Forrest Brown

Recoleta Cemetery is a cemetery in Buenos Aires, Argentina that contains the graves of many famous Argentines, including Eva Perón and several past presidents of Argentina. The cemetery holds 4700 private family crypts and is an interesting place to visit because of the wide variety of architectural styles of the crypts.

Statues at Recoleta Cemetery

Recoleta Cemetery

Panorama of the interior of a mausoleum at the Recoleta Cemetery

Recoleta Cemetery

Detail of the door on one of the mausoleums

Someone wants out

We’re at sea for the next three day as we head to the Antarctic Peninsula. I’ve started to go through the photos I’ve taken so far, but other then the some videos and lectures going on in the lecture room there’s not a lot happening. Since I had shown what the cabins were like in earlier post, I thought I would show a few photos from other parts of the Polar Pioneer.

Panorama of the bridge on the Polar Pioneer

Panorama of the back deck on the Polar Pioneer.

Panorama of one of the dinning rooms on the Polar Pioneer

The Kitchen on the Polar Pioneer

Day 3 at South Georgia started out early again with a pre breakfast Zodiac cruise around Hercules Bay.

Juvenile King Cormorant

After the Zodiac cruise everyone ate breakfast while the Polar Pioneer moved to our next location for the day, Prion Island, a nesting area for Wandering Albatrosses. We spent a couple of hours there before heading back to the ship for lunch.

Juvenile Wandering Albatross

Brown Skua

While we were eating lunch the Polar Pioneer moved a short distance to our third location for the day, Salisbury Plain, the largest area of flat land on South Georgia Island and home to tens of thousands of King Penguins.

King Penguins everywhere

The King Penguins sometimes had a scary commute to get to the ocean to feed.

King Penguin emerging safely from the surf

Not everyone makes it out of the ocean fully intact

Panorama of the tens of thousands of King Penguins on Salisbury Plain

Wishing of wings that work

Cute Couple

The ship spent the night heading for Standley, the main town and capitol of the Falkland Islands. Once the ship arrived at Standley we were able to spend the morning wandering around town taking photos before heading back to the ship for lunch and to start our journey for our next location, South Georgia Island.

Panorama of Standley, Falkland Islands

Vertical Panorama of Christ Church Cathedral

Shipwreck

Berliner Dom (Berlin Cathedral)

Vertical panorama of the main dome of the Berliner Dom

Panorama of the main dome of the Berliner Dom

View from the walkway around the dome of the Berliner Dom

Vertical panorama of the entry of the Berliner Dom

Vertical panorama of the main dome of the Berliner Dom

I’m back in Los Angeles after spending a little over a month in Japan. Japan was an amazing time, but it’s nice to be home.

Panorama of downtown Los Angeles

The view from the apartment I’m staying at is pretty amazing.

Panorama view of Shinjuku from the top floor of the Hundred Stay Apartments
(click the image for a larger view)