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The 'Great Wall of China', the Tierra Cotta warriors in Xian and the
Imperial Palace in the Forbidden City.
An un-obscured Mt. McKinley (Denali), in Denali National Park, Alaska.
His wife Valerie kissing the 'Blarney Stone' in Ireland.
Kangaroos in his new friends giant backyard in Australia.
The World Famous Lipizzaner Stallions in Vienna, Austria.
Michelangelo's 'Sistine Chapel' and 'St. Peter's Cathedral' in Rome.
Sunrise at the 'Eiffel Tower' in Paris, and the Notre Dame at sunset on
the Seine river.
'1,000 clock shop' in the Black Forest of Germany.
Peak 'fall colors' at Bar Harbor, Maine.
Snow falling at night in St. Petersburg, Russia.
Badlands National Park of South Dakota.
The 'Wailing (Western) Wall' at dusk in Israel.
Europe's largest waterfall, 'Godafoss' -in central Iceland -with full
double rainbows.
A moonlit Parthenon in Athens, Greece.
The Atlas Mountains, 'Herds of turkeys' and 'snake charmers' in
Marrakech, Morocco.
'Million gallon' wine casks at Sandman winery in Porto, Portugal.
Flowing lava from the largest volcano in the world, 'Mauna Loa', through
cracks under his feet on the 'Big Island' of Hawaii.
Buddhist monks offering 'sex shows' for cash in Katmandu, Nepal!
Artist's from around the world sharing portfolios with him in the streets
at midnight at the Edinburgh Art Festival, Scotland.
The Old West parks, two trips (one was six weeks, 6,000 mile, 13 National
Parks), both together included:
Grand Canyon National Park,
Monument Valley National Park,
Badlands National Park,
Capitol Reef National Park,
Arches National Park,
Mesa Verde National Park,
Zion Nat'l
Park,
Grand Teton Nat'l Park,
Yosemite Nat'l Park,
Yellowstone Nat'l Park,
Lassen Volcanic Nat'l Park,
Glacier Nat'l Park,
Canyonlands Nat'l Park,
Rocky Mountain Nat'l Park,
and Sequoia Nat'l Park.
The Three Graces, Massai Mara, Kenya
Copyright Michael Seewald
The oldest Jewish cemetery in Europe, in Prague.
'Beware of penguins crossing road' signs in New Zealand.
'Kalaupapa's leper colony' and the largest sea-cliffs in the world on
Molokai, Hawaii.
Monkeys stealing unwatched lunches from sunbathers in Costa Rica as giant
iguanas looked on.
The vineyards of the Pope's wine in Provence, France: Châteauneuf-du-Pape.
'Zillion' dollar yachts at Monte Carlo.
Full moon over the 'Blue Mosque' while drinking mint tea and listening to
the call to prayer in Istanbul, Turkey.
Big Sur, 17 mile drive, Point Lobos State Park, Fisherman's Wharf and
Cannery Row, all in Monterrey County, Calif.
Michelangelo's sculptures; David in Florence and Pieta in
St. Peter's Cathedral, Rome, as well as the Sistine Chapel, all in Italy.
Also the Carrara mountains, where he got his Carrara marble.
Solar panels on huts in a jungle village of the Amazon/ kids wearing live
monkeys as hats.
'Twin cathedrals' in Salamanca, Spain.
'Aurora borealis' dancing in the skies of the Yukon at midnight.
The 'golden pagoda' temple in Kyoto, Japan.
A pod of beluga whales basking slowly in the sun at Turnagain Arm bay
near Anchorage, Alaska.
Watched sunrise on the top of Haleakala crater, the highest spot on Maui,
Hawaii.
The twin towers in New York City.
Women monks in Tibet.
Photographed the wettest place on earth, Mt. Wai'ale'ale,
Kauai, Hawaii by golly golly.
The annual chocolate festival in Perugia, Umbria, Italy.
'Harry's Bar' off San Marcos square in Venice, Italy, as well as a
waterspout on his way back through from working in Croatia.
Three thousand year old mummies inside the Hermitage Museum, St.
Petersburg, Russia.
Slept on a 'junk' in Ha Long Bay, Vietnam.
'Big Ben' and Ten Downing Street in London, England.
Cindy Crawford at a dinner table next to his and Valerie's at 'Henry
Clay's Rotisserie' restaurant on Lanai, Hawaii.
Dozens of wineries in Napa-Sonoma, Calif.
A lion chase a cheetah off from a fresh kill while
hyenas waited for leftovers/ and then 'crocks' waiting for baby hippos to
stray from mom- Kenya, Africa.
The famous 'floating market' in Thailand, south of Bangkok.
Underground city, 18 stories deep, in Cappadocia, central Turkey.
Old French villas by the dozens lining the streets of Vientiane, and the
Mekong River, Laos.
Fresh earthquake damage in L'Aquila, Abruzzo, Italy.
Table Mountain in Cape Town, So. Africa.
Snow on the ground at a beach near Taormina, Sicily, way down in S.
Italy.
Some of the best 'black bass' lakes in the world, in Texas: Amador, Choke
Canyon (with alligators!), Falcon, Ray Hubbard, O.H. Ivie, and Lake Fork. And last but not least, the cave (that's where they
kept animals penned, and still do) where Jesus Christ was born in
Bethlehem and the (possible) actual empty tomb in Jerusalem, where he lay
for three days before rising again from the dead!
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Michael, with his trusted Mamiya RB67, before he wore it out from
so many trips around the world.
(And before he turned gray from trying to figure out how to afford a
Hasselblad to replace it!).
