Pic of the Week
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21 April 2008
Papeete paddlers
by © 2008
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David adds:
"Here you can see the teams lined up on the Papeete waterfront for an outrigger race around Moorea Island as part of the Heiva i Tahiti festival. The race takes several hours to complete, with hundreds of Tahitian paddlers participating."
David has spent several years on the move around the South Pacific. You can learn much more about the many destinations in the South Seas on his website:
South Pacific Travel
Previous Pics of the Week
(Click on the thumbnails to see, and read more about, the full-size pictures)
14 April 2008
Provençal olives
Olives for sale during the Sunday morning market in Isle sur la Sorgue near Avignon.
31 March 2008
Coastal Renaissance
The world's largest double-ended ferry plies between Vancouver and Nanaimo.
17 March 2008
View from El Yelmo
Stormy view from El Yelmo in Spain's Sierras de Cazorla, Segura y Las Villas.
3 March 2008
Eclipse
A spectacular shot of the moon taken during the total lunar eclipse on 21 February 2008.
18 February 2008
Appalachian Autumn
Brightly-coloured trees in autumn and a tractor in a shed in North Georgia (USA).
21 January 2008
What Harry did next...
An advertisement for "Master Harry Potter" tailors in Pattaya.
7 January 2008
Christmas cutie!
A little girl wearing a brightly coloured mask gazes into the camera.
24 December 2007
York Minster at Christmas
York Minster, seat of the Church of England's second-ranking Archbishop, illuminated at night.
10 December 2007
Malabar fishermen
Fishermen hauling on their nets on the seafront at Kochi in India's Kerala State.
26 November 2007
Petronas Towers at dusk
The Petronas Towers loom into the twilight sky above Malaysia's capital city, Kuala Lumpur.
12 November 2007
Mastercard Beggar
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15 October 2007
Swedish Prawn
A brightly coloured crustacean in a Stockholm aquarium.
8 October 2007
Boat Race
A traditional Thai boat race team practise for an upcoming Boat Race Festival.
17 September 2007
Grey day in Amsterdam
A tourist boat plies a canal in Amsterdam.
10 September 2007
Feeding Frenzy
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3 September 2007
Beware of the bull!
A large bull menacing a small woman in the heart of Birmingham!
27 August 2007
"Ya ba" speed demons
Two speed-crazed Thai youths brawl while anxious bystanders look on.
20 August 2007
To battle by bike
Members of a battle re-enactment club dressed as soldiers of a 1939 Dutch bicycle regiment.
13 August 2007
Colours of Kathmandu
A woman in a red sari walks past a brightly coloured Kathmandu shop front.
6 August 2007
Super Duper Scuba Smoocher!
A scuba diver off the coast of Thailand smooches at the camera.
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