Ted & Barbara's 2009 Travel Photos
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Our visit to Abu Dhabi, Dubai & Sharjah 16-18 May 2009:
Abu Dhabi's luxurious 400-suite Emirates Palace Hotel
One of the hotel's public areas Huge
bedroom in suite
Mall of the Emirates in Dubai
Ski Dubai! in Mall of the Emirates
Atrium of Bab El Shams Hotel in the desert
outside Dubai Bird on grounds of Bab El
Shams Hotel
Our hotel, the Park Hyatt Dubai, from the
Floating Bridge Marina view from
our hotel balcony
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Canyon of skyscrapers in Dubai
Top stories of world's tallest building
Desert safari outside Dubai
Russian belly dancer performing after safari
Sharjah's Islamic Museum
Wind towers in Sharjah help channel breezes down into buildings
The Creek in Dubai, an
inlet off the Arabian Gulf
The Creek can be crossed quickly and cheaply on an abra
Barbara and Ted in front of mosque during
Dubai city tour Dubai Museum in old fort
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Our cruise from Hong Kong to Dubai
on the 940-passenger Crystal Symphony 20 April-17 May 2009:
Hong Kong sail away by night Ted at Japanese Bridge in Hoi An near Danang, Vietnam
Stalls in Saigon covered market Barbara posing with Saigon vendors after buying Polo shirts
View over Bangkok from The Peninsula Hotel Our suite at the Mayfair Bangkok Marriott Exec Apartments
Ted & Barbara with new friends on Crystal Symphony Ted & Barbara at colonial-era Raffles Hotel in Singapore
Amanpuri Resort pool in Phuket, Thailand Barbara & Ted lunching before massages at Amanpuri Resort
Scott Market in Yangon, Myanmar (Rangoon, Burma) Yangon's Sule Pagoda
Barbara modeling Yangon pearls Ted admiring a stone encrusted with ruby-colored spinel crystals
Tropical fruit for sale on Yangon sidewalk Myanmar folksingers performing on Crystal Symphony
Chinese-style fishing nets in use at Cochin, Kerala, India Crystal Symphony docked at Cochin
Tourist kiosk in Cochin St. Francis Church in Cochin Vasco da Gama's original church grave
Pewter lunch tray at Taj Malabar Hotel in Cochin Musicians playing during Virtuoso Voyager Club lunch
"Gateway to India" monument in Mumbai, India Barbara riding a sedan chair up 120 steps to Elephanta Caves
Ted & Barbara at caves on island 6 miles off Mumbai
1300-year-old cave carving
Local woman at Elephanta Caves
View out taxi window in downtown Mumbai Shop window in Trident Hotel shopping arcade in Mumbai
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Our visit to Kunming, Chengdu & Shenzhen, China 16-20 April 2009:
View of the Stone Forest near Kunming, Yunnan, China Panda at Bifengxia Panda Reserve near Chengdu, Szechuan
Baby panda climbing tree at panda reserve in Chengdu Ted posing with panda in Chengdu
Red panda at panda reserve in Chengdu Interior of multi-story shopping mall in Shenzhen, China
Click on the links below to view:
Ted's
91-second video clip of 6 cute baby giant pandas playing together in Chengdu,
China
Ted's
138-second video clip of baby giant pandas wrestling together in Chengdu, China
Additional links will be added here in due
course.
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Our cruise from Dubai, U. A. E. to Piraeus (Athens), Greece
on the 296-passenger Silver Wind 31 March-15 April 2009:
"7-star" Burj Al Arab Hotel in Dubai Unique Al Mahara (The Oyster) aquarium restaurant in Burj Al Arab Hotel
Lobby fountain in Burj Al Arab Hotel Bathroom in Burj Al Arab Hotel standard suite
Jumeirah Beach Hotel opposite Burj Al Arab Hotel in Dubai World's tallest building under construction in Dubai
Fujairah Fort in Fujairah, U. A. E. Beach at Crowne Plaza Resort in Salalah, Oman
Barbara amid abaya-clad women awaiting tour in Jeddah In Jeddah's central fish market
NCB bank headquarters in Jeddah Barbara & Ted at Mons Claudianus, a Roman-era quarry near Safaga, Egypt
Natural arch in Wadi Rum near Aqaba, Jordan Silver Wind docked at Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt
Mubarak Peace Bridge spanning the Suez Canal View from Silver Wind docked at Piraeus (Athens), Greece
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Our cruise round trip from Ushuaia, Argentina to the Antarctic Peninsula
on the 114-passenger Corinthian II 20 February-2 March 2009:
For images and info, please visit www.eptours.com/Antarctica2009.htm (only partially completed).
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Our safari from Bateleur Tented Camp in Kenya's Masai
Mara Game Reserve
29 January-1 February 2009:
Male lion in Masai Mara
Pregnant hyena and youth in Masai Mara
Viewing elephants during safari game drive
Brightly-colored bird in Masai Mara
Our Air Kenya prop jet in Kenya's Masai Mara Ted & Barbara lunching with friends in Nairobi
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Our cruise from Cape Town, South Africa to Mombasa, Kenya
on the 296-passenger Silver Wind 13-29 January 2009:
Silver Wind in Cape Town Table Mountain viewed from harbor in Cape Town, South Africa
Flowers at Cape Town's Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden Bird nests in Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Handicrafts for sale on the dock at
Richards Bay, South Africa Baskets for sale at Richards Bay
Maputo's train station
View of Maputo, Mozambique skyline from port
Our luxurious suite on Silver Wind:
bedroom
Our suite on Silver Wind: living room
Our suite on Silver Wind
Silver Wind bathroom
Barbara with street vendor in Nosy Be, Madagascar
Canoe alongside Silver Wind while anchored off Nose Be
Harbor at Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania Handicrafts shop in Dar Es Salaam shopping center
Silver Wind at anchor off Zanzibar Dhow in harbor at Zanzibar
Zanzibar street with tourist shops Disembarking from Silver Wind in Mombasa, Kenya
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Our safari from Shumbalala Lodge in Thornybush
Game Reserve
near Hoedspruit, South Africa 10-12 January 2009:
Our South African Express jet at Hoedspruit Airport Rhino at Thornybush Game Reserve near Hoedspruit
Giraffe at Thornybush Game Reserve Barbara in bar at Shumbalala Lodge near Hoedspruit
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travel photos taken in 2009 by or of Ted and Barbara. This page was
last updated on 3 June 2009 in Cairo.