Pesach Festivities
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Tavi's the only one who knows I'm taking a picture
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Passover lunch at June's
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Confused Esther and Chaim
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Tzvi and Max
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Grandma gives Esther a gift
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It's a bear!
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Lots goin on with Esther
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Hockey East Championship
Vandy, Zanc and Parker
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Yup...the HockeyEastOnline pic for the next year!
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Hockey East Champions
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After Yip's goal
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Happy Birthday Cory Schneider!
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The Dugout!
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with random drunk guy
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mastey and random drunk guy
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More Random Drunk Guy
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With Shaeffer
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Celebratin
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Shaeffer singingj
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more kielt and curry
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Kielt and Curry
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Petey Mac
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With Jakabs
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Yerushalayim
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So the camera's set a little weird, but Becca and I don't care on our first evening in Jerusalem together
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Chagall Windows at Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in Jerusalem
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Trauma Unit at Hadassah Ein Kerem in Jerusalem. This is where they've been treating Prime Minister Sharon
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Planting a tree at Mitzpe Modiin
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Pops planting a tree
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Becca's planting a tree
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Surprised tree planting with Beccs
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More tree planting...it's what you do
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Becca's speech at the Year Course Family Tour Gala Dinner
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The yids are out in full force at the Gala Dinner
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Gettin the dancing on at the Gala Dinner
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Lapid is bringing the funk
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Entering the Old City of Yerushalayim through Jaffa Gate
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The Tower of David near Jaffa Gate
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Becca and Mom in the Armenian Quarter
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The Cardo in the Jewish Quarter
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Our favorite theme of cranes from Australia is not lost...Construction in the Rova (the Jewish Quarter)!
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Silhouetted walls of the Old City
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Old City walls
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Mom, Becca, and Dad in front of the Ottoman walls
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Dad, Mom, and Becca shopping near Ben Yehuda Street
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Lunch at Burger's Bar with Alex
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And so should you
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Becca, me, and Alex outside Burger's Bar
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Ben Yehuda Street
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Max and Becca at Angelo's after shabbos
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Max, me, and Becca
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Max and Becca
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Beccs and me
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Becca, Max, and me
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Ma and Pa at Angelo's
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Faces with Becca Part I
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Faces with Becca Part II
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The City of David in Jerusalem
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A Jewish cemetary on the Mount of Olives
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Ir Ha'atika- The Old City
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The Old City from the Mount of Olives
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Becca, Matt, and the Old City
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The fam
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The Jewish cemetary overlooking East Jerusalem
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The Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock
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Arab East Jerusalem
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The Tomb of David
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The Last Supper room just outside the walls of the Old City
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Arabic stained glass in the Last Supper room
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Basilica Of The Dormition Abbey, commemorating the death of the Virgin Mary
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Murals inside the Dormition Abbey
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Mural in the Dormition Abbey
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Jesus and the Disciples in the Dormition Abbey
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The Cruxifiction in the Dormition Abbey
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Commemorating Mary's death in the Dormition Abbey
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More construction in the Rova! Reconstructing a Synagogue in the Jewish Quarter
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Street level of Jerusalem in the First Temple Period
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The city walls of Jerusalem in the time of the First Temple
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Robinson's Arch, Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre
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A Bar Mitzvah Celebration
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The Kotel
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The Kotel
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The fam at the Kotel
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Me and Becca at the Kotel
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Venturing into the shuk in the Muslim Quarter of the Old City
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Stations of the Cross along Via Dolorosa- The Fifth Station of the Cross, where Simon carried the Cross
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The Fifth Station of the Cross
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The Sixth Station of the Cross, where Veronica wiped Jesus' face with a handkerchief, and the mark of his face was left
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The Sixth Station of the Cross
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The Seventh Station of the Cross marks Jesus's second fall
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Church of the Holy Sepulchre
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Church of the Holy Sepulchre
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The Twelfth Station of the Cross marks Golgotha, the place of Crucifixion inside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre
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The Thirteenth Station of the Cross where Jesus's body was taken from the cross and placed in Mary's arms
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Mural depicting the burial of Jesus- Part I
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The Fourteenth Station of the Cross is The Tomb of Christ inside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre
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Chanukah festivities at Datia Locker's house
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Guy crashes the nice picture by kissing his mother
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Mom and Datia Shaked
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Me and Mom
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With my cousin Meechal
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Becca and Meechal converse
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Guy's jewelery
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With my cousin Guy
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With Guy and his jewelery
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Bila, Yaffa, and Datia Locker
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Becca and Max
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Datia Locker, Mom, and Datia Shaked
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Becca and Max are sad to leave each other
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Mount Herzl- Israel's equivalent to Arlington
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Herzl's Tomb
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The graves of Leah and Yizhak Rabin
Look who I found in East Jerusalem! Me and Jess not wearing the same outfit :)
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The Dome of the Rock
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Har Ha-Bayit or the Temple Mount
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The Dome of the Rock
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Har Ha-Bayit/Temple Mount
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Chillin on Har Ha-Bayit next to the Dome of the Rock
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Har Ha-Bayit/Temple Mount
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Outside of the Dome of the Rock
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Platform next to the Dome of the Rock
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Al-Aqsa Mosque on the southern edge of the Temple Mount
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On Har Ha-Bayit/Temple Mount
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Dome of the Rock and the Temple Mount
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Interior Western Wall of Har Ha-Bayit/Temple Mount
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Har Ha-Bayit
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Al-Aqsa Mosque on the Temple Mount
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Excavations of the Southern Wall of the Temple
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Remains of the steps leading up to the Western Hulda Gate along the Southern Wall of the Temple Mount
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The Southern Wall of the Temple Mount
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A mikveh near the Temple
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At the Western Hulda Gate to the Temple along the Southern Wall
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Robinson's Arch and the Herodian Street along the Western Wall of the Temple Mount
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Betcha can't catch me!
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These are the biggest rocks in all of the land!
