Jim’s travelogue

I'd Ride A Mile On A Camel!

I'd Ride A Mile On A Camel!

When you visit the Pyramids at Giza, Egypt, you have to ride a camel. And what do you learn? Camels stink!

Two Old Friends

Two Old Friends

National Gallery, Smithsonian , Washington, DC

Tivoli Carousel

Tivoli Carousel

Nighttime at Tivoli is magical!

Guide/Poet

Guide/Poet

Syni Patterson is a tour guide at the Watts Towers. Besides giving great tours, she recites some of her poetry.

Bling Bentley

Bling Bentley

Bentleys are favorites of the tacky customizers in LA, adding giant rims and garish paint like this rainbow reflecting paintjob. Even the emblem was in this metallic finish!

EldoCamino

EldoCamino

In LA you find customs like this Cadillac Eldorado pickup, a la the Chevvy El Camino. And who's the owner, this artist who was exhibiting at a gallery downtown.

LA-The World's Biggest Sound Stage

LA-The World's Biggest Sound Stage

Everywhere you look in downtown LA, especially on the east side, you will find movie crews shooting.

Look Up!

Look Up!

Look up and you will see this strange structure. It tops a Frank Lloyd Wright building on Rodeo Drive, which is unmarked and not mentioned in some guides. Look at the street level detail and climb the stairs to the upper floors to see more.

Spiders!

Spiders!

They do some great exhibits, like this one on spiders in the fall of 2007. BTW, it was outdoors in case any got away!

Ceiling, Elevators

Ceiling, Elevators

Looking up at the iron and glass roof of the atrium.

Jim Hayes

Jim Hayes has been a member since 10 November 2007 and goes by JimHayes.

Subscriber since February 2008!

I am an amateur photographer - and have been for about 50 years. I always carry a camera with me, documenting the things I see and like, or just find interesting, often funny or strange.

I have been involved in capturing sports car racing for all that time and am now donating all my old collections to the Watkins Glen, NY International Motor Racing Research Library. I'm also curating others' collections.

Much of my newer work is travel related - the Galapagos Islands, Egypt, Mexico, and...

You can also find Jim at www.jimhayes.com.

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