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New Zealand: Rotorua – We Join with the Maori People

Tuesday, February 25th, 2020

Whakarewarewa, NZ, you can watch a Maori cultural performance. Afterwards, audience members can join the talented cast for a photo op.

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New Zealand: Rotorua – Maori Cultural Show

Tuesday, February 25th, 2020

On the North Island of NZ, In Rotorua, there are a few communities which re-create living historic village life of the Maori people. This cultural show highlights dancing, singing, and facial expressions.

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New Zealand: Whakarewarewa – Maori Cultural Show

Tuesday, February 25th, 2020

After absorbing the historic past of the Maori people in the living village in Whakarewarewa, NZ, you can watch the next generation perform the traditional music and dance.

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US: Seattle – Wings over Washington

Monday, December 16th, 2019

Thought this was chicken wings joint as it is in the area of the Pike’s Place Market in Seattle. Boy was I wrong – it’s a flight simulator which focuses on scenery rather than stomach-churning dips. The life-like soaring vignettes from the ocean to the forest to the mountains are enhanced by effects like a light mist spray near Snoqualmie Falls and a pine scent in the woods.

Tags: aviation, city, city of seattle, city view, cityscape, downtown, downtown Seattle, effects, emerald city, evergreen state, flight simulator, forest, market, mist, Mountains, ocean, pacific northwest, Pike's Place Market, Pikes Place, pine, pine scent, PNW, scenery, scent, Seattle, Seattle Center, Seattle waterfront, sights, sightseeing, simulator, Snoqualmie Falls, special effects, spray, style, things to do in Seattle, tour, tourist, touristy, travelblogger, vignette, Washington, Washington State, wings, Wings Over Washington, woods

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US: Seattle, WA – Architecture in Seattle,WA

Tuesday, September 24th, 2019

Seattle’s history of architecture styles can sometimes be glimpsed all at once.

Tags: architectural design, architecture, building, cityscape, downtown, downtown Seattle, emerald city, evergreen state, History, pacific northwest, PNW, Seattle, Seattle Center, Seattle history, sights, sightseeing, street scene, streetscape, style, tour, tourist, touristy, travelblogger, Washington, Washington State

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US: Seattle, WA – Hammering Man Statue in Seattle

Tuesday, September 24th, 2019

About a dozen Hammering Man statues can be found around the world. This is the one we found in Seattle, WA. Jonathan Borofsky designed these huge kinetic sculptures as a silhouette a man who has a motorized arm and hammer. In each city they are different sizes but always painted black; They symbolize and celebrate workers all over the world.

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US: Seattle, WA – An Eye on Seattle

Monday, September 23rd, 2019

I think the The London Eye was first. Set up as one of their Millennium Projects, the slow moving ferris wheel gives you a slow moving view of a city. Here we caught a glimpse of it in Seattle down by the waterfront.

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US: Seattle, WA – Seattle Space Needle

Tuesday, September 17th, 2019

Here’s a moody shot of the iconic Space Needle in Seattle looking like something you could make with a giant erector set.

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US: Seattle, WA – MoPop’s Space Needle

Tuesday, September 17th, 2019

No Frank Gehry did not salute the Seattle Space Needle by building it into his architectural plans of MoPop. That’s the actual Space Needle in this tromp l’oeil shot.

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US: Seattle, WA – Views of Space Needle

Monday, September 16th, 2019

Seattle’s Space Needle is omnipresent all over the city.

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Whakarewarewa, NZ, you can watch a Maori cultural performance. Afterwards, audience members can join the talented cast for a photo op.

On the North Island of NZ, In Rotorua, there are a few communities which re-create living historic village life of the Maori people. This cultural show highlights dancing, singing, and facial expressions.

After absorbing the historic past of the Maori people in the living village in Whakarewarewa, NZ, you can watch the next generation perform the traditional music and dance.

Seattle’s history of architecture styles can sometimes be glimpsed all at once.

I think the The London Eye was first. Set up as one of their Millennium Projects, the slow moving ferris wheel gives you a slow moving view of a city. Here we caught a glimpse of it in Seattle down by the waterfront.

Here’s a moody shot of the iconic Space Needle in Seattle looking like something you could make with a giant erector set.

No Frank Gehry did not salute the Seattle Space Needle by building it into his architectural plans of MoPop. That’s the actual Space Needle in this tromp l’oeil shot.

Seattle’s Space Needle is omnipresent all over the city.