Haifa and the Galilee
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Haifa
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Downtown Haifa and the Baha'i Gardens
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The port city of Haifa
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The Baha'i Gardens and Shrine
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The Baha'i Shrine
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It's a little sunny...Mom, Dad, and me in the Baha'i Gardens
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View of Haifa and the Baha'i Gardens
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The port of Haifa, and Naharia and Akko across the bay
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The Baha'i Shrine and the straight line across the bay to Akko
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At the Baha'i Gardens
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Baha'i Gardens
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In the Baha'i Gardens overlooking the Shrine
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The Hall of Justice at the Baha'i Gardens
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Baha'i Gardens
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Baha'i Gardens
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Holiday of the Holidays in Haifa...this year's theme is black coffee (particularly appropriate is "Addicted to Coffee")
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The black stains from October 2000 when the Intifada began
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A view of the Galil from the Muhraka, a Carmelite monastery
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Me, Dad, and Mom overlooking the Galil from Muhraka, a Carmelite monastery
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Ordering some fresh pita in the Druze village of Daliat El Karmel
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The beaches of Haifa
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The beaches of Haifa
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Inside the Church of Annunciation and Mary's Well in Nazareth
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Mary's Well contains water that has the power of healing
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Church of Annunciation and Mary's Well in Nazareth
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Modern-day Nazareth
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Basilica of the Annunciation in Nazareth
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Outside the Basilica of Annunciation in Nazareth
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Bronze doors depicting events in Jesus's life at the site of Mary's home in Nazareth
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Basilica of Annunciation
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Two different depictions of the Virgin Mary...Spain on the left, and China on the right
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Mass at the Basilica of the Annunciation, Mary's home and the spot where Gabriel announced the birth of Jesus
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A rare depiction of the Holy Trinity in art (note the eye above Jesus)
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Australia's contribution to the murals at the Basilica of Annunication
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A mikveh (or baptismal bath) in St. Joseph's Church
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St. Joseph's Church in Nazareth, believed to be Joseph's house
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Nazareth and the Basilica of the Annunciation
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The view of Lake Kinneret (The Sea of Galilee) from inside the church at the Mount of Beatitudes
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View of the Kinneret from the church on Mount of Beatitudes
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Inside the church on the Mount of Beatitudes where Jesus delivered the Sermon on the Mount
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Church at the Mount of Beatitudes in Tabghe where Jesus delivered the Sermon on the Mount
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On Mount of Beatitudes in front of the Kinneret
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Church of the Bread and Fish, where Jesus fed 5000 pilgrims with five loaves of bread and two fish
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The waters of the Kinneret
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Remains of a synagogue in Capernaum
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The entrance to the synagogue in Capernaum
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The vast body of water that is the Jordan River
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View from Mitzpeh L'Shalom in the Golan Heights
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The Galil from the Golan Heights
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The hills of Samaria
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The Syrian mountains
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Who knew? Tony Perkins and Janet Leigh in a photo exhibit at the Jordan Valley College
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The Kinneret and Golan Heights in the background
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The Peace Room at the Jordan Valley College where the peace agreement with Jordan was signed in 1994
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Emek Ha'Yarden...the Jordan Valley and the hills of Samaria and Jordan
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The Golan Heights and the Kinneret
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At sea level...the Kinneret is 215 meters below sea level
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Tel Meggido or Har Meggido (known to some as Armegeddon)
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Tel Meggido/Har Meggido
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The Akko Citadel
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A square in the Hospitalars' palace
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A natural water spring found inside the Templars' underground tunnel
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Akko Harbor
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El-Jazzar Mosque in Akko
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Inside the El-Jazzar Mosque in Akko
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A 5th Century Synagogue in Tzippori
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Mosaic on the floor of a 5th Century Synagogue in Tzippori
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We're such tools...matching rugby shirts at dinner in Haifa
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Insanity begins
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Visiting the day care center in Shechanya...haven't been here since I was a wee one
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Becca and I with the little ones at the day care center
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Outside the day care center in Shechanya
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Tsfat Candle factory...David chopps off the head of Goliath
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Tsfat candle factory
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Wine tasting at the Golan Heights Winery...a rather pretentious event, I must say
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Apparently the wine got to Becca and she didn't think to read the sign
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A mezuzah on the door of a 5th Century house in Katzrin
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Synagogue in Katzrin from the Byzantine era
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Me and Becca in Katzrin
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Outside the school in Hamadya
Masada, The Dead Sea, Tel Aviv, and Eilat
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Rainstorms in the desert?
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A look down to the cable car station of Masada
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The flag atop Masada
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The view to Masada's south
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Becca and Mom inside Masada's Southern Cistern
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Dad and Becca on Masada
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Becca, Mom, and Dad brace the cold and the rain
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Twas a little windy on Masada
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Stormy skies on the horizon for the Judaean Desert and the Dead Sea in the distance
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Mosaic in Herod's Western Palace
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The Western Palace compound
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Me and Dad on Masada
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A rainbow crosses over the Synagogue at Masada
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The fam on top of Masada
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Northern Palace columns
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The bottom two levels of Masada's Northern Complex
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Chillin on top of Masada
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The Dead Sea and the Judaean Desert in the back
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Storage halls- an excavated one on the right and an untouched one in the middle
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Welcome to the lowest point on Earth...the Dead Sea
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Artsy Dead Sea
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The saltiest body of water on Earth
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Inside a partially exavated cave at Tel Maresha
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Digging for gold...or pottery in Tel Maresha
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I think I found something...wait, that's just a rock
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Becca on the other hand kept finding things
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Becca and her ho
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Attentively searching for pottery
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Becca takes us on a tour of her old stomping grounds of Schunat Hatikvah in Tel Aviv
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Murals decorate the streets...and my, what a wonderful painting job on the mini-hydrants, Beccs!
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One of the 120 synagogues in the Hatikvah neighborhood of Tel Aviv
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Dad, Becca, and Mom inside Becca's old apartment in Schunat Hatikvah
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The living room area
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Inside the Hatikvah apartment
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The intersection of Hagana and Etzel in Hatkivah...bring in Palmach and we'll have to declare a state pretty soon
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Mom and Becca in Hatikvah's shuk
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Mom, Becca, and Dad in Hatikvah
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Becca's mural in Hatikvah
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Becca showing us some of the murals she worked on
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Becca's name and signature at the bottom of the mural
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Becca showing off her mural of the Hatikvah (the Israeli national anthem) in Hatikvah
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A flowery mural
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Ordering shwarma in Hatikvah
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Overlooking the walls of Caesarea from the Roman theater
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Being a tourist tool in Caesarea
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The remains of a Roman public fountain
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The remains of the podium which housed both a Roman temple and a church
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The mostly submerged Herodian Harbor of Caesarea
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Modern day harbor of Caesarea
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Caesarea
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Haifa at dusk from the Louis Promenade
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Haifa at dusk from the Louis Promenade
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Schechter Class of 98 reunion with Joe Simons
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Joe, me, Becca, and Eli
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The biggest bed ever in Tel Aviv
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Now that's what I call an ice cream cone
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The Statue of Faith in Yaffo (Jacob's Dream, The Sacrifice of Isaac, and the Fall of Jericho)
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Fountain near the tayelet in Tel Aviv
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With Becca on the beaches of Tel Aviv
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Literally, the House of Beers
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Independence Hall in Tel Aviv
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Inside Independence Hall
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The Azrieli Center in Tel Aviv, the tallest tower in all of the Middle East
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The tayelet in Eilat
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The Queen of Sheba Hotel and the tayelet
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The Red Sea
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SUCH a nice pool...not where we stayed
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Again, not where we stayed
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Eilat straight ahead and Aqaba, Jordan to the right
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Eilat straight ahead and Aqaba, Jordan to the right
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The Red Sea and Aqaba, Jordan
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Becca's a mermaid
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Here fishy, fishy, fishy
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View of Eilat and the Jordanian mountains from Aviva's kitchen
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Aviva and Mom
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Becca, Aviva, and me
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Becca, Emily, and Bethany on Sylvester (what the Israelis call New Year's)
Greatest Trip Ever
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The South Island adventures begin! On our way to get a CD adapter for the ca
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Scott, Mike, and Gustavo plan our travel route from Christchurch to Queenstown
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Let the pictures begin
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Me, Gus and Soctt in front of our car
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Scott's looking to sell some of these if anyone's interested
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What a name
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Gustavo is in control of the car
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Apparently Scotty didn't get the memo about the Gang Related picture
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Lake Tekapo, our lunch stop
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What a place
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Seriously, where the hell are we...what team, where's the girl?
