Vancouver? We sure will! Actually we'll be analysing your home town a little more intensely than the average tourist because we're looking at UBC as a potential PhD destination. One day Vancouver could be home!
Pixels I actually added those pixels myself on Photoshop in a filter called "poster edges". Some of the other pictures have also been tweaked this way, and pulled that way, using various Photoshop toys. I'm actually pretty new to Photoshop, so am currently just playing around with it, and trying things out.
Great pano Jason, Tallinn is such a fantastic city, I loved it. I also have a very similar shot of the castle, but unfortunately not a panorama as I didnt discover the whole panorama thing until way later on my trip. What a shame and thanks for putting in the effort. But what is with the pixelation in the corner? Did you shoot it at a lower resolution and were forced to stretch it?
Ben
''If your boyfriend ever gets any choices in your household''
Hey, he uses the internet. I dont want him reading stuff that will give him ideas. Just kidding! The toss a coin method we use to decide which of us gets our way is working just fine. I am looking out for a coin which is the same on both sides though. :)
Creepy Context
We had SIX inches of snow yesterday, and in case Mother Nature hasn't noticed, IT's APRIL. So I was snowed in with Photoshop. The mood may even be reflected in some of those photos. If your boyfriend ever gets any choices in your household; you can have those photographs, just give me a shout;-)
Inspirational Blog I discovered your blog very late in the game, but I've been hooked from the first post to the last. Your intrepid nature has been truly inspirational. Even if this is your last blog I'm sure it won't be your last adventure as you still have they other half of the world to still to explore:D.
I wish you and your young family good luck.
Just turn those crosses upside down, and the photos could decorate the Heavy Metal clubs I go to and our appartment too, if my boyfriend chooses the decor. :)
Amazing photography, in my inexpert opinion at least. Creepy, but in a good way.
cohcoh I’m interested as to whether you have been to Ghulja? I have actually listened to the other side of the story as sold by Chinese state run media, as well as the “demonizing by western media”. If you believe the quote in the blog to be untrue, perhaps you should take the issue up with Amnesty International. As for "blandy quoting over-sea Uyhgurs"; Rebiya Kadeer was a witness to the Gulja Massacre in 1997. She openly criticised the government in a speech before parliament, and was promptly removed from the National People's Consultative Conference. Kadeer was arrested in August 1999 while on her way to meet a US Congressional delegation investigating the situation in Xinjiang at the time, on charges of "leaking state secrets", and was convicted on 10 March 2000 in the Ürümqi Intermediate People's Court, of "endangering state security", after sending her husband newspaper clippings on the treatment of the Uyghur community. Whilst in prison, Kadeer spent two years in solitary confinement. In 2004 she won the Rafto Prize for human rights. On 14 March 2005, Kadeer was released early, and flew to the U.S., which had pressured for her release, agreed to drop a resolution against China in the United Nations Commission on Human Rights. On 17 September 2007, the United States House of Representatives passed House Resolution 497, demanding that the Chinese Government release the imprisoned children of Rebiya Kadeer and Canadian citizen Huseyin Celil, and change its suppressive policy towards the Uyghur people.
your quote is not true
the RIOT that happened in 2009 was more of a racial conflict. Hundreds of ppl died. But those dead are NOT Uyghur, but Han Chinese. It started with group of young Uyghurs from southern Xinjiang attacking and killing Han civilians in various locations throughout the city...for TWO days until the Han Chinese realized they needed to defend themselves as the government was doing nothing! I know, Chinese government and Chinese ppl have very bad pr, thanks to decades of demonization by western media. There is still a lot that needs to be improved so far as human right is concerned. But this time, as a westerner who has an open mind and traveled around the globe, you really should listen to the other side of the story, instead of blandly quoting what western and over-sea Uyghurs think...After all, Urumqi has been home for Han, Hui and Kazakh. Uyghurs are not the only residents there. Enjoy your trip and the courtesy of locals, no matter if they are Uyghur or Han.
Wisconsin travel plans I won't divulge too much information on here but we'll be travelling around Alberta/BC for a month in May/June. Then down to Wisconsin late June early July before we fly off to Peru, and make our way up to Ecuador where we'll be for approx. 6 months. You know June/July is the World Cup, right!?
I wish I was you son. I think about all of the places you have taken the K-man in his short little life.
You know that these first few years out of the womb are the most perceptive for us. I cannot imagine what an impact upon his life all of these travels will have.
He is a lucky little guy, a world traveler at such a young age.
He will be leaps and bounds smarter than others his age in all categories.
Sounds like you are longing to get back on the road.
What are your plans this summer?
Will you be in Wisconsin? If so, we should hook up.
tef2
Wow, really amazing pictures. I remember how completely in awe I am of Beijing when I came to visit 8 years ago. And like the Gardiners your blog indeed inspired us with the joys and difficulties of traveling with kids.
The overarching theme I’ve tried to capture with this blog is that we need to know the past to understand the present, and as you state, “establish new projects for the future”. For as you argue life is “better” than it was 15 years ago for those in Vietnam and China, “they have dreams for the future”. These are unprecedented times of prosperity and opportunity. Though without mind for the past or indeed the distant future we risk living in a superficial ‘now’ without reflection. The chimera of our dreams may become the grotesque reality of mythology. There is future in the past as there is past in the future. We can shape the future in any image we can imagine, not just you and I, but the twelve year old depicted in this story. The question is will we look back on our past years from now as a glorious past or as humble beginnings, and will we rue having not taken more effective affirmative action, for ourselves, each other and our grandchildren.
Hi Jason Isn't it time for you to get back on the road? If we are not happy of our live, we can change it, that's a luxury that you and I share...if we think to much of the past, as a glorious past...it may be time to get back and establish new projects for the future. We have the choice to do so, not like the little 12 years old girl you depict. Now if I can add a small point, I've been living more than half of the 15 last years in Vietnam and China, two communist countries. Ask anybody in the street, their life today is better than 15 years ago...they have dreams for the future...nothing is perfect, we may simply help build a better world simply by trying to see the good over the bad...and work on the bad...
i've enjoyed your writing and pictures in the past and it's nice to come across one of your blogs again. i envy your travelling and your fearless toting of your kiddo around the world. i take a lot of inspiration from that - thank you for sharing your journey!
very nice hi this is Peeraram from barmer
I like all these photo, i think u should have to give another Rajasthani photos like camel safari, western desert, and more another tourism palace.
thank;s
aspiringnomad
Jason
Vancouver?
We sure will! Actually we'll be analysing your home town a little more intensely than the average tourist because we're looking at UBC as a potential PhD destination. One day Vancouver could be home!