroad.net/blog/2015/8/4/hong-kong-day-3 monthly 0.5 2015-08-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1438678649552-EV7GYYVXLBXS2WWU42VX/IMG_20150718_130233.jpg Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 3 Breakfast burritos, hash browns, and an eggs Benedict variant. Delicious, though maybe not the most authentic diner food. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1438678647116-8M92KIRZMUGMHMDD9578/IMG_20150718_130804.jpg Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 3 That's more like it! Oreo milkshake! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1438679340367-TWNTCDTH6I3IQFYM8IXJ/P1020880.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 3 Bridge between the Chi Lin Nunnery and the Nan Lian Garden. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1438679307694-7NAZEVZ3BF8UOMVOND2O/P1020882.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 3 Neat scroll attachment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1438679636981-NPO10CCB1YLQBJRNTDTS/P1020884.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 3 Such a striking contrast between the nunnery and the rest of the city. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1438679691585-DSW13XBCKTWL4YLBO2JO/P1020888.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 3 The courtyard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1438679945296-TPPFPT3XKJN249D6U2S4/P1020889.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 3 One of the ceilings. I guess the lamps are not made of wood. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1438679854831-H3QBZN2JRP1J8K71W3HW/P1020890.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 3 Beautiful roof. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1438680068966-N8MWAC909MYII5KUNL31/P1020892.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 3 Even more beautiful Grace! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1438680308435-7A7V7NUCMP9DFRZA19XX/P1020893.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 3 Another angle of the courtyard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1438680353251-6N0FB0MQPBZ49T86BLKV/P1020897.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 3 Grace posing next to one of the doors. I wish all my doors had massive, intricate dragon-head handles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1438683673622-IFA2G1TPNH8R65WHE57B/P1020901.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 3 Really ornate drain pipe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1438680412644-DO9S1G5WMU8XF2TZPGA9/P1020906.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 3 Another shot of the roof. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1438680405629-2PFZ5U54HMT1YCJ4EB2P/P1020915.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 3 Cool juxtaposition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1438680455077-TI9571YKO066X0E0GWJV/P1020918.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 3 Grace will have to provide a translation. I am useless here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1438679938328-XTIXAT9HEBYT2TH26ALN/image-asset.jpeg Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 3 A panorama of the courtyard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1438679726290-7I6LS4AP5QYL5ELW19LT/P1020934.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 3 The Nan Lian Garden had many rules. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1438679703079-4RG7S9I5W40QQ4BDJ5I3/P1020935.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 3 Hey guys, let's chill with the prom pictures and glamor shots, okay? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1438679658909-XKEV3U7Y1DJNHN3X7SQP/IMG_20150718_154149.jpg Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 3 More rules! No frolicking! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1438679782130-4HQ3MCK5B96DKM7A6AKG/P1020936.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 3 Inside the garden was a building housing a display of miniature versions of famous examples of Chinese architecture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1438679805694-TO1QTFMY7YAL1EECBHV1/P1020938.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 3 The scale models were very detailed and even had interior lighting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1438679863247-XHCM54BZ6L0KN3DLUH66/P1020941.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 3 One heck of a dollhouse. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1438679902589-73WAZJV5X6AFYOL7RK0Q/P1020943.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 3 A life size (and much more colorful) example of Chinese architecture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1438683940701-CP84S5Z7I1K8PMYEKZ81/P1020946.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 3 This little walkway lamp had it's very own out of order sign. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1438679960757-BOQV21NBL30GWK0UAR43/P1020948.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 3 Garden selfie! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1438680016029-Q4K9M88ZIIIRC8KI6XQN/P1020951.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 3 Mixing old and new. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1438680032972-MJ8PEW0QTA5QTWM8XY8F/P1020968.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 3 Many different shades of green. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1438680098203-34BDMSNX46GRXF1WF30D/P1020974.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 3 This pond may have been a bit more serene if it weren't insanely hot outside. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1438680242853-BI5E94EK6QUP61OSK804/P1020989.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 3 Dragon and phoenix. Or at least phoenix posterior. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1438680245342-YIXIRSS18C1XDI5H8HF4/P1030004.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 3 Phoenix anterior! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1438680178193-QJYDZIUSYL7NK9S3IGVS/P1020994.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 3 Mill with a thatched roof. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1438680462058-VMRO004KQQ2WKTDT7S6X/P1030025.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 3 The other side of the pagoda from earlier. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1438680481415-DNR5V1M1G2VMV8EKFQAV/P1030016.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 3 There was a really cool marble sculpture with all manner of sun dials adorning its pedestal. I thought this was really neat (and the light was really nice), so I took a bunch of pictures. You've been warned. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1438680323304-IJGL9TZOCRN5H56L53PT/P1030020.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 3 Really beautiful lighting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1438680283184-7N1E962FWQQ1O29O6ASC/P1030017.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 3 I don't know how to read any of these. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1438680358797-MNC5YEOP9BSQF6X749JC/P1030021.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1438680407432-4WO35CCBURAR1U5Q5SH9/P1030022.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1438680515648-A2KVBGR4OYVXCJVVHKKM/P1030026.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1438680518696-8UHBUBEZ8T46LF0W2YQF/P1030027.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1438680589107-UTFVET3NIO14NLHFI1OL/P1030028.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1438683140545-26YN10HXDG0EQ5KE2Z4U/P1030045.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 3 Grace seems to give me this expression a lot... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1438683177222-H3JO4CZ0WLNZBNSZKRQG/P1030046.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 3 Grace (looking much happier) and me! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1438683188899-7HUVNZMF8NRGS8EXN6XQ/P1030051.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 3 Grace and me facing the other direction. A pretty big contrast. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1438683214968-L1LZNS9D087N4TPNUS5L/P1030060.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 3 The Hong Kong skyline at night. Hong Kong Island in the foreground, Kowloon in the background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1438683232340-SRP5YO3NG2WZR2XNOQ5I/P1030068.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 3 A few of the buildings had interesting light displays, such as the changing colors on the one in the left foreground. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1438683254979-8DGRCKAM6XX0GGFUWOUG/P1030075.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 3 The ICC (background left, all lit up here) took the cake, though). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1438683267166-33WRXPSMACRQ8ROMJ4YY/P1030086.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 3 Victoria Peak selfie! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1438683322984-Q6NDJY6G24DNDYVP61S1/IMG_20150718_210137.jpg Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 3 Drink menu at Chôm Chôm. Vietnamese twists abound. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1438683333536-H3SW6FPCKONB0LMGAFEA/IMG_20150718_211221.jpg Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 3 I got the Kaffir Lime Margarita, Grace got the Srirachelada, and we split the corn. Yum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1438683359178-T4TX5EW61KV9IWL8V5X4/20150718_221954.jpg Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 3 ho lee fook indeed. http://www.anintrovertabroad.net/blog/2015/7/28/hong-kong-day-2 monthly 0.5 2015-07-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1438064075671-5IQ4MBJ32CVF1DY3COAD/P1020799.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 2 Sheung Wan in the morning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1438064078390-MK0ZJBNHX9M8KBCFMEI9/P1020801.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 2 Sheung Wan in the morning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1438064435605-YB7LH18YKF1THOTMTMIR/P1020802.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 2 Shop employees. Making gall bladder extract, I think. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1438064445521-13MKCFWRS6B1OF239SCS/P1020803.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 2 Snake boxes. Apparently each holds around a dozen snakes during peak season. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1438064472058-KOBB1JVR2VICZ1PN8WJ0/P1020804.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 2 Fancier snake wine with the snake inside. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1438064480177-ZRN187MHIXKQCQCTLQH2/P1020805.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 2 Even fancier (not the gold foil!) snake wine with snake penises. Said to be a potent aphrodisiac. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1438064519116-FMQY2RHD6DH141VOI3X0/P1020806.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 2 More snake boxes with dried mandarin peels on top. Apparently the really aged peels can go for quite a lot of money (these are roughly $20/oz). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1438064529070-M0AKU7MGOLANVTLAI7D1/P1020808.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 2 The snake wine we tried. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1438064570399-I8IVR2A4LGUCBN26HN2Q/P1020810.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 2 This guy was chilling by the front door. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1438065241435-IPCYVZ7ZY8YH3WOWTIRK/P1020811.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 2 Isn't everyone this excited about dried sea cucumber? Especially when it's only like $400/box! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1438065234076-P2DYO1LEIKEQOXP86L0S/P1020813.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 2 Dried abalone. I'll let you guys figure out what these are supposed to represent. If you're not feeling too spendy, the slightly smaller ones in the box to the lower right are only around $1100. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1438065288882-DYAW92E12AIQAB48PRWY/P1020814.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 2 Frog ovaries. Yum? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1438065284859-F833NR99PV5ZDEBL0JFU/P1020815.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 2 Fish maw (aka swim bladder). These are relatively small, so only around $135/box. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1438065329893-78KWB41G4LVT1UH336WQ/P1020816.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 2 But if you want to impress, small fish swim bladders will never do. You need to shell out $1330 (with store club discount) for a big one! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1438065341029-8W77PH3RKM4AX89OCVPD/P1020817.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 2 A variety pack! Scallops, sea cucumbers, and abalone. Only $1700! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1438065371535-8I0LRO2XIWLRM9O65F8V/P1020820.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 2 Delicious worms! Only like $100-200/oz! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1438065388626-TZ5GETRR21KEMRIO2QTK/P1020821.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 2 Dried coconut. Ahem. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1438066276190-3A4CR4H6V5Y1BNY10W93/P1020823.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 2 Rice. In containers dating back to WWII. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1438066291160-GWNM9TC24Z7326CPK90O/P1020824.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 2 Roast pork. Mmm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1438066333807-WNB73JE6E555V5XVQNHT/P1020827.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 2 All sorts of other roast things. Partially obscured by reflections (sorry!). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1438066332436-2UDKKI1586OITYBC3YZ7/image-asset.jpeg Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 2 The Pawn. Used to be a (very successful) pawn shop, now a high-end shop and restaurant (of course). Also used to be just off the docks, but due to reclamation it's not about 10 blocks from the waterfront. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1438066575384-SIAUOXPJJLL75NK6AWO1/P1020835.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 2 Fish. Seafood and pork are the two most prominent meats in Hong Kong. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1438066619856-TOFV5JQQUMOAUSQCYW5L/P1020836.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 2 More fish. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1438066627025-HQ2BDMWE11P2ZNEQ1L8B/P1020838.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 2 Some (unhappy) crabs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1438066571770-L3ZH8H5Y8ATFOHC1C5G7/P1020832.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 2 A butcher shop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1438066942640-MAVWCRITG7IP5GTULDPA/P1020847.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 2 Writing down the name. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1438066933058-5I2USBFZ2KUSQ8JCB3QU/P1020848.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 2 This advertisement is too hilarious. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1438066981456-UBN40YCHMDWDEDKO5W1W/P1020850.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 2 The ritual. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1438066991785-IYCKI5BJWWPELCEBQU3F/P1020853.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 2 Action shot! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1438068253007-KYSWM4EGMV939J0VQG9T/P1020860.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 2 Sparklies! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1438068253665-T6GILGCPI5NH299TX10Z/P1020863.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 2 Bedazzled Kiwi dude. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1438068308808-M9F7BXU9I3MLAOW5B7U8/P1020864.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 2 Ribbons! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1438068305151-HSJ8A1IMW2PRUKB1HG04/P1020865.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 2 More ribbons! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1438068359205-AGTD9SCO1DO8MHKLTNK1/P1020867.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 2 More ribbons! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1438068353683-DH95BBWBWL5XUTENAHPB/P1020869.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 2 More ribbons! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1438068399106-IWTF98VDUDJ0PY7LDCXA/P1020870.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 2 More ribbons! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1438068445524-CL2NQE3CWA1PM7MYVMNK/P1020877.