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Billy Was Here

At least, he said he was…

Empire State Building, Manhattan

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Meet the Pavement

Here’s how they pave roads in the  Mojave Desert

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Runaway Train

The Van Golu Espressi, from Kars to Istanbul.  Notable because it is about 2/3 of the way between Singapore and Narvik, which is the longest train journey on earth.  Actually, 30 trains.  One pair of tracks.

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Zurich Tram

From the hotel window, overlooking Banhofstrasse. Again, funny what you can see without having to leave your hotel  (here’s another one like that…)

Hand-held, jet lagged.

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Artisans, Cortisans

Funny, what you can see without even leaving the hotel.  Taken at the Shangri-la Hotel, Beijing.

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Sedona Vortex

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Reflections

Early morning, Green Lake pier, Seattle

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Karakorum Highway

It’s not fast, but it’s high. Tops out at 17,000ft on the way from Chinese Turkestan over the “Roof of the World” to Pakistan. This place here is called the Gez Defile. It’s a gnarly gash that drops down from the Pamir Plateau into the Takla Makan desert, which means “you go in but you don’t come out.” The peak is Kongur, somewhere north of 25,000ft up.