Tagged With "Giant Pandas"
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Re: Gumbo's Pic of the Day, May 10, 2015: Northern Ireland
Wonderful photo's of a beautiful part of the world.
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Re: Gumbo's Pic of the Day, May 10, 2015: Northern Ireland
Brings back many great memories! The Giant's Causeway is truly spectacular.
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Re: A Visit to Ireland: (Part 9) The Giant's Causeway
Yeah it really is a beautiful part of the world. If you get a chance, try and get to Clare's Cliff's of Moher. Also unspoiled and breath taking!
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Re: A Visit to Ireland: (Part 9) The Giant's Causeway
Hello fifitrix 100. Welcome to TravelGumbo and thanks for your comment. We have yet to find a place in Ireland we don't like! And the Cliffs of Moher are truly spectacular. Our write-up on them is at this link if you're interested
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Re: Gumbo's Pic of the Day, Jan. 23, 2014: Sleeping Giant Provincial Park, Ontario
Do the modern Canadian folks still use the original names that the indigenous people used for local places ?
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Re: Gumbo's Pic of the Day, Jan. 23, 2014: Sleeping Giant Provincial Park, Ontario
Sometimes we do, Garry. Like Lake Minnewanka, Kakabeka falls, and so on. But more often Anglicized names are used, or translation of native names into English (eg. "Head Smashed in Buffalo Jump"). What say you, Ottoman?
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Re: Gumbo's Pic of the Day, Jan. 23, 2014: Sleeping Giant Provincial Park, Ontario
I've been to a few places where the aboriginal people have been pushed aside for the Concrete Jungle of Western or Anglicised living. I do feel a touch guilty - but ......
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Re: Gumbo's Pic of the Day, Jan. 23, 2014: Sleeping Giant Provincial Park, Ontario
Hi Garry RF and DrFumblefinger. Thanks for you interest on today's pic of the day...the Sleeping Giant. Garry, in Northwestern Ontario (and many other areas of Canada), aboriginal names are used quite commonly. In Thunder Bay, many medical clinics, schools, recreational centers, and so on have an aboriginal name, not to mention the many towns and landmarks in the area that also have aboriginal names. A major piece of Northwestern Ontario's history involves the fur trade (which of course the...
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Re: Gumbo's Pic of the Day, Jan. 23, 2014: Sleeping Giant Provincial Park, Ontario
Passing through Towns in Australia and North America (incl. Canada) I like to stop off and take a few photo's of places that have been named after places in the UK. In Chester PA. I was asked "Do you have a Chester too?" - " Yes and a Jersey, York, Boston, Washington, Dover, Bethesda, Birmingham and a few more " Didn't know you had a Fort William until I was watching a "Who Do You Think You Are" TV show recently. A female Celebrity was tracking her ancestral trail from the UK.
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Re: A Day at the Zoo: San Diego, California
I really love the Panda, I'm so happy when i see those bears Thank you for the pictures they are really lovely .
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Gumbo's Pic of the Day, May 10, 2015: Northern Ireland
I recently came back from a 3 day trip to Northern Ireland, and loved it. The weather was unusually sunny (but very cold) while I explored one of the most beautiful coastlines in Europe. Northern Ireland has become quite...
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Panda-monium in Germany as Chinese visitors arrive
Germany begins a new love affair with a pair of pandas newly arrived from China for Berlin's zoo.
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China plans national panda park
China's government approves a new plan to protect panda habitats and encourage more panda population, along with public viewing areas.
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French Zoo's pregnant panda expects twins
France's Beauval zoo is expecting panda twins this weekend.
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May 30, 2020: Panda with Saxophone, Vienna
A whimsical panda plays street musician outside one of Vienna's major concert halls.
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Berlin: Panda-monium for twin cub debut
Berlin's panda babies have their first public outing at 100 days old.
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'Panda Express' to take off for China
FedEx is called on again for a shipping specialty: Panda transport
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Berlin panda twins ready for showtime
Berlin's newest zoo attractions are ready for the public that's been waiting for them!
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Sequoia National Park: Home of the World's Largest Trees
DrFumblefinger walks among the giant trees of Sequoia National Park. The sequoias are the most massive living things on the planet.
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A Day at the Zoo: San Diego, California
Among my fondest memories as a child are family visits to the zoo. I was fascinated by it all! The sights, the sounds, the smells, the people, and especially by the exotic animals. It seemed a grand adventure and I think may...
