Quest for the True North

The world according to a traveler and beach bum.

Archive for the ‘Photohunt’ Category

Sep
28

PhotoHunt: View

Filed under Photohunt, human interest, travel, trivia

This is the aerial view of Chicago as seen from the sky deck of the Sears Tower. I just love that beautiful loop of roads in the center. It’s called Circle Interchange, one of the worst places to be stuck in traffic in the world, and it’s an example of a Spaghetti Junction.

But still, I love Chicago! I hope to go back there someday.

chicago

Sep
20

PhotoHunt: Road

Filed under Photohunt, travel

I am back playing in PhotoHunt! :D

For my comeback, I introduce my beloved brother and his twisted sense of humor:

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He is mentally okay, in case you are wondering if he is. He just thought it funny to pose and pretend to be asleep in the middle of a country road. This photo was taken in Bukidnon, a highland province in the Philippines known for being the “Pineapple Capital of the World,” where he travels a lot to for his job. The traveler streak obviously runs in the family.

P.S. I hope he forgives me for posting this in my very public blog.

Aug
17

PhotoHunt: Colorful

Filed under Photohunt, people, travel

It’s midnight where I am, and I can’t go back to sleep. I’m still on Philippine time, I guess. I thought I’d better do my PhotoHunt until sleep comes upon me. :)

I am featuring here some paintings made by children for the Art for Heart, an exhibit set up by the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey for the children who lost loved ones at the 9/11 tragedy. It was intended as a therapy for the kids. Look what they’ve come up out of their loss, and notice the raw emotion in the artworks.

Click the photos to enlarge.

Art for Heart World Trade Center exhibit

Art for Heart World Trade Center exhibit

Art for Heart World Trade Center exhibit

Art for Heart World Trade Center exhibit

The exhibit, by the way, was put up at the site of the World Trade Center. I’m not sure if the paintings are still there today, though.

Aug
10

PhotoHunt: Dark

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hand

Those are my hands. It looks like the photo was set up, but it is candid. One of my college organizations used to meet on Monday nights outside our dormitories. We used candles at our meet-ups because we were cheap like that. I was playing with the candle one Monday night when a friend caught my hands on camera.

Photo taken by Alex Pataray, and edited by yours truly.

Aug
2

PhotoHunt: Clouds

Filed under Photohunt, human interest, travel

Do you see what I see?

I snapped these photo soon after taking off from the Legazpi Airport. It’s on the northern part of the Philippines, by the way, right where the world-famous cone-shaped Mayon Volcano is.

I thought the clouds looked like a bear hiding in the bushes.

Look, he is standing up and scratching his right cheek! :)

bear-shaped clouds in bicol