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 2 Grace navigating all the ribbons! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1438068402503-LEGLTM5FY1AYRDRKYANS/P1020875.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 2 More ribbons! Just kidding! Buttons! http://www.anintrovertabroad.net/blog/2015/7/27/hong-kong-day-1-addendum monthly 0.5 2015-07-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1437993842874-THFK25MQ6Y8XTDUCP327/image-asset.jpeg Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 1 (addendum) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1437993959692-DJMTSO3N5LSFV82SRR0L/image-asset.jpeg Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 1 (addendum) http://www.anintrovertabroad.net/blog/2015/7/27/hong-kong-day-1 monthly 0.5 2015-07-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1437984871033-ZEDDJUENSGX9IKP28KX9/image-asset.jpeg Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 1 Happy to no longer be waiting in line. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1437985228202-ZPDEQPWTVMQV9HT82UW4/image-asset.jpeg Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 1 Delicious pork buns on left. Not so delicious cabbage on right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1437986563851-TBAUQ0Y2I5TZA9959NJR/P1020552.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 1 There was some sort of subscription promotion for The Economist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1437986602736-Y3F727POREOPOAOQ0PV6/P1020554.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 1 Insect ice cream. For free! They were also playing Mac Miller. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1437986500192-IA6HMCL7B00QYHXL6DYJ/IMG_20150716_142400.jpg Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 1 Grace giving it a try. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1437986500391-3DH478Q3GUKH018IT20X/IMG_20150716_142633.jpg Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 1 Me doing the same. It didn't really taste noticeably different. Which I suppose is probably a good thing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1437986555487-GZAO2K3EIVBFQ6J61HKU/P1020548.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 1 Two of the more famous buildings in Hong Kong. The Bank of China Tower on the left and the HSBC Building on the right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1437986692055-NB63GX86E61YAT158HJH/P1020560.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 1 A statue or Sir Thomas Jackson, 1st Baronet. I guess this guy was kind of a big deal? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1437986619501-8CFR6CNXSRUSZ30X2PFK/P1020556.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 1 An eminent deal, even. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1437986785791-GEZ9Q3MIT7G8KO7I38DP/P1020568.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 1 In profile. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1437986648666-ZYQZ644JHY8ELGOM0ZAQ/P1020559.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 1 With a backdrop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1437986712419-8VER6W43L3LWNHZDT9EJ/P1020563.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 1 A neat water fountain/mosaic opposite the statue of Sir Thomas Jackson, in Statue Square. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1437986749663-7V8AFZB67NSUV38AL2GA/P1020567.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 1 Statue Square selfie! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1437986799086-9AFJQ9EAXLO1W95DTXLB/P1020572E.jpg Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 1 Cool signage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1437987000191-3EIESK9IJTHF32UNELDI/20150716_144612E.jpg Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 1 Let's play "Count the Michelin stars in this one mall building." 6. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1437986998260-CJSFMT81EWVP8TX6HZ31/20150716_144617E.jpg Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 1 7. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1437987030629-TU5SX7UK9NXUA26Y1F1N/20150716_144622E.jpg Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 1 12. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1437987041893-OJ5SL6LGNPPBMQUKCBEE/20150716_144638E.jpg Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 1 14. Not bad. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1437987116079-0RQHM9FCQAWBVKW2H2XH/P1020573.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 1 Super swanky mall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1437987117110-JCQCH5RQELTQZUTU6YPR/P1020574.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 1 They even had a Ladurée. Not that I knew what Ladurée was, but Grace informed me it was pretty significant. They make fancy macarons, among other things. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1437987044196-S35VY52DF3BDVTH64RBE/IMG_20150716_150113E.jpg Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 1 For a little backstory: the BDT is about 77 to 1 USD. The HKD is about 7.7 to 1 USD. So I kept making order-of-magnitude errors in my head. Grace is making a sad face because we accidentally spent $40 on 8 macarons. Oops. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1437987160853-F3MX7AV1WB2XTFV4GAJ0/P1020575.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 1 Still, the box was pretty. And Grace had this whole teal/green thing going on, so it was pretty much destined to be. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1437987165100-WWAQ22L2KONU0BPSKBGT/P1020576.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 1 Even prettier. If my memory serves (from the left): two rose, two salted caramel, Marie Antoinette (a tea flavor), apricot, pistachio, and raspberry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1437987222345-VMQ6EW90J0D00B4NOPBM/P1020577.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 1 Super fancy whiskey store. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1437989177484-FQQWXLCONOH52QY0FOW9/P1020582.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 1 Stopped for some water (it was super hot) on the way to the tour. Grace tolerated a picture or two. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1437989189664-1KW41WIJZF2QZE2YTO3A/P1020592.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 1 It was interesting how many guys doing manual labor just went shirtless, like this pair that had just hauled up some fish. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1437989226879-Z025ZQXQ9QXADONWAJSU/P1020597.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 1 Central district waterfront. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1437989231531-00RF30V5NN41QKWJMXJJ/P1020599.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 1 More of the waterfront, featuring the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre on the left. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1437989257166-IE4ENSZ95RBCVD8KB6GQ/P1020608.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 1 Grace on a boat! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1437989261801-XC18468RLAQA0YLXCYE7/P1020611.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 1 Me on a boat! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1437989345263-OIUAF7PWH0INLAZHL3BT/P1020619.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 1 Close up of the convention center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1437989415162-HZIALDLWT0XHPTG4ZDF6/P1020641.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 1 Lots of signs. I actually think the color is fun, as it's mostly just company names and not billboards. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1437989313283-IOZ4TVIKHVGBEXNSDFPP/P1020626.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1437989424868-WLGPBV3DF80F44GQUC5M/P1020643.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 1 Flags on the ferry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1437989397574-DBS3CUUFTHU3BG1YD0M4/P1020639.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 1 A ton of Hong Kong is built on "reclaimed" land. I think they're expanding the city here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1437989466084-THYTNY3PGPDPZP4U16NI/P1020655.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 1 Urban density. At first blush, it seems sort of dypstopian. But just think how many square miles of land would have to be developed to build thousands upon thousands of single family homes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1437989468230-4TZBFLAFVXLET2KAABGW/P1020659.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 1 Pretty blue windows. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1437989505880-580SZXTA42BC0H2T6SMK/P1020660.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 1 Sneaky picture of Grace. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1437989507330-CXBZ4L1K3K6QTN3VKF3V/P1020661.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 1 A wider view of the Hong Kong Island waterfront. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1437989545878-9MBXDHHLD88ZDK8N2WVC/P1020671.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 1 The backlit building under construction on the Kowloon side looks sort of ominous here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1437989539119-F6HH05O9UIK4HKH5NV26/P1020678.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 1 Grace and me! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1437989590483-LTFL7SMQCUTW5EYORB36/P1020679.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 1 Some guys all in black zooming past really quickly. Military? HKPD? Not sure. Pretty neat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1437989586405-N6T8DT15JJV04677J8Y1/P1020681.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 1 Another shot of the waterfront, featuring the second tallest building in Hong Kong, Two International Finance Centre. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1437989613492-S0FFA506KO1MYTW6BZFX/P1020688.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1437989617733-7S8K8585WM5AXJOBYWJ5/P1020682.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 1 Another couple shots of the building under construction. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1437989665105-E2LL42PRCH91YSU6SP4A/P1020689.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 1 A boat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1437989650564-AI78T7V1BYU3T5VRIUIZ/P1020690.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 1 Grace disapproves of boat pictures. Or maybe of sneaky Grace pictures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1437989687805-YX49QLOO4GXZ9JEIXTN7/P1020700.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 1 New and old. Although I think the junk actually had an engine in addition to sails... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1437989706182-HCK6NQVP6E60LVLR3ZL7/P1020703.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 1 More boat, more buildings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1437989749077-PJP8TWY4EZ882754IM4S/P1020706.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1437989736931-FTNM0G4IMTVBXOJVIG9M/P1020705.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 1 Was really cool to see the junk. Made for some great photos. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1437989781873-7RW1FFE21GEZ3CTJO2LK/P1020721.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 1 The tallest building in Hong Kong, the International Commerce Centre on the left with the Tsim Tsa Tsui clock tower in front (used to be a part of a rail terminal). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1437989794525-XFEI1FILMIE8YE5YC3VY/P1020737.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 1 Hong Kong Cultural Centre and junk. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1437989833226-CO7WWQ3J0HUU3PNW2D3Z/P1020741.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 1 More junk. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1437989838765-IZBJSMB6YXLTA6O719AJ/P1020743.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 1 Two junks! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1437989871394-JDQLQSOVBHNWCB6LJI2X/P1020755.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 1 Another shot of the ICC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1437989880135-MEVVY4P3OZRBWAYHWLID/P1020757.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 1 Not sure what this grey and yellow building is, but it looks neat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1437989916588-1CNO898HIPDRMBP1QSGM/P1020765.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 1 A different angle on the Central district waterfront. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1437989962957-VAUOZHXBWAYF5U1M00O1/P1020766.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 1 The Shun Tak Centre. Ancient buildings by Central standards. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1437990007350-7BSZ6GPCIRK7QMM0ZDJS/P1020774.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 1 2IFC in all its glory. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1437990054716-GQJRE163H6KSF2KGNTLU/P1020775.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 1 Another shot of the convention center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1437990109146-J2X5QNX30U12BLYC7G8B/P1020783.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 1 Just in case we didn't have enough rickshows in Dhaka. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1437990119321-CUYGPYUNWRP2M971LL0T/P1020785.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 1 Litter cum recyclables. Apparently Hong Kong actually recycles very, very little. Surprising for such a dense, island-based city/country. Taiwan and Japan are both all about the recycling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1437990162663-A4XI2IWWGAEINPCXPHHR/P1020787.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 1 Bizarre temporary amusement park thing we saw after finishing the tour. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1437990165240-RTL2T7BH00J6AYYL7AJH/P1020789.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 1 The HSBC building. Apparently all the weird structural stuff on the outside makes for very open floor layouts on the inside. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1437990208801-D0ORDGX9PFMG043WIFDA/P1020790.JPG Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 1 The Hong Kong Observation Wheel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1437992563081-HEWT6QA4KSFJX4TWXUV9/IMG_20150716_212529.jpg Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 1 Fun logo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1437992563670-3L43RQ1JF080TPWQXGEA/IMG_20150716_215158.jpg Travel Blog - Hong Kong: Day 1 Pork belly and Szechuan fried chicken baos. Not pictured: Brussels sprouts with chili, lime, peanut, and fried shallots; "LB" fries; and green tea and salted caramel ice cream baos. Also not pictured: hilarious waiter. "White people really liked the salted caramel one." He wasn't wrong. http://www.anintrovertabroad.net/blog/2015/6/7/rr-thousand-oaks monthly 0.5 2015-06-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1433672782056-45P09BFRR8KQQA3CNUTL/P1020386E.jpg Travel Blog - R&R: Thousand Oaks A blue bird! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1433672830100-147851BRJG68F7DC8W55/P1020396.JPG Travel Blog - R&R: Thousand Oaks Pretty purple flowers. The colors seemed to be more muted in general. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1433672977693-XTALGN1P277UWR9MTFML/P1020409.JPG Travel Blog - R&R: Thousand Oaks A solitary (and brightly lit) sunflower. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1433673144750-WUHJZP2FNCDUXVQUCSH9/P1020428.JPG Travel Blog - R&R: Thousand Oaks Very cool (and well-camouflaged) lizard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1433673083747-8TL9OVA8P9K416UZT4LZ/P1020418.JPG Travel Blog - R&R: Thousand Oaks Not a bad view. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1433673028594-8OBDYSW4NONHBTVABCTB/P1020415.JPG Travel Blog - R&R: Thousand Oaks Grace (and blurry parentals). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1433673296389-SZMTETAGZNJ9BGXU37ZY/P1020470.JPG Travel Blog - R&R: Thousand Oaks Some pretty flowers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1433673190155-KYDO2ECZOMA8K9CMSL9M/P1020437.JPG Travel Blog - R&R: Thousand Oaks Some pretty flowers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1433673247868-VD7IKI9JLJKZAQIEV423/P1020442.JPG Travel Blog - R&R: Thousand Oaks Some pretty flowers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1433673369908-PPS7D4KOOZLYK50MX5CL/P1020466.JPG Travel Blog - R&R: Thousand Oaks Thistle! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1433673526024-LUVTV48J5G4DKEKV0H25/P1020469.JPG Travel Blog - R&R: Thousand Oaks Thistle! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1433673712797-7K8YN1NBGP8FG50HZFHX/P1020481.JPG Travel Blog - R&R: Thousand Oaks Grace reppin' Bellingham. