Anne Dirkse

Farms of Boulder County

admin — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 22:23:08 +0000

I live on the rural outskirts of Boulder, Colorado and love the old farms that still remain. I wanted to photograph them because they are quickly being overrun by strip malls and suburban housing.
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Kihei

admin — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 21:45:50 +0000

The coastline in Kihei was lovely. We spent almost every evening sitting out on the beach or the patio at Dolphin’s Point to watch the amazing sunset.

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The Road to Hana

admin — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 21:05:36 +0000

The Road to Hana is an amazing day trip on Maui, or better, a two day trip. The narrow, winding road overlooks tremendous ocean views, and black sand beaches, then retreats into dense rainforest punctuated by waterfalls.

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Haleakalā Crater

admin — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 19:30:19 +0000

Sunrise at Haleakala Crater is spectacular when it isn’t cloudy at the top. My mom and I decided to get up well before dawn and risk it if the skies looked reasonably clear from the shore. After a little GPS mishap we wound our way up the windy mountain to the top, just in time for dawn. It was spectacular, as were the banana macadamia pancakes we found on the way back down.

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Whale Watching

admin — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 21:34:42 +0000

In February the Humpback whales are in Hawaii and we were lucky enough to have a superb day of whale-watching, one that the Pacific Whale Foundation guides said was remarkable in that we were surrounded by a group of 5 or 6 whales that were playing and diving under the boat. It was a truly amazing experience.

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Snorkeling at Molokini

admin — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 20:57:23 +0000

The Molokini Crater off the shores of Maui is lovely and is supposed to be a lovely place to snorkel, but out experience was not so great. There were so many boats of snorkelers, and hardly any fish, so old ladies and kids with ‘noodles’ would hit you two or three times for every fish you saw. It was a little better when we stopped off of Maui to look for sea turtles. That wasn’t nearly so congested, and we saw some turtles, too.

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North Korean Currency

admin — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:40:34 +0000

There was North Korean currency available for sale at the shop in Panmunjeom. I found the images striking and memorable. There was also North Korean soju for sale, which was also striking, but not quite as memorable.

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The Korean DMZ

admin — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:39:07 +0000

Most of the time when I set out on a vacation I decide to take a real adventure. But work trips are a different kind of travel and I get a lot out of them too. I expected that my first work trip to Seoul would bring me lots of new experiences, but I didn’t figure that it would be anything quite as adventurous as a trip to the DMZ, and especially stepping across the northern side of the Military Demarcation Line.

Cementario de Recoleta, II

admin — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 19:38:51 +0000

I was in Buenos Aires for some work and vacation time and decided to take my camera back to have another pass through the lovely cementario de Recoleta. It was an amazing day of popcorn clouds and blue skies mixed with low clouds moving in. There was a lot of repair going on at the cemetery.

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Montréal

admin — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 20:06:00 +0000

Spent a Saturday in Montréal after a work trip wandering around and taking some photographs.

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