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A view of the Cordillera Real from Isla del Sol on Lake Titicaca in Bolivia.The gps track of a 200-km trek down the length of Bolivia’s Cordillera Real (Royal Range). We came down the west side; the classic route on the east side of the range has seen a big increase in mining activity. https://wp.me/p25mXk-7MHLate evening at Yangon’s Shwe Dagon Pagoda- the crowds are gone and it is cool and quiet on a full- moon evening. https://wp.me/p25mXk-6qYRevered monk with nuns and lay followers at Yangon’s Shwe Dagon Pagoda on an auspicious full moon evening - it was magical! https://wp.me/p25mXk-6qYMonk meditating below statue of Siddhartha Gautama in the “touching the earth” mudra - the Shwe Dagon Pagoda in Myanmar. https://wp.me/p25mXk-6qYMonk in front of candle table at the Shwe Dagon in Rangoon, Burma - that is, Yangon. Myanmar. https://wp.me/p25mXk-6qYBurmese Nuns arriving on the terrace of Yangon’s Shwe Dagon Pagoda for dusk service. https://wp.me/p25mXk-6qYMonk studying the Buddha’s teachings at the Shwe Dagon Pagoda - https://wp.me/p25mXk-6puBurmese monk outside of Rangoon’s Shwe Dagon Pagoda. See here for more- https://wp.me/p25mXk-6pu“Everybody is looking for something!” Photographer and monk at the Shwe Dagon Pagoda in Yangon ... https://wp.me/p25mXk-6puThe floor plan of Myanmar’s most sacred space, the Shwe Dagon Pagoda in Yangon (formerly Rangoon). See here for more pix - https://wp.me/p25mXk-6puApproaching our Rodolphu campsite after a tough day on the Snowman trek in the Bhutanese Himalayas.Yaks coming our way. We were going to Lunana; they were heading to Garza...Bhutanese Himalayas October 2019A lake view from the trail to Rerethang after we crossed Tempe La, our last high pass.Donkeys from Thanza approaching Chozo to carry our gear down to Sephu on the Snowman Trek.A view of the Bhutanese-Tibet border on the way down to Tarina campsite in the Bhutanese Himalayas.A load-free yak caravan crossing the 5100-meter high Rinchen Zoe La ...heading from Thanza down to Sephu. See here for more pics - https://wp.me/p25mXk-8KTThe resident monk at the Dzong in Chozo in the Bhutanese Himalayas.The remnants of an old bridge used by loggers years ago. We dragged our canoe across and continued down the headwaters of the Lady Evelyn River in Ontario’s Temagami region - day 2 of our 11-day canoe trip in September of 2020. The ultimate in physical distancing! See here for more - https://wp.me/p25mXk-9JxLooking west across Sucker Gut Lake at Maple Mountain ridge and a just discernible fire tower. We were on our way to Mowat Landing. See this site for more info and maps - https://wp.me/p25mXk-9XVramblinboy
Putting on the crampons for the climb up the glacial slopes of Volcan Osorno in the Chilean Lakes District. See https://wp.me/p25mXk-6gy for more info.6:00 a.m. - heading to the edge of the glacier and the top of Volcan Osorno in the Chilean Lakes District.A late afternoon shot of Tocllaraju in the Peruvian Andes. The next afternoon we'd be at the high camp, and the following morning, on top of my first 6000m peak!Tocllaraju High Camp on a sunny afternoon. We'd get up at midnight for the final 800-meter climb to the top. See https://wp.me/p25mXk-c4Q for more details and maps.The central section of "The Paradise of Maitreya" in the Royal Ontario Museum's warehouse-like Bishop White Gallery.Fall leaves on a slope below Riverdale Farm in Toronto - https://wp.me/p25mXk-crnFall colour in Toronto's Riverdale. See more here - https://wp.me/p25mXk-crnthe morning after Halloween in Toronto's Riverdale - https://wp.me/p25mXk-crnSkuggi at Riverdale's off-leash dog park on a fall morning. See here for more - https://wp.me/p25mXk-crnfall colour at the Withrow Park off-leash area in Toronto's Riverdale. See https://wp.me/p25mXk-crn for more!Looking south from the dramatic vertical rock face at the north end of Wolf Lake on the Chiniguchi River system. Our tent site for the night was on the island in the center of the image. I had scampered up the rock face to check out a possible pictograph site and got a shot of my brother and the canoe as the early evening sun broke through the clouds.The Olive Hut above Catamount Glacier in the Purcell Mountain range in British Columbiaa ready supply of water below our tent site not far from North Star Peak in the Purcells in British Columbia.a view of Cerro Tronador from behind the Otto Meiling Refugio in northern Patagonia - a memorable campsite! See https://wp.me/p25mXk-6nN for the logistics and more trip pix.I saw this stele at a rest stop/gas station on a Sri Lanka Highway in 2014. I remember thinking - "What a pompous a--hole- and all with Chinese money and workers."Kathmandu street scene - walking back to Thamel from Durbar Squarethe action on Toronto's premier sliding hill off Broadview Avenue. A Leonberger chillin' while his owner chats and keeps an eye on his kids trudging back up the hill after another awesome ride.Our campsite on the upper French River. Over the five days we paddled down to Georgian Bay, following the 100-km. section of water highway used by the Canadien voyageurs. https://wp.me/p25mXk-8BqThe Broadview Hill on a summer's evening - a popular spot to catch a cooling breeze and to take in views of downtown at sunset. Down on the flats, games of soccer, frisbee, cricket, baseball, and quidditch are being played.downtown T.O. from the Leslie Street Spit. For great views of the city, the Spit's perspective ranks right up there with the view from above the Brickworks, Broadview Avenue by the Rooster Coffee House, and the Toronto Islands.
