Tag Archives: Travel

New Orleans Katrina Destruction, One Year Later

Posted on April 2, 2010 by Benjamin Simpson

    In 2006 Cameron and I returned to New Orleans to see the city in which we had both previously lived.     The Ninth Ward, on the other side of the canal from the French Quarter was still complete devastation. The homes … Continue reading →

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New Orleans Voodoo Alley

Posted on April 1, 2010 by Benjamin Simpson

    In 2006, when I returned to New Orleans after a nine year absence, Cameron and I stayed with a friend on the border of the 8th and 9th wards, near the Mississippi River.     Behind her house was an alleyway, this … Continue reading →

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Touring Los Angeles: Watts Towers

Posted on March 8, 2010 by Benjamin Simpson

     Growing up in Southern California, there was always an intermittent thought hidden somewhere in the back of my mind, the realization that I needed to visit the Watts Towers. Those skeletal towers -with a backdrop of blue sky- I … Continue reading →

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Uncategorizable Photo: London Science Museum, WC Exhibition

Posted on March 1, 2010 by Benjamin Simpson

    Of all the photographs I took in London in December of 2009, there was one that obstinately would not fit in any category.     In the basement of the London Science Museum is a ‘How Things Work’ exhibit. This is an … Continue reading →

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Stone Circles, Sherlock Holmes and the Rain at Grimspound [Part 3]

Posted on February 5, 2010 by Benjamin Simpson

    The interior of the large stone circle was littered with small huts, some more elaborate than others. This one has an entryway, which is where the men of 4000 years ago would leave their umbrellas when returning home to their … Continue reading →

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Stone Circles, Sherlock Holmes and the Rain at Grimspound [Part 2]

Posted on February 4, 2010 by Benjamin Simpson

    After the coffee and the fire at the Two Bridges hotel warmed our bones, we set out again as it was not raining at the moment.     I had read a couple websites, and a couple guidebooks on how to get … Continue reading →

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Stone Circles, Sherlock Holmes and the Rain at Grimspound [Part 1]

Posted on February 3, 2010 by Benjamin Simpson

     In this continuing adventure of walking on the moor, we had left my mother and I suceeding in only two of our three goals. [For the first adventure click here: The Devon Moors: Walking Near Two Bridges, [Part 1] … Continue reading →

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Eight Photographs: Lydford Gorge [Part 3]

Posted on February 2, 2010 by Benjamin Simpson

Lydford Gorge is a Valley on the edge of Dartmoor, sandwiched between Devon and Cornwell in Southern England. My mother and I visited it one afternoon, between December showers, and I can’t describe how beautiful it is, so here are … Continue reading →

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Seven Photographs: Lydford Gorge [Part 2]

Posted on February 1, 2010 by Benjamin Simpson

Lydford Gorge is a Valley on the edge of Dartmoor, sandwiched between Devon and Cornwell in Southern England. My mother and I visited it one afternoon, between December showers, and I can’t describe how beautiful it is, so here are … Continue reading →

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Seven Photographs: Lydford Gorge [Part 1]

Posted on January 29, 2010 by Benjamin Simpson

     Lydford Gorge is a Valley on the edge of Dartmoor. Sandwiched between Devon and Cornwell, in Southern England.       It’s sumptuous with water and green, unlike the Los Angeles Desert that I come from.      It was early December when my … Continue reading →

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The Devon Moors: Walking Near Two Bridges [Part 3]

Posted on January 27, 2010 by Benjamin Simpson

     The next photograph is a 360 degree panorama taken from the second tor.      [Please click on it to see it at full size, and maybe even click on it twice if your browser scales photographs for size.]      … Continue reading →

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The Devon Moors: Walking Near Two Bridges [Part 2]

Posted on January 26, 2010 by Benjamin Simpson

     Over one of the round soft hills, and suddenly there is a grove of trees. An out of place grove of trees, which can’t even be seen for most of the walk. This (pod? leave? root) that’s it, a … Continue reading →

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