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1433673860707-6H4XZW8ZOTJTDSG72AM2/P1020424.JPG Travel Blog - R&R: Thousand Oaks Hesperoyucca whipplei or, more commonly, Lord's candle. Pretty apt name given how well the white flowers catch the sunlight. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1433673802599-ZNOLODDHATOKXF7LT8NU/P1020407.JPG Travel Blog - R&R: Thousand Oaks Lord's candle stalks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1433673923247-K3VL01QZIJQ1ZNGG5VZ9/P1020439.JPG Travel Blog - R&R: Thousand Oaks Lord's candle stalks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1433674014684-0ZNLEJQGRT9JTIWA4WYH/P1020463.JPG Travel Blog - R&R: Thousand Oaks Partially flowering. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1433674187950-4EB79YDV9FV85D9D9ZGM/P1020487.JPG Travel Blog - R&R: Thousand Oaks Partially flowering. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1433674298297-54550H1OCVCHSUN8DWIP/P1020483.JPG Travel Blog - R&R: Thousand Oaks Not sure if these are fruits or buds. I think the latter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1433674090184-DCFG2TBNXL1JCERLG2VA/P1020440.JPG Travel Blog - R&R: Thousand Oaks I do know this one is definitely dead, though. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1433673620421-5LUDLJTIUQ7UUSRMK1S0/P1020475.JPG Travel Blog - R&R: Thousand Oaks Another great view. http://www.anintrovertabroad.net/blog/2015/6/7/rr-arlington-part-2-the-interesting-part monthly 0.5 2015-06-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1433658999347-EGPD6S1NF7T97W1UMEUV/image-asset.jpeg Travel Blog - R&R: Arlington Part 2 (the interesting part) He looks thrilled... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1433659280411-ZQ4PM9IEEDHPQBD6TXLC/IMG_20150522_160156.jpg Travel Blog - R&R: Arlington Part 2 (the interesting part) Lots of laughs, but no Grace face. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1433659282300-0BJT35A2420EQIRVLYRR/IMG_20150522_160205.jpg Travel Blog - R&R: Arlington Part 2 (the interesting part) I think Bruce missed the funny face memo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1433659448121-3XV79MX8EE6I1VN3OIHY/P1020077.JPG Travel Blog - R&R: Arlington Part 2 (the interesting part) Dad helping Sebastian with the water (or maybe the other way around). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1433659521349-6ZOTGOKL70XVRTUM1WWL/P1020093.JPG Travel Blog - R&R: Arlington Part 2 (the interesting part) Gabriel finds beer fascinating. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1433659521724-5WBZM5BLQXWWYKH91QMY/P1020091.JPG Travel Blog - R&R: Arlington Part 2 (the interesting part) Amendment: Gabriel finds plastic cups fascinating. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1433659610126-HFV79WBFLBF6FINIV1S1/P1020113.JPG Travel Blog - R&R: Arlington Part 2 (the interesting part) Mom looking beautiful! :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1433659595065-IGG345WLDSZBS74SU9FP/P1020100.JPG Travel Blog - R&R: Arlington Part 2 (the interesting part) Sebastian working hard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1433659590536-Q9T1YGE2TVAYMUDG6JLT/P1020105.JPG Travel Blog - R&R: Arlington Part 2 (the interesting part) Working on what? Salami! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1433659661277-9M79BKUTT5GEL6Y8QMIP/P1020116.JPG Travel Blog - R&R: Arlington Part 2 (the interesting part) Mom playing with Gabriel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1433659706234-E6MPPRGU2QR7M9LF6AJF/P1020120.JPG Travel Blog - R&R: Arlington Part 2 (the interesting part) Weee! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1433659824722-NQMD9WTOQWZL33CEMACE/P1020127.JPG Travel Blog - R&R: Arlington Part 2 (the interesting part) The Chung sisters. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1433659751405-QXP697QEPHIU2U2C6144/P1020130.JPG Travel Blog - R&R: Arlington Part 2 (the interesting part) The sisters Chung. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1433660031792-CMFWG1ZLKJNPZOVY2M9E/P1020139.JPG Travel Blog - R&R: Arlington Part 2 (the interesting part) Baby and (ginger) beer. What else do you need? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1433660184076-24Q5KX0SFCECMJS7D4E5/P1020153.JPG Travel Blog - R&R: Arlington Part 2 (the interesting part) Sharing is caring. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1433660085724-6YIY7K5YETIQ8QBXL0HA/P1020149.JPG Travel Blog - R&R: Arlington Part 2 (the interesting part) Sebastian gets a chance to play with mom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1433660135070-D0VL9S4I734C9NNL2E40/P1020144.JPG Travel Blog - R&R: Arlington Part 2 (the interesting part) But is soon distracted. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1433660286502-2FA9P7959U2ZH10XV50C/P1020155.JPG Travel Blog - R&R: Arlington Part 2 (the interesting part) Christian hamming it up for the camera (get it!?). Rachel trying to pretend this is not happening. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1433660233921-PA04TA4AQ1A9C3LZ4CKO/P1020159.JPG Travel Blog - R&R: Arlington Part 2 (the interesting part) Ham under control. Rachel slightly mollified. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1433660390282-GGGDS6WM0ON0GS9XEYRU/P1020161.JPG Travel Blog - R&R: Arlington Part 2 (the interesting part) More of Joyce and Grace! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1433660340281-MH2SKCUNRACPE55EKWND/P1020162.JPG Travel Blog - R&R: Arlington Part 2 (the interesting part) Sisters! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1433660490568-Q8N22S0L5D2I41IM9XIH/P1020168.JPG Travel Blog - R&R: Arlington Part 2 (the interesting part) Squaring off. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1433660542009-FT4XQK6YJCXR46909SPR/P1020169.JPG Travel Blog - R&R: Arlington Part 2 (the interesting part) Action shot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1433660591593-HOTJ4CY5DPX2KQ6LYCPJ/P1020172.JPG Travel Blog - R&R: Arlington Part 2 (the interesting part) Christian is still (for now) more than a match for Sebastian. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1433660641032-047DCXFQXXJC6LHQPBKX/P1020175.JPG Travel Blog - R&R: Arlington Part 2 (the interesting part) At least until Sebastian breaks the rules (or maybe he'll play keeper like his dad). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1433660440016-R8ODCB982RN87GAQDDK7/P1020181.JPG Travel Blog - R&R: Arlington Part 2 (the interesting part) Two can play at that game. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1433661198126-ERDE6243FTLMNQZ66IKT/P1020287.JPG Travel Blog - R&R: Arlington Part 2 (the interesting part) Big smile. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1433660829827-H28J2I2CAB10NKVEA2Y2/P1020214.JPG Travel Blog - R&R: Arlington Part 2 (the interesting part) The whole family! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1433660780465-009WFWY8GIG5BEXZQ2Z2/P1020219.JPG Travel Blog - R&R: Arlington Part 2 (the interesting part) Rachel and Sebastian coordinated their outfits well. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1433661013274-1UV5YX4DGKIW0ZM6J0A7/P1020230.JPG Travel Blog - R&R: Arlington Part 2 (the interesting part) Lots of Christian and Gabriel pictures! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1433661065818-44GGK5OMZDR261Z16LP6/P1020232.JPG Travel Blog - R&R: Arlington Part 2 (the interesting part) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1433660689218-GDZH6GJL1J2YETOQ9BPI/P1020211.JPG Travel Blog - R&R: Arlington Part 2 (the interesting part) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1433660873749-01UXOP1CFSI0JFDF9P81/P1020238.JPG Travel Blog - R&R: Arlington Part 2 (the interesting part) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1433660912892-8JTG2L95LYEK83RA8YT9/P1020248.JPG Travel Blog - R&R: Arlington Part 2 (the interesting part) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1433660731403-CWH9W2PHTMNDGP10M90X/P1020190.JPG Travel Blog - R&R: Arlington Part 2 (the interesting part) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1433660961156-QNA1V6RZNU2NOW91JL1N/P1020225.JPG Travel Blog - R&R: Arlington Part 2 (the interesting part) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1433661114726-CUWWZGY5CT2D667JPBSZ/P1020281.JPG Travel Blog - R&R: Arlington Part 2 (the interesting part) Aunt Grace and Gabriel! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1433662326508-E47AUC6NOFAXJBIF3API/P1020292.JPG Travel Blog - R&R: Arlington Part 2 (the interesting part) Gabriel in his post-bath pre-shoot dressing gown. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1433662326839-4TSQJOTLWWA809BHNMKV/P1020300.JPG Travel Blog - R&R: Arlington Part 2 (the interesting part) Too cute! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1433662374310-VRAVEBPRYX69LQQSHSLS/P1020342.JPG Travel Blog - R&R: Arlington Part 2 (the interesting part) The picture we were hoping to replicate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1433662448640-KC4YRY5L25603FKEBR1G/P1020328.JPG Travel Blog - R&R: Arlington Part 2 (the interesting part) We took a lot of pictures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1433662446626-VEHMSQJ0LBO91R1Q1ZTZ/P1020324.JPG Travel Blog - R&R: Arlington Part 2 (the interesting part) Some of which were pretty darn close. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1433662475728-HP5PT3J9N44A3YBEJXYM/P1020325.JPG Travel Blog - R&R: Arlington Part 2 (the interesting part) Some of which were less so, but maybe all the more fun for it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1433663197406-CQRROJ1AX5DY39YXB72O/P1020351.JPG Travel Blog - R&R: Arlington Part 2 (the interesting part) For some reason, Gabriel is the only one not looking particularly excited about grabbing a beer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1433663247984-363PAIW0UHR0N07OHXM7/P1020355.JPG Travel Blog - R&R: Arlington Part 2 (the interesting part) Aunt Grace and Gabriel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1433663292887-N3ACVYTWU6TIFNUMOR45/P1020354.JPG Travel Blog - R&R: Arlington Part 2 (the interesting part) Awww! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1433663389545-B7IZLU1HKVSESO29F6YC/P1020365.JPG Travel Blog - R&R: Arlington Part 2 (the interesting part) Brad, Martha, and dad. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1433663342904-YWJZHTEFLIL42LITBYX2/P1020359.JPG Travel Blog - R&R: Arlington Part 2 (the interesting part) Sebastian catching the eye of the camera. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1433663427395-58Y6UEKRAY1UH5WZVHYM/P1020369.JPG Travel Blog - R&R: Arlington Part 2 (the interesting part) A cherry tomato and a very concerned Sebastian. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1433663472942-SFZ8OG94269HXC1C3WUN/P1020379.JPG Travel Blog - R&R: Arlington Part 2 (the interesting part) Fun with oven mitts! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1433663513594-CK85TG971ICVM6RYC9N7/P1020382.JPG Travel Blog - R&R: Arlington Part 2 (the interesting part) A few ashes from the grill blowing by. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1433663556713-ZPP6RWTG6X0H8EV8ZY0Z/P1020383.JPG Travel Blog - R&R: Arlington Part 2 (the interesting part) Definitely enough to catch Sebastian's attention! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1433663604567-0XTD8P0D42MR2EK3OXPE/P1020384.JPG Travel Blog - R&R: Arlington Part 2 (the interesting part) Martha, Brad, Grace, and, perhaps most importantly, a whole lot of delicious ice cream. http://www.anintrovertabroad.net/blog/2015/6/7/rr-arlington-part-1 monthly 0.5 2015-06-07 http://www.anintrovertabroad.net/blog/2015/6/1/rr-santo-domingo-wedding monthly 0.5 2015-06-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1433151992326-157XKWXU012UR69NUARU/P1020013.JPG Travel Blog - R&R: Santo Domingo - Wedding! Dresses from recycled paper and cardboard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1433151978577-J9LPL0TX49R9T1K9FIYT/P1020015.JPG Travel Blog - R&R: Santo Domingo - Wedding! There were a bunch of neat animals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1433152024135-M5HHJOT8QMO80DMD6SHE/P1020017.JPG Travel Blog - R&R: Santo Domingo - Wedding! Some were sort of creepy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1433152034733-VE93E4DJFDFYWXIV06FI/P1020018.JPG Travel Blog - R&R: Santo Domingo - Wedding! Some were more cute. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1433152078005-CBIRCWGCOWBBXIPZJKEY/P1020022.JPG Travel Blog - R&R: Santo Domingo - Wedding! A giant fish made from cookware. Seemed a bit too uniform to actually have been recycled, though... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1433152080704-MMXCRK79T1OPARZUSH79/P1020023.JPG Travel Blog - R&R: Santo Domingo - Wedding! Fish eye. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1433152127745-V3EO5AB3R0HOA8NZN9H6/P1020027.JPG Travel Blog - R&R: Santo Domingo - Wedding! Looks like the old ball-and-chain's closet. Am, I right, fellas? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1433152131100-PCP52KLB2ZJD5FPPHNMN/P1020032.JPG Travel Blog - R&R: Santo Domingo - Wedding! Grace being very excited about eggplant. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1433152172967-MXBP4S9CPVD7GW9ILXE2/P1020036.JPG Travel Blog - R&R: Santo Domingo - Wedding! Grace modeling a dress made from broken CDs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1433152180064-8NV3EJM58EFVAZTYKOAZ/P1020037.JPG Travel Blog - R&R: Santo Domingo - Wedding! Simon contemplating the purchase of some medieval armaments. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1433152213468-VC757JTCL63H10DZD6QJ/P1020040.JPG Travel Blog - R&R: Santo Domingo - Wedding! Cellist! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1433152226434-TTEXESAVTQJBLJ095S4T/P1020042.JPG Travel Blog - R&R: Santo Domingo - Wedding! Maurine in her signature Voltron pose. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1433153038357-YQL76WU8B7CC3YHHNJLD/20150516_155008.jpg Travel Blog - R&R: Santo Domingo - Wedding! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1433153757991-MLT5CXSBE6UT1E6OZW7Q/P1020046.JPG Travel Blog - R&R: Santo Domingo - Wedding! The church. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1433153759389-49UUTUIWQEI999OPCJ6B/P1020052.JPG Travel Blog - R&R: Santo Domingo - Wedding! All the cousins (on my dad's side) and my Abuelito. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1433153806158-DYVW76KDPRNK6S6GN3OD/P1020060.JPG Travel Blog - R&R: Santo Domingo - Wedding! Grace and I! :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1433153819498-SC58HYIXSEV25O277JNB/P1020067.JPG Travel Blog - R&R: Santo Domingo - Wedding! The groom (my cousin Alfonso), the bride (Martha), Simon, myself, Maurine, and Grace. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1433153847295-R47W4FO68WFFN0ZJT7HM/P1020070.JPG Travel Blog - R&R: Santo Domingo - Wedding! Alfonso, Martha, Juan (another of my cousins), and his girlfriend Patri. http://www.anintrovertabroad.net/blog/2015/6/1/rest-and-recuperation-santo-domingo monthly 0.5 2015-06-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1433149686062-3D82IQYD6UMLWF454WET/P1010954.JPG Travel Blog - Rest and Recuperation: Santo Domingo! Sebastian looking angelic. Dad looking distracted. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1433149687208-TWLWIBLO27QUHYGDUD1U/P1010955.JPG Travel Blog - Rest and Recuperation: Santo Domingo! Got dad's attention. Lost Sebastian's. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1433149734181-K2UMBYRBNOE3U2QW0M5P/P1010965.JPG Travel Blog - Rest and Recuperation: Santo Domingo! Half a cousin, my mom, two uncles, and a sliver of blurry Sebastian. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1433149742982-LBQV9YM59CAV7A9BZDMI/P1010977.JPG Travel Blog - Rest and Recuperation: Santo Domingo! Sebastian making friends with Tía Ana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1433150555026-UK4QI4ZQAO2Y26P6KVBX/P1010985.JPG Travel Blog - Rest and Recuperation: Santo Domingo! Gabriel lounging in his palanquin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1433150568720-AYUFR7PWYB7IEK82ZRUL/P1010991.JPG Travel Blog - Rest and Recuperation: Santo Domingo! Sebastian discovering the joys of nature. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1433150606714-FPKP1BTK45H5E31XWM7L/P1010995.JPG Travel Blog - Rest and Recuperation: Santo Domingo! Sebastian sharing the joys of nature. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1433150618735-7OT1B9AURY8ZA641S6JW/P1010998.JPG Travel Blog - Rest and Recuperation: Santo Domingo! Maybe over-sharing the joys of nature, as evidenced by Maurine's dodge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1433150654588-EJ33L3QJ6I9XG9W3Q2QI/P1020002.JPG Travel Blog - Rest and Recuperation: Santo Domingo! Gabriel abandoned his palanquin for more personalized transport. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1433150661768-Y12I2SIRMLKV6PXHHNZ1/P1020008.JPG Travel Blog - Rest and Recuperation: Santo Domingo! Gabriel making friends with Fefa. http://www.anintrovertabroad.net/blog/2015/2/23/istanbul-day-8 monthly 0.5 2015-02-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1424681275257-56OLGAPCYPB3EISOZUIK/image-asset.jpeg Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 8 Yum! http://www.anintrovertabroad.net/blog/2015/2/23/istanbul-day-7 monthly 0.5 2015-02-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1424680504467-6KK0XNIBBMK47K2KXE1A/P1010910.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 7 Kitty enjoying the sun outside the museums. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1424680476614-5SSBY8MFYD95UA9X1A2V/P1010917.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 7 Some cool stone work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1424680576768-5B8O63R7A6IEWOOXJ1LG/P1010918.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 7 More! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1424680518326-E9609EX8UNKEZLZKBE5Q/P1010919E.jpg Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 7 A cow standing on a dolphin. Why not? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1424680608805-BS457S2JB8N7T6RMU4KE/P1010920.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 7 Said cow standing on said dolphin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1424680694492-RR4FZ287716GN0U36IWX/P1010922.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 7 A neat tablet. Not iOS, I don't think, but still pretty cool. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1424680678978-NEPIVV2JXE0U7YGXJKJ4/P1010923.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 7 A little the worse for wear. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1424680749271-SC4Z1H85ZN5HYB0OLJCU/P1010924.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 7 Not sure what this was. A sarcophagus? Pretty, anyway. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1424680639452-B4MO4I99BD441ALTQ59P/image-asset.jpeg Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 7 http://www.anintrovertabroad.net/blog/2015/2/23/istanbul-day-6 monthly 0.5 2015-02-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1424677570927-JJFCM7322OSH5W73CGMJ/P1010752.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 6 The main gates. Or maybe actually secondary gates, but the main ones for tourists, anyway. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1424677544327-3L4V0T6VD3U9PPIRHFQA/P1010759.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 6 A cool door handle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1424677630714-XW1C51Q7U13AN7HIMKZL/P1010763.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 6 The tallest fire extinguisher I've ever seen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1424677668383-U2IEUD6XU6IDECHVVJRR/P1010767.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 6 Beautiful tiles! I really like the trees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1424677713224-2GBJNVK1L34T5XQOF82E/P1010774.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 6 There were lots of little windows or nooks with shutters like these. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1424677774266-DFMBRS41I16C6C4L50L6/P1010777.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 6 The repeated geometry is a bit mesmerizing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1424677784121-OEOT56IVK7WZJ45AFK4B/P1010786.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 6 Another door handle. Sorry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1424677874863-XGU1VF5JR6LNEU180CBD/P1010792.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 6 The ceiling in (I think) the fanciest reception room, used almost exclusively by the sultan and his closest family members (or most favored consorts, which are pretty much the same thing, right?). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1424677877349-YXNYYL6VAP2NJTWFUCS3/P1010797.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 6 A ceiling. Do your ceilings not look like this? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1424677980906-N2GITXAQT24XQEMIX3KR/P1010802.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 6 Uhhh... cool dangly thing is all I've got. There's probably a real name and function but I don't know either. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1424677958593-3AWAFMWUIS3P5ZMENA6P/P1010803.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 6 Stained glass window. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1424678046647-QLXWBEN3E6QXLT8WRYIA/P1010807.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 6 More ceiling! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1424678081335-ES4XP0XD9D1COIN6U3CO/P1010809.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 6 Eaves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1424678113641-A2OGLAWD3MQU3SVXQYV6/P1010811.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 6 A view across the Golden Horn to the Galata tower (and neighborhood). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1424678187381-G7F4NFVWQJ7BQOJZKYTF/P1010832.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 6 Another cool dangly thing! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1424678209252-99QZ0KVSB77E0P2BERNJ/P1010833.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 6 And another ceiling! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1424678288573-2KL1TF05SQNQ64VI35I3/P1010837.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 6 Selfie time! Grace didn't get the memo, maybe, and blinked. Enjoy this picture while you can, because it might not last Grace's inspection of this post. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1424678311468-5VAAL5MFXUW9I0XWF362/P1010838.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 6 Looking across the Bosphorus. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1424678336373-LTF05JF7D87BW37A4CIX/P1010841.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 6 Exiting the palace grounds and heading towards the Blue Mosque. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1424678544310-TDATV83RQ9P7067N2LD1/P1010843.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 6 The Blue Mosque! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1424678560727-SOQ606YOXYBBSG189KL5/P1010847.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 6 Next door to the Hagia Sophia. Just in case either alone was not sufficiently impressive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1424678658854-5OA50WB5X4HEYKQSYNGT/P1010848.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 6 A door in the courtyard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1424678644682-9KLVJ518I2GK4AYG5N2Q/P1010850.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 6 Grace! :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1424678726941-GLFVQQXQHGHPL1L84RQ2/P1010851.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 6 Another view of the Blue Mosque. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1424678754598-PJDQWA4XTR5YVQ7ALC66/P1010855.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 6 A doorway in the courtyard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1424678846439-76IJRK7ACQ5E5L7I6SIA/P1010860.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 6 The ceiling inside the Blue Mosque. All the wires are for lighting. So many wires. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1424678848406-FS8RX2X5V3W5CE28JFID/P1010864.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 6 The Obelisk of Theodosius at the site of the Hippodrome of Constantinople. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1424678926016-PJ9YO89GIO9S7IX7269K/P1010868.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 6 I thought it was a replica, but apparently it's the original. From before 1400 BC. Looking pretty good for its age. I guess that's what using granite instead of marble does for you. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1424678972330-NEC84QDR7S3VHK5G7249/P1010869.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 6 The base is marble, though, and shows more age despite being relatively young (dating to only around 400 AD). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1424678989269-1K26LOF5LJBU1B0H8ZJE/P1010878.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 6 One more shot of the Hagia Sofia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1424678590530-E4KWDL2JUWQVPAMYNH79/P1010897.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 6 I think I was actually going for a suggestive look here. I'm not sure what I ended up with, but it's definitely not that. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1424678554728-N85QBHW5ITYX0JW5GMN6/P1010891.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 6 I may be getting into all sorts of trouble with these pictures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1424678613390-A11QRI48XKCUA45GLSYJ/P1010904.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 6 Grace gets two pictures because she's not the one with the blog password. http://www.anintrovertabroad.net/blog/2015/2/4/istanbul-day-5 monthly 0.5 2015-02-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1423038310535-ZSV85MAIM7E3Q142UVQB/P1010689.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 5 The exterior. While the weather wasn't great, it probably cut down on crowds a lot. I can't imagine visiting during peak tourist season. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1423038392145-T9KYA2895YDIEJ35YLAQ/P1010696.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 5 Some of the beautiful ceilings and chandeliers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1423038424103-DSVLKDJI98MBZEYE1OLX/P1010698.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 5 Obligatory kitty, chilling next to a marble urn that is probably over 1,000 years old. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1423038488354-H0EKC4KP8LSNAO3G6091/P1010700.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 5 Looking up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1423038557863-LIZA5ZMFI4V74T1OB7VB/P1010706.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 5 Lots of beautiful stonework, including these panels. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1423038640851-5AR1PQ3HNP4L4MS3NB63/P1010717.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 5 The mosaics may have been my favorite part. They were actually just plastered over when the building was converted to a mosque. Understandable, but a shame. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1423038707674-GMYX10AC2OEB1GF27217/P1010718.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 5 The level of detail from just tile is really impressive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1423038767313-7O847HHEPFSH4CKHSUOH/P1010721.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 5 I was particularly impressed by the hair. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1423038862602-PRZZUCOC1JNA7COJUKG1/P1010725.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 5 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1423038879582-TABL4XS4A0EIICLUR2H4/P1010728.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 5 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1423038776091-12LUDLSJ6WH65R50LGSZ/P1010723.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 5 Oh, no big deal, just some 9th century Viking rune graffiti. Halfdan is a family name. Uh oh... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1423038932137-L2NP32B1BUIH3PWI4DRU/P1010729.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 5 Age catches up with us all. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1423038582369-6J2J8C2PU2DB3GYW5FJB/P1010735.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 5 Spooky, scary! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1423038565722-LLU8GAH4JIOJDWGC6ETL/P1010741.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 5 Two columns use medusa heads (of unknown origin, but hopefully free range) for bases. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1423038692535-DNYB5BJ5UV82BY0N5DQU/P1010745.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 5 The other medusa head. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1423038719663-JL85XXEIMYE9NPGUZ8AL/P1010747.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 5 Pretty pattern to the ceiling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1423040083019-VIYJVJQUCIVPIU6TA8X9/contact.jpg Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 5 The entrance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1423040086297-34GJ670O3C6E7YZ71TF2/kilic-ali-pasa-turkish-hamam.jpg Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 5 The main lounge area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1423040083761-0PJR9PKHN92F2CUGS3RW/services.jpg Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 5 The actual bath room. http://www.anintrovertabroad.net/blog/2015/2/3/istanbul-day-4 monthly 0.5 2015-02-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1422954779202-7K596T6YNXEVOFAAO1MF/P1010509.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 4 Setting out the day's wares. The gills are flipped out like that to highlight the freshness (the redder, the fresher). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1422954767921-HN16MIEMXRUBBAEG61WR/P1010512.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 4 A shop dedicated to springs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1422954858563-176JFBJSU7O8OC9S5HSH/P1010516.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 4 Baklava (and other tasty pastries)! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1422954869518-XDIB4AF29MKH040FFULW/P1010522.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 4 Some cool graffiti to greet us on the Asian side. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1422954976549-XVXZ4GZ8GHSUL28JDF03/P1010525.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 4 Festive trees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1422954948132-IQO8PMLX9UAX3SYKX8RM/P1010526.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 4 An alligator (or crocodile - I should really know the diference) of, I imagine, some significance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1422955039772-YRX6H2FJFSDAAQPQLGG0/P1010531.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 4 The chef preparing our fried clams. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1422955079723-A8K6Q1KYVVWLZFFQJ2EY/P1010537.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 4 Veggies! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1422955148154-CV51OBF1MYG6TTZIHF4Z/P1010547.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 4 Dried things! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1422955178444-NC0LIHP5N1NKAMTOTW6Y/P1010548.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 4 All of the olives (get it!?). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1422955228821-C023UYHTAYLSRUJQHQ97/P1010556.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 4 All manner of pickles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1422955280241-1ZEYA7AQX8YE8WYYVKF5/P1010569.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 4 Grace tasting an olive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1422955323160-WG5R873HVS5P6R4J5LS1/P1010575.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 4 Soaps of many colors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1422955391072-R2WP9IQHGMN58ZCAWUJG/P1010584.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 4 A bakery with obligatory bicycle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1422955429127-QRRR84NK80VH99TYK4GH/P1010587.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 4 More cool graffiti. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1422955482845-404BWRDDKSWGVPAGCZJC/P1010590.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 4 Honey! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1422955543929-1UIE34IPV5Z3XYGBOHXZ/P1010593.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 4 Swordfish (and many other aquatic offerings). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1422955585107-5T4X4QL2Z6HN0RKMVLCT/P1010606.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 4 A cool old lantern. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1422955632630-F6UASPBK9F3ZBXNQ7OS2/P1010608.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 4 Hipster paradise. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1422955676949-VHKFUS6F0R7SBDQPO3MA/P1010616.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 4 That's right, more ships! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1422955725494-7Y5G6O2PBKWSFKNUF5UH/P1010618.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 4 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1422955752431-THLXP8I1RMI6MQQG3WM7/P1010635.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 4 Cool dock machinery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1422955793593-HJXU5LNBNLDPPIKYCWV7/P1010649.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 4 Sunset over the European side of Istanbul. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1422955864906-K4LQ1JXM3F5BL09IYR8R/P1010666.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 4 A big ol' cruise ship. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1422955878167-QISD03IO9DBZ3Q1CZEFD/P1010677.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 4 Mosques at night. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1422955967609-05ZPPRWYD2P2NFQ48L84/P1010684.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 4 Suleymaniye Mosque at night. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1422955949043-D0OPX4AO3OIP0K7BRK6L/P1010687.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 4 Galata Tower at night. http://www.anintrovertabroad.net/blog/2015/2/2/istanbul-day-3 monthly 0.5 2015-02-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1422866504883-Q1S5ZXNWDV7473FOUQKV/image-asset.jpeg Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 3 Noms. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1422867557413-W896IDP9GMJ1KZQJM25H/P1010315.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1422867556219-XHDV27Z1P8RCUWAM146Y/P1010319.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1422867661501-3KCK24AWEDH0INH3VC4H/P1010323.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1422867620371-5H89MJO1LVNV4ICJCKXY/P1010325.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1422867673071-FJWHAE0NAQ8AVIXBSSPS/P1010326.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1422867770744-DOFBEBKHB4JU53LDZL33/P1010327.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1422867775675-GMHPQ3FZEW00KGKSUSKT/P1010330.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1422867840655-8M012IDLB8VIHNW7USLA/P1010339.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1422867853724-6TXPCK2G79X7SX176GN9/P1010343.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1422867884966-L8LIE0I1X97XR2IW3K89/P1010344.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1422867743950-QOS25NYQL8F9TW6KWYIT/image-asset.jpeg Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 3 I told you there were a lot of mosques. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1422870214444-B8VHYBKXZMSZ66L2LJ27/P1010349.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 3 The Galata Bridge, which we crossed on the way to the ferry terminal. Absolutely packed with fishermen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1422870170798-NM33OPFZLOD1PCXXBTHX/P1010351.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 3 Grace looking happy and beautiful. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1422870225899-ES4AACTZ0L6ILJD3BAEY/P1010352.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 3 We looking... perturbed? I'm not sure what happened there. Slightly less beautiful. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1422870268397-T22LDN8H3SCGHQO8SNN3/P1010357.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 3 The Yeni Cami (New Mosque), as seen from aboard the ferry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1422870295005-U2QYZRK2QQM8FAQLWDP0/P1010358.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 3 The Suleymaniye Mosque sitting atop a hill. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1422870353027-9TBBBAKCVJJG8FX0P3UG/P1010359.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 3 Grace doing her thing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1422870345353-ESPKFSQTLALU13VFAAQQ/P1010362.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 3 Our fellow tour participants, the Ortakoy Mosque, and the Bosphorus Bridge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1422870373342-VE7TW4T8IWBPQ11ZVUJ7/P1010366E.jpg Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 3 A big ship. I took a lot of pictures of these, probably to Grace's chagrin but maybe my (two year old) nephew will enjoy them. Not sure what that says about me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1422870425712-EKF5PBSRLHCFMU13O5Q5/P1010370.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 3 He who holds the camera holds the power (to avoid being photographed). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1422870465079-K74LTNES4C028ML4SJOT/P1010372.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 3 Another view of the Ortakoy Mosque. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1422870551696-E1KZW5QL7B27AY6Q8SBM/P1010382.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 3 Some compound on the top of the hill. Pretty, but not sure what it was. The audio tour guide was not helpful for this one, nor was Google. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1422870570245-88C63F13MBVQ43DLBROS/P1010387.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 3 If I remember correctly, this is a military academy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1422870641614-XXIYPIYJIFT5YLHQFO89/P1010388.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 3 Pretty red and white houses amid the green. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1422870639320-9GDV5ORSQ84X5PKAZP88/P1010394.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 3 Another big ship. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1422870747448-8MRJUV7AND8R1FC3LFNM/P1010395.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 3 Didn't notice the guy in the neon yellow jacket waving to us until now. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1422870712092-3SZAO56N1LFJ5U3J960Y/P1010396.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 3 No smoking. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1422870796892-4QBEPTLV57EKC0TI8MX8/P1010403.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 3 The Rumelishisari, a fortress constructed between 1451 and 1452, flanked by the Faith Sultan Mehmet Bridge, completed in 1988 (the second of the only two bridges spanning the strait). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1422870814940-LE2XZSJ5RO8D1PVYVNTN/P1010416.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 3 The underside of the Faith Sultan Mehmet Bridge is surprisingly smooth. Maybe that's a strange thing to notice. Are all suspension bridges like that? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1422870874765-9L2B3RCWL5SA4WB13PM7/P1010422.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 3 The seaside village of Kanlica, along with swooping seagulls. The seagulls followed our ferry for the entire duration of the tour, hoping for (and often receiving) snacks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1422870909814-INCE75BTQO1F1BPW2FYT/P1010433.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 3 Big ships are cool, okay? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1422870954187-AGH0QRUUXD9OZ0XSEWGB/P1010439.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 3 I found these tanks in Cubuklu to be surprisingly photogenic, but I have no idea what they're for. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1422870954432-A1SMZMIMSQY3YHRYLV5Q/P1010454.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 3 After turning around at the end of our tour, we starting heading into the wind, making it a lot colder outside. Grace is braving the winds here, shortly before we both took cover inside. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1422871022120-O23H90FAERMJP42UWJ39/P1010455.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 3 The ferry company's (rather handsome) insignia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1422871027501-LVCRARCY7FFO1RM4CYJN/P1010460.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 3 This big ship has wood. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1422871113408-8NQ8UNCPFI54MWTAKFO4/P1010471.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 3 Another view of the Rumelihisari. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1422871097804-M22HRS54RWX4GTCMB4MC/P1010476.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 3 Another view of the Rumelihisari. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1422871357080-DN0AY06EJG7K4ME3TPBJ/20150118_160104.jpg Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 3 The MV Savarona. I just thought she was pretty, but apparently she also has quite the interesting history, being built in 1931 for an American heiress and eventually being transferred to the State of Turkey, almost destroyed in a fire, and rebuilt. Now exclusivley used by the President. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1422873756274-9R174T4MBRK3TTVR69N8/P1010485.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 3 The Ortakoy Mosque at night. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1422873743514-K2AQ7IFLS3ODXU0GW0K7/P1010493.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 3 The Bosphorus Bridge (pleasantly lit up) at night. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1422873831963-102QG8WYVPNEN3RKN90Q/P1010497.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 3 Another view of the Ortakoy Mosque and Bosphorus Bridge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1422873850811-IFM5IM05WIMLRLQH825F/P1010498.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 3 Grace! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1422873902889-LX8T3W6K4X8Y6LR4HZIS/P1010500.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 3 Both of us! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1422873939622-I7KRZXNAUI8EF36CCHFW/P1010502.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 3 A cool arch/sign. http://www.anintrovertabroad.net/blog/2015/2/1/istanbul-day-2 monthly 0.5 2015-02-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1422790403223-94RY9QVWYPPSQDYOVSKN/image-asset.jpeg Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 2 Sleepy kitty. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1422790838509-BUR2N6KVFJQCEJ4O4S3V/P1010247.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 2 Grace in Taksim Square. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1422790822214-VDCD73MU93Y8NFWTPRAV/P1010255.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 2 Some huge sports arena being built. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1422790885709-AULNT5CAPH3ER6S1BMTA/P1010256.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 2 I thought the mosque made an interesting backdrop for the host of cranes and modernity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1422790943421-U0B0Q8YFEVFS3PXF9HTO/P1010259.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 2 Some man chilling by some balloons and reading a newspaper. We were a bit perplexed by this, but figured it out later (stay tuned!). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1422790994899-N1DAPJ5USE9H45YX192T/P1010262E.jpg Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 2 A nice statue. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1422791011124-V1TP8NGR391H4UHPQKI8/P1010266.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 2 Unfortunately, we don't read Turkish, so don't really know what it was celebrating or commemorating or memorializing or whatever. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1422791387906-96J1SEQDLVTEZAEM4QP6/P1010267.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 2 Veggies! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1422791428623-V8ICAS8N5QEJAS69QO4R/P1010269.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 2 More veggies! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1422791475146-3S4IXYE0IFAP3WYM7GC3/P1010272.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 2 Grace is excited. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1422791500115-4OQRSWW82WLESN6FBJFC/P1010276.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 2 Green onions and a light bulb. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1422791614110-ML1AKJ6KMYSG9JY3WRBT/P1010277.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 2 Onions and potatoes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1422791625888-Q0IOHTE9T42HH4V7LQVW/P1010280.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 2 Dolmabahce Palace gate, along with little boxes for the guards to stand in (to stay warm?). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1422791624745-T3SFQH4JFCK2X34ZM0E9/P1010285.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 2 The guards in their boxes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1422791709944-A8V7ULEJKSU8TWE829K5/P1010289.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 2 Selfie time! With my arm's shadow eclipsing Grace's face. I hope to live in a time when a woman must no longer stand in her husband's shadow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1422791706770-3QV2E20LUPMAMPC8CFVP/P1010293.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 2 Dolmabahçe Mosque. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1422791811363-YX2R0ZITE8I52FGU81M4/P1010299.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 2 Another view of Dolmabahçe Mosque. Almost identical (but worse than) the picture on Wikipedia. Which makes me sort of wonder why I bother... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1422792843226-6EGMCA4SVWEWBF4U8ZU7/P1010301.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 2 We figured out what the old man plus balloons combo was for! Apparently they set up balloons as targets and charge people to shoot at them with a BB gun. Neat! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1422791808169-3L0SFZ6WRUM2OVFUKAVD/P1010302.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1422791905831-HGSC0PCJYO4QVD8D2NL2/P1010304.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 2 Marble sculpture of a book of some sort. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1422791913077-4HNQCQC7G6GLQXBPMX1J/P1010307.JPG Travel Blog - Istanbul: Day 2 Super cool rainbow stairs. http://www.anintrovertabroad.net/blog/2015/1/25/istanbul-transit-and-day-1 monthly 0.5 2015-01-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1422176445635-CTZCOT17L8DN50M0634C/IMG_20150116_161724.jpg Travel Blog - Istanbul: Transit and Day 1 Baklava! Although apparently a good rule of thumb is the prettier the display the worse the baklava. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1422176448804-14GU7LRJCB0CXK5LBRMV/IMG_20150116_162850.jpg Travel Blog - Istanbul: Transit and Day 1 Looking towards İstiklâl Caddesi from Taksim Square. Alas, we did not eat at Burger King. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1422176466268-7LC3TYKWZDOUK6QO1WYO/IMG_20150116_192152.jpg Travel Blog - Istanbul: Transit and Day 1 Some guy browsing vinyl in a little store we passed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1422176478523-UVKX3H38HCQA0P75WEYJ/IMG_20150116_194110.jpg Travel Blog - Istanbul: Transit and Day 1 Me posing at Taksim Square. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1422176488676-D6P0GJD4XQJMQ2U8E539/IMG_20150116_210553.jpg Travel Blog - Istanbul: Transit and Day 1 Fancy pastries at a bakery near our apartment. http://www.anintrovertabroad.net/blog/2015/1/25/our-first-bengali-wedding monthly 0.5 2015-01-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1422166945707-EHCZAB2F90RN9D2XVUVO/20150104_193610.jpg Travel Blog - Our first Bengali wedding Fancy dais. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1422166941391-C3NOPYHSOEP1JLZY869J/20150104_193739.jpg Travel Blog - Our first Bengali wedding Fancy lights. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1422166988528-IK55FZUO7KOI7I6SW9KP/20150104_202053.jpg Travel Blog - Our first Bengali wedding Fancy bride and groom (and their family). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1422167009010-1PL22WA7HB8BKB5T58WL/20150104_202056.jpg Travel Blog - Our first Bengali wedding https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1422167031103-0KIA6K16NJTUL0D2X560/20150104_212459.jpg Travel Blog - Our first Bengali wedding Not-so-fancy us. http://www.anintrovertabroad.net/blog/2014/12/14/next-level-bangladesh-hip-hop-in-dhaka monthly 0.5 2014-12-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1418548390604-UWZC90JEDPUVQ07N6R1G/image-asset.png Travel Blog - Next Level Bangladesh - Hip Hop in Dhaka! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1418549608054-FFU7EKLPECY0ITCV78UF/image-asset.jpeg Travel Blog - Next Level Bangladesh - Hip Hop in Dhaka! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1418551278572-WWTKBYVX4Y7U9VXO3FXD/image-asset.jpeg Travel Blog - Next Level Bangladesh - Hip Hop in Dhaka! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1418550512155-I24FACG3M5M7GOUOH4GB/image-asset.jpeg Travel Blog - Next Level Bangladesh - Hip Hop in Dhaka! http://www.anintrovertabroad.net/blog/2014/12/1/fixing-our-car monthly 0.5 2014-12-14 http://www.anintrovertabroad.net/blog/2014/12/1/river-cruise monthly 0.5 2014-12-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1417415503363-ZPN316ARRHJBBXCZZWJ3/20141011_133857.jpg Travel Blog - River Cruise! The boat! Actually from when we were disembarking but I didn't take one on the way out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1417415594413-82OIZ4UI7AMCBK4NYU07/P1000940.JPG Travel Blog - River Cruise! The interior of the boat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1417415625974-CO1QH9M0MXEMFWJ4H2K4/P1000943.JPG Travel Blog - River Cruise! We spent some time hanging out on the roof. Grace is preparing for the climb. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1417415677402-M7MJQ0DPOL7HVD6DZDNX/P1000952.JPG Travel Blog - River Cruise! The two of us! Sans photobombers (took a few tries). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1417415715168-7G8JVY9DKSIY8PZPS88F/P1000954.JPG Travel Blog - River Cruise! We saw a lot of fisherman. Many of them stepped up production by using a lot of poles, like this guy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1417415759199-GZ7Z6ZX8HZOA31TSUG5Z/P1000962.JPG Travel Blog - River Cruise! Another fisherman. We got a lot of waves. Bengalis tend to be very friendly, or at least very much amused by a bunch of people of very obviously non-Bengali descent going down the river in a traditional Bengali boat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1417415821361-V7UOTQLDH8ARLNMXJZXV/P1000966.JPG Travel Blog - River Cruise! More friendly faces. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1417415869144-X3OZ5RWWT1LL4B9SNIMY/P1000974.JPG Travel Blog - River Cruise! Do you not take baths with your cow? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1417415998533-YTL76GHJQVMW4TIROVJ9/P1000977.JPG Travel Blog - River Cruise! Not entirely sure what these contraptions are, but I think some sort of fish trap or netting device. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1417416007575-OWPXNHZNPB8DGY329U9I/P1000986.JPG Travel Blog - River Cruise! Another one. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1417416083057-2MNIAOC6C3VYM4Y6BUHX/P1000987.JPG Travel Blog - River Cruise! Most of the more modern boats are very colorful. I'm not sure if this boat is owned by the cow, but I like to think so. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1417416113141-XT5I4PYJCY6LLKIAOBS2/P1000992.JPG Travel Blog - River Cruise! Old boats make great swimming piers/diving boards. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1417416156049-MJ21U3EMY4JB1LKE3PZX/P1010003.JPG Travel Blog - River Cruise! Lots of greenery in Bangladesh. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1417416210399-2X1S22XTLO2ONR2UL0OH/P1010009.JPG Travel Blog - River Cruise! A fisherman operating a stationary net. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1417416233072-QZC8B6ZZ0N7DQSKNUPT9/P1010016.JPG Travel Blog - River Cruise! Going under a bridge! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1417416314141-ZPVL11PF4Y02X9JJPYMO/P1010045.JPG Travel Blog - River Cruise! We saw quite a few boats shared between cows and people. I'm not sure which of us was more amused by the other. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1417416307457-5KIJ7Y0K8H4BOR6D6WJC/P1010055.JPG Travel Blog - River Cruise! Several of our contingent took the opportunity for a swim. Braver souls than I. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1417416386951-96GYC92P7PCB5B4LXAQT/P1010058.JPG Travel Blog - River Cruise! More boats, more cows, more people. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1417416418589-BGS29WJPOXXGRPPJ3IXZ/P1010061.JPG Travel Blog - River Cruise! A woman waiting by some abandoned boats. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1417416475968-H30KGXK7Y8SJHIZCGL9V/P1010064.JPG Travel Blog - River Cruise! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1417416497032-JJP75L72BKX9GRA0PNSD/P1010070.JPG Travel Blog - River Cruise! Some sort of crane. Or heron. Or egret. I don't know a whole lot about birds. This one is white. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1417416582640-XIF57758A7N0B374G6D2/P1010116.JPG Travel Blog - River Cruise! Old, mostly submerged boat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1417416599323-VY7ZVUE1AHDZW4U0XA2Q/P1010118.JPG Travel Blog - River Cruise! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1417416657722-95YTHY22ZKET4SM5XWDS/P1010121.JPG Travel Blog - River Cruise! Another one of the traditional Bengali boats owned by the company. I think this one is used for more elaborate cruises (you can do dinner and even overnight cruises). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1417415537054-S3YQUQIKWHC9YCSZB9NE/20141011_133829.jpg Travel Blog - River Cruise! Disembarking! http://www.anintrovertabroad.net/blog/2014/10/25/back-to-dhaka monthly 0.5 2014-10-25 http://www.anintrovertabroad.net/blog/2014/10/25/singapore-day-4-singapore-flyer monthly 0.5 2014-10-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1414216978773-XXZBOBFG3TJEUT8Y7NI4/P1000806.JPG Travel Blog - Singapore Day 4: Singapore Flyer The capsules you ride in. Thankfully not very crowded. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1414217071458-483DYOOA172JWJL8GH8X/P1000824.JPG Travel Blog - Singapore Day 4: Singapore Flyer Cables. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1414217013990-ZLDYKLG0XXD4YEMCTSUZ/P1000820.JPG Travel Blog - Singapore Day 4: Singapore Flyer Flyer selfie! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1414216966490-P7MF62D5VNBB522RZO5R/P1000817.JPG Travel Blog - Singapore Day 4: Singapore Flyer A corner on the Singapore F1 track, with the Gardens by the Bay in the background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1414217117868-4X5P2M3P5E6QU2SQEALZ/P1000830.JPG Travel Blog - Singapore Day 4: Singapore Flyer The Gardens by the Bay from above. Cloud Forest dome on the left, Flower Dome in the middle, and the Supertree Grove towards the back right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1414217171775-D5HYSIKTVKJ9E46R0HYR/P1000841.JPG Travel Blog - Singapore Day 4: Singapore Flyer The Junior Olympics park from above. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1414217194484-V6SNMDQD1BRTMVERKQY1/P1000876.JPG Travel Blog - Singapore Day 4: Singapore Flyer The Flyer from below, while standing on the F1 track. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1414217241075-USKB0B9U778EUH1W7K4B/P1000884.JPG Travel Blog - Singapore Day 4: Singapore Flyer This guy zoomed past at a speed just below that which the track is designed for. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1414217258190-KHL7Z0DNDGGY0JX0LVIM/P1000892.JPG Travel Blog - Singapore Day 4: Singapore Flyer We stopped under this neat bridge for some shade.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1414217332315-L1432Y0KNPJ79KFJIB0X/P1000896.JPG Travel Blog - Singapore Day 4: Singapore Flyer The ArtScience museum from underneath the Helix Bridge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1414217301669-LT1KJ4NZQJU9W0Q4W7GE/P1000901.JPG Travel Blog - Singapore Day 4: Singapore Flyer I can't remember if I was yawning or trying to yell for help. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1414217381279-P2X5CPYQO4EGS36FQ0G4/P1000910.JPG Travel Blog - Singapore Day 4: Singapore Flyer The Marina Bay Sands Hotel with the ArtScience Museum in the foreground. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1414217416710-O9R93JL249FE1MAAO1BK/P1000912.JPG Travel Blog - Singapore Day 4: Singapore Flyer The famous Merlion from far away. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1414217474402-X80YWL9Y07WAIBFR4A9J/P1000915.JPG Travel Blog - Singapore Day 4: Singapore Flyer The Esplanade - Theatres on the Bay. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1414217493862-128XY5E78UEVSZ11HT29/P1000917.JPG Travel Blog - Singapore Day 4: Singapore Flyer Said to resemble durians. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1414217575927-UEO2WM34MODGEE6LQFCN/P1000918.JPG Travel Blog - Singapore Day 4: Singapore Flyer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1414217599734-KH6AJOEWNPI49I11PFNN/P1000930.JPG Travel Blog - Singapore Day 4: Singapore Flyer The Cavenagh Bridge (pretty sure that's not a local name). Also another glamor shoot going on to the left. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1414217648369-UI1IR2W9SPI5FOWAY5WP/P1000931.JPG Travel Blog - Singapore Day 4: Singapore Flyer No cattle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1414217675470-6GTQHP09OXAMYJK930ET/P1000932.JPG Travel Blog - Singapore Day 4: Singapore Flyer Orfeur Cavenagh. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1414217741372-Q9NKPF7P31A8Q2DEUHGE/P1000934.JPG Travel Blog - Singapore Day 4: Singapore Flyer This statue is already hilariously colonial. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1414217774095-CIYOR7Q9RIWMZ3LSIW9Y/P1000935.JPG Travel Blog - Singapore Day 4: Singapore Flyer And it only gets better. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1414217834411-8MCS8UT1JRIS5UTTQUA1/P1000936.JPG Travel Blog - Singapore Day 4: Singapore Flyer A chubby bird. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1414217851885-MQAG4JYXQ27OFDSPUNSX/P1000937.JPG Travel Blog - Singapore Day 4: Singapore Flyer Dali's Homage to Newton. Didn't even realize he did sculpture. Reminds me a bit of Gargallo. http://www.anintrovertabroad.net/blog/2014/10/25/singapore-day-3-gardens-by-the-bay monthly 0.5 2014-10-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1414211327071-N6K5CI96PBUZCXB35OJ4/P1000678.JPG Travel Blog - Singapore Day 3: Gardens by the Bay https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1414211643290-95FLBG2PKNZIN0TBSF37/image-asset.jpeg Travel Blog - Singapore Day 3: Gardens by the Bay From left to right: the Singapore Flyer (giant Ferris wheel), the Flower Dome, the Cloud Forest Dome, and the Supertree Grove. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1414212158040-HEICODE9URI180IML0EP/P1000690.JPG Travel Blog - Singapore Day 3: Gardens by the Bay The skyway from underneath and a supertree up close. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1414212148031-TFZPMSZ9J0XRFLSQZP07/P1000693.JPG Travel Blog - Singapore Day 3: Gardens by the Bay Maximum capacity expressed in kilo-Newtons per meter squared. Not something you usually see. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1414212243925-Z4O4DGUR1GRAAQFJAJUW/P1000696.JPG Travel Blog - Singapore Day 3: Gardens by the Bay This is Singapore, and we have rules here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1414212259266-I7TF1JWXNF33IF4KQATO/P1000695.JPG Travel Blog - Singapore Day 3: Gardens by the Bay Just after exiting the elevator up to the skyway. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1414212421089-0DSA2DB25490X3TGLY4U/P1000700.JPG Travel Blog - Singapore Day 3: Gardens by the Bay A view of the Singapore Flyer from the skyway, with a few supertrees in the foreground. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1414212417367-TZSXTWHDVOSSCVPDLBQW/P1000713.JPG Travel Blog - Singapore Day 3: Gardens by the Bay More supertrees! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1414212533892-17KTVLTT0GWSEYVZAJMW/P1000718.JPG Travel Blog - Singapore Day 3: Gardens by the Bay Grace about one second after she got annoyed with me taking pictures of her. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1414212545833-6IP2L6N3KEXRUT6TDBVW/P1000723.JPG Travel Blog - Singapore Day 3: Gardens by the Bay Skyway selfie! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1414212370144-0SBDUNPJNAEVZHE2WYNK/P1000726.JPG Travel Blog - Singapore Day 3: Gardens by the Bay A calabash tree (not to be confused with the vine, which produces the fruit one might be familiar with). The way the fruit grows off the trunk and branches reminded me of cacao, but it's not very closely related at all. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1414212374418-BDKVIX5DZLNAMXG55HA1/P1000729.JPG Travel Blog - Singapore Day 3: Gardens by the Bay We actually saw a decent number of women getting glamor photos taken. Not sure if it's particularly common in Singapore, or just common in touristy, scenic areas the world over. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1414212527901-N4UHAJPW6DI0RAMGNYPE/P1000731.JPG Travel Blog - Singapore Day 3: Gardens by the Bay Some spiky trees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1414212533041-CB324XCDWQPQ10TWX4G4/P1000732.JPG Travel Blog - Singapore Day 3: Gardens by the Bay More spikiness! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1414212755529-UQHL9Q7IPD72E9A4WWPM/P1000735.JPG Travel Blog - Singapore Day 3: Gardens by the Bay The Cloud Mountain and waterfall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1414212764844-XSCWY9Y0FA82XXMDG1V6/P1000739.JPG Travel Blog - Singapore Day 3: Gardens by the Bay A shot of the walkways, plus all the misters working overtime. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1414212862083-5YH9ZFFKNQ1SQUFAOL7B/P1000742.JPG Travel Blog - Singapore Day 3: Gardens by the Bay Apparently from East Timor. I'm going to take a wild guess that this guy has something to do with fertility. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1414212842804-BY2824UII3KWZPRASAAZ/P1000743.JPG Travel Blog - Singapore Day 3: Gardens by the Bay More sculptures. I think they're all from East Timor, but I'm not sure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1414212951594-ZFDRAOYSQ1FZSVCOBRNV/P1000745.JPG Travel Blog - Singapore Day 3: Gardens by the Bay Moss-covered truck. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1414212952471-3CMEBLHA0BUBPWLUZMIN/P1000751.JPG Travel Blog - Singapore Day 3: Gardens by the Bay Canoes with some fierce passengers (and orchids). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1414213047380-XIXGCM5LGKFPW6TQ911K/P1000756.JPG Travel Blog - Singapore Day 3: Gardens by the Bay Walkways from above. Pretty serious supports. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1414213049078-M7YB993004OIJJURJ8AM/P1000758.JPG Travel Blog - Singapore Day 3: Gardens by the Bay The waterfall is lit from below at night. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1414213106469-SKTQA6GETINY8MBWPE5O/P1000764.JPG Travel Blog - Singapore Day 3: Gardens by the Bay The walkways are also lit on their undersides at night. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1414214172464-94WEMI6HKJ50PW9A4K43/P1000767.JPG Travel Blog - Singapore Day 3: Gardens by the Bay The lighting was really dramatic at night. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1414214178732-OC5I3SNTR50NXU3UJHNJ/P1000770.JPG Travel Blog - Singapore Day 3: Gardens by the Bay One of the tress in the baobab section. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1414214247418-NNIEI4CJLZGLMYSM8575/P1000777.JPG Travel Blog - Singapore Day 3: Gardens by the Bay Pretty statue. Not sure where it's from, though there were many from Zimbabwe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1414214270533-SDVTV49T4I133FL6XXDA/P1000781.JPG Travel Blog - Singapore Day 3: Gardens by the Bay They had some stuff set up for a festival. Seemed like a good place for a picture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1414214304611-ICKAAFN1WQXESKP6OEDK/P1000783.JPG Travel Blog - Singapore Day 3: Gardens by the Bay https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1414214719135-VV3JQAPUEZLIUARS4E0P/P1000790.JPG Travel Blog - Singapore Day 3: Gardens by the Bay The Supertee Grove at night. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1414214732168-TQ7KWE8IIM2SKLV6OYQ1/P1000789.JPG Travel Blog - Singapore Day 3: Gardens by the Bay The Marina Bay Sands Hotel at night, from the gardens. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1414214814838-ZNIF15UPJLVN2IWYGKQU/P1000794.JPG Travel Blog - Singapore Day 3: Gardens by the Bay A view of the Singapore Flyer at night, from the Ku Dé Ta bar atop the hotel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1414214825625-2S14KB09TYST6S1U74OM/P1000795.JPG Travel Blog - Singapore Day 3: Gardens by the Bay The bar itself. Pretty crowded. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1414214961874-AQYPVC92QPR5DHSTU44R/P1000796.JPG Travel Blog - Singapore Day 3: Gardens by the Bay https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1414214887634-C9OZR5UVUHGM8A7HHRV4/P1000798.JPG Travel Blog - Singapore Day 3: Gardens by the Bay The hotel from below is pretty imposing. We were on the part jutting out at the top of the picture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1414214962393-5KNS8FPKXAWTC82KDJQP/P1000799.JPG Travel Blog - Singapore Day 3: Gardens by the Bay The ArtScience museum at night. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1414215017501-SIK21H1XFZ6ZX8LUEIGO/P1000802.JPG Travel Blog - Singapore Day 3: Gardens by the Bay http://www.anintrovertabroad.net/blog/2014/10/20/singapore-day-3-marina-bay-sands-and-environs monthly 0.5 2014-10-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1413796374626-7K0W7UBJFVZ1L0NDFVC9/image-asset.jpeg Travel Blog - Singapore Day 3: Marina Bay Sands I'm really not sure anything needs to be said. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1413796595308-82170Q3AYNAPXVMVNCF1/image-asset.jpeg Travel Blog - Singapore Day 3: Marina Bay Sands Not sure those guys are all about the shopping, but what do I know? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1413796874954-WQWR7FQSRDE59K96T4WB/image-asset.jpeg Travel Blog - Singapore Day 3: Marina Bay Sands Okay, first I took this picture because "No durians." Only afterwards did I notice that, while durians are not permitted, their possession apparently carries no fine, unlike the other items. Also you can see the clearly denoted reserved seat for the elderly, pregnant, injured, or parent of small children. Or, presumably, any combination thereof. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1413797347308-5EDG96CV45MP5PZBKTVQ/P1000610.JPG Travel Blog - Singapore Day 3: Marina Bay Sands Does your local mall have gondolas? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1413797345855-2D6CDGAT7Z4UJ1F42HYZ/P1000612.JPG Travel Blog - Singapore Day 3: Marina Bay Sands A single story Gucci is obviously insufficient to keep up with demand. Check back soon! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1413797771248-L7KLQVI0L8FW4C4M5PC3/P1000615.JPG Travel Blog - Singapore Day 3: Marina Bay Sands The Singapore ArtScience museum on the right, and a Louis Vuitton store (building?) on the left. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1413797787476-D4NODQZCU0ET6XZZ33DZ/P1000616.JPG Travel Blog - Singapore Day 3: Marina Bay Sands The Louis Vuitton building from another angle, and a portion of the Singapore skyline. I really love the blue color on the cluster of leftmost towers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1413797871882-O2BTVVWN0HCANYNJ20PM/P1000617.JPG Travel Blog - Singapore Day 3: Marina Bay Sands More of the Singapore skyline, including the Fullerton Hotel on the right by the water. Also some strange, air control tower-looking buildings on the left. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1413797857637-3B61A6N0OBIKF3MBIU8T/P1000618.JPG Travel Blog - Singapore Day 3: Marina Bay Sands Yet more of the Singapore skyline, including the Theaters on the Bay in the foreground, whose design was inspired by durian fruit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1413797989225-GAD9MSVO67RARANOPI21/P1000635.JPG Travel Blog - Singapore Day 3: Marina Bay Sands A view of the Marina Bay Sands hotel. It's completely surreal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1413797928357-K73D9LNMUKQ6ACVGBUOW/P1000632.JPG Travel Blog - Singapore Day 3: Marina Bay Sands The ArtScience museum from a bit closer up. A bunch of shots of this follow, as I think it's a really neat building. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1413797980941-AOB5RBBKFZJEJKE8ZIN9/P1000636.JPG Travel Blog - Singapore Day 3: Marina Bay Sands https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1413798028886-7O5RVQU9W35ZGC92ZBSA/P1000637.JPG Travel Blog - Singapore Day 3: Marina Bay Sands https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1413798068456-1P8WOG0TP1NIVFAB3EJ0/P1000640.JPG Travel Blog - Singapore Day 3: Marina Bay Sands https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1413798100771-MBBHNVI3P7YWSXYE5BB9/P1000639.JPG Travel Blog - Singapore Day 3: Marina Bay Sands The (maybe just a) Singapore Junior Olympics field. More or less floating on the bay. Really neat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1413798140104-35FACJJW6VJT5AVCY861/P1000643.JPG Travel Blog - Singapore Day 3: Marina Bay Sands Selfie time! We really should take more pictures that feature at least one of us... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1413798201833-4BBSZDU7YYX52XGAYB27/P1000645.JPG Travel Blog - Singapore Day 3: Marina Bay Sands Another view of the Singapore skyline. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1413798233208-OIABE4JR72M01AJN927J/P1000646.JPG Travel Blog - Singapore Day 3: Marina Bay Sands Flowering lily pads just outside the ArtScience museum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1413798190935-KJ2ULMWSJ7U7SGQCWAV4/image-asset.jpeg Travel Blog - Singapore Day 3: Marina Bay Sands The Singapore skyline from the Marina Bay Sands shopping center. Also apparently a boat cutting through my panorama. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1413799289299-0ONT1JCEF4DZLVCPODVA/P1000623.JPG Travel Blog - Singapore Day 3: Marina Bay Sands Looking up at one of the three towers of the Marina Bay Sands Hotel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1413799278099-JTZE9VHP6LJ7TW1V22DT/P1000661.JPG Travel Blog - Singapore Day 3: Marina Bay Sands View of the port and some interesting building. No idea what it is. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1413799358259-3DXND0PBWSO2C1Q7S59V/P1000665.JPG Travel Blog - Singapore Day 3: Marina Bay Sands An interior view of the hotel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1413799392159-5HFOAL4HC8C9BLAEXVNO/P1000673.JPG Travel Blog - Singapore Day 3: Marina Bay Sands Flowers on balconies. http://www.anintrovertabroad.net/blog/2014/10/20/singapore-day-2-dinner-and-a-night-safari monthly 0.5 2014-10-20 http://www.anintrovertabroad.net/blog/2014/10/20/singapore-day-2-orchard-road monthly 0.5 2014-10-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1413794532357-VB007IJKL9HO7ILP6621/P1000593.JPG Travel Blog - Singapore Day 2: Orchard Road Welcome to Singapore. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1413794532857-TSN873H8FFJZIDPH42HP/P1000594.JPG Travel Blog - Singapore Day 2: Orchard Road Pretty neat building. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1413794648795-7D8EJEIR0CLSOID1MSDU/P1000597.JPG Travel Blog - Singapore Day 2: Orchard Road Umm... yeah. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1413794639585-B8EO0PPTCTYSHKQP7WK9/P1000598.JPG Travel Blog - Singapore Day 2: Orchard Road http://www.anintrovertabroad.net/blog/2014/10/20/singapore-day-1-things-i-forgot monthly 0.5 2014-10-20 http://www.anintrovertabroad.net/blog/2014/10/20/singapore-day-1-botanical-gardens monthly 0.5 2014-10-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1413785987666-5554MDVJV56PCAIZ4ZXP/P1000396.JPG Travel Blog - Singapore Day 1: Botanical Gardens! Maybe not captured well, but the leaves on tree in the center had this really cool, vaguely impressionist look to them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1413786083331-FUIU2X6Q3D9ENJAVP64P/P1000402.JPG Travel Blog - Singapore Day 1: Botanical Gardens! Swan statue in a lake. I thought it seemed to mimic the palms sprouting out of the island. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1413785978551-4L38S2GVWJT2DRPS5M0Z/P1000399.JPG Travel Blog - Singapore Day 1: Botanical Gardens! Some maternal statuary. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1413786079543-B7IB7XBJCWY7SFDRWU6I/P1000414.JPG Travel Blog - Singapore Day 1: Botanical Gardens! More maternal statuary. Maybe Singaporean kids particularly enjoy being flung about. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1413786160865-W822HTRFZ62ZJ0UYZA45/P1000420.JPG Travel Blog - Singapore Day 1: Botanical Gardens! No idea what these are (that will be a common refrain, but they look really neat). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1413786172208-C5AGTD0WVSZV78Z2XJKH/P1000421.JPG Travel Blog - Singapore Day 1: Botanical Gardens! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1413786248053-N0RGD0ZZ11FLCXLPMC6P/P1000424.JPG Travel Blog - Singapore Day 1: Botanical Gardens! Couldn't resist a shot of the bark texture on this tree. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1413786268961-J0FYW1NNVNCG5775FDP4/P1000425.JPG Travel Blog - Singapore Day 1: Botanical Gardens! Heh. Dumb Cane. Heh. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1413786333734-G2EFCQR7IH7V0RQSMS32/P1000430.JPG Travel Blog - Singapore Day 1: Botanical Gardens! Sprouting leaves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1413786357119-83R6T9B2R1P9QNK14HYR/P1000432.JPG Travel Blog - Singapore Day 1: Botanical Gardens! Huge lily pads and a submerged palm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1413786427592-8JZ8GQ8FW5QOX0LKD9CA/P1000436.JPG Travel Blog - Singapore Day 1: Botanical Gardens! Cool array of differently patterned leaves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1413785319725-Q7UGLEQXXEGMYLTIQYHM/P1000440.JPG Travel Blog - Singapore Day 1: Botanical Gardens! The first thing you see when entering the National Orchid Garden. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1413786455829-GQZOID92BW37E0IYF7VZ/P1000442.JPG Travel Blog - Singapore Day 1: Botanical Gardens! Grace showing off some orchids. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1413786530742-A15Z0BMMDHOVKY59IS3G/P1000445.JPG Travel Blog - Singapore Day 1: Botanical Gardens! Me taking advantage of one of the designated photo spots.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1413786552469-Z24Q6C810TDEWI7WL0TJ/P1000454.JPG Travel Blog - Singapore Day 1: Botanical Gardens! A spiky tree! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1413786620302-0OUPZJ9OWW3XZNICHPSO/P1000455.JPG Travel Blog - Singapore Day 1: Botanical Gardens! No comment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1413786659198-C9ZBQM54LC8X24Z4JEPK/P1000457.JPG Travel Blog - Singapore Day 1: Botanical Gardens! Flower trellises! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1413786699277-5JZ0OSAHZXCE3ELMR3HW/P1000462.JPG Travel Blog - Singapore Day 1: Botanical Gardens! The first of many orchid pictures to come. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1413786768706-BAYLYI7858TXDVYIZM5N/P1000465.JPG Travel Blog - Singapore Day 1: Botanical Gardens! More spiky things (this is so scientific)! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1413786791293-9YLB8F6VTLGE3DJYRYPK/P1000468.JPG Travel Blog - Singapore Day 1: Botanical Gardens! Not sure if this is just a sculpture or is actually functional in some way. Regardless, it was pretty. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1413787388949-8BK0VJA94HN2YY8LV6BG/P1000522.JPG Travel Blog - Singapore Day 1: Botanical Gardens! Close up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1413786872313-Q5NQQXQNGMBDIVGLJ77Z/P1000477.JPG Travel Blog - Singapore Day 1: Botanical Gardens! Not Spanish Moss, but really cool stuff hanging from above. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1413786877033-MNPOZQ12IFLXC2QWEKLU/P1000480.JPG Travel Blog - Singapore Day 1: Botanical Gardens! Grace found tiny pineapples! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1413786957077-11G09Q64VF2ZIQ94XUR2/P1000481.JPG Travel Blog - Singapore Day 1: Botanical Gardens! Beautiful colors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1413786978678-DFC60A47OR40L80F5IZ4/P1000483.JPG Travel Blog - Singapore Day 1: Botanical Gardens! I don't think the guy on bottom is having as much fun as the guy on top. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1413787033866-321CL3TB83G55I2GXC4J/P1000490.JPG Travel Blog - Singapore Day 1: Botanical Gardens! So many orchids! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1413787048452-J8DH90T6QAO74H0Q36P1/P1000495.JPG Travel Blog - Singapore Day 1: Botanical Gardens! Orchid overdose!   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1413787123966-A1Y5ND3OAAO7HZAJQ90R/P1000496.JPG Travel Blog - Singapore Day 1: Botanical Gardens! Seriously, these are only a small portion of the pictures we took. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1413787135002-0MJBX1ARISCW8SO8DKJ5/P1000497.JPG Travel Blog - Singapore Day 1: Botanical Gardens! At the very least, Grace's mom will enjoy these pictures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1413787219723-L6XK7UU2J0WDMYZF4BUY/P1000501.JPG Travel Blog - Singapore Day 1: Botanical Gardens! Cute kitty statue. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1413787219338-UP6IOPWNT3I8VHCWQLQZ/P1000502.JPG Travel Blog - Singapore Day 1: Botanical Gardens! There are more than 600 species on display, so really I was quite restrained. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1413787317008-YUJFFST17OVIPVD6BRP8/P1000512.JPG Travel Blog - Singapore Day 1: Botanical Gardens! Me, under considerable duress, highlighting the size of these palm fronds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1413787306817-CREUJR2JIXEMO7J4KO91/P1000513.JPG Travel Blog - Singapore Day 1: Botanical Gardens! Flowers other than orchids! Such a pretty array of colors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1413787395922-T2P5QMYQD6QC13V0TFB7/P1000517.JPG Travel Blog - Singapore Day 1: Botanical Gardens! A pitcher plant! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1413787474923-JAIUWIITFTDL1YD262O5/P1000526.JPG Travel Blog - Singapore Day 1: Botanical Gardens! Light through a palm frond. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1413787492324-8YBSO3391QYJ917TF9JW/P1000533.JPG Travel Blog - Singapore Day 1: Botanical Gardens! Cthulhu in flower form? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1413787559318-10O6E7F5H63YVVTRAL7J/P1000536.JPG Travel Blog - Singapore Day 1: Botanical Gardens! These orchids looked almost wet, or made of wax. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1413787562292-J2BVTNBK7C7GLHDZRNUD/P1000538.JPG Travel Blog - Singapore Day 1: Botanical Gardens! Some pretty leaves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1413787656840-U193VQ788EF9J0DL4LW6/P1000545.JPG Travel Blog - Singapore Day 1: Botanical Gardens! A butterfly with a notch in its wing. Seemed to be getting about okay, though. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1413787646648-8TRP7N881ON5PSUTKKEE/P1000553.JPG Travel Blog - Singapore Day 1: Botanical Gardens! More lily pads. Really neat bright red dragonfly in the top left, and a couple tadpoles bottom right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1413787704511-K2FA159BN3H74HWZK4H2/P1000580.JPG Travel Blog - Singapore Day 1: Botanical Gardens! More light through palm leaves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1413790140754-326GTCETGGDTMU4J6EWN/image-asset.jpeg Travel Blog - Singapore Day 1: Botanical Gardens! He's right at the bottom edge of the ferns. Darn camouflage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1413790712512-HQXO4VIIVK5JXDIHPE49/image-asset.jpeg Travel Blog - Singapore Day 1: Botanical Gardens! Pull up so mean with that angel bowing. http://www.anintrovertabroad.net/blog/2014/10/17/vacationing-in-singapore monthly 0.5 2014-10-20 http://www.anintrovertabroad.net/blog/2014/10/16/the-weirdness-that-is-hiring-help monthly 0.5 2014-10-16 http://www.anintrovertabroad.net/blog/2014/10/13/our-new-home monthly 0.5 2014-10-13 http://www.anintrovertabroad.net/blog/2014/10/13/flying-to-bangladesh monthly 0.5 2014-10-13 http://www.anintrovertabroad.net/blog/2014/10/12/departing-taiwan monthly 0.5 2014-10-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1413127239642-XY7IMX4DCTOLNJ191MTU/image-asset.jpeg Travel Blog - Departing Taiwan Hopefully the weird reflections, ghosting, and over-exposed sign don't ruing this too much. http://www.anintrovertabroad.net/blog/2014/10/11/taiwan-bus-trip monthly 0.5 2014-10-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1413119683779-UCN92ARRYLUI3413E4GL/P1000379.JPG Travel Blog - Taiwan bus trip! Fancy buses! And lots of them! Note the sweet curtains. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1413119674555-KDPRY2OEAHSS5R8XY6L7/P1000340.JPG Travel Blog - Taiwan bus trip! Up close with the curtains. And sweet faux-wicker (I think) everything. Except for the faux-wood air vents. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1413120330457-FHZDO84EA8LDZ1HXNFC6/P1000318.JPG Travel Blog - Taiwan bus trip! Grace and me on the pier! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1413120441646-GCAU0WCQ6AQ150QTKV03/P1000323.JPG Travel Blog - Taiwan bus trip! The Thao Visitor Center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1413120357338-VKQL1SUXCQRYHL6UTYOO/P1000322.JPG Travel Blog - Taiwan bus trip! Looking up one of the streets. Lots of vendors catering to tourists. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1413120452184-35J3WKFC1JV7XNM3TIDK/P1000326.JPG Travel Blog - Taiwan bus trip! Yummy (I imagine) little birdies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1413120914127-8T23A88X3FDXPIJJ8NG4/P1000343.JPG Travel Blog - Taiwan bus trip! One side of the Xiangshan Visitor Center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1413120910964-IG8LC541GJ9QHNFK3B2Z/P1000345.JPG Travel Blog - Taiwan bus trip! The courtyard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1413120971752-GYZFCBAUSLNHOQX2RGNX/P1000346.JPG Travel Blog - Taiwan bus trip! A hallway. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1413120989998-6FX27BHJOX1IZ50PNRTK/P1000350.JPG Travel Blog - Taiwan bus trip! Cool arches. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1413121046084-VLR1GO4CJPFCBSXRD0QS/P1000351.JPG Travel Blog - Taiwan bus trip! More cool arches. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1413121115101-QAA3I1RCFP1CXFYT0219/P1000356.JPG Travel Blog - Taiwan bus trip! Water and trees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1413121142128-VMPC13XRHH6T1WBV82S6/P1000360.JPG Travel Blog - Taiwan bus trip! The view of Sun Moon Lake. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1413121197324-N8EVKJIOEPUNBVWZL6Y3/P1000361.JPG Travel Blog - Taiwan bus trip! Such a neat building. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1413121223197-CG1X6V1JQSVYTRS54173/P1000375.JPG Travel Blog - Taiwan bus trip! Grace's parents! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1413121273676-2RHY2XKPC25KQUF5OS7W/P1000376.JPG Travel Blog - Taiwan bus trip! Apparently they got married here! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1413121305022-RGJXN9K553QEMYFPFW1T/P1000378.JPG Travel Blog - Taiwan bus trip! Grace doesn't like it when I try to sneak pictures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1413126131390-SBEZD4KXDGXKE3MK9HA4/image-asset.jpeg Travel Blog - Taiwan bus trip! You can see the urns on the left. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1413126433892-APM9NT8K88PP8JKLNYSP/P1000383.JPG Travel Blog - Taiwan bus trip! Massive carving that's sort of hard to make out because of glare on the glass protecting it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1413126444903-HC3Y5TIPM14VGP8VURIK/P1000384.JPG Travel Blog - Taiwan bus trip! A tiny portion of that carving. The detail is pretty impressive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1413126612294-1XGJYZY8842KTJ2G6G5I/P1000387.JPG Travel Blog - Taiwan bus trip! Lots and lots of carvings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1413126573159-TIM5QE6DO56D852R508F/P1000390.JPG Travel Blog - Taiwan bus trip! Not really sure who this guy is, but he seems pretty baller. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1413126707728-54FR1V7DC7U5QJFA7DQ5/P1000391.JPG Travel Blog - Taiwan bus trip! Grace and her mom checking out some of the wares. http://www.anintrovertabroad.net/blog/2014/10/9/taiwan-days-three-and-four monthly 0.5 2014-10-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1413027827987-MS7BIN8B56QCW9N4HVNJ/20140919_161724.jpg Travel Blog - Taiwan days three and four Hospital selfie! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1413027847533-UH3B5H5O3K2KEV4P2XGW/20140919_161741.jpg Travel Blog - Taiwan days three and four Grace feeling better! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1413027882246-Y1VQ39X1N8DTNNX2F93V/20140919_161744.jpg Travel Blog - Taiwan days three and four Grace hamming it up. http://www.anintrovertabroad.net/blog/2014/10/8/taipei-day-the-second monthly 0.5 2014-10-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1412761964126-ZDX0LVQLLFYH8A3AIF3F/P1000182.JPG Travel Blog - Taipei day the second The Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1412762059333-KHIU31V4LTMIZLBFNDAY/P1000202.JPG Travel Blog - Taipei day the second The National Theater. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1412762089517-H4J7Z75ZSACMEOY67MEN/P1000203.JPG Travel Blog - Taipei day the second The main gate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1412762164378-ODN17IY2CI6R3RI25RXW/P1000204.JPG Travel Blog - Taipei day the second The National Concert Hall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1412762174989-CXTY0GW1PNEYTUPFIV9H/P1000208.JPG Travel Blog - Taipei day the second The National Theater (left), main gate, and National Concert Hall (right). Beautiful landscaping in the foreground. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1412762243087-2MKAUHSZ631I70KA7HI5/P1000210.JPG Travel Blog - Taipei day the second Looking up at the entrance to the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall. The underside of the roof gives a bit of a Lego vibe to me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1412762302129-91YXZS4QF1HBDG5TTYB5/P1000215.JPG Travel Blog - Taipei day the second The gorgeous ceiling of the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1412762400504-56BNA4KO5NH36VTMOUTZ/P1000232.JPG Travel Blog - Taipei day the second Guards performing the changing of the guard ceremony in front of the statue of Chiang Kai-shek. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1412762437920-C6JJSOMJIH4UZCEBIVM0/P1000241.JPG Travel Blog - Taipei day the second Getting it all in one shot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1412762462012-WUFJOEZ19Y8WU8G12UKG/P1000242.JPG Travel Blog - Taipei day the second Bringing the Dominican Republic and Taiwan together! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1412762524641-95GC6SS1IPCDHYI7XA09/P1000243.JPG Travel Blog - Taipei day the second The medal up close. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1412836088175-RU9JBAUY44R2644W4GX1/P1000244.JPG Travel Blog - Taipei day the second The base of Taipei 101. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1412836079890-GWPP08PB4QKGB4B709GB/P1000245.JPG Travel Blog - Taipei day the second Looking up at the whole thing, but a bit ungrounded. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1412836172959-ZG3SX8MHT3WK0YUYN3LP/P1000250.JPG Travel Blog - Taipei day the second Taipei is a big city. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1412836181650-SD3TPQIS0XVWXUKNKKZ1/P1000264.JPG Travel Blog - Taipei day the second Not sure what the advertisement is for, but it's certainly large. I also like how tiny and toy-like the cars appear. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1412836258572-UK98Q4FI1JEZNCR57DIA/P1000272.JPG Travel Blog - Taipei day the second I really like the building in the top right. No idea what it is, though. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1412836267412-TOXBHUHZ7KE0K19DLM82/P1000294.JPG Travel Blog - Taipei day the second Taipei at night. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1412836332311-U85CTKLW1HHKIXZPI2ZI/P1000308.JPG Travel Blog - Taipei day the second Another view of Taipei at night. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1412842214007-WK71253WLXMXPACT7GOU/P1000282.JPG Travel Blog - Taipei day the second In Taiwan, everything is cute-ified, even tuned mass dampers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1412841518799-0II1EMANKEMT5818Y7MA/P1000283.JPG Travel Blog - Taipei day the second Everyone needs a profile   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1412841440594-JCGUU8JIFHMDW5NI4BVA/P1000280.JPG Travel Blog - Taipei day the second Some pretty serious hydraulic jacks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1412841448393-LQJEWN0UI84E6RNZAT9L/P1000281.JPG Travel Blog - Taipei day the second And some pretty serious cables. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1412841565015-Z42CCZCRYTPM5YB6O8W9/P1000286.JPG Travel Blog - Taipei day the second Really cool reflections. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1412841580048-GV2K9VNORCGBJU1NTZZR/P1000287.JPG Travel Blog - Taipei day the second https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1412841629729-PA5QQJKXYKH9QM8V3NCB/P1000288.JPG Travel Blog - Taipei day the second https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1412841655379-WVDSRGLP4SYQZX7CROUJ/P1000309.JPG Travel Blog - Taipei day the second More angles (sorry!). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1412841678584-5HN78SEBMQPEXWNRZANW/P1000310.JPG Travel Blog - Taipei day the second http://www.anintrovertabroad.net/blog/2014/10/8/first-day-in-taipei monthly 0.5 2014-10-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1412757899947-HWLI6P9I2DO8ESFLZ4R0/image-asset.jpeg Travel Blog - First day in Taipei The jade cabbage. Apparently famous for how well the sculptor used the flaws and natural variations in the jade as assets to make the piece more lifelike. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1412758364910-5M4452H8PPPYC05NZ6GN/P1000179.JPG Travel Blog - First day in Taipei Grace's parents! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1412758371335-BCO92YYTZCBGKC383YJP/P1000181.JPG Travel Blog - First day in Taipei Grace and me! http://www.anintrovertabroad.net/blog/2014/10/1/arriving-in-taipei monthly 0.5 2014-10-13 http://www.anintrovertabroad.net/blog/2014/9/29/new-york-to-tokyo-to-bangkok-to-taipei monthly 0.5 2014-09-29 http://www.anintrovertabroad.net/blog/2014/9/29/departing-new-york monthly 0.5 2014-09-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1411995832701-SONPI4IWCSDYN00Z8ENH/image-asset.jpeg Travel Blog - Departing New York http://www.anintrovertabroad.net/blog/2014/9/29/last-day-in-new-york monthly 0.5 2014-09-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1411991943166-FXCEL3V4WVRPZOFVM5NL/P1000103.JPG Travel Blog - Last day in New York Water fountains are tricky when you're short. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1411991991511-POQUKKP5DDRZUI8PYU4Q/P1000104.JPG Travel Blog - Last day in New York It's better to get help! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1411992062628-U655SU0PCRFZ7AN62G59/P1000108.JPG Travel Blog - Last day in New York Discovering things. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1411992103783-DLS1B6K8SFIQL0K4A631/P1000109.JPG Travel Blog - Last day in New York A camera! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1411992163208-FB1YHTE254U1DF6KK3OB/P1000120.JPG Travel Blog - Last day in New York Mommy from my nephew's perspective. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1411992198333-6QCOETNVWJTQUOY0MK17/P1000124.JPG Travel Blog - Last day in New York "No pictures!" Or maybe, "Give me that camera!" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1411992276770-MVD21ULEROLP6KZGBEQE/P1000135.JPG Travel Blog - Last day in New York "What's going on?" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1411992306944-EV7774LKTYKKHT5IWAR5/P1000137.JPG Travel Blog - Last day in New York Grace and me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1411992372562-KF98SKKZYMF9ZVU5NN2Q/P1000152.JPG Travel Blog - Last day in New York "There's another water fountain!"   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1411994585079-PEFCG11LQATP0U9FWU3D/P1000163.JPG Travel Blog - Last day in New York The Irish Hunger Memorial at night. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1411994793446-HZQ7B74PDD2CHY1Q8Y6Z/P1000176.JPG Travel Blog - Last day in New York Inside the memorial. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1411994538988-63EZO25YIZMCWEYXS7NI/P1000171.JPG Travel Blog - Last day in New York Newark skyline. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1411994703436-MEXAWT07IIF4T0JOCT00/P1000175.JPG Travel Blog - Last day in New York 'Murica. http://www.anintrovertabroad.net/blog/2014/9/29/911-in-new-york-munching-museums-memorials monthly 0.5 2014-09-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1411988907624-S3Y0TSGTMT1Q9ELF24I0/pickles Travel Blog - 9/11 in New York: Munching, Museums, Memorials I wasn't kidding. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1411989485074-AX76XZ5YLA8SOXX8B9LM/P1000081.JPG Travel Blog - 9/11 in New York: Munching, Museums, Memorials The Palace at 4 a.m. by Alberto Giacometti. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1411989507269-A1M3W8UAMJ8MOOK1HHHQ/P1000082.JPG Travel Blog - 9/11 in New York: Munching, Museums, Memorials For whatever reason, I thought my granddad would like this one. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1411989643055-OBEZUH99SH9LRZY99D8Y/P1000083.JPG Travel Blog - 9/11 in New York: Munching, Museums, Memorials https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1411989672937-SG9Y4PI6I0SJ2097C1CE/P1000084.JPG Travel Blog - 9/11 in New York: Munching, Museums, Memorials An absolutely massive Monet. Had to grab a picture to try to give a sense of the scale. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1411989752192-R4AWC1F5LD4GYZ5P80F6/P1000085.JPG Travel Blog - 9/11 in New York: Munching, Museums, Memorials Grace checking out a Rothko. She had a print of his when we started dating. No idea where it is, now. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1411989772269-Q9P54UF7I3W8W0TZ3KC2/P1000086.JPG Travel Blog - 9/11 in New York: Munching, Museums, Memorials Not sure this really needs a caption. Shout out to Bruce. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1411990372295-VG1S6ZSFVWFBU83R65I2/P1000089.JPG Travel Blog - 9/11 in New York: Munching, Museums, Memorials Hard to see from this angle, but there are actually two separate beams of light. http://www.anintrovertabroad.net/blog/2014/9/29/enter-the-nephew monthly 0.5 2014-09-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1411987570426-LG9LC81ZHBEZNB31I405/cute Travel Blog - Enter the nephew Yes, he really is that cute. http://www.anintrovertabroad.net/blog/2014/9/28/the-statue-of-liberty-and-ellis-island monthly 0.5 2014-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1411888190760-PY9JU1DQPQXH9S5RDV2X/P1000012.JPG Travel Blog - The Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island A fellow passenger on the ferry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1411888222718-X9YSQETCNRSGD4QOULP7/P1000013.JPG Travel Blog - The Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island Grace looking totes adorbs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1411888254218-ELIHGQ14APJM4CRWW0UO/P1000015.JPG Travel Blog - The Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island Selfie pro tip: look at the lens, not the display. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1411888332758-K6C8Q8WYHVUN97TPCP1R/P1000017.JPG Travel Blog - The Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island Lower Manhattan skyline, featuring the new World Trade Center (Freedom Tower is a little too Orwellian for me to be happy about using it).   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1411888336578-45237MFYDMIAIUHYGFKH/P1000022.JPG Travel Blog - The Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island The Statue of Liberty! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1411888396565-JFRGDM0M3W8ACV01SX3Y/P1000024.JPG Travel Blog - The Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island The Statue of Liberty! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1411888464786-P7FCS0CDM3LTR84NFHV5/P1000031.JPG Travel Blog - The Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island A less typical angle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1411888428978-MVDONFHEARY1DWN1RB2Y/P1000027.JPG Travel Blog - The Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island Okay we got a little better at this selfie thing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1411889516449-ELP788GK586E1K8Z4ZTZ/P1000050.JPG Travel Blog - The Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island Ellis Island. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1411889526702-UV8TDXUJG5TWC7SO5ET8/P1000056.JPG Travel Blog - The Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island Ellis Island registry room. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1411889581214-VVYUFYICHTE0GIW1RZB7/P1000059.JPG Travel Blog - The Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island Representing my Swedish heritage (the card may be hard to read)! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1411889650395-F1L317KDUIE1BUL7BWML/P1000060.JPG Travel Blog - The Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island The roof and chandeliers in the registry room were really cool. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1411889685390-CZH087B7JR0086DB1W0S/P1000061.JPG Travel Blog - The Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island The roof and chandeliers in the registry room were really cool. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1411889725490-B4THEOH3SBLT2EH6IUNB/P1000062.JPG Travel Blog - The Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island Not the language you'd see on modern immigration legislation. If there were any (oh snap). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1411889772816-W4GEYC7OFMGBQZ18FB60/P1000063.JPG Travel Blog - The Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island I'm not sure the testing is entirely comprised of being able to watch your step, but I imagine that's at least one component. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1411889840900-UE27CKQ1G1Q3CST0H4G2/P1000064.JPG Travel Blog - The Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island The Statue of Liberty from Ellis Island. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1411889851983-PB8HZHVGCE0E21L9NZ8F/P1000065.JPG Travel Blog - The Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island Another selfie! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1411889929340-7AZKBMYKX5P8MEU02BK7/P1000068.JPG Travel Blog - The Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island The gorgeous main building on Ellis Island. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1411889930883-EYRB2M0LRVI51PNULBO6/P1000073.JPG Travel Blog - The Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island Another shot of the Statue of Liberty from Ellis Island. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542137e0e4b07b5243b8a648/1411890016030-NBB6AT9H44Z4DEEZ0C1U/P1000074.JPG Travel Blog - The Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island Another fellow passenger on the ferry. 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