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Is Lake Tekapo a real place?
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Name the one thing wrong with this picture
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Lake Tekapo
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Definitely one of the New Zealand highlights
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That's not a painting or a big photo...that's the window from the Church of the Good Shepherd at Lake Tekapo
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Lake Pukaki...I swear these are real places
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I can't believe we were really here
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The Southern Alps form the backdrop for Lake Pukaki
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Scott and Alex at Lake Pukaki
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Perfection
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Mount Cook and the Twizel Plains...look familiar?
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It should...this was the site of the battle of the Pelenor Fields in Lord of the Rings
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Twizel Plains and Mount Cook, New Zealand's highest mountain
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Twizel Plains
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Cromwell has some big fruit
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No joke, look at the height comparison
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Fiordland National Park...um, is this place real?
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The sun and the fog and the clouds in Eglinton Valley
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We could have stayed at this field for the entire day
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Eglinton Valley = Paradise on earth
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Mike and Gus surely think so
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More sights at Lake Gunn
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Artsy view of Lake Gunn
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Up close and personal with Lake Gunn
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More reflection in Lake Gunn
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Alex, Scott, Gustavo and me at Lake Gunn
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Lake Gunn
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It really was this beautiful
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Milford Road
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The Milford Valley
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The Milford Sound from our cruise boat
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It doesn't get much better than this
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More fiords!
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Cruisin on the Milford Sound
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Another snapshot
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Maaaaaaaaate!
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Gustavo, Scott and a reflective Mike and Alex
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Fiords ahead!
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Gustavo and Chelsey inside the boat
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Mirror Lakes
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Lake Te Anu from afar
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The Devil's Staircase Lookout at Lake Wakapitu
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Tough guys moving a little boulder
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Beginning of sunset over Lake Wakapitu
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Happy 21 buddy!
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Queenstown
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Lake Wakapitu in Queenstown
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Insanity at the Resort Lodge in Queenstown
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So we can't skydive on Sunday as planned, so what do we do? Team Habana enters into an international soccer tournament
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The Team Habana All-Stars
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Team Habana at pre-game warmups
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The international test match soccer debut for Team Habana
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Scotty is fearsome on defense
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Team Habana after the first game
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Now this makes sense...they made Scott ref the next game even though he told them he doesn't know how to play soccer
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No joke, Scott strolling down the field
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Scott calls a game stoppage a good three minutes after the kid has been on the ground
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Warming up before the second game
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Alex looking fearsome in goal
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...and Scott just scored on his own goal. That's the way things went for Team Habana that afternoon
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Alex is yanked in goal in favor of the netminder Mikey
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Mike stops the penalty shot
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Scott and Mike are spent
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Thcuuuuuuse meee!
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Nice group shot at Dux de Lux
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Food, fun and friends
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What a group
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Chels and Alex
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This is it...don't get scared now. We're actually on our way to go jump out of a plane
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Alex, Chelsey, and Mike ready to jump
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Nuff said
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Gustavo is ready to go
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Did we all just really jump out of a plane 12,000 feet in the air?
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Lake Wanaka
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Alex and Scott chillin at Lake Wanaka
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Just another day in New Zealand
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Driving by Lake Hawea
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Yup, this deserves a stop...Lake Hawea
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The crowd of tourists
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The views continue...back to driving alongside Laka Wakana
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Sunset over Lake Wanaka
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Almost dark over Wanaka
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Gustavo is writing an email to Scott's sister Megan, Gus's future fiancee
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Skydiving one day, preparing to hike a glacier the next day
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Fox Glacier
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I've reached the base of the glacier!
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Lunch time on the glacier
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Inside a little glacial cave...Gus holds his walking stick in triumph
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Mike and Alex prepare to enter the other little cave
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Gus, Chelsey and Scott inside the cave
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Another look at the glacier
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The mountains on the edge of the glacier
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The town of Fox Glacier
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Fox Glacier
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Money shot
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A look to the Southern Alps
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Snow on the Southern Alps
Fiji
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Lots o Palm and Coconut trees
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Bula Musket Cove Resort! We're here!
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Dick's Place...the restaurant by the pool
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The view from our breakfast table
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The Musket Cove pool
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Pool
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Already getting artsy
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Cornrows Part I
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The beginnings of cornrows
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Aw cute
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Not sure why I look pissed off
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There he is!
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Checking out the rows
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Low tide extends really far at Musket Cove
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Habana! Low tide on the beach
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My favorite spot on the beach
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The pool and Dick's Restaurant and Bar in the background
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Chillin on the beach
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Home at the resort! Armstrong Island Villa #46
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Mike's futzing with our fresh water tap
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Our Island Villa pool
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Sunset at Musket Cove
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IMG_1554.JPG 2005-05-05
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Hair stylin Part II (the remix): Matty gets the rest of his hair braided
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Fun with hair braiding
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It's a process in the works
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Pides!
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Lots of action in the back section
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Gettin all sorts of attention
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Putting the beads on
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The final beads
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All done!
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It's an old wooden ship...
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I'm not sure how to describe this
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Nice would be one word
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Habana is another word to describe it
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Also...paradise
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Gustavo and Sato enjoying the beach
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Sunset on Malolo Lailai Island
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Gustavo's last dinner in Fiji
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Gus tries to figure out how to fill his plate for Stir Fry night
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Yeah, heaps of hot chilli sauce is always a good idea...?
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Mike and Gustavo...separated at birth
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The stir fry is delicious...but a little too hot
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Oooo it's so good
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Who ordered coconut cocktails?
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We did!
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Low tide again
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Climbing trees
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The room Mike and I shared
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Our bathroom
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The shower
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Our living room
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The kitchen table
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The villa
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What a place!
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Looking into Villa 46
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Boats in the little bay
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The bay and the houses across the way
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Our porch
New Zealand North Island
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The North Island adventures begin with us waiting for Scott at our hostel
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Welcome to Auckland, the City of Sails
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It's an old wooden ship
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The Auckland Harbour
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Gustavo being a tourist
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A nice view of the city
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Mike, Gus and Sato gaze at the skytower
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Maaaate! Ever since I saw that bag on the flight from Sydney to Auckland I've been looking for a Dunks in this country !
