carousels around the world photo gallery

I have a fondness for merry-go-rounds.  As I have traveled the world, I have seen and photographed many different styles.  I asked my fellow travel writers, photographers, and bloggers to share here a favorite picture they have snapped of a carousel. 

The carousel depicted here is the Wonder-Go Round at Children’s Fairyland in Oakland, California.  The fanciful mounts are characters from “Alice in Wonderland.”

the Wonder-Go Round carousel at Children’s Fairyland in Oakland, California

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image ©2015 Carole Terwilliger Meyers

scary job

Afraid of heights?  Might not want to apply for this job in Brazil.


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parachute landing in a cable car

Jumping out of a cable car has become too every day. Now, daredevils parachute INTO cables cars--moving cable cars--in the Alps!

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wine bottle opening machine

Every home needs one of these.  Except you could die of thirst waiting for it to finish its performance!


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take a peaceful swim with a turtle

Swim along with this turtle through the Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Australia.  The turtle's-eye-view lasts until he whacks the camera off his back and sails away alone.


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world's oldest living cat

Corduroy, who lives in Sisters, Oregon, is 26 years old and the official Guinness World Records oldest living cat.  He reminds me of my sweet Polly, a Maine Coon, who passed a few years ago.  This clip also introduces some other record-holding kitties.

 

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French magic show

This French magician duo performs some astounding tricks. The lady changes her outfits faster than I can put on a ring!


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the cat ate it

Here are some kitties that love to help with homework. My kitty helped us with our IRS forms by shredding them--only they were the new ones we needed to send in. He also helped me with my blogging by jumping on my lap, missing, and instead bringing down the computer!

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wingsuit flight through a hole

This wingsuit flight looks like the guy is threading a needle.  It is truly amazing. 

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cats around the world photo gallery

Tomorrow is International Cat Day.  In its honor I am posting notice of this photo gallery of images taken of cats being cats all around the world.  

This kitty named Popsicle was hanging out in a kava bowl at the Coconut Grove resort on Taveuni Island in Fiji.  He looks like he might have finished off the dregs.  

 

Popsicle the cat in Fiji

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loos with a view photo gallery

Can you recall a restroom that had a view?  When I challenged myself with that question I came up blank except for a few memorable restrooms where the view was a scary hole in the ground and one that was in a clear plastic box of a room at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art--a Yoko Ono installation.  Interestingly, since my awareness was raised, just in the last few months I’ve come across three with a view.  I’ve also asked my fellow travel writers, photographers, and bloggers to share here  a favorite picture they have snapped of a loo with a view.  Several of them have come up with views of a Loo with a  View.  

ladies’ room at Thingvellir National Park in Iceland

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oldest trick in the world updated

Pulling the tablecloth out from out the table setting is a piece of cake.  But check out this version with a really long table and a motorcycle! 


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