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Bullfighting arena in Malaga

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 08:01 +0100

The spectacle of bullfighting has existed in one form or another since ancient days. For example, a contest of some sort is depicted in a wall painting unearthed at Knossos in Crete, dating from about 2000 BC. It shows male and female acrobats confronting a bull, grabbing its horns as it charges, and vaulting over its back.

Bullfights were popular spectacles in ancient Rome, but it was in the Iberian Peninsula that these contests were fully developed. The Moors from North Africa who overran Andalusia in AD 711 changed bullfighting significantly from the brutish, formless spectacle practiced by the conquered Visigoths to a ritualistic occasion observed in connection with feast days, on which the conquering Moors, mounted on highly trained horses, confronted and killed the bulls

Machu Picchu

Wed, 16 Jun 2010 13:44 +0100

Machu Picchu one of the Seven Wonders of the World.
Machu Picchu was built around 1450, at the height of the Inca Empire.It was abandoned just over 100 years later, in 1572, as a belated result of the Spanish Conquest.

Black Caiman Crocodile

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:07 +0100

This shot was taken the Amazon river in Peru and the Caiman is approx. 4.5 m long if you watch closely you can see that several flies is sitting on it´s long beak.

The black caiman (Melanosuchus niger) is a crocodilian. It is a carnivorous reptile that lives along slow-moving rivers and lakes, in the seasonally flooded savannas of the Amazon basin, and in other freshwater habitats in South America. Once common, it was hunted to near extinction primarily for its commercially valuable hide. It is now listed as Conservation Dependent.

Bug on Leaf

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:13 +0100

This bug was sitting on a leaf in the Manu Rainforest along the Amazon river in Peru, maybe this is the bug that has eaten some of the leaf

Monkey frog (Phyllomedusa bicolor)

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 21:54 +0100

Monkey frog (Phyllomedusa bicolor)
A large treefrog found in the rainforest of Peru
Location: Manu Rainforest

Baseball in Central Park

Tue, 25 Aug 2009 18:26 +0100

Baseball in Central Park on a Sunny Sunday

Grand Central Terminal

Sat, 01 Aug 2009 11:01 +0100

It was not such a busy day at the Central station when I arrived to take some photos but I have always wanted to go there after have seen the terminal in so many movies.

Grand Central Terminal, built in 1913 and the largest train station in the world. Underneath Grand Central Terminal, there are secret networks of underground tracks, steam-pipe tunnels, and storage areas. Hidden in these underground depths is a train platform with a secret entrance and an elevator straight up to the Waldorf-Astoria hotel. Read more about the terminal here

Brooklyn Bridge

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:00 +0100

Coca Cola Truck

Tue, 23 Dec 2008 22:40 +0100

I caught this picture at a local shopping center during christmas, Unfortunately it was difficult to take a picture with to many people climbing the Truck

Relaxing Cheetahs from Serengeti

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 09:48 +0100

During a Visit in Tanzania, Serengeti Slet I found to Cheetah relaxing after a feasty meal.