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Surely you're familiar with the chain of Dunkin Donuts....ha!
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So glorious
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Coolata...what a good choice
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The sun begins to set over Paihia in the Bay of Islands
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Welcome to Ninety Mile Beach in Northland
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Not quite Ninety Miles in reality, but we did really drive along the length of it
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Waves crashing on the beach
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This part of the beach is completely covered in shells
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Great shot on the Ninety Mile Beach
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Gustavo in front of our bus for the day
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Welcome to the Giant Sand Dunes/Te Paki and the Quicksand Stream
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People boarding down the dunes and others playing in the quicksand
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Mike tries to board along the little river of water
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Cape Reinga/Te Reinga Wairua....not just a wicked cool place, but also a sacred site to the Maori
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Cape Reigna is the northern most tip of New Zealand, and it also the spot where the Tasman Sea and the Pacific Ocean con
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Me and Gustavo
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The converging of the Tasman Sea and the Pacific
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If I could fly 2160 k's back I would!
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Gustavo is pondering the meaning of oceans
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You can actually see on the surface waters the spots where the ocean currents meet
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Tapotupotu Bay...you know, just your regular lunch time location
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An aerial view of Tapotupotu Bay
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The staircase at the Ancient Kaori Kingdom is made entirely of kaori wood that is between 30,000-50,000 years old
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Puketi Manginangina Kaori temperate rainforest walk...these trees- up to 300 years old are considered extremely young
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The kaori tree is one of the best timber trees for building because of the tall trucks unhindered by branches
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I spy a dolphin!
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Coming up for air
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Cute
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Mike swims about
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Our team in the water
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Mike looks for dolphins
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What a find...in Paihia of all places
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They made excellent falafel!
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Matty in Hell...eating the Unearthly Pizza
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That's a lot of thermal activity
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IMG_1477.JPG 2005-05-02
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Gustavo and Mike down yonder
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Mike ponders the sulfur rising from the lake
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It's Gustavo's turn to ponder Rotorua
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IMG_1492.JPG 2005-05-02
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Mike surrounded by rising sulfur
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I'm surrounded
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It smelled about as appetizing as it looks
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Matt, Gustavo and Mike gaze at another thermal hotbed
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It is pretty amazing to see all these geothermal reactions
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Colors aturnin in Rotorua
Outback
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Welcome to the Outback...King's Canyon
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Kestrel Falls at the Canyon
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Kestrel Falls
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The Lost City at the canyon
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Lots o rocks
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Flynets were the name of the game
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More fun with flynets
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Lost City
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How is there a green gum tree in the middle of the desert
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The view into King's Canyon
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More of the Lost City
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Trying not to fall in
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The other side of the canyon
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The Garden of Eden in the middle of the canyon
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Okay, so I might have fallen a bit
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Oookayy guys, canyons are nice, don't fall in
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Which way do we go
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The dingo almost did eat our baby
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This was a little silly
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Foreign bathrooms
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Okay then
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At our camp site in Yulara
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Uluru in the distance just before sunset
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There we are at the lookout point in Yulara with Uluru aka Ayers Rock in the background
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The sun is setting
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A look across the way to the Kata Tjuta Mountains
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The sun is setting
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The sun set actually did look like this
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A slightly different focal length
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Check out the colors
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Getting darker
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It's almost dark at our camp site
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Alex in the dark pointing to the tents which no one used
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Phil is tending to the fire
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And it's dark
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Looks like Phil did a good job with the fire
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Things are exploding
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Pitch dark
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Just before sunrise at Uluru
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Darkness over the Rock
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The sun is starting to come up
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The base walk around Uluru is 9km long
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Uluru before sunrise
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It's 6:40 and we're feelin good
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Getting brighter
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The moon is still up at sunrise
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Perfect silhouettes
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Wow, I really do take 23452354 pics
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Uluru is getting brighter
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Interesting vegetation
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The sun's a rising
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A little perspective...the nut job ants climbing Uluru
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What kind of idea is this? I mean come on now
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Back on the bus after eating some fruitcake and Easter eggs
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Uluru from a distance
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Clodagh and Kieran, our Irish buddies
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Alex wants to be a roo
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Yup, another shot of Uluru
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Tough guy, ay?
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Phil and Alex reenact the scene from the previous night in which they went on a covert mission to gather more wood
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Our tour group in front of Uluru
