Cube

We headed to La Laguna de Cube today. It is located in the province of Esmeraldas, that is in the northwest of Ecuador. We were very close to the Pacific coast, this very little town is located in a coastal rainforest, national park called ...

... the Birds Nest and the Water Cube, two stadiums used during the Olympics. The Birds Nest is the official stadium and the Water Cube being the swimming pool.             This place was beautiful. Prior to the ...

... Russian Ballet being performed in the Cube. It was Swan Lake. The performance was ok. It was not my thing but I enjoyed sitting in the Water Cube. When it was finished it was dark so we got to see the Cube all lite up. It was a busy and fun day. Tomorrow ...

... . Heavy because the instruction that is being taught is overloaded with an excessive amount of information. Left alone, an iron cube is stagnant and unable to move freely. The educational system here is the same. Rich with tradition and ...

... snapped a couple of shots as it slid past Kowloon.  I did notice that the little inlet that I can look down upon from the Cube had gathered a bit of garbage as well.  Not really "a bit", more like a lot, but there'll be those little sampan like ...

... or even raining because then the smog pretty much blends in with the weather.  So here's a couple of pictures of the new Cube in the vastness of the Cube Farm. Coming up on another rotation back home here in 3 days, 7 hours and 48 ...

... of Heaven  we went to Heroes Square before taking the subway to Beijing's Olympic Stadiums, the Bird’s Nest and the Water Cube.  They were huge and awesome and beautifully well-lighted, the Bird’s Nest in pink and red and the Cube in ...

... to tour, and not worship.  That evening, I returned to Olympic Village to watch “Swan Lake” at the Water Cube.    I was intrigued: how would a facility intended to host Olympic water events work as a venue for ballet?  ...

... saw.  I can't believe those Chinese girls are 16!  No possible way.  After the meet ended, I headed over to the cube.  It was rather exciting finally going in.  It's certainly a unique building on the outside, and the inside is no ...

... are aspects of our trip that I will miss.  We got to see new things and new people every day, you can't say that for cube life!  We got to see how they grow crops from Tanzania to Japan.  We got to see what school's look like from ...

... rather boring. There were no ice caves or arches, no holes for us to climb through, it was rather like walking on a big ice cube with not much to see. There were some more interesting times when we would be allowed to hold a rope and climb a steep ...

... left for Spain on Monday or Tuesday and gets back tonight. Wednesday became the Friday night of the week so I headed out to Cube with Joey, Paola, Jessica, Adib, Mohammad, and a couple of Jess's friends I hadn't met before. Rawan was also there with ...

... . After lunch we boarded the bus and went to the Olympic village. This place was amazing. It was so much fun to see the Birds nest and cube. We all watch these places last year on TV. It was great to be up close to them. We had only an hour so we walked ...