Travel Photo Thursday: Clouds over Jamaica
I've been traveling for the past few weeks and have amassed quite a collection of photos but since I forgot to pack the USB cord for my camera, I won't be able to download them until I get back home. So I've had to go through my old photos to find a theme for this week's Travel Photo Thursday. I spent some time looking at each photo, trying to come up with an interesting theme. Each time I changed my…
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Two Subjects
It was a bit harder to find photos that described the subject of this week's Photo Challenge by WordPress. Would love to hear what you think about my choice. [caption id="attachment_8696" align="aligncenter" width="575" caption="Weekly Photo Challenge: Two Subjects"][/caption] This might seem like an unlikely pairing - elephants and cape buffalo - but these two of the Big Five animals - the rhino, leopard and lion are the others -- didn't seem to mind sharing the same watering hole.
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Soulful Sundays: Jacob Miller
Jacob Miller left long before he was able to share with the world all the music he had in him. He died tragically in a car accident in March, 1980. [caption id="attachment_8688" align="aligncenter" width="453" caption="Soulful Sundays; Jacob Miller"][/caption] A prolific musician, Miller was leader singer of the reggae band, Inner Circle (of Bad Boys fame) and worked on several solo projects. He and the band were preparing for an American tour with Bob Marley when he died. He was only 27 years old.…
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Travel Photo Thursday: Jamaican Poui Tree
It's hard to miss the poui tree with its brilliant yellow (or pink) flowers. It appears in full bloom, as if by magic one day, then a few days later, its flowers carpet the ground. [caption id="attachment_8664" align="aligncenter" width="407" caption="Travel Photo Thursday: Jamaican Poui Tree"][/caption] I don't remember poui trees in the Jamaica of my childhood and had not noticed them on any of my many visits back. But sitting on the porch one morning a few months ago, a…
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Journey
I love the word journey. It suggest so much more than a trip, tour, travel or visit. Each place I visit is a new journey, a new opportunity to explore and learn something about the people who live there, their language, culture and way of life, etc. Because journey is such a strong word, I knew that it had to be part of my blog name, InsideJourneys. And when I saw that it was the theme for this week's Photo Challenge…
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Travel Photo Thursday: Holy Thursday
I've been wanting to do a church/religious themed post for a while and since today is Holy Thursday, I thought it'd be the perfect time to do so. Jamaicans are perhaps the most contrary people on earth. We have the distinction of having the most churches per square mile as well as the most bars per capita. Only 21% of the 2.7 million people who live here claim to have no religious affiliation. Of the 79% remaining, Protestants are in…
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Arranged
Sometimes it takes a while to find a photo or photos that interpret the theme chosen for WordPress' Weekly Photo Challenge. Does this really capture the one word description? Will another reader get it? These are some of the questions that play at the back of my mind as I sift through my collection of photos. One of the first things that came to mind as I saw this week's challenge word, arranged, was flowers. I was pretty sure I'd…
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Soulful Sundays: Third World
I've seen Third World perform so many times, I've lost count. They are the only act I can say that about. The first time in Washington, DC, my friends and I went to see them and during the intermission, two of us decided to move closer to the stage. Isn't that where all the cool people hang out? [caption id="attachment_8616" align="aligncenter" width="587" caption="Reggae band Third World"][/caption] Well, we were so close that the next day, I could still hear the…
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Travel Photo Thursday: Jamaica’s Blue Mountain Coffee
Famous internationally since the 18th century, Jamaica's Blue Mountain Coffee, which gets its name from the location where it is grown, is one of the most expensive coffees in the world. The rich soil and cool climate of the mountain, make it the ideal location for coffee growing. It is strictly regulated. [caption id="attachment_8588" align="aligncenter" width="616" caption="Jamaica's Blue Mountain"][/caption] Only coffees grown in the higher elevations -- between 3,000-5,500 feet -- can bear the Blue Mountain label. Between 1,500-3,000 feet, it is…
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Through
Sometimes, a photo what describes WordPress' Weekly Photo prompt doesn't readily come to mind. I was about to pass on this week's challenge when I discovered that I have a few photos that I can use. Let me know what you think. [caption id="attachment_8583" align="aligncenter" width="502" caption="Weekly Photo Challenge, Bath Cathedral"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_8584" align="aligncenter" width="498" caption="Weekly Photo Challenge, The Louvre"][/caption] This is my submission to this week’s WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge.
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