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Micah looking tough in front of the bus
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The Kata Tjuta ranges
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I liked the viewpoint here
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Very blue sky
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IMG_0478.JPG 2005-03-27
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Using a wide-angle lens for this one
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and for this one
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Relatively normal
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Stupid Americans
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Kata Tjuta mountains
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A dry lake
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Mount Conner aka Fuluru because everyone thinks it's Uluru at first
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The inside of our bus...notice how much further down I am than the rest of the seats
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The rugged desert scenery...aka nothing for kilometers on end during our drive from Yulara to Alice
Melbourne, Surf Camp, and Aussie Day
The Melbourne Adventures begin.jpg
The Melbourne Adventures begin.jpg 2005-01-14
Continuing the theme of cranes in my pictures.jpg
Continuing the theme of cranes in my pictures.jpg 2005-01-14
St. Paul's Cathedral.jpg
St. Paul's Cathedral.jpg 2005-01-14
The gardens outside the cathedral.jpg
The gardens outside the cathedral.jpg 2005-01-14
Stained glass in the cathedral.jpg
Stained glass in the cathedral.jpg 2005-01-14
inside the cathedral.jpg
inside the cathedral.jpg 2005-01-14
Another shot of the inside of the cathedral.jpg
Another shot of the inside of the cathedral.jpg 2005-01-14
The City tram.jpg
The City tram.jpg 2005-01-14
Quaint Brunswick Street.jpg
Quaint Brunswick Street.jpg 2005-01-14
Brunswick Street.jpg
Brunswick Street.jpg 2005-01-14
I don't remember what this is but it's pretty cool .jpg
I don't remember what this is but it's pretty cool .jpg 2005-01-14
...not as cool as this.jpg
...not as cool as this.jpg 2005-01-14
Chillin in our bus...thank goodness for the jokes and jokes and jokes.jpg
Chillin in our bus...thank goodness for the jokes and jokes and jokes.jpg 2005-01-15
Our second rest stop at 9am.jpg
Our second rest stop at 9am.jpg 2005-01-15
Yup, did we ever have some tea and biscuits.jpg
Yup, did we ever have some tea and biscuits.jpg 2005-01-15
Debbie's having some tea.jpg
Debbie's having some tea.jpg 2005-01-15
There they are just chillin on the greens.jpg
There they are just chillin on the greens.jpg 2005-01-15
I wasn't kidding about them being in the middle of everything.jpg
I wasn't kidding about them being in the middle of everything.jpg 2005-01-15
Look at the Kangas!.jpg
Look at the Kangas!.jpg 2005-01-15
There's Pete with his curly hair.jpg
There's Pete with his curly hair.jpg 2005-01-15
The day started off a bit overcast, but the water is just so nice.jpg
The day started off a bit overcast, but the water is just so nice.jpg 2005-01-15
I guess I enjoyed the surfers on the waves.jpg
I guess I enjoyed the surfers on the waves.jpg 2005-01-15
You've gotta appreciate the proportions in this picture...look at the size of the wave.jpg
You've gotta appreciate the proportions in this picture...look at the size of the wave.jpg 2005-01-15
It's starting to brighten up.jpg
It's starting to brighten up.jpg 2005-01-15
I thought the sand was pretty damn cool.jpg
I thought the sand was pretty damn cool.jpg 2005-01-15
Ashley, Megan, Keri, Theresa, and Lauryn on the beach.jpg
Ashley, Megan, Keri, Theresa, and Lauryn on the beach.jpg 2005-01-15
I love beach.jpg
I love beach.jpg 2005-01-15
First koala sighting!.jpg
First koala sighting!.jpg 2005-01-15
Chillin in the tree.jpg
Chillin in the tree.jpg 2005-01-15
Yay for eucalyptus trees...too bad we didn't get to see one fall out of the tree.jpg
Yay for eucalyptus trees...too bad we didn't get to see one fall out of the tree.jpg 2005-01-15
Koalas rock.jpg
Koalas rock.jpg 2005-01-15
Some more eating.jpg
Some more eating.jpg 2005-01-15
Gettin high off the leaves.jpg
Gettin high off the leaves.jpg 2005-01-15
so cute.jpg
so cute.jpg 2005-01-15
This is a cross between a dingo and a dog.jpg
This is a cross between a dingo and a dog.jpg 2005-01-15
The sign has been built three different times as a monument to the veterans of WWI.jpg
The sign has been built three different times as a monument to the veterans of WWI.jpg 2005-01-15
Check out the cliff.jpg
Check out the cliff.jpg 2005-01-15
Can you think of a more picture-perfect shot?.jpg
Can you think of a more picture-perfect shot?.jpg 2005-01-15
Okay this one might be a little better.jpg
Okay this one might be a little better.jpg 2005-01-15
Theresa, Keri and Megan in the water.jpg
Theresa, Keri and Megan in the water.jpg 2005-01-15
Me and Ramblin Randi.jpg
Me and Ramblin Randi.jpg 2005-01-15
The most beautiful stretch of road ever.jpg
The most beautiful stretch of road ever.jpg 2005-01-15
Checkin out the views at Cape Patton Observation Point.jpg
Checkin out the views at Cape Patton Observation Point.jpg 2005-01-15
A nice landscape shot.jpg
A nice landscape shot.jpg 2005-01-15
Alissa and I are excited...but not about the flies that inhabit all of Victoria.jpg
Alissa and I are excited...but not about the flies that inhabit all of Victoria.jpg 2005-01-15
...and we're suddenly in the middle of the Rainforest.jpg
...and we're suddenly in the middle of the Rainforest.jpg 2005-01-15
Some trees.jpg
Some trees.jpg 2005-01-15
That's a big tree.jpg
That's a big tree.jpg 2005-01-15
Me and Debbie chillin and sittin.jpg
Me and Debbie chillin and sittin.jpg 2005-01-15
Debbie and Amy are having fun with the trunk.jpg
Debbie and Amy are having fun with the trunk.jpg 2005-01-15
Alissa in the middle of lots of trees.jpg
Alissa in the middle of lots of trees.jpg 2005-01-15
Beauty just doesn't get old.jpg
Beauty just doesn't get old.jpg 2005-01-15
Debbie, Heather, Amy, Alissa and Matt in the sun.jpg
Debbie, Heather, Amy, Alissa and Matt in the sun.jpg 2005-01-15
Such beautiful scenery.jpg
Such beautiful scenery.jpg 2005-01-15
I love this country.jpg
I love this country.jpg 2005-01-15
The Twelve Apostles.jpg
The Twelve Apostles.jpg 2005-01-15
These waves are no joke.jpg
These waves are no joke.jpg 2005-01-15
Two of the other apostles on the other side of the observation deck.jpg
Two of the other apostles on the other side of the observation deck.jpg 2005-01-15
Did you know that you can only see a maximum of 9 of the 12 apostles at any given moment?.jpg
Did you know that you can only see a maximum of 9 of the 12 apostles at any given moment?.jpg 2005-01-15
That's 7 of them.jpg
That's 7 of them.jpg 2005-01-15
That's one cool car.jpg
That's one cool car.jpg 2005-01-15
Scott, me and Mike havin some fun.jpg
Scott, me and Mike havin some fun.jpg 2005-01-15
Abby, Lauren and Randi at the Apostles.jpg
Abby, Lauren and Randi at the Apostles.jpg 2005-01-15
Nature rocks.jpg
Nature rocks.jpg 2005-01-15
I love taking pictures of cliffs.jpg
I love taking pictures of cliffs.jpg 2005-01-15
I just had to put this up.jpg
I just had to put this up.jpg 2005-01-15
This too.jpg
This too.jpg 2005-01-15
The hair is out of control.jpg
The hair is out of control.jpg 2005-01-15
On beach level with an Apostle.jpg
On beach level with an Apostle.jpg 2005-01-15
It's friggin huge.jpg
It's friggin huge.jpg 2005-01-15
Scott on a rock.jpg
Scott on a rock.jpg 2005-01-15
Justin and Matty told me to take pictures of funny signs...so I did.jpg
Justin and Matty told me to take pictures of funny signs...so I did.jpg 2005-01-15
There's a hole in the rock formation...how does that exactly happen?.jpg
There's a hole in the rock formation...how does that exactly happen?.jpg 2005-01-15
That water comes up really high.jpg
That water comes up really high.jpg 2005-01-15
It's the Grand Canyon...not really, just another big cliff.jpg
It's the Grand Canyon...not really, just another big cliff.jpg 2005-01-15
This one's for you, Pops!.jpg
This one's for you, Pops!.jpg 2005-01-16
What the hell, people...I mean seriously.jpg
What the hell, people...I mean seriously.jpg 2005-01-16
The Plaza Hotel aka Victoria Dump, our stomping grounds in Melbourne.jpg
The Plaza Hotel aka Victoria Dump, our stomping grounds in Melbourne.jpg 2005-01-16
In the cabin with some ladies
In the cabin with some ladies
It's 8am but Alex is ready to go
It's 8am but Alex is ready to go
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We are superheroes in our wetsuits
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Randi, Cara, Chelsey and Allison
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Andy and Sato ready to hit the waves
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Randi's trying not to fall off the hammock
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Cara, Alex, Chelsey and Margaret
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Alisa, Melissa, Karen and Katie in the am
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What a fine cabin...it makes Hotel Plaza Victoria Dump in Melbourne really feel like the Plaza
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Allison and Chelsey excited about something or other
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...and this is what happens when you let me take a picture of myself
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They're slumbering in the hammock
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Looks picture perfect, ay?