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The Little Missinaibi River From Top To Bottom – Intro, Maps, and Logistics
Last update: May 15, 2022. Introduction: Flowing 65 kilometers from its headwaters in Sunset Lake to its mouth at Whitefish Bay in Missinaibi Lake, the Little Missinaibi is not a long river. A little past its halfway point, it widens out with shallow bays that … Continue reading
The Ojibwe Rock Paintings of Killarney’s Collins Inlet
Last revised on September 5, 2022. Table of Contents: Location of the Collins Inlet Pictograph Site Selwyn Dewdney and Thor Conway Report On The site Panel I Panel II Panel III Panel IV Wrap-Up: Conway’s Four Panels Other Supposed Sites Near … Continue reading
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Tagged Ambush Rock, Anishinaabeg art, collins inlet rock paintings, Conway Collins Inlet, Daniel Harmon serpent image, Dewdney Collins Inlet Pictographs, Ojibwa rock painting, Point Grondine pictographs, thunderbird pictograph
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Anishinaabe Pictographs On The Bloodvein: the Murdock – Larus Site
Last update: June 18, 2018. Related Post: Bloodvein Headwaters Day 4: Murdock Lake to Larus Lake A highlight of the six days we spent on the headwaters of the Bloodvein River system was the chance to see a number of Anishinaabe (that is, … Continue reading
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Tagged Anishinaabeg art, bloodvein river canoe trip, Bloodvein shaman, Dewdney Larus Lake, Larus canoe pictograph, Larus Lake pictographs, Murdock fox and human figure rock painting, Murdock Lake Pictographs, Ojibway rock paintings, shaman with medicine bag, Thunderbird rock painting
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Anishinaabe Pictographs On The Bloodvein: The Artery Lake Site
Last update: May 5, 2022. Previous Post: Bloodvein Headwaters Day 6: Barclay Lake To Artery Lake Paddling by the series of rock face with rock paintings made by Ojibwe shamans perhaps three hundred years ago, we seemed to slip into another dimension. … Continue reading
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Tagged Anishinaabeg art, artery Lake pictographs, artery lake rock paintings, bloodvein bison rock painting, bloodvein pictographs, bloodvein river canoe trip; artery lake rock paintings, bloodvein shaman painting, Dewdney Artery Lake, indian rock paintings artery lake, ochre rock paintings, shaman with otter skin bag
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The Anishinaabe Rock Paintings of Agawa Rock
Last revised June 29, 2022. See Related Posts in the Anishinaabe Rock Images Folder. Images expand with a click; blue text leads to additional information with a click. Easy to access – but easy to miss! As you’re driving along … Continue reading
Anishinaabe Pictograph Sites of Manitoba
Previous Post: Anishinaabe Pictograph Sites of Ontario. Anishinaabe Pictograph Sites of The Canadian Shield is my introduction to a series of posts, each dealing with a Canadian province or U.S. area where Indigenous Peoples’ (Algonkin, Ojibwe, Cree, Dene) rock paintings are found. This work in … Continue reading
Anishinaabe Pictograph Sites In Ontario
Last updated: September 20, 2022. The Previous Post – Anishinaabe Pictograph Sites of the Canadian Shield – provides an overview. This post looks specifically at sites located in Ontario. See the Anishinaabe Rock Images folder for more posts on various provinces and states. Note … Continue reading
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Tagged aboriginal pictographs Ontario, Agawa Rock pictographs, Algonquin rock paintings, Anishinaabeg art, Before and After the Horizon - anishinaabe pictographs, Bloodvein rock paintings, Bon Echo pictographs, Cliff Lake rock paintings, Diamond Lake pictographs, First Nations paintings, Lake of the Woods pictographs, Missinaibi rock paintings, native rock paintings Ontario, Obabika rock paintings, Ojibway rock paintings, Quetico master map pictographs, Quetico rock paintings, Temagami rock paintings
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Anishinaabe Pictograph Sites Of The Canadian Shield
Table of Contents: The Canadian Shield Defined The Algonkian Homeland The Shield As Canoe Country The Shield As Pictograph Country Essential Reading On Algonkian Rock Images Selwyn Dewdney Grace Rajnovich Thor Conway Posts On Specific Areas Algonkian Pictograph Sites of … Continue reading
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Tagged aboriginal rock art, Anishinaabeg art, art ruprestre du bouclier canadien, canadian shield pictographs, Grace Rajnovtich, Indian pictograph locations, indian rock paintings, Selwyn Dewdney and Indian rock paintings, Thor Conway pictographs
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