6th Ave NYC
Columbus Circle NYC
UNION SQ NYC
SOHO
CENTRAL PARK SKATING RINK
Rockefeller Center
Rockefeller Center
Goose
Brklyn Flea
Brklyn Flea
Manhattan
Bergdorf 5th Ave
Times SQ
NYC
Outside St Pats -NYC
Bloomingdales
Bryant Park
Famous ROLF’S Bar and restaurant 3rd Ave NYC
Bar Hopping NYC
Central Park —NYC
6th nAve NYC
Brklyn Flea
MCSORLEYS Oldest Iris Pub NYC
Santa gets lucky at MCS
SOHO
Washington Park
Fancy Upper west Side
Brklyn
Actual Christmas Story House—Cleveland Ohio
Baltimore -Hampden Community
Baltimore Hampden Community
Baltimore Hampden Community
Baltimore Hampden Community after the crowds leave
Baltimore Hampden Community
The Chateau Hotel Quebec City
Quebec City Touch of France in North America
Quebec City Touch of France in North America
Quebec City Touch of France in North America
Quebec City
Quebec City
Quebec City
Quebec City
Quebec City
Quebec City
Chapel in the Ice Hotel —Quebec city
Ice Sculptures-Quebec City
Main Square -Quebec City
Quebec City -Xmas shopping alley
Germany —Outside Munich
Regansburg Germany
Xmas Market Germany
Xmas Market Germany
Xmas Market Germany
Xmas Market Germany
Xmas Market Germany
Xmas Market Germany
Wine Cellar
Germany
Munich
“The” Santa
Rockefeller Center
Radio City Music Hall and 6th Ave
Central Park
Botanical Gardens
Santa’s Helper Central Park
The Santa Bar hop squad
Beatles —Central Park Art
Elf Rides
Wedding Christmas Eve —Central Park
couldn’t resist
Christmas Eve refuge
Origami Vendor
Big Bird takes a break
Christmas window Bergdoff 5th Ave
Motorcycle Santa’s -Upper west side
Ornaments outside the Plaza
Magnet Display CP
Store Window -5th Ave
SAK’s Fifth Ave
Salvation Army Bell Ringer
Holiday Subway Train -Every Dec NYTA runs old subway
Cars from the 30’s 40’s and 50’s on the F line . Along with that many people dress up to emulate the time period
50’s conductor
Dapper Gent from late 40’s
High Society couple -Late 30’s
Remember the huge Cameras and oversize flash units from the 40’s and 50’s
30’s Gangster —Harlem
ADs back when
Proposal
Avant Garde couple
Late 30’s Harlem couple
30’s Dancer
Cosmo Model early 50’s
Diamond District owner late 40’s
Opposites attract
Waiting for retribution
Lincoln Center
Motorcycle Santa’s
an abundance of bicycle taxi’s—CP
Purple Horse brigade CP
market 78th street UWS
Bargaining —UWS market
Macy’s Holiday window
34TH STREET CAMERA
MACY’S
Wall Art SoHo
SOHO
SOHO
Great Vintage clothing and accessory Store SOHO
Old and still working Butcher shop SOHO
Wall art Lower East side
Lower east side —mid 50’s ? —No 2019
Dodge Ram Hood Ornament—50’s
Wall Art Lower east side
SAKS 5th Ave
Sports Bar -Hell’s Kitchen
Holiday window -Central Park West
Steam and stockings —5th ave
Holiday window —5th Ave
Store Window 5th ave
Store window 5th ave
Christmas Morning 3;45 AM 5th Ave NYC
Saks holiday window
SAK’s
Christmas Day CP
Field Practice —Christmas Day —CP
Christmas Day -CP
CP Art offerings
CP View of Upper west side
Tools of the trade are not always tools
Breakfast with a view of the mountains.
Beach is just down the road from Hortas Do Rio —View from our deck.
One of several walkways out to the cliffs.
The “Atlantic Path”
Sito Do Forno
Unassuming, but one of the best Seafood Reataurants. Sits out on the Cliffs near the Atlantic Path.
One of the Seafood Specialities —
Held at the end of the summer every two yrs -Next one is slated for August 30, 2025. Largest most festive summer party in the Algarve - A must see if you are in the area.
