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Post by hwinpp on Oct 22, 2009 7:20:02 GMT
Mats Wilander with a semi- afro
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Post by Deleted on Oct 22, 2009 21:07:47 GMT
Life at the shopping mall. This mall is "Val d'Europe" out next to Disneyland.
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Post by bixaorellana on Oct 22, 2009 21:14:04 GMT
That's quite pretty. Was it always a mall, or something adapted to that use?
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Post by bixaorellana on Oct 23, 2009 0:11:51 GMT
I don't know why this didn't strike me earlier ~~ is it always so crowded?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2009 2:10:39 GMT
Yes, malls in France are always crowded, although this was most probably a Saturday, which makes it worse. When I go to a mall in the United States, I feel that it must be closed because there seems to be nobody there.
It was built as a mall, using lots of Disney money, which makes the architecture a little more elaborate than a "basic" mall.
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Post by hwinpp on Oct 23, 2009 4:10:24 GMT
I've never had B& J's icecream
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2009 16:08:39 GMT
Actually I was wondering if you would spot the t-shirt going town the moving ramp in the next to last photo.
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Post by bixaorellana on Oct 23, 2009 16:36:08 GMT
~?~ I can see the t-shirt, but even after magnifying the picture I can't identify it. Did you mean for HW to ID it?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2009 16:39:02 GMT
Yes, HW should be able to identify it immediately.
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Post by bixaorellana on Oct 23, 2009 21:49:33 GMT
Let me know if this should be disqualified, as it's a video, not a photo. I just thought it would be amusing to show a different "mall". I took this yesterday in Zaachila -- just arbitrarily stopped & held the camera. This is looking down the hot food aisle (on the left). It was really sunny & I couldn't see anything. Is the guy with the white hat & the brooms waving at me?
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Post by hwinpp on Oct 27, 2009 9:33:49 GMT
I'd have ID'd it immediately if I'd paid more attention to the details... sorry! It's a t- shirt from Cambodia, the outline of the country with the colours of the flag filling the outline and I think the name over and/or below it. Very popular here
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Post by Deleted on Nov 8, 2009 23:19:29 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Nov 9, 2009 5:28:15 GMT
The bears are still missing, Deyana; otherwise they are perfect autumn photos!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 9, 2009 6:07:24 GMT
First time visitors to Europe often don't realize how important it is to wear footwear that remains comfortable when spending a day on cobblestone. If they return for a second visit, they never make the same mistake.
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Post by spindrift on Nov 9, 2009 11:01:40 GMT
Bixa! yes he was waving at you! well done on taking and posting a video. You must tell me how you uploaded the video and posted it....
That market is just my sort of place...I'd love to sit down there, eat something and watch everyone...
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Post by Deleted on Nov 9, 2009 11:44:11 GMT
Deyana,just beautiful. A tranquil autumn day. I do miss autumn.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 9, 2009 15:56:02 GMT
It was a nice day. We found a hunters outpost too by chance, the card on my camera ran out of space, but I'll take a pic of it next time I go that way.
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Post by bixaorellana on Nov 9, 2009 17:00:36 GMT
Bixa! yes he was waving at you! well done on taking and posting a video. You must tell me how you uploaded the video and posted it.... That market is just my sort of place...I'd love to sit down there, eat something and watch everyone... Oh, thank you Spindrift! When I load everything off my camera onto the computer, the videos automatically come off too and are saved as avi files. To upload and post, simply go to YouTube and make yourself an account. I suggest using your internet name rather than your real name. If you stay signed in, every time you open YouTube you will see your name in the upper right corner. Underneath is a button that says "Upload". All you have to do is to click on that button and you will be guided through all the steps. It's easy! You will love the markets here. They are different in all the different towns and locations.
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Post by bixaorellana on Nov 26, 2009 6:05:23 GMT
Another moving-picture of everyday life. Here are portions of the bus ride to the Thursday market in Zaachila. I took this video the same day I took the picture here (Reply #238). That's where we were waiting to get on the bus.
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Post by imec on Nov 26, 2009 12:55:28 GMT
Very cool! How come there was music on the first bus but not on the second?
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Post by bjd on Nov 26, 2009 17:17:39 GMT
Imec, if you spent much time on Latin American buses you would soon appreciate those with no music. Some have both TV sets and radios on at the same time.
Bixa, that reminds me of Ecuador.
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Post by bixaorellana on Nov 26, 2009 17:57:23 GMT
Imec, it probably had to do the age group of the driver. You'll also note how fast the first bus was going. That's a two-lane road in not great condition and with no shoulders he was flying along. Also, didn't you think he entered downtown way too swiftly with all those people around?
Bjd, you've mentioned Mexico-Ecuador similarities before. That is a country I truly want to visit. How long were you there?
And yes, yes you are spot on about noise on buses. I try to sit in the front seat on local buses in order to have some knee room, so generally get the full joy of the sound system. What will really put you around the bend are the long distance buses with movies. My feeling is that cocaine war madness movies are not proper general viewing for a busload of people. Since that kind of movie is usally from the US, I might be the only person on the bus who's getting the full value of all the mo-f*****s, gon'killyous, etc. being blared from the speakers.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 26, 2009 21:23:27 GMT
Could have been Thailand or India to me...!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2009 20:04:15 GMT
This morning at 6:30 a.m. I went to the laundromat. Yes, I am weird. The one next to my place opens at 6 a.m. From the doorway, I looked both left and right to see what was happening in the neighborhood. Not much. There was not a big crowd in the laundromat either. I selected my machine and went to the "payment center." These machines are very sophisticated. First they spin the clothes to weigh them and decide exactly how much water to use and how long for the wash cycle to be. I chose lukewarm water, and it was decided that the cycle would be 28 minutes. I sat and read my newspaper and then I read my book. There were beverage machines in the vestibule if I required any refreshments. I saw that the hot drinks cost 0.70€ (compared to 0.30€ at my office for the same machine). I didn't look at the price on the other machine, but it was probably 1€ which is the standard price for the area. Do you get hypnotized watching the clothes whirl around? I do sometimes. I didn't take a picture of them in the dryer and I apologize for that, because I know you really wanted to see it.
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Post by bixaorellana on Nov 28, 2009 23:33:51 GMT
Never got your washer fixed, huh?
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Post by bixaorellana on Mar 23, 2010 7:39:31 GMT
Here you go ~~ a half-minute of walking up the street in Oaxaca.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 23, 2010 22:04:20 GMT
Were you drunk again?
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Post by bixaorellana on Mar 24, 2010 5:15:01 GMT
ha ha funny.
Let's see you walk normally down the street videoing with a cheap digital camera & make it come out that good. Humph.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2010 15:33:44 GMT
The Capital City has the most interesting looking houses. so much character to them: City Hall:
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2010 17:46:03 GMT
That part of Canada always has such neat lines in its architecture (enhanced by the way they are painted, of course). Those make me think of some of the seaside towns in Nova Scotia and Newfoundland -- or Existentia's holiday visit home.
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