From time-to-time, people have asked which is the best hike, the best country or location, the most exciting incident not forgetting best meal, we have undertaken Huh! We do remember a chocolate éclair some 8 years ago...pardon us. One woman asked Jenni where she has her hair done? Hmm! Never wishing or even considering being rude, should a visit to the beauty salon while on the trails be a priority, then I'm afraid the rugged part of nature might not be for that type of person.
Returning to the preface about best sights, hikes and places, we (I) often look through some of the photographs. I sometimes try to choose my favorite 5 and find in no time the number reaches fifty and that's soon after beginning. By that time, I usually give up. Mood is also a determinant and of course bias. At times, the camera and lack of competence behind it fails to capture the real beauty that the eye and mind beholds. Sometimes, the camera may even exaggerate the result although this does not occur frequently.
I began this exercise with the intent of posting thirty-six photographs, chosen at random, and realized the quantity in the selection would always be a problem. Jen suggested a good sprinkling of countries. I also omitted recent postings (except Nepal) as well as those where the editor had caught me misbehaving—she thinks that's a large number in and of itself. So I just stopped, deleted a few and found I had in fact forty-five remaining and many hundreds more that I thought, if I had approached the process diligently, would prove easily to be superior. In fact, I know that to be the case but I was lazy in not searching properly. Then I really gave up.
We do hope these are worthwhile.
Kenmo Lake, Himeville, South Africa. (Where we met Doug Morton).
Lake Mead with Fortification Hill behind, Nevada.
Machu Picchu Mountain above the ruins, 2,000 feet below, Peru.
Otter Trail, Cape, South Africa.
7 Lakes, Bulgaria.
Crete, Greece.
Birthday girl pique/peaked in Tucson.
Iguazu Falls, Argentina.
More fun than the rain in...Spain.
Standing on Pic Tristaina, Andorra, looking into France below and beyond.
Kleinmond, Western Cape, RSA.
Bretton Woods, New Hampshire from part-way up Mount Eisenhower—'feel the blur'.
Plitvica, Croatia.
A view from Mount Sulur, Iceland.
Dawn at Tongariro, New Zealand. (black lava rock effected by sun.)
Barenschutzklamm, Austria.
Hogsback, Eastern Cape, RSA. The final push down and lift up.
Jen returning, passing Balea Lakes, Romania, on the way down.
Jenni on Koncheto ridge, Bulgaria.
Sani Pass, Lesotho.
Wheeler Peak, New Mexico.
Bryce Canyon, Utah.
Avalanche Peak, New Zealand.
Indian Venster Trail, Table Mountain, South Africa.
Koncheto Ridge, Bulgaria.
Sunset on the Danube; evening lights of Budapest, Hungary.
Big Dunes in Nevada.
Green Lake, Slovakia.
Mala Mojstrovka, Slovenia.
Iguazu Falls, Argentina.
Virgin River, Utah. (Sometimes it's good to have the editor cool down a few degrees.)
Standing on Kaprovsky Peak, Slovakia. (What a day!)
Pico Veleta, Spain's second highest, losing by only a few feet.
'Hey, Dunes', Death Valley, California.
Sliding Sands, Haleakala, Hawaii.
Capitol Reef, Utah.
Sunset at the cliffs, Reenen, in the Free State, RSA.
Koncheto ridge, opposite Mount Vihren, Bulgaria.
A view from the Frenchman, Nevada.
La Serrara Peak, Andorra, alongside France.
Dawn at Keurboomstrand, South Africa.
Cheers,
Jenni and Jeffrey
Nepal supplement, couldn't resist.
'Fish Tail', at dusk, Nepal.
It snowed while we were out...these summer storms … tsk,tsk!
Mount Everest at rear and Lhotse to the side.
Everest Base Camp.
Annapurna at night.
Dog Day Dawn above 17,000 feet.
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