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Summer Holidays 2000/01

A few photos from the backpacking trip around the world: see Up Over Down Under. These are all scanned photos, so there's only a handful out of the several hundred I snapped. Perhaps in time I'll get around to scanning more in.

In our hostel room in Chelsea, Manhattan
New York City, USA
In our hostel room in Chelsea, Manhattan *
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The Ice Rink at Rockefellar Plaza
New York City, USA
The Ice Rink at Rockefellar Plaza
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Times Square
New York City, USA
Times Square
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The Met
New York City, USA
The Met
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The Manhattan skyline
New York City, USA
The Manhattan skyline
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Kev at Central Park looking only slightly goofy
New York City, USA
Kev at Central Park looking only slightly goofy
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Nuts stand
New York City, USA
Nuts stand
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The World Trade Centre, exactly nine months before they were destroyed
New York City, USA
The World Trade Centre, exactly nine months before they were destroyed
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The NYSE
New York City, USA
The NYSE
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This dominatrix on Wall Street was about to spank Em and Von. Yes, on Wall Street.
New York City, USA
This dominatrix on Wall Street was about to spank Em and Von. Yes, on Wall Street.
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Big Ben
London, England
Big Ben
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A woman getting eaten alive by pigeons
Trafalgar Square, London, England
A woman getting eaten alive by pigeons
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The Changing of the Guard
Buckingham Palace, London, England
The Changing of the Guard
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Across the Thames, looking at Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament. Qantas also shot an advert here.
London, England
Across the Thames, looking at Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament. Qantas also shot an advert here.
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St Paul's Cathedral
London, England
St Paul's Cathedral
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On one of the parapets at Warwick Castle overlooking the lush countryside on a typical misty, drab day
Warwick, England
On one of the parapets at Warwick Castle overlooking the lush countryside on a typical misty, drab day
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Notre Dame Cathedral
Paris, France
Notre Dame Cathedral
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The Paris cityscape. Building regulations prevent buildings above a certain height from being built in Paris, hence the lack of skyscrapers means that the Eiffel Tower is one of only two buildings which rises clear above the flat Paris skyline.
Paris, France
The Paris cityscape. Building regulations prevent buildings above a certain height from being built in Paris, hence the lack of skyscrapers means that the Eiffel Tower is one of only two buildings which rises clear above the flat Paris skyline. *
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The backyard of the Palace at Versailles. The French aristocracy had it good.
Versailles, France
The backyard of the Palace at Versailles. The French aristocracy had it good. *
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The Eiffel Tower, lit up celebrating the Millennium year. It was adorned with a stack of strobe lights that would fire off for ten minutes every hour. It looked pretty neat, and probably gave epileptics fits for kilometres around.
Paris, France
The Eiffel Tower, lit up celebrating the Millennium year. It was adorned with a stack of strobe lights that would fire off for ten minutes every hour. It looked pretty neat, and probably gave epileptics fits for kilometres around.
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Le Louvre
Paris, France
Le Louvre
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People crowd about the Mona Lisa
Paris, France
People crowd about the Mona Lisa
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A Barcelonian walkway
Barcelona, Spain
A Barcelonian walkway
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Archway to the basilica atop Montserrat
Montserrat, Spain
Archway to the basilica atop Montserrat
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Gaudě's Sagrada Familia
Barcelona, Spain
Gaudě's Sagrada Familia
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Overlooking Lucerne from Mount Pilatus
Mt Pilatus, Lucerne, Switzerland
Overlooking Lucerne from Mount Pilatus
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Stone lion commemorating the presence of the Swiss Guards in the French army who defended the Tuileries Palace in 1792.
Lucerne, Switzerland
Stone lion commemorating the presence of the Swiss Guards in the French army who defended the Tuileries Palace in 1792.
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The Pantheon
Rome, Italy
The Pantheon
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An absolutely massive queue outside St Peter's Cathedral
St Peter's Cathedral, Vatican City
An absolutely massive queue outside St Peter's Cathedral
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A lot of people in the courtyard of the Cathedral. Good thing Jamie was wearing a bright red cap so we didn't lose him.
St Peter's Cathedral, Vatican City
A lot of people in the courtyard of the Cathedral. Good thing Jamie was wearing a bright red cap so we didn't lose him.
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