High Noon

... and pointed us where to find tourist landmarks. Upon arrival, a cool fruit juice was served as our welcome drinks. It was high noon and Dakak's white sand beach shone brightly as the clear waters sparkled. We had our lunch before we proceeded to our ...

This is the 11th night of the trek as we arrived at high camp (around 4800m) just before noon today. This will be the highest altitude at which we will have to sleep - where there is the most potential for catching a bit of the ol' altitude sickness. That ...

... and went for a wander round Wan Chai market. After an early lunch of Dim Sum we found ourselves in the vicinity of the noon day gun so decided to take a stroll down and watch the firing ceremony. At 11.55 we found ourselves wandering through a labyrinth ...

... we arranged to meet Roger--a mild mannered French Canadian man who's lived here for 18 years and has been paragliding for 14--at high noon along with another bloke who was up for the adventure. We all piled into Roger's old station wagon and trundled up ...

... ear as high up as I could reach.  I stepped up onto her knee, using the ear as leverage, and then gracefully leaped high up and over her back, settling perfectly in the middle of her neck.  Okay, maybe there was someone below me pushing, ...

Die Kameras sind alle im Feld, die Kratzbäume vermessen, der Spendenantrag ist vertagt, ich kann endlich mal wieder einfach so ins Feld gehen. Gut, eigentlich warten Berge von Ameisenbären auf meinem Computer darauf sortiert zu werden und eine Tasche ...

Die armen Leute in Arizona. Dann sitzen sie schon in der Wüste und haben nix und dann sind auchnoch Wunderkerzen verboten. Hier in Brasilien kann man das leicht kompensieren- einfach mal ein Streichholz in der Savanne fallen lassen und schon gehts los ...

Fri. 36 degrees ..... The famous Wat Arun (วัดอรุณ), perhaps better known as the Temple of the Dawn, is one of the best known landmarks and one of the most published images of Bangkok. Despite it's name (coming ...

... transporting water under high pressure to the plant (28km). And all that in a zone with earthquakes! Sarahan is a village high up a mountainside, consisting of a few streets with simple dhaba restaurants, a few shops... and a huge Hindu temple with ...

... with Chile. The lake isn’t quite green as the name suggests, but it was an amazing shade of turquoise, colored by high concentrations of lead, sulfur, arsenic and calcium carbonates (it sounds toxic, I was surprised to see birds in and around it). ...

The Being grounded series. Part 1                                ' Eagle high ' Nobody likes being sick. I, on other hand was fit and able but declared unfit due to my liver function test ...

... I was developing. The view from the tea room is amazing. I can see the steep scree slopes I hiked up at noon and to the high Annapurna peaks. Earlier on I saw Team Israel coming down from the opposite direction. One looked close to death after spending a ...

Phase Four – The High Seas The High Seas We set sail for Ios. Because of the high winds, only Frannie enjoyed breakfast. The rest of us had coffee.  We were afraid to eat because of the possibility of seasickness.  The guys assisted ...

... . Having a gander at The Bund, Shanghai's river front promenade, although impressive with it's heritage architecture and modern high rises across the river including the garish Oriental Tower (wonder what the approval board for that was drinking the ...

... City through Jaffa Gate at 5:10 and walked along the nearby Mamilla shopping avenue. A complete contrast to the Old City, Mamilla is a high-end pedestrian mall full of upscale shops. It’s like being in a ritzy American shopping mall. I then made my ...

... only minorly obnoxiously for a short period of time.  I think we were all very happy to see Luang Prabang. Unfortunately it's high season this time around and Katie and I had trouble searching for a room for three people. Everything seemed to be ...

... a few minutes on the touch line) It was"9- a- side",on a full sized pitch (full of 4" of graveldust)and at 3600metres high, we were up against it Several "Peles and Maradonas" in their striker division. Admitedly,Mike,the psychotherapist  had been a ...

Our last night in Argentina was spent in the small sundrenched adobe desert town of Humahuaca, high up in multicoloured mountains of the Quebrada de Humahuaca.   Founded in 1591, it has a rich cultural history and the fusion of indigenous, ...

... There is a one mile trail that follows the ledge of the island so Pooh and I took it. By this time it was around noon and getting pretty hot. So Pooh found a few small shady spots around some large boulders. The tip of the point was a little ...

... out of the Ibis and take a taxi to the Hilton Olympia. And to think I was going to try and walk that originally. It's only noon, but thankfully they have a room ready and allow me to check in early. I am on the 6th floor facing High Street. It is noisy ...

... Trust Land Rover. I ask the cab to wait while I make sure my early arrival won't be too much of a problem (it's only just noon). A stocky man with short red hair answers my knock. I try to explain why I'm showing up 3 1/2 hours before I'm supposed to, ...