Just outside of Silves— Very quaint and well mainatined this villa i sits in the middle of an Orange Grove. Has all the amenities including a pool but with country charm. Close to Silves
Nice hotel -Centrally located with beautiful view of the Harbor
The limestone is called Calacade Portuguesa and they began using it back in the 1500’s. Today the streets of many Potugese towns and especially Lagos have have their streets designed in uniques and creative designs and mosiacs.
On this day the governmemt of dictator Estado Novo was overthrown amd Portugal headed into democracy.
A must as part of your viist to Lagos . Boat trips are aonly about an hour and toou can go to the Bengali Sea Caves, Porta de Piedade or kayaking . All out of the main harbor across from the hotel.
LOURDES
The Bike Trail Trail is called GAVES starts within a mile of the Lourdes campus. It’s an old railroad bed at the base of the Pyrenees. Roundtrip is over 30 miles and goes through 12 villages.
Bikes can be rented from BIKE & PY within 3/4 mile of Lourdes
The destination was Machu Picchu, the Inca citadel built in in the 15th century and set high in the Andes Mountains. The journey to MP would take us through the colonial village of Pisac, the ancient Inca capital of Cusco, and small indistinct mountain villages as we traversed the trail through the Andes.
The gallery, except the first two pictures, are in chronological order of the trip.
PISAC, located in the sacred valley, is a good starting point to begin our altitude acclamation and also get an introduction to the people, the culture and the kaleidoscope of colors that are intermingled within.
Pisac offers some very challenging hiking trails, unique archeological sites, including the ceremonial site of Intiwatana, . However for me it was the central market place, the local catholic church , and the surrounding mountain villages that drew my attention.
The Pisca pictures are an excellent introduction to the beauty of the country, the Peruvian highland people( both young and old) ,the social and economic importance of the marketplace, the church ,and the living conditions.
Although some local hotels will have a few modern day amenities, for most who come down from the highlands to buy and sell, it is easy to see that their lives have remained unchanged for decades and their daily routines are simple, uncomplicated and focused around the family.
CUSCO at one time was the capital of the Inca Empire from the 13th to 16th centuries. It has a very rich and deep history however Wilkipedia and other sites can do a far better job detailing this city’s history than I can here.
What was unique for us was that we were in Cusco during the Inti Raymi celebration. The Inti Raymi festival is an ancient Incan ceremonial worship of the sun, and is a faithful representation of how the Incas did it when they celebrated the winter solstice in the southern hemisphere.
The participants are from the villages all over the Cusco valley. They come not only representing their individual towns and villages but do it in traditional clothing, performing dances and playing the music that has been passed on for generations.
We captured some of the celebration in the main square but pulled the camera to the side streets where there was a far more candid and diverse representation of the people and the celebration.
ANDES
The next few days took us through the Andes on the way to Machu Picchu . We made our way up the mountain on narrow trails that we shared with llamas and donkey’s both coming and going from MP. We passed through small settlements.We saw some of the most dramatic landscape I have ever been exposed to and met those who have chosen to live in this rugged environment.
We arrived at MP early in the morning as the clouds hung low over the ancient city giving it a dramatic backdrop. I have included a few pictures of MP in this gallery to give you an idea of its beauty and grandeur, but there are literally thousands of pictures taken per day and posted on the internet that you can access .
Although the ancient city of MP offers a n endless number of photo Ops, for me the real opportunity was in Machu Picchu Pueblo.
Built in a deep valley with the treacherous Vilcantoa River running right through the middle this village is the stepping on/off point for tens of thousands of tourist who annually visit the ancient site.
The town, although bearing the same name as the ancient site, is best described as a dichotomy to the main attraction. It has to be traversed by using several bridges , (of those that still remain after the 2010 flood).
The town itself is carved out of the surrounding hillside thus making the streets very narrow and some of the construction questionable.
As you will see in the pictures this key village to MP totally depends upon the railroad for not only getting the tourist in and out of the valley, but also for transporting in the majority of the essential day to day goods from food to cement.
Now with all the technology at hand,mechanical means to move goods from point A to point B the village is a throwback to the ancient city it supports.
The goods are moved today in much the same way as the material to build MP was moved and that in itself was worth capturing.