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There really was quite a storm that night...and yes that is a community of trailer parks nearby
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Let's discuss how bright my flash is..it's quite dark in the little meeting hall tent, but you wouldn't know it, would u
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Oh the Fisherman's Club where they told us to go on Saturday night
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Jackie, Karen and Scott enjoying some beverages at the Fisherman's club
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IMG_0143 1.JPG 2005-01-22
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I think this might be the first Matty and Abby picture of the trip
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Jackie enjoyed playing
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Some ladies at the Open Air
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Jackie, Mike, me and Alex before the Open Air flick begins
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Before Picture at Hanging Rock begins...aka everyone is still awake at this point
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Damn right Lauryn's Aussie Day's better than yours
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It's a nice and sunny Aussie day
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We took a fun little free bus a little too far...no worries mate tho, we walked a few blocks
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Seriously people, what the hell is this
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Oh, now it makes sense...?
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S'allitle out of control
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It's Hyde Pahhk mush
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We're right back near the Barracks again
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The masses in the park
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Moah Pahk
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Lotsa people
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I took so many pictures
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We're almost at the Harbour
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I definitely gotta take this monorail train
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I mean how cool does this look
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I am such a tourist
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Keri, Megan and Alex chillin on the dock
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People are gathering
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Crickers! Scott just jumped into the most dangerous Harbour in the land
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Moah cranes on the hahbah
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Chels is loving Aussie Day
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These guys are absolutely rediculous...a mock Secret Service causing trouble on the docks
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It really is named Cockle Bay Wharf
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It's the Chelsey slideshow
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...and concluding with Part III
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Part II
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We're getting ready for some fireworks
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I'm not really sure what the point of a fireworks setting on a camera is if the pics come out like this...
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...but i sure do love taking pics of fireworks
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A blurry photo of our ice-cream lovin Aussie friends
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Apparently they're a little camera shy
Brisbane and Sydney
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The Queen Street open air mall
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Enjoying the fruits of Brisbane
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Lovely crepes, salads and steaks...we wanted to go here but never made it inside
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Random sculpture in the Brisbane Botanical Gardens
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Cranes overlooking the Gardens
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Some nice flower gardens
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It's pretty tropical up here
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I have many leather-bound books, they smell of rich mahogany
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This begins our hour-long tour of the Botanical Gardens...wayy too much information about the flowers and trees
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I have no idea what this is
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A pretty cool water fountain at the mall
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Oh Brisbane...look at the color of the river, even the Dirty Water is cleaner than this
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Yup, this is as good as Brisbane gets
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This building and fountain steps were pretty cool...the place was clearly bumpin
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The Anzac War Memorial
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Anzac Memorial Columns
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I'm a sucker for reflecting pools
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An old-fashioned building
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This sums up Brisbane...what a waste
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Our hostel in Surfer's Paradise
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The marina outside our hostel
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The beach on Surfer's...I'm not sure why I didn't take more pictures
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Surfers
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The Marina Mall...always a fun time
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The marina and buildings in Surfers
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I liked this shot
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Alex and Al have no idea how to eat this pan of nachos
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Sunset on the marina
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Benny, Al, Alex, Greg, Marc and some random girls from our hostel before our club crawl
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This was supposed to be a picture of a huge crane...didn't come out too well
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Benny, Greg, and Cody at the first club
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Some interesting girls and Greg
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Leaving Surfers
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Waiting in line for 2 hours for a cab is not a good idea...T's all around for the hostel
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The buildings near Circular Quay
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The Opera House...and look, some cranes!
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Panorama of the Quay
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Part II
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Part III...yea it was pretty damn sunny
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Part IV the beginning of the Bridge
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Part V
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Part VI
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Yea it's pretty big
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The Opera House
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The Wind in the Willows Played tea for two...I just had to take this pic near the Botannical Gardens
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Alex is reflecting on the meaning of life
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I'm a picture whore
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Kerry looks at Mike tormenting Meg
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Paradise aka Coogee Beach
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I'm gonna miss coming here three times a week
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Clear water...mmm
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The little lagoon
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What a great day
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I just never get tired of this
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The path to the beach
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Glorious
Blue Mountains
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Look, Dad, a trolley bus...don't worry, we didn't take it (it was a good $10 more than the bus we wound up taking around
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The Three Sisters in the Blue Mountains
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Blue Mountains
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More Sisters
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That's a lot of vegetation
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Me with Chels, Lindsay and the Three Sisters
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Al and Mikey being tourists
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Blue Mountains
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Cara at Multi-Media Sports Weekend
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Another lookout spot
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The Cliff View Lookout
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It is quite a view
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That's why they're called the Blue Mountains
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More water fountains (the whole way to the 100-foot waterfall, I kept calling it a fountain to keep myself in denial)
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Nature rocks...get it
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Cute ay
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Some point along our bushwalk
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That's a huge monolith
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I like fountains/waterfalls
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Not as artsy as Mikey but we're getting there
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The Katoomba Falls
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The peeps at the falls
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The Sisters in the background
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Katoomba Falls
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I liked this big formation
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Gustavo and Alex in front of the falls
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So that Giant Stairway? Yeah it's a 900-stair vertical climb up the cliff
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Such a tease
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Molly, Al, and Alex half way there (awoh Livin on a Prayer)
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We needed a break, so we looked out at the scenery for a change
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We are champions after 900 stairs
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PARAMATTA!
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The second happiest day of my life...driving by Paramatta on the train (the best day will be when I actually set foot th
Adelaide and Kangaroo Island
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Becca's sitting near the Opera House
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...and the Cohen/Turetsky family vacation has started
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That's a lot of chocolate
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We took a tour of Haigh's Chocolate Factory in Adelaide
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Old time chocolate goods
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Yes I am obsessed
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Statue of Colonel Willaim Light, the planner of Adelaide
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The Adelaide skyline
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View of the city from North Adelaide
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The beach town of Glenelg (yes that is a palendrome)
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A very cute little area
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A monument commemorating the founding of South Australia
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At the boardwalk
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I'd like to stay there sometime
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The fam on the boardwalk in Glenelg
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The other side of that monument
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Pops in front of a train
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There are even cranes here!
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So many things...Baxter, you ate a whole wheel of cheese? I'm not mad, that's impressive!
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The mall's balls...I'm not even kidding, that's what they're really called
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Need I say more?
