VirtualTourist Member frank_delargy
| Page Views: 5,727 | Nice to make your acquaintance! by frank_delargy - last update: Apr 19, 2007 |
We shall not cease from exploration | WOOHOO.. touching the lava.. finally! |
Just back from 10 days in Peru.. Highlights.. Cuzco, Machu Picchu and the Amazon .. Too busy traveling to write these days. .. OK that is already old news. just back from 2 weeks in Honduras. The mainland was similar to Peru and Costa Rica, but the Bay Islands seemed more Caribbean than Central American. February 2005: Hiking in Scotland, swimming in Iceland, watching the Patriots win in Boston, attending a seminar in Santa Monica, California, and watching lava flow in Hawaii -- All this in less than 1 week! Krazy .. and loving it! The picture above is one of the entry points of the lava into the ocean. We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time.
T.S. ElliotWhere to start? There are so many people on this site who provide great in-depth analysis of all the places they have been and I have used their experiences to enhance my travels. If I can be half as good as them, then perhaps someone like you will benefit from my efforts. I enjoy traveling and taking pictures, so maybe I can help someone with an 'out of the way' place that isn't covered by a lot of others. I am just starting here .. so lot's of places to add yet.. and lot's of info to fill in. Some of the more useful tips that I have added so far on this site are.. Costa Rica Costa Rica TipsColorado, Utah Monument Valley tips Goosenecks tips Great Sand Dunes tips Vernal tipsIceland Iceland tips Gullfoss tipsMy family lives in the Scottish Highlands, so I have started pages on Fort William , Mull and ScotlandThis isn't my main web site as it is for some; for that you will need to go to http://delargy.com . All of the pictures on my pages were taken by myself or someone with me with exceptions where noted. |
| Bluebells in Ballachulish, Scotland |
Recent travels - 1997 - 2007 (click on links) 1997 - Mexico (Yucatan), Yellowstone, Wyoming, California 1998 - Scotland, England, France, Ireland 1999 - China Shanghai tips , Japan Japan page , Hong Kong Hong Kong tips1999 - Australia Australia tips, Scotland, England Scotland page2000 - Nevada, California 2001 - Italy (Milan, Venice, Florence, Tuscany) - DC, Virginia, Shenandoah, Chincoteague 2001 - Iceland Iceland tips Gullfoss tips , - Scotland Mull 2001 - NYC (September) , Nevada, California 2002 - Florida (Swimming with manatees), Monhegan Island, ME 2002 - Northwest USA : WA, OR, ID, MO, WY, Rainier, Yellowstone, Tetons 2003 - Hawaii (Big Island), Canada (Toronto, Niagara Falls), Bar Harbor, ME 2003 - Costa Rica Costa Rica Tips , Scotland (Highlands), England (Brighton) - Scotland Page2004 - Florida (Cape Canaveral, Merritt Island Nature), California (Yosemite, Big Sur, SF) 2004 - Colorado, Utah (Dinosaur hunting) Monument Valley tips Goosnecks tips Great Sand Dunes tips Vernal tips2004 - Florida (post Hurricane) 2005 (Feb) - Iceland, Scotland 2005 (Feb) California, Arizona, Hawaii 2005 (March) - Peru (Lima, Cuzco, Machu Picchu, Amazon basin) 2005 (May) - Texas (Fossil hunting, Polka Festival & Fiddle contest) 2005 (July) - Maine, NH (Osprey & Bald Eagles)2005 (August) - Honduras (Copan, Roatan) 2006 (March) - Northeast Texas 2006 (June) - Moosehead Lake (lots of Moose) 2006 (August) - St Croix (US Virgin Islands) 2006 (September) - Grizzly Bears, Orcas & Scuba in British Columbia 2006 (November) - Scuba in Key Largo and the Everglades N.P. 2007 (March) - Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles. ________________________________ ________________________ |
Some nearby places Some of the towns around me are perennial favorites for tourists, especially around the foliage season (Sept-October). I live one town over from Concord, down the road from Lexington and Boston and right close to New Hampshire, Maine and Vermont. I will try to highlight some of these places with tips that would be useful to visitors. Concord tipsMassachusetts |
Root of Motto: Popular song from 1997 They made up their minds and they started packing
They left before the sun came up that day, an exit to eternal summer slacking
But where were they going without ever knowing the way?
They drank up the wine and they got to talking, they now had more important things to say
And when the car broke down they started walking
Where were they going without ever knowing the way?
Anyone could see the road that they walk on is paved in gold
And it's always summer, they'll never get cold
They'll never get hungry, they'll never get old and gray
You can see their shadows wandering off somewhere
They won't make it home but they really don't care
They wanted the highway, they're happy there today , today
The children woke up and they couldn't find 'em
They left before the sun came up that day
They just drove off and left it all behind 'em
But where were they going without ever knowing the way? The Way by Fastball |
| California became my new home (for a while) |
A little history Born in Scotland, moved to Canada when I was 2, moved back to Scotland when I was 8, went back to Canada when I was 12, waited a year then went to California, stayed there, more or less, for 13 years then decided to go see the world from the front seat of a Volkswagen bus, then back to Scotland for 3 years before going to Massachusetts to settle down. And of course interspersed with all the places I lived, I also traveled. So you see, moving around was something passed down to me from my parents. |
My partner in travel and adventure This is Jessica, my wife, whom I have known for about 4 years now and who is as eager to jump on a plane and check out a new place as I am.. almost. She is pictured here in front of Gullfoss falls, Iceland. |
Haggis.. We adopted him about a year ago. He was a Dixie dog.. one that was shipped up from Virginia to be adopted in Massachusetts. He fits right in up here. For him there is no time as great as walking time. A dog after my own heart. |
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highlandlaura Mon Apr 14, 2008 20:14 UTC
Hey, Frank! Like your Scotland pages - so you're back in Mass, eh? Just found you as the featured member today. | CoAir13 Tue Dec 26, 2006 18:31 UTC
You should have seen the e-mail I got from a "weatherman" right here on VT!! Yep...no such thing as global warming...it's a "sexy urban legend" used for a pseudo political agenda! Yep...that's what he said! | gambadilegno Sat Sep 30, 2006 17:37 UTC
Hey Frank, i´m back vom the Mütitz Lake, the greatest Inner Lake in Germany and see, that i have missed your birthday .-( Forgive me :-) and receive my best wishes from germany! Günther | Durfun Wed Sep 27, 2006 07:05 UTC
Hey Frank, Happy belated birthday. Maybe i'm not so late.. u're still sleeping off the 'xses' of the night b4? Darshan |
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