alilou's Adventures in Wonderland 2 - all over the map

[Alilou]

After almost six years it is time for a new thread

Here are links to a couple of photos I've recently posted on Facebook, both from San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, where we are living at the moment.

Folk dancers:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?...1139070203030.447479.705378029&type=3&theater

Egret at the botanical gardens:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?...1139070203030.447479.705378029&type=3&theater

 

[skatesindreams]

More spectacular photos, as always, alilou!

 

[Alilou]

Thanks skatesindreams

 

[Alilou]

Back to Turkey! The latest blog post is about the ancient ruins of Ephesus, and about a glorious day sailing on the beautiful blue Aegean Sea
Oh and driving in Turkey

http://alisonanddon.com/2016/02/06/...s-ancient-wonders-turkeys-ephesus-and-bodrum/

 

[manhn]

Wow, look at the water!

 

[Alilou]

Isn't it beautiful! Not quite like Vancouver's grey waters eh?

 

[Alilou]

Latest FB photo - a brilliant sunset in Turkey, plus a little help from Lightroom

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?....447479.705378029&type=3&theater&notif_t=like

 

[skatesindreams]

Just glorious!

 

[Alilou]

Thanks @skatesindreams. I had a lot of fun playing with colour in Photoshop. Let's just say it was a sunset with potential

 

[Alilou]

Latest FB photo - being stalked by a lion

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?...1139070203030.447479.705378029&type=3&theater

 

[skatesindreams]

So he thinks!

 

[Alilou]

Yeah, those alley cats are soooo tough

 

[Alilou]

Latest blog post: more about the blue Mediterranean, a boat trip from Marmaris to the Dalyan River, wallowing in a mud pool, and eating crab. The Turkish riviera is absolutely beautiful!

 

[skatesindreams]

As always, your "adventures" are amazing.
Your beautiful photos bring them to life so vividly.

 

[Alilou]

Thanks @skatesindreams
It's such a pleasure for me to do this, and more of a pleasure when others enjoy it too

 

[Alilou]

Latest FB photo - of beautiful San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, at the end of the day.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?....447479.705378029&type=3&theater&notif_t=like

 

[Alilou]

There is a new blog post ready. It's the third and final installment about our time on the Turkish Riviera.

http://wp.me/p2tNSO-3C3

 

[taf2002]

Back to Turkey! The latest blog post is about the ancient ruins of Ephesus, and about a glorious day sailing on the beautiful blue Aegean Sea
Oh and driving in Turkey

http://alisonanddon.com/2016/02/06/...s-ancient-wonders-turkeys-ephesus-and-bodrum/

The picture of you & Don with your straw hats is my favorite picture of you both. You should use it for your Christmas cards & make everyone jealous.

 

[Alilou]

The picture of you & Don with your straw hats is my favorite picture of you both. You should use it for your Christmas cards & make everyone jealous.

Thanks @taf2002. What a lovely thing to say. It's the one I use on my FB profile, and maybe it will end up on a book one day. Hmmmm - Christmas cards. Hmmmmm - we are shockingly lazy about Christmas cards

 

[Alilou]

Latest FB photo - the extraordinary travertine terraces of Pamukkale, Turkey

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?...1139070203030.447479.705378029&type=3&theater

 

[skatesindreams]

Wow!
It's the only appropriate response.

 

[Alilou]

Isn't it amazing. Many more photos in the next blog post. Pamukkale is one of the great landscapes of the world, and was one of my greatest travel disappointments.

 

[Alilou]

There's a new blog post ready - about the beauty and disappointment of Pamukkale. It's one of the most extraordinary landscapes in the world, with a few Roman ruins thrown in on the side.

http://alisonanddon.com/2016/03/04/...xpectations-pamukkale-and-kaklik-cave-turkey/

 

[Alilou]

Facebook photos - a festival in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
Indigenous dancers! Hundreds of them!

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?...1139070203030.447479.705378029&type=3&theater

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?...1139070203030.447479.705378029&type=3&theater

 

[skatesindreams]

Their "painted faces" are simply stunning.
Your photos capture them so well.

 

[Alilou]

Thanks @skatesindreams. I love Mexico for many reasons, but high at the top of the list is the amazing festivals.

 

[Alilou]

I've just published a new blog post - Konya, Turkey - resting place of the Rumi, the wonderful Persian mystic poet, and home of the Whirling Dervishes. It was amazing to see them twirl.

http://alisonanddon.com/2016/03/15/dancing-on-the-edge-of-time-konya-turkey/

 

[skatesindreams]

Thanks, as always, for sharing your thoughts and photos.
They offer a "window" into a world which most of us will never have an opportunity to experience.

 

[Alilou]

Thanks @skatesindreams. I must say it's a labour of love for me. The world is an endlessly fascinating place, and the more I see the more I want to see. It amazes me the extraordinary diversity in the ways people do life, and the way environment and climate has so deeply influenced lifestyle and traditions in different parts of the world. And then at the core we are all the same. We make life work wherever we are and we all have the same feelings and want the same things.

 

[Alilou]

Here in San Miguel de Allende it is Semana Santa, or Holy Week, and it is a BIG deal.
Latest FB photograph is of one of the two Palm Sunday procession. There are fireworks all week, and several more processions to come, as well as masses and various other events in the many SMA churches.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?....447479.705378029&type=3&theater&notif_t=like