St. George’s, Grenada, originally uploaded by CarolinaRen.
The Island of Spice
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Sainte Anne, Martinique, originally uploaded by CarolinaRen.
Each Martinique view is lovely than the one before it….
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Pointe du Bout, Martinique, originally uploaded by CarolinaRen.
Loverly, loverly
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Martinique, originally uploaded by CarolinaRen.
What a lovely scene: Faula Point.
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This private island is part of the Renaissance Hotel, located in downtown Oranjestad. The secluded island is one of the best places to relax and enjoy Aruba.
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I love this view 🙂 What an interesting tree! “The Divi Divi tree is Aruba’s own unique tree that grows on the island’s shoreline. Its growth and shape are formed by the gentle and steady trade winds.”
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Located on the exclusive Palm Beach. Looks lovely!
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Holland America Cruise Ship
This is the ship my sister and parents cruised on during their visit to the Caribbean islands. I believe this is the ship Statendam.
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I love this street-level view, showing Lloyd G. Smith Boulevard in the middle of Oranjestad, Aruba’s capitol. The street, or so we are told, is lines with many enjoyable restaurants, shops, cafes, and casinos.
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Very cool! A card from Arikok National Park in Aruba! From the back: “The Fontein Cave is the most popular of the caves in Aruba as it is the only one that has the drawings of Arawak Indians on the ceilings, providing a real sense of island history to this cave.”
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No text on the rear; just a lovely image.
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What a lovely place this looks to be!
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From the back of the card: “Harbour entrance with view of Governor’s Palace, Queen Emma Bridge (swinging old lady), and Queen Wilhelmina Bridge.”
From a website I found: “Curaçao is one of the five islands of the Netherlands Antilles in the Caribbean. It is located 40 miles off the coast of Venezuela, 42 miles east of Aruba, and 30 miles west of Bonaire. Curaçao is the largest of the five islands and the government of the Netherlands Antilles is located here. The island is about 62 km long and 14 km wide (4 km at its narrowest point in the middle of the island). About 150.000 people live on the island. The local language is Papiamentu (or Papiamento), the official language is Dutch, and English and Spanish are widely spoken. Curaçao is an island with many small and beautiful beaches surrounded by clear and refreshing water.” (This text was written by someone who lived on the island ~~ see the rest of the informative text here: www.narin.com/curacao/index.html.)
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This looks like a great place to visit 🙂
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This is a very cool and beautiful image!
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“From beneath the trees in Chicago’s Grant Park, historic Route 66 takes in the beauty of the heartland, the plains, and the desert southwest, before coming to rest on the edge of the Pacific Ocean.”
A few interesting factoids from the Internets:
–One of the original U.S. highways, Route 66 was established on November 11, 1926.
–The famous highway originally ran from Chicago, Illinois, through Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California, before ending at Los Angeles, covering a total of 2,448 miles (3,940 km).
–Route 66 underwent many improvements and realignments over its lifetime, changing its path and overall length. Many of the realignments gave travelers faster or safer routes, or detoured around city congestion. One realignment moved the western endpoint farther west from downtown Los Angeles to Santa Monica.
–US 66 was officially removed from the United States Highway System on June 27, 1985[3] after it was decided the route was no longer relevant and had been replaced by the Interstate Highway System. Portions of the road that passed through Illinois, Missouri, New Mexico, and Arizona have been designated a National Scenic Byway of the name “Historic Route 66”. It has begun to return to maps in this form.
Get your kicks on Route 66!
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“Laughlin is a growing gaming community, located along the banks of the Colorado River, and a booming vacation spot that features first class hotels and casinos, excellent fishing sites and some of the finest golf courses in the area.”
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So pretty! The strawberry hedgehog, cholla, beavertail prickly pear, organ pipe, sagauro, and claret cups.
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This looks so strange to me, an east coaster familiar with oceans, palm trees and mountains 🙂
This is the view from Bell Rock. “Sedona attracts artists, naturalists, outdoors enthusiasts and connoisseurs who have discovered the red rock experience and the abundance of things to do and see at the base of the Mogollon Rim.”
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What is that very interesting building in the rocks? A quick search on Sedona online shows that it is the Chapel of the Holy Cross, one of the area’s best tourist attractions. I’d sure like to visit!
Here’s what Wiki has to say about the interesting structure:
“The Chapel of the Holy Cross is a Roman Catholic chapel built into the mesas of Sedona, Arizona, which was inspired and commissioned by sculptor Marguerite Brunswig Staude, student of Frank Lloyd Wright. The chapel was completed in 1956. The American Institute of Architects gave the Chapel its Award of Honor in 1957. In the sculptor’s words, “Though Catholic in faith, as a work of art the Chapel has a universal appeal. Its doors will ever be open to one and all, regardless of creed, that God may come to life in the souls of all men and be a living reality.” In 2007 Arizonans voted the Chapel to be one of the Seven Man-Made Wonders of Arizona, and it is also the site of one of the so-called Sedona vortexes. The Chapel is one of the main tourist attractions in the Sedona area.”
I also had to look up vortexes, to see what that was all about. Here’s what I learned from About.com: “In Sedona vortexes are created, not by wind or water, but from spiraling spiritual energy. The vortexes of Sedona are named because they are believed to be spiritual locations where the energy is right to facilitate prayer, mediation and healing. Vortex sites are believed to be locations having energy flow that exists on multiple dimensions. The energy of the vortexes interacts with a person’s inner self. It is not easily explained. Obviously it must be experienced.” Hmmmm…….
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Isn’t that a strange name for a park — Goblin Valley?!?
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This is really cool. My son loves cacti, so I know he’d love to see something like this in person. From the card: “The organ pipe cactus is susceptible to frost damage, which kills the tips of its branches. The afflicted branches cease any further vertical growth but new branches are started from the ground level.”
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A rock formation in Lake Powell
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To this lover of snow, the view is so lovely!
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On a sandstone mountain. The arch is 65 feet wide by 85 feet high. Wow!
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Beautiful!!!
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Spooky Gulch, so named for its weird shapes and forms.
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