JetlagCity's VirtualTourist Home Page
| Page Views: 20,308 | Jane's Journeys by JetlagCity - last update: Aug 30, 2009 |
Hello and welcome to my VT pages! I hope you enjoy some of my pictures and writing. The "travel interests" I chose above are only a few of the things I'm interested in - |
|  | Belize and Back I've been to the colorful Central American country of Belize twice, and I'm missing it terribly now. Tension just seems to float away on the breeze there. I soaked up some intense sunshine and did some great snorkelling. I love Belize - Caye Caulker was great! It made me sad to see how Ambergris Cay had changed since our first trip there, though.
Puerto Vallarta is on the horizon this coming fall. And hopefully next year... Greece. And someday Iceland. And Egypt. And Southeast Asia. And Rio di Janeiro. And... there are still plenty of places in Europe I want to visit (Greece, Sevilla, Cordoba), but I really want to experience some other continents, too - time! money! never enough of either one! : o |
VT PagesMy newest VT page is on Grand Teton National Park. Awe-inspring, majestic, rocky mountains like these are what I love about the American West. Saw two moose there, too, which was really cool!
The VT page I've put the most effort into is definitely Venice. No place else in the world is remotely like Venice, no matter what they say. | | | view of Grand Canal from the Guggenheim |
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At home in The Emerald CityTHAT GREAT PAGAN CELEBRATION OF THE SUN, THE FREMONT SOLSTICE PARADE : ) This is my very favorite event of the whole year here in Seattle. Really a fun parade that celebrates the whimsical nature of the Fremont neighborhood. As always a group of body-painted bicyclists rode ahead of the "official" parade. Check out my travelogues for more pics. |
Wild CostumesFor once the weather was perfect this year, not boiling or freezing! All the drumming and dancing get the crowd cheering, along with everyone's crazy costumes. There's lots of music, guys who walk the whole parade route on stilts, homemade floats (all of which are non-motorized), etc. | | |
| | Books into Travel... Besides travelling, I love to read. In fact, reading is probably what got me interested in travel in the first place. I recently finished La Tia Julia y El Escribidor, by Mario Vargas Llosa, set in Lima, Peru. Next on my list to read, finally, is the diary of Anne Frank, set in Amsterdam of course.
Other good books I've read recently which feature a strong sense of place include: A Good Horse Has No Color (Iceland), The Sixteen Pleasures and The Birth of Venus (Florence), Bangkok8 and now Bangkok Tattoo, The Piano Tuner (colonial Burma), Easter Island, and mysteries by Donna Leon (Venice) or Janwillem van de Wetering (Amsterdam). I tried reading A Confederacy of Dunces (New Orleans), but I hated it, so I can't recommend that one, but I did enjoy Interview with the Vampire when it came out all those years ago.
Give me the splendid, silent sun
with all his beams full-dazzling!
- Walt Whitman |
This and That I was born in 1965.
I love the desert.
I hate reality shows.
I play the piano in secret.
I love that old movie "Harold and Maude".
I miss the snow.
I love art, especially mosaics and stained glass.
I'm happily married.
I hate noise pollution, especially car alarms.
I love the natural beauty of remote, undeveloped places.
I also love many big cities.
I hate the suburbs.
I love my digital camera.
Favorite National Park - Zion National Park | | |
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Segolily Tue Sep 8, 2009 02:30 UTC
Hi, you were featured member, good to see other people and places. | margaretvn Sun Jul 27, 2008 09:57 UTC
HI - really enjoyed your Hp and albums. Margaret | Toshioohsako Sun Dec 23, 2007 18:48 UTC
Have your flowers grown in the dessert? Beautiful pictures of close up flowers. | Bwana_Brown Sun Dec 2, 2007 23:31 UTC
Hi Jane!! It is great to see you back again and I'm looking forward to more of your great pages! Thanks for inspiring me to visit Belize - my wife and I totally enjoyed it. |
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