This quirky world we live in

The first of four of a series of photoessays designed to back up my precious collection in case my HD fails again. All the photos are either mine or were taken in my presence, so enjoy! This one features some of the strange, fun and random things the world over, arranged in rough order of longitude, in a western direction from 103.37E

Joke of the year 2008

T-shirts on sale in Jerusalem

Globalisation is rampant

Juxtaposition

Housekeeping service in the Egyptian cruise ship is fantastic

It's not everyday a helicopter lands like this

Nice variety of instruments on sale

One of the happiest logs I've ever seen

You can get Chinese everywhere these days

Hey, even Ancient Romans need to keep dry

World Cup fever hits Munich

in more ways than one


Henry the Steinway?

Greeting cards with a musical theme

You'd have to have gone through BMT to get this one

Heaven

Networking in the sky

Creative design

Laid-back town in Vermont

The rest, as they say, is history

Ok not exactly quirky but I couldn't fit this photo of the original (really original) viola score of Dvorak's 9th Sympony anywhere else

I wonder if Wookies are equally as welcome

For the man who has it all and needs to be protected too

When did we get to Egypt?

That is one long train

Sometimes the shortest way up isn't always a straight line

Thankfully that has already been done

UV sterilisers in a traditional Japanese setting

Engrish

More Engrish

This is why one should never aim to be a taxi driver in Hong Kong

This photo is outstanding on more than one count

Hope you've enjoyed that little photoessay, more will follow when I have the time.