With all the tourist traffic passing through it is obvious the Pueblo does not share proportionately in the economic influx.
Its infrastructure, like many of the villages, towns and even some cities within Peru eventually develops and grows but that is directly attributable to the inherent resiliency of the people who live there and in the case of the pueblo literally push on to survive.
If you travel to MP the village is a bus stop, for me it was photo story that showed the other side of the MP attraction.
CHILDREN OF THE ANDES 1
PISAC
Typical Pisca village home
Kitchen
CHILDREN OF THE ANDES 2
CHILDREN OF THE ANDES 3
Just imagine the rocky,hot and snow covered paths traveled over this lifetime.
CHILDREN OF THE ANDES 4
CHILDREN OF THE ANDES 5
GUARDIANS OF THE CHAPEL
CHILDREN OF THE ANDES 6
CHILDREN OF THE ANDES 7
The ancient call to Mass
CHILDREN OF THE ANDES 8
CHILDREN OF THE ANDES 9
CUSCO-Plaza De Armas
Mayor of Cusco
INTI RAYMI CELEBRATION -CUSCO
Mountain Pass To Machu Picchu
ANDES FARM
CHILDREN OF THE ANDES 9
Mountain Farm House
THATCH ROOFS WERE COMMON IN THE MOUNTAINS
CHILDREN OF THE ANDES 10
Their faith has no altitude limitations
CHILDREN OF THE ANDES 11
CHILDREN OF THE ANDES 12
VIEW FROM OUR CAMPSITE AT DUSK
CHILDREN OF THE ANDES 13
CHILDREN OF THE ANDES 14
CHILDREN OF THE ANDES 15
Village School House to the left
The Guinea Pig has been part of the Peruvian diet (as well as other So. American countries) since 5000 B.C.
EARLY MORNING CLOUDS SHROUD MACHU PICCHU
Town of Machu Picchu - divided by a river and traversed by a railroad
The railroad is the lifeline to this mountainside community
However once the goods have arrived there is only one way to transport them up the narrow hillside streets
CHILDREN OF THE ANDES 16
From bags of potatoes to rebar the goods need to be moved and age is not a consideration
CHILDREN OF THE ANDES 17
CHILDREN OF THE ANDES 18
CHILDREN OF THE ANDES 19
CHILDREN OF THE ANDES 20
Technology meets its past
Suspended standoff
Cinque Terra
Brooklyn , NY
Rockport Ma
Coney Island NY
Galway Ireland
Sullivans Island SC
Lisbon
"The Fenway" Boston
Rockport Harbor
South Carolina
Midwest USA
Portugal Coast
Nashville TN
Surviving the turmoil --Lisbon
Austria
Lisbon
Central Park NY
Exhausted
Andes llamas
Iceland
Changing of the Guard -Prague
Dresden Germany
Sully's "Hudson River" Plane on its way to Charlotte
Charleston SC
Havana Cuba 2016
Lunch --Peru
Portugal
Churchill Downs -KY
Concord NC
Havana Cuba
Maryland USA
Gloucester Ma
Central Park NY
Brugge Belgium
Cut Bridge Gloucester Ma
Cinque Terra
Cinque Terra
Charelston SC
Forlorn Berlin Zoo
Deadwood SD
Louisa KY
Pastel alleyway
Spain
White Night- Portugal
-Unknown Appomatax VA
Street Market -Austria
Focused Chlt NC
Another Perspective -NY
Clam Shack Maine
Children of the Andes
FIsh Market Spain
Central Park -NY
Rockport Ma
Charleston SC
Havana -In Fusterlandia section of Cuba
Side Street just next to Capital Bldg in Havana
Taxi’s-Havana
Farmers --Mantanza's area
Mantanza's/Cardena's area
Mantanza's area—Laundry Day —No dryers here
Meeting on main street
Local Farmer —Village 60 miles outside Havana
Cuban version of hot dog cart
CUBAN VERSION OF A CAR
Domino’s Game
Roof top water storage
Village Water repair Dept--No joke all by shovel, pick, and bucket -No equipment
Whatever it takes
Family above all else
2 Cart Garage
TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES ARE MANY IN CUBA
Mantanza's/Cardenas area—OFF TO WORK
The John Deere alternative
Common site -Water Tanks and Laundry -Village just outside Havana
Mantanza's/Cardenas area—The vintage cars and trucks are everywhere and still running in spite of the 40 plus year embargo
Organic Farm Mantanza's/Cardenas area
Organic farm -Mantanza's/Cardenas area