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New Vienna attraction: Tiny twin pandas
The happy moment turned out to be double as videos revealed that Yang Yang had given birth to two baby pandas.
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Vienna's panda twins named, to meet public soon
Vienna's most famous babies get their names, and will soon meet their admiring public.
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Berlin: Panda gives birth to new zoo stars
Instant celebrity for two tiny pandas born at the Berlin Zoo.
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The Prater, Vienna: Austria's Playground for Everyone
While in Vienna, Samantha and her husband spent a few hours checking out Austria's playground, the Prater. The giant Ferris Wheel is the draw to the park, but there is so much to see and do.
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Copenhagen Zoo gets ready for 'panda-monium'
Two eagely-awaited pandas from China will soon join the cast of characters at Copenhagen's zoo.
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Gumbo's Pic of the Day, Jan. 23, 2014: Sleeping Giant Provincial Park, Ontario
Thunder Bay's 50 million ton city mascot is known as the Sleeping Giant, the panoramic Sibley Peninsula, a formation of mesas and sills that juts out on Lake Superior and forms the body of water that is Thunder Bay. When viewed from the City,...
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Texas celebrates really stinky tourist attraction
Galveston's Moody Gardens has a beauty that both attracts and repels: it's a Giant Corpse Flower with a terrible smell that gave it its name.
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December 23, 2018: Chengdu - Giant Pandas Breeding Research Base
Everyone loves pandas! Great Escapades shares a visit to the Giant Pandas Breeding Research Base in Chengdu, China.
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Re: The Prater, Vienna: Austria's Playground for Everyone
The inscription on the memorial translates as The Master dedicated one of his most beautiful songs to the Vienna Prater, In the Prater, the Flowers Bloom Again.
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The Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias (Where Gumbo was #383)
Gumbo was visiting the largest grove of Sequoia trees in Yosemite National Parks. Sequoias are the largest living things on the planet.
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DC waits for panda-to-be
The National Zoo in Washington, DC is anxiously awaiting its next big attraction, a baby panda expected soon.
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Green Giant statue, Blue Earth, Minnesota
DrFumblefinger visits a statue of the Jolly Green Giant in the small prairie town of Blue Earth.
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The Whispering Giant, Winnipeg Beach
DrFumblefinger visits the Whispering Giant, a cedar wood-carving in Winnipeg Beach, Manitoba.
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San Antonio's new tradition: Parade of Lanterns
While in San Antonio Samantha and her husband were able to see the first running of a new Riverwalk tradition, a Parade of Lanterns featuring illuminated floats.
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Re: Green Giant statue, Blue Earth, Minnesota
On a cross-country drive, several years ago, my wifenand I ate lunch right under the Giant.
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William Land Park and the Sacramento Zoo
Jonathan L explores Sacramento's Land Park and the Sacramento Zoo
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Royal Botanical Garden, Madrid
Madrid's botanical garden is easy to overlook, but it should be a must-see with all its color, its dense plantings and its variety
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A Visit to Ireland: (Part 9) The Giant's Causeway
How can you resist visiting a geologic formation created by giants? I couldn't! Situated on a five mile stretch of Northern Ireland's rugged Antrim coast, the Giant’s Causeway is well worth going out of your way to see. In...
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Jolly Green Giant, Minnesota
Samantha shares pictures of the Jolly Green Giant statue in Blue Earth, Minnesota while on a recent trip through the Mid-West.
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Re: Jolly Green Giant, Minnesota
My wife and I ate lunch in the shadow of the Jolly Green Giant in Blue Earth.
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Sichuan tells travelers: 'More than just pandas!'
Sometimes it's hard for a place or a company to shake an image, and sometimes the best strategy is to just embrace it. That's what China's Sichuan province has done in its new logo for international tourism.
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Re: Jolly Green Giant, Minnesota
Set realistic expectations. This is a cute statue of a giant green man. As a retro type of road trip roadside attraction it is excellent! You are provided a ladder to climb up to the Jolly Giant feet
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Are pandas headed back to San Diego?
The San Diego Zoo has signed an agreement with China which it hopes will once again bring giant pandas to the Zoo
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Olomouc — Now that’s a Plague column!
During our visit to the Czech Republic we ventured on a day trip from our base in Prague east to Olomouc (pronounced OH-loh-moats). It was a nice change of pace and an enjoyable community.