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An old building in Adelaide
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Victoria Square
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Victoria Square fountain, symbolic of the The Murray, The Torrens and the Onkaparinga, Adelaide's three water sources
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She's pointing at you with a stick...well not really but it's more fun to say it that way
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Another shot of the fountain
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A little stretching
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Scholars maintain the meaning was lost ages ago in the translation
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Beehive Corner at the Rundle Street mall
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South Australia's parliament
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The Adelaide Festival Centre...look familiar?
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It should because it's designed by the good folks who designed the Sydney Opera House
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Becca's walking on the Zakim-like bridge...they love those here
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The cricket oval in the distance
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Becca's pretending to be excited about the Festival Centre
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Hangin out and looking at some reading material
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I like cool-looking buildings
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Our scenic drive down to Cape Jervis
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I like pictures
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Cape Jervis...this water is a lot bluer than I remembered
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I like the stick figures
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I'm a little weird
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Stokes Bay Beach...it's gorgeous but it took a while for the sun to come out
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We're just happy to be here
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Here comes the sun
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More Stokes Bay
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The fam on Kangaroo Island
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Ma and Pa
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Lots of rocks at Stokes
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All sorts of kangas at the Pardana Wildlife Park
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Little kangas
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Look at the little wallabies!
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Koala chillin in the tree
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Our favorite koala eating
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Shh don't wake him up
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IMG_0096.JPG 2005-02-16
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Becca petting the koala
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Photo op with the koala of the hour
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Peek-a-boo
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Ma's feeding the kanga
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IMG_0105.JPG 2005-02-16
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My mom was a little photo happy with this one
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So cute
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Open your eyes Becc
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We love the kangas
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She's done eating
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They love Becca
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And she loves them too
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Becca and Mom, yes more pics
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And Teddy chills with the kanga
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I wish I could take one home
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It's like a funny hat
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Blue peacocks rock
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Yes that is a wombat
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Some cassowaries
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Time to hold the baby kangas
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The little baby kangaroo and Becca
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Just like a baby
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That's a seal lion!
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Shh, don't wake up the sea lions...they've been asleep for two days
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That one's just returned from three days of hunting in the ocean
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Fact of the day: sea lions sleep on the beach for three days before returning to the ocean
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I see trouble...someone's a rabble-rouser
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Yup, he's trying to wake the others up
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Smaller waves
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Another shitty day in paradise
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Here's looking at you kid
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Overlooking Seal Bay
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The Clifford Honey Farm
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Vivonne Bay
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Crikers! Vivonne Bay is considered to be one of the finest beaches in all of the land!
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So natural
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Splish splash
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I just can't get enough
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Staligmites in the Kelly Hill Caves
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More caves
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The koala adventures continue
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It's curled up in a ball
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Intense
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Becca found some wild wallabies
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Remarkable Rocks lookout point
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Another lookout point
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Look at the proportions of these remarkable rocks
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Becca is feeling remarkable
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The rock is angry
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Why can't I live on the ocean?
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Tony tough nuts
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Some more splish splash
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The rocks
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Ma is a tourist
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Hey, it's Ms. Piggy
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So many shapes
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Cute picture
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The children
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Shadows and light
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Cool formations
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It's like a parrot...or something
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Look at that!
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White water
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Yup, those are real seals at Flinders Chase National Park
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Check that out
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Lots o seals
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Seals and foamy water
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Admiral's Arch
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More seals
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I love nature
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IMG_0208.JPG 2005-02-17
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So maybe closing the aperture was not the greatest idea I've ever had
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Yeah, a little too dark here
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Aw cute
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The Cape du Couedic Lighthouse
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The other side of the lighthouse
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No, you, not her. I don't know her name. What is it? Lanolin? Lan-lanolin? Like the sheep's wool?
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Chels and I taking a break from the tropical sun
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The lagoon in Cairns
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The beach is pretty dodgy but the mountains are wicked cool
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Yes! There's a crane in the background of the lagoon shot
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And this is what happens when I take pictures of myself using the viewfinder
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The view from Abby's hotel room
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Scotty, Abby, Lauryn, Sarah, and Kerry having some fun in Cairns
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Mikey, Alex, Meg, and Chels
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Andy's looking a little serial killer-esque and I don't know what the flash did to my hair
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Having fun on Kelly's 21st
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Kelly's 21st in Cairns
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Me and Emily outside in Cairns
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Fitzroy Island where we adventured for snorkeling
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Allison is all smiles before the Thunderbolt took off
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Molly, Cara, Chelsey and Linsdsey after some snorkeling on the Great Barrier Reef
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Allison loves the snorkeling
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You can make out some snorkelers and the reef in the back of the frame
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The reef is unreal, so big you can spot it yards away
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Some peeps on the Thunderbolt
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The fellas
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A little ballyhoo
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Gustavo wishing Cara an early Happy 21
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Me and Gustavo
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I was trying to get a straight on picture of the island but I like the way this came out
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Fitzroy Island in the distance
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That's the Thunderbolt, which goes 80km/hr in the water...so a trip that normally takes an hour by boat took us 22 mins.
