Sunday, December 23, 2007
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Inkaterra Machu Picchu Pueblo
Our hotel in the valley below Machu Picchu was nothing short of spectacular. Our room included a private outdoor daybed and spa (pictured). It also has a large variety of hummingbirds, heliconias, bromeliads and birds such as the Cock-of-the-rock (pictured).
The following is a slideshow of a few of our Peru photos... click through for the album...
The following is a slideshow of a few of our Peru photos... click through for the album...
Monday, November 12, 2007
Peru - Machu Picchu
After Cusco we spent 3 days in Machu Picchu itself, going all over the ruins and taking about 2000 photos just in Machu Picchu. Naturally there are plenty more nice photos than just these four... see our picasa galleries for more!http://picasaweb.google.com/andrewmitchell1975
Saturday, November 10, 2007
Peru - Cusco
At the end of October we went on a short South American adventure to Peru, primarily to visit Machu Picchu. On the way we spent 2 night in Cusco, a city situated deep in a valley at 11,000 feet above sea level! We stayed at the Hotel Monasterio, a converted monastery. These buildings were, without doubt, the oldest I had ever stayed overnight in. Creature comforts in the hotel included Oxygen piped into the rooms so that the lungs received as much Oyxgen as they normally would at 8000 feet.
Tuesday, October 02, 2007
Andrew's father visits California
My father came over to the US on a work visit and dropped by us on the way back for a week. He is pleased to have received my old canon 300d with a new 28-135mm IS lens and took plenty of photos (though not as many as I did of course). During that time we visited Monterey where these photos were taken.
Sunday, September 30, 2007
Trip to Monterey with Canon 40d
I have posted photographs in the past from Monterey aquarium. These are photos from a recent visit. The photos are much nicer now that I have the newly released canon 40d. This is much better than my old camera, particularly at high iso photographs. These photographs feature jellyfish, a sunfish, and a shark in high detai.
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Thursday, July 26, 2007
Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Skiing in the USA, 2007
This year Margaret and I went on a ski trip to Sqaw valley (in addition to my company's traditional ski trip). We had a great couple of days' skiing. This was Margaret's first experience of skiing in the US.
A large amount of snow fell while we were there, which made for nice powder skiing... as well as several hours driving in chains through a winter wonderland.
We were lucky that we came home when we did... some friends who left the same resort 30 minutes after us didn't get home until 14 hours after us due to heavy traffic and road closures!
A large amount of snow fell while we were there, which made for nice powder skiing... as well as several hours driving in chains through a winter wonderland.
We were lucky that we came home when we did... some friends who left the same resort 30 minutes after us didn't get home until 14 hours after us due to heavy traffic and road closures!
Saturday, December 02, 2006
Family visit Autumn 2006
Just as we were heading into winter, my father paid his first visit to us in Silicon Valley. We spent a weekend at Lake Tahoe where it wasn't quite winter enough to snow, but at least it wasn't winter enough to make driving difficult!
We also spend some time showing my father the sights of San Francisco.
We also spend some time showing my father the sights of San Francisco.