ALL MEALS ARE HOME COOKED —LITTLE TO NO FAST FOOD IN CUBA
Great Cooks
LUNCH MADE FROM WHAT’S GROWN ON THE FARM
Tobacco Farmer Mantanza's /Cardenas area
Explaining the fine art of Cigar making to the Gringos
HAND ROLLING
Hand rolled
THIS IS A LOCAL TAXI —”MOST TAXIS ARE TRUCKS WITH A SATAIRCASE WELDED ON THE BACK TO GET IN AND OUT
Rear entrance to Taxi
Two fine looking Oxen
Look at that 60 year old chrome and rear lights which worked
Semi Pro Baseball Park — HAVANA Cuba-they love the game but lack decent facilities
Old Time Semi Pro Player —Now a Coach
Local Team —Uniforms —are not common due to lack of money
This park was at least 60 years old
Havana Capitol Bldg- 1950/60's cars still used as taxis for tourist
Building dedicated to Che Guevara
Fusterlandia -section of HAVANA Cuba artist Jose Fuster has transformed with his tile work—Everything is made from small pieces of tile —all hand done
This is obviously dedicated to the revolution let by Fidel back in 1962
Fusterlandia -section of HAVANA Cuba artist Jose Fuster has transformed with his tile work
Fusterlandia -section of HAVANA Cuba artist Jose Fuster has transformed with his tile work
My riding partners
Even the signs date back to pre revolution
Havana Day care center run by the church
Havana — The cubans are for the most part pro American
Notice the rain Barrel —second Floor — Havana
60’s Ford Fairlane
Everything’s for Sale —except the dog
Sunset on the Malecon
Havana Couple Sitting in the front door of their apartment
Street 1-2 blocks off of the Malecon -Havana
The Art District
Havana apartment
50’s NASCAR ?
Street 1-2 blocks off of the Malecon -Havana
Late Night rendezvous
They don’t make Trucks like this TANK anymore
Havana— Central
Street 1-2 blocks off of the Malecon -Havana
A little peek in
2 Havana City street workers —Note the homemade brooms
Internet Sq —One of the few places you can pick up Wi Fi
Old Picture of Fidel at a Children’s Center
Sunset a the Malecon
Music on The Malecon
Peek off the street into Living room in Havana
The Castro brothers picture in Hospital lobby in Havana
Again just blocks from the Capital —The infrastructure is decayed
56 Chevy
The Malecon is the escape for many -Music, walking, people watching , swimming —its the main drag
Swimming at the Malecon
Physical Therapy Room in Havana Hospital
Another Vintage Chevy —although restoring relations with Cuba would be good for everyone —Be assured that the arrogance of some Americans and their money would prevail and this great characteristic and charm of the old vintage cars would be dissolved within months. The cars shipped to the States like trophies in a Safari hunt and lost to the Island of Cuba forever
A local troberdore and my friend Higo cross paths
Some of the nicer apartments just outside City Center
Music is a life line for the Cubans
Youth band -Havana
Music is the ability to express oneself in a restricted environment
Professional Dance Company
Its Art
Barber shops are all over Havana -This is from the Cuba Barber shop Museum
Vintage Caddy meets Vintage Chevy
Teens gather along the Malecon to swim day and night
Grocery store -Mostly for tourists -- but notice the empty shelves
Most Cubans buy at local farmers market
There are two currencies in Cuba —One for the locals and one for the Tourist
Street under repair—- for years
Old Fin back Caddy -like new in spite of being over 50 years old
Famous Hotel Nacional Havana --It still has all the amenities it did back pre revolution and has been updated
Picture Of Yuri Gagrin —First man in Space and Russian Hero
Featured in Hotel Nacional Havana
Hotel also has hundreds of other pictures of Hollywood stars, gangsters, global politicians , royalty , Dictators etc all of whom stayed there at one time.
Still unavailable in US —legally
My ride to the Hotel