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that was a 22 minute rollercoaster on a boat, the most insane trip ever
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This is where we stayed in Cairns...well, Abby's hotel where I definitely stayed with the AC and the comfy beds
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Mikey and Al at the airport
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Meg and Alex singing their hearts out
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Mike is doing Chelsey's hair
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Apparently this was funny
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Al's son...the cutest kid ever
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He would throw a little orange and we would roll it back to him
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Oookayyy
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This is straight out of Taxi Driver
Sydney Week One
We made it in one piece!.jpg
We made it in one piece!.jpg 2005-01-06
Katie, Chelsey and Suzie at the airport.jpg
Katie, Chelsey and Suzie at the airport.jpg 2005-01-06
...and we've been left behind as the rest of the group boards the bus.jpg
...and we've been left behind as the rest of the group boards the bus.jpg 2005-01-06
Q on the Gumal Rooftop.jpg
Q on the Gumal Rooftop.jpg 2005-01-07
Matty and Wissy.jpg
Matty and Wissy.jpg 2005-01-07
Melissa and Chelsey cheers on the boat.jpg
Melissa and Chelsey cheers on the boat.jpg 2005-01-08
Cara, Randi, Matty, Tara, Emily and Alex looking at the wrong camera.jpg
Cara, Randi, Matty, Tara, Emily and Alex looking at the wrong camera.jpg 2005-01-08
Sydney Harbour.jpg
Sydney Harbour.jpg 2005-01-08
It's the miracle crane on the harbour.jpg
It's the miracle crane on the harbour.jpg 2005-01-08
The city.jpg
The city.jpg 2005-01-08
The Opera House.jpg
The Opera House.jpg 2005-01-08
I thought this was interesting for some reason.jpg
I thought this was interesting for some reason.jpg 2005-01-08
Here's the ball again on the Harbour Bridge.jpg
Here's the ball again on the Harbour Bridge.jpg 2005-01-08
Another bridge shot.jpg
Another bridge shot.jpg 2005-01-08
Some peeps on the boat.jpg
Some peeps on the boat.jpg 2005-01-08
Mmm...water.jpg
Mmm...water.jpg 2005-01-08
The Opera House and the Bridge.jpg
The Opera House and the Bridge.jpg 2005-01-08
If I'm ever rich, remind me to live here.jpg
If I'm ever rich, remind me to live here.jpg 2005-01-08
Chelsey and Alex having a Cold one.jpg
Chelsey and Alex having a Cold one.jpg 2005-01-11
Chelsey, Alex and me at Lansdowne.jpg
Chelsey, Alex and me at Lansdowne.jpg 2005-01-11
Chesley and me.jpg
Chesley and me.jpg 2005-01-11
Chelsey, Alex and Mike aughing because I didn't see the step down.jpg
Chelsey, Alex and Mike aughing because I didn't see the step down.jpg 2005-01-11
A fun day at the beach.jpg
A fun day at the beach.jpg 2005-01-11
Coogee.jpg
Coogee.jpg 2005-01-11
Cara and me at Coogee.jpg
Cara and me at Coogee.jpg 2005-01-11
some nice hostels or hotels.jpg
some nice hostels or hotels.jpg 2005-01-11
Coogee is glorious.jpg
Coogee is glorious.jpg 2005-01-11
The water at Coogee.jpg
The water at Coogee.jpg 2005-01-11
People on the beach.jpg
People on the beach.jpg 2005-01-11
Alex is apparently eating.jpg
Alex is apparently eating.jpg 2005-01-12
Matty, Abby, and Ramblin Randi.jpg
Matty, Abby, and Ramblin Randi.jpg 2005-01-11
Mike's helping me test out my camera.jpg
Mike's helping me test out my camera.jpg 2005-01-12
The fountain in Hyde Park.jpg
The fountain in Hyde Park.jpg 2005-01-12
We're having fun at the fountain.jpg
We're having fun at the fountain.jpg 2005-01-12
Hyde Park.jpg
Hyde Park.jpg 2005-01-12
A little observation tower.jpg
A little observation tower.jpg 2005-01-12
Hyde Park Fountain.jpg
Hyde Park Fountain.jpg 2005-01-12
Sydney is glorious.jpg
Sydney is glorious.jpg 2005-01-12
The sky is so blueee.jpg
The sky is so blueee.jpg 2005-01-12
More pretty trees.jpg
More pretty trees.jpg 2005-01-12
Hyde Park Barracks.jpg
Hyde Park Barracks.jpg 2005-01-12
Some more buildings.jpg
Some more buildings.jpg 2005-01-12
MacQuarrie's cat.jpg
MacQuarrie's cat.jpg 2005-01-12
NSW Library.jpg
NSW Library.jpg 2005-01-12
We're hanging around.jpg
We're hanging around.jpg 2005-01-12
NSW Library- Old and New.jpg
NSW Library- Old and New.jpg 2005-01-12
A look into the Botanical Gardens.jpg
A look into the Botanical Gardens.jpg 2005-01-12
Alex and Matt in the convict hammocks.jpg
Alex and Matt in the convict hammocks.jpg 2005-01-12
Buildings opposite the Bottanical Gardens.jpg
Buildings opposite the Bottanical Gardens.jpg 2005-01-12
Ark is apparently the Sushi king.jpg
Ark is apparently the Sushi king.jpg 2005-01-12
Cara and Chelsey.jpg
Cara and Chelsey.jpg 2005-01-13
Hanging out with Chelsey, Alex and Mike.jpg
Hanging out with Chelsey, Alex and Mike.jpg 2005-01-13
Chelsey, Alex and Melissa are hangin out by the Harbour.jpg
Chelsey, Alex and Melissa are hangin out by the Harbour.jpg 2005-01-14
Jackie and Melissa doin their thang.jpg
Jackie and Melissa doin their thang.jpg 2005-01-13
Nighttime at the Harbour.jpg
Nighttime at the Harbour.jpg 2005-01-14
Mike is pondering the glory of the Harbour.jpg
Mike is pondering the glory of the Harbour.jpg 2005-01-13
So my flash is insane...it's honestly dark as night on the dancefloor at Cargo.jpg
So my flash is insane...it's honestly dark as night on the dancefloor at Cargo.jpg 2005-01-13
Scott and Melissa....jpg
Scott and Melissa....jpg 2005-01-13
Jackie and Chelsey.jpg
Jackie and Chelsey.jpg 2005-01-14
Joe, Jackie and Matty...JStrogz's three Sydneylovin advisees.jpg
Joe, Jackie and Matty...JStrogz's three Sydneylovin advisees.jpg 2005-01-14
Matty invades Manhattan
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A BU girl and Princess Leia on Halloween
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Laurie and me ready to head out on Halloween
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me and laurie.jpg 2005-11-06
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IMG_1990.JPG 2005-11-13
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The Empire State Building from our hotel in Times Square
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The NBC screen in Times Square
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Times Square
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Washington Square Park
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Bleecker Street
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I thought this was prettty cool
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And we've hit the Brooklyn Bridge
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Hello Manhattan
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chillin on the Bridge
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Lady Liberty off in the distance
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Statue of Liberty and Staten Island
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a Boston boy lovin NY
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Teddy's lovin it too
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60th Anniversary Party
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Manhattan at night
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Margaret, Bev, Ira, Judy and Aaron
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Mom, Bev, Natasha, Ira, and Teddy
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Ted, Bunny and Sam
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Grandma doing some mingling
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Grandpa and Ira
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Matty and Grandma
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Entering the party room
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Grandpa and Mom
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Mingling
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Tzvi's got some long hair
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Binyomin holding Tzvi and Grandpa playing with Esther
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Mom and Bunny
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Grandpa, Rivka, Grandma and Tzipora
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Tzvi's having some water
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Tzvi's hiding
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The Ginsberg family
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David and Esther
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Ted, Michael, Miriam, Beverly, Ira, and Natasha
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The other side of the table...more Turetskys!
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David with both of Tzipora's kids
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A little reflection here
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Much better...posing with Grandpa
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Chaim and Rivka
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Mom and Rivka
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Matty and Rivka
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Happy 60th Anniversary!
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Esther and David
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Aaron and Jake
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Uh-oh...!
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What a cake
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Cake with some firecrackers
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Happy 60th Anniversary Grandma and Grandpa
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Grandma and Rivka sharing a moment
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David, Esther, and Tzipora
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Rose and Sol's Family
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Sol and Rose
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Judy and Michael
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Grandpa playing with one of his great-grandkids
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Esther with her great-grandfather
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The Fam at the end of the evening