Monte Baldo

Here i am a top Monte Baldo! We waited in a hour and a half long que then went on the longest, highest cable car to reach the top of the enourmous mountain. Was lovely at the top with some spectacular views, i had to take many pictures. Was very cloudy on top, probbly because we were so high, but the views were suppose to have been clearer.

It didn't ruin the views for me because it was misty i thought it added to the experience.

The fact that the clouds touched the tops of the mountains we were stood on was amazing. It helped show how high it was and how close we were to the sky.

When the clouds shifted the blue sky shone through and the view was terrific. You could see the blue lake stretch across the mountains below us and the clouds, hovering above, crawling up the mountain side. To describe it isn't enough its the best place i have ever been, Its deffenetly the highest place i have ever stood, excluding been on a plane ovcourse.

You literally are on top of the world!

Looking down over the cliff side you could see the huge lake and a very tinny Malcesine village! If you fell off here!

They are the largest mountains i've ever seen and dwarf the ones in Scotland.

How did i get here?

On top of Monte Baldo was a cafe called Alex bar! What are the odds! Imagine coming up here for your 9 till 5 job every day!

Was a great experience on Monte Baldo and one of the most beautiful and breath taking views i've ever seen.

Buddah's

Datong wasn't as grand as Bejing but it did have this place called Yungang Grottoes. A fantastic place full of Chinese Monastery's, monuments and later on Giant Buddah statues. Looks like something from 'Indiana Jones'.

Elephant with 3 tusks. hmmm

Some very nice Chinese carvings here. They tell a story of somesort.

It happened to chuck it down while we were there, we got pretty wet but given where we were we didn't mind.

This looks like the good guys temple.

This is deffenetly the evil sorcerer's temple.

Eventully you reach the caves cut to shape many years ago.

What type of people make these things.

There were some huge Buddah's you can't quite understand how big they were on photos, they were spectacular and from a building point of view they wondered me more then the great wall.

The artistic carvings in the rock just add to its character and history.

"Hello everyone, I'm a buddah i live in a cave!"

Was a brilliant place to visit and if you happen to go to Datong deffenetly go see this place.

Huge Waterfall

As you make your way through the forest and up the cliffs you start to see the waterfalls. You hear them first, loud rushes of crashing water.

There are some really nice ones and as you know i love waterfalls.

They cascade down the cliffs landing in pools at the bottem.

There is plenty to explore on the walk and is so much fun skipping across the rocks emerging from the streams.

Then once you make your way further the waterfalls get bigger and bigger until you reach this one! This huge waterfall cut away on the side of a cliff.

As i stand hear on this boulder i can hear nothing but the crashing of water on the rocks and the spray blowing from it. You can feel the power of nature.

Some brave people dare get this close but i'm fine wear i am. Centry's of erosion caused this waterfall to form and is the greatest one i've ever seen.

Ingleborough 2009

Ingleborough

In 2009 i went to Ingleborough for the day. Ingleborough is a nice country side place in England and there was a nice Waterfall walk though the mountains and forests.

Was a georgeous day, the sun nice and warm as we set out on the estimated 4 hour treck through the forest. In the forest were:

 beautiful streams

... high cliffs and musical birds, its a really good hike for the adventourous.

the sea and the pool

Another nice coastal picture in portugal. this was after and hour long hike up cliffs from the beach, we were exhausted and running out of water. i remember savouring every last drop as it had to last us the way back.

The pool in the evening

Portugal coast

Here i am on the coast of portugal, I remeber it was very hot and the drive there was too long but these pictures of the cliffs made it worth while.

There was a cave cut into one of the cliffs, this was the view through it, I would love to live here, this be my window and see that view every morning.

Here i am on the cliff. The rocks look as if giant bugs have burrowed into them.

The water was freezing but the sun hot which made it so refreshing.

The sea is such an amazing thing

Portugal beaches

Walking on the beaches looking at the peaches

Me on top of my own island

Wonder if he caught anything good?

Here i am in sunny Portugal. Very similar to Spain in many ways. These were a few of the beaches i visited with family and friends, the water was a beautiful shade of greens and blues.