Woke up early and loaded the plane up for Turks and Caicos.
We followed the original plan of landing on Cat Island to refuel but faced some weather on the way to Turks so Philip decided to be safe than so we turned back.
That evening the weather cleared out and we found ourselves in a great deserted beach with a hotel and some private summer houses, and I was able to have some more fun with the camera:
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| Cat Island |
Mom arrived yesterday from Sao Paulo then went straight to The Forge in North Miami Beach to have some steak at The Forge – Claudia joined us for that 🙂
Today went for a quick bike ride and took some pictures of the kite surfers and the beach. Nice and relaxing.
Here are the photos:
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| Pompano Beach Kite Surfing |
Woke up at 6am to take Ricardo to the Metro station – he went back to NY taking my old Peugot mountain bike with him.
Then we went to the airport and loaded up Philip’s plane – a Trinidad – single engine – to go down to Pompano beach.
6 hours later we get to sunny Florida. We went through some spots where the smoke from the fires was so thick that we could not see much ahead, but all in all it was a calm flight. Great to observe and listen all the radio conversations and procedures you go through during a flight. Made me want to get a pilot’s license again… maybe next year – but a glider/sailplane license.
Here are some more pictures:
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| Pompano Beach |
Beautiful city – so green, tons of birds and all the FREE museums! Today went to Capitol Hill, Freer Gallery, Holocaust Museum and the White House.
Quite disturbed by the Holocaust Museum but fantastic exhibit.
Union Station also is gorgeous. Posted some more pictures on the same album below…
First stop – Washington DC – staying with Phillip – gorgeous house. Got here by train from NY and went straight to the Air and Space Museum – the most visited museum in the US!! Then went to see the “required” stops – Capitol Hill, White House, Jefferson and Lincoln Memorial and so on…
Here are some pictures:
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| Washington DC |
Phillip has kindly decided to lend me his hard case for bikes so besides taking my old Peugeout back to NY I will use it to take my Specialized along with me on the Round the World trip I am doing this summer.
Stay tuned for more news!
Check out Todd’s picture of all of us at the end of the ITP Spring Show here.
Finally got a dowloadable version posted.
Right click on the link to download the file:
Sub-conscious Picture Rating Tool (SPiRT)
Your eye ball wanders around to places we are not always aware of. Could the eye ball involuntary movement show something about our subconscious/preferences/interests?
Some pictures of the device:
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| Eye Tracking |
Here are some pictures of the ITP Spring Show I took… will soon post some videos:
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You can also see Gian Pablo’s pictures here:
Last week, by the indication of Charly Braun, I went to see “Santiago” – a documentary by Joao Moreira Salles about his buttler.
Fantastic story and character. We were honored by Joao’s presence at the screening for the Q&A session. Delicate, centered, and soft spoken…
Also saw Charly’s short film the same day “You Can’t Take It With You” – a story of a boy who finds out that the world is going to end from a VCR that sees into the future. Entertaining and cute film – well executed and with great actors… congratulations Charly!!
Splurged today and bought myself a Nokia D80 with a Tamron 18-250mm lens.
Amazing camera – fast and all the options you want, and some that you will never use 🙂
The lens is not the clearest one in the market but it is truly a all-in-one… wide angle to zoom… covering all of your basic needs.
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