This is one off the top tourist attractions in Sanya, Hainan, China. At the park there is a small zoo and shops but the highlight is an amazing cultural show that really exceeded my expectations after seeing the somewhat tacky front. I went with my daughter and we had an amazing day out here.
In two weeks my wife and I are hiking the west coast trail, it is a 75 km hike along the coast of Vancouver Island.
These red chairs were placed all over Canada's national parks for the 150th anniversary of Canada. This is one of the sets in Elk Island National park.
Took this photo while I was waiting for the sun to finish setting. When it did set the clouds turned an amazing red but only for 5 minutes. This isn't bad for a waiting around shot.
An amazing sunset my last night on the sunshine coast. Heading back home tomorrow.
This weekend we took a road trip to the sunshine coast for the first time. The place we are staying at is a 10 minute walk to Francis point provincial park so tonight I went for a walk down to the park at sunset and this is what I was lucky enough to see.
Woke up early last weekend and hiked the Munro Lake trail. in Coquitlam Took this selfie at the lookout part way up the trail.
Early morning mountain reflection on Two Jack Lake in Banff National Park.
Checking out the sunrise at Miracle Beach in the Comox Valley, British Columbia, Canada.
Build in 1280, the Hongshan Pagoda is a quite oasis in the middle of the busy city of Wuhan.
Classic Scene from Donghu Lake
Took this photo while checking out the cherry blossom festival at Donghu lake in Wuhan China.
The beautiful beach in Sanya, Hainan province in China.
I took this at the foot of the 108 meter Guanyin of Nanshan statue near Sanya, China. It is the 14th tallest statue in the world and the tallest statue of Guanyin in the world.
The massive Guanyin statue in Hainan is over 100 metres tall and took 6 years to build.
Check out these cool little hotel rooms in Yalong Bay Tropical Paradise Forest Park, just outside of Sanya in Hainan Province, China.
Another photo from Banff as the smoke rolled in over Vermillion Lakes.
Wuyishan is a popular tourist spot for local Chinese but when I was there I didn?t see any other westerners. Beautiful mountains and rivers are the seldom seen natural beauty of China.
I took this photo in Banff a couple of weeks ago. It started as a beautiful day with blue skies, then the wind changed and you could see this cloud of smoke filling the sky, by the next day all the mountain disapeared into a haze of smoke and we lost our view of the mountains for the rest of the trip.
This was my second time photographing two Jack Lake, the first time was 5 years earlier when I was still really working on learning photography. So I was looking forward to going back to the same spot to see what better photos I could get now that I have a lot more experience. Five years ago I had the spot to myself, alone with the sunrise, but this time when I arrived there was a photography class already setup with tripods where I shot last time and a half dozen other small groups of photographers lining the lake. So, I took a walk around the lake until I was far enough away that I could see or hear anyone else and captured this photo while I was enjoying the sunrise.
Checking out the view in Dinosaur provincial park in Alberta.
This photo was taken at Dinosaur Provincial park in Alberta, Canada. I took it on a beautiful warm evening, it was about 28 degrees as the sun went down. The reason I am wearing a long sleeve jacket and long pants is because of the bugs, there were swarms of gnats and misquotes that would bite any piece of exposed skin if I stood any one place for too long. So, I didn't stand there for long but the park is amazingly beautiful despite the bugs.
This is me checking out the crazy rock formations at Dinosaur Provincial Park in the Alberta Badlands last summer.
Checking out the badlands in Dinosaur provincial park.
I took this selfie at Elk Island National Park just outside of Edmonton, Alberta. I was hoping for a few more clouds in the sky to catch the light of the sunset but was happy to find a relaxy place to enjoy the beauty.
The first long weekend of the summer is almost over and I have the urge to start posting photos again. I don't do as much photography over the winter so don't post as many photos but now that summer is here I will be out taking more photos. Here is one from last year.