Travel Photos

  • Mt. Hood

    Our World: Mt. Hood

    You don’t have to go all the way to ‘Mt. Hood’ to see Mt. Hood . It is tall, imposing and unmissable. With its clear cut form and its elevation, this mountain is visible from most of Portland, Oregon and it’s surroundings. Standing at 11, 249 ft, Mt. Hood...
  • MondayMural | Found on Big Island, Hawaii

    Murals from Hawaii These are some murals that were found at the visitor center at Pu’uhonua O Honaunau National Historical Park in Big Island, Hawaii. These ceramic murals take us back to ancient Hawaii, bits and parts of Polynesian history and showcase the flora you see on the archipelago....
  • Monday Mural| Found in Honolulu

    A mural saying ‘Aloha at the Honolulu Airport, Oahu. The Aloha Mural Aloha! That’s how you greet each other in Hawaii. To see ‘Aloha’ painted on a wall at the airport where we made our entry into the island state, made it such a ‘welcoming’ sight. Later we would...
  • Mt Shasta

    Our World: Mt. Shasta

    Mt. Shasta is one of the taller volcanoes of the Cascade Range. This active volcano that lies in Siskiyou County in Northern California is visible from Interstate 5 if you are on the way to Oregon (or if you are driving down from there). If you are on your...
  • Monday Mural | Found in Seattle

    Seattle Mural Going further up north, we find ourselves in the city of Seattle, today. I stumbled upon this mural inside a multi-level parking or was it a basement parking, I forget. This place was between Pikes Place Market and Seattle Waterfront, that, I’m sure. Did you notice the...
  • Belur’s beautiful bracket belles

    Chennakesava Temple in Belur is known for its friezes, its pillars and stone lattices. Even the star-shaped platform on which it stands, a feature of its style of architecture. People who have visited there will tell you that between those sculpted pillars and decorative eaves are some beautiful stone ladies...
  • Monday Mural | Found in Napa

    Today, we leave the (SF)Bay Area, behind and go into California’s wine country. This is a mural from Napa — a picture of the Napa River. I found Napa river mural in Downtown Napa, on a walk to the waterfront, some time back. This artwork in is — I...
  • Diablo mural.

    Monday Mural | Found in San Jose

    One day — a couple of years ago — on a stroll through the ‘Capital of Silicon Valley,’ I came across this mural beside one of the ‘light rail’ stations in the downtown area.  I’d like to call it the Diablo mural because this mural from San Jose, CA looks...
  • Monday Mural | Found in Berkeley

    For Monday Mural: Telegraph Avenue Murals This week I take you a little north of Oakland to the university town of Berkeley. After a walk through ‘Telegraph Avenue’ the year before last, I chanced upon these murals. Mural 1 — Mural design by Osha Neumann, painted with O’Brien Thiele Janet...
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