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24
Dec

New Zealand: Waitakere – Views from outside the Arataki Visitor Centre

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From the Arataki Visitor Centre in Waitakere, you can see the Hauraki Gulf (Pacific), Rangitoto, and north past Auckland city centre. If you gaze south past Auckland Airport, you’ll glimpse the Bombay Hills and west will lead your eyes to Manukau Harbour (Tasman Ocean).

  

24
Dec

New Zealand: Waitakere – Hotel Weta

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Outside the Arataki Visitor Centre in Waitakere NZ, you can often see a local bug, the Weta in this hotel especially built for them. The second image is what they look like. Wetas are over 100 million years old (they knew the dinosaurs!) and haven’t changed much in all that time.

 

24
Dec

New Zealand: Waitakere – Entrance to Arataki Visitor Centre in Waitakere NZ

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This impressive 11-metre high pou (post) stands outside the Arataki Visitor Centre as a guardian to the centre and Waitakere ranges. The whakairo (carvings) are carved from Kauri trees by Te Kawerau Maki, the local mana whenua (guardians of the land). The story it tells is of their ancestors.

16
Dec

US: Seattle – Curds (and Whey?)

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You can watch the process of mixing cheese curds through a window near Piroshky Piroshky (pierogies).

16
Dec

US: Seattle – Piroshky Pierogies

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In Seattle, WA you can get so many kinds of food in or near Pike’s Peak Market. We have a weakness for pierogies.

16
Dec

US: Seattle – Wings over Washington

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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.

16
Dec

US: Seattle – Ferris Wheel in Seattle

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A different view of the ferris wheel over the Seattle waterfront.

16
Dec

US: Seattle – Walkway by the Water

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You can get a nice view, cool breezes on this walkway behind the Pike’s Place Market in Seattle. Note the ferris wheel in the distance. Do you think the people walking are noticing anything other than their phones?

16
Dec

US: Seattle – Old and New Architecture in Seattle

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We love the contrasts of architectural styles as we walk through cities. This one’s in Seattle, WA.

16
Dec

US: Seattle – Chief Seattle Fountain

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Even way back in 1909, the city of Seattle made sure to honor Chief Seattle, its namesake, with this fountain.

 

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