Explored Dec 28, 2005

The awesome majesty of nature, both real and surreal, was almost religious in its intensity to watch in this image of the sun behind this nebulous cloud, reminiscent of watching exploding stars in the far reaches of the universe.

I'm sure this will be one of your favorites for a long time.

This is an initial collection of my photos in and around my condo on Singer Island, FL at the Tiara, said to be the tallest condo on the ocean on the beach (46 stories). Here are Awesome Ocean Stunning Susets Spectacular Skies Beautiful Beaches Florida.

Taken from the Tiara Condo in Singer Island in 2004, literally the day before I sold the condo. Much that I loved the building, the condo, and the breathtaking views - I got lucky. I went out of the country, visiting my Dad in Pakistan a few months later, when the condo was struck by two hurricanes rendering it unlivable for 4 YEARS. It is set to open next month (this added comment is being written July 2008) finally. I hope to return again one day, God willing.

{I visited my old condo again on March 12, 2012}

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Explored Dec 22, 2005

Yes, I boat, fly over oceans, yet never learnt to swim (It's still on my list of things to do ;-) ). If I had any thought of learning to swim in the ocean, in Florida, it sank fast on seeing these sharks from my vantage point. Those two humans thrashing about in the water seem pretty calm about it though. :-) Shark Bait?

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While I cannot stand the number of people in Florida who do not bother to learn English living and making money in America, or the extra-high proportion of people on the roads who do not seem to know that God helped man invent turn-signals on cars 100 years ago, there are few places where I enjoy visiting, having a second home, boating, yachting and flying, than South Florida. The Florida Keys, in particular, are just a beautiful place to visit. The colors of the waters around the chromatic Florida keys span such a beautiful range of chroma key tones.

I took this with a pocket Nikon S6 while flying a Cessna 172 to Marathon, FL, for lunch.

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In Explore June 11, 2010.

To be atop the Eiffel Tower in Paris for a romantic dinner at Christmas time is all you can imagine and more. I would have much preferred the amazing experience to be in stunningly clear rather than stormy weather.

Still, a line to get into the Eiffel Tower, and it's restaurants, snaked below it. Having made reservations through a reputable (though expensive) service meant we did not have to stand in line in the rain and were whisked to the elevators.

French cuisine, and the food in Paris in particular, are just magnificent experiences, subtle splendors of culinary delights. But the Eiffel Tower's two restaurants, which can be called fairly expensive and terribly expensive respectively, are nothing to write home about (or in modern times, to email or blog about). They are tourist traps and definitely not the finest that Paris offers. It's really about location-location-location! And, making the cash register, ring-ring-ring!

Though the restaurant had been filled to capacity, and there were people lounging about the top after dinner, the rain and stormy weather made it possible to take some unusual photos of the city of lights.

Having only the pocket Nikon S6, I could not do much except snap whatever I could in the terrible weather. Handheld shots were coming out boring or shaken/blurry most of that night. Even iPhoto enhancements recently did not do much to make up for the difficult photography day that was.

But the golden stormy sky through the metal mesh was captured by putting the camera down on metal supports and railings with the longest exposure I could get using the timer. The limited focus and non-existent metering options ensured the perfect overexposed sky of Gold through no talent of mine. Photoshop brightened and framed it today. Sadly I was also running out of battery - after a 12 hours day of sightseeing. So there are not too many photos of this dramatic trip...

A time of museum visits and stylish dinners, hectic days and sensual nights, dangerous liaisons and consummated fantasies, forced by forces of nature to take willing submissions, careless whispers and sweet surrenders, openly opening portals and secretly secreting dreams in spiral staircases making them stairways to heaven, living large with little deaths, explosive invasions and gentle withdrawals, passionate mergers and eventual tempestuous partings... marking the spots and leaving a mark, on the city, on the spot, on the soul.

Oui. Not like a Roman scent of power, it's the soul filling aroma of another sensual Evening In Paris. All and more than what this city of lovers has witnessed in its history-filled history, of loves and lovers, power lusts and lust's power, from the heights of it's story-filled storied multi-story tower to the singular depths of its passionate lover's soul.

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Tahiti and many other places remain on my list of places to go with someone special in my life one day, but until now, The British Virgin Islands, especially the waters and beaches of Tortola and the Baths at Virgin Gorda remain the most amazing I have seen, savored and soaked into my soul.

These catamarans and sailboats are soaking in the sun and were aligned with each other and an island in the distance.

Though I have not been to Catalina Island, the word play was to oeasy to pass up...

Cats Align An Island, Not Catalina Island.

I am certain the tranquil scenery and stunning colors will tempt you to put these places I have been blessed to go also on your list of places to visit.

Travel Far, But Never Forget Home!

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