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I have written this page specially for my sister in law. She really loves lighthouses! And on every trip we go on I make sure to take a picture of every lighthouse we see on our way. And over the last few years that has added up to quite a collection. So specially for Roelien and all you other lighthouse fans, here is a page with only lighthouses!
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your travel sound track must include a song by Steppenwolf called : 'BORN TO BE WILD' (lyrics follow)
Get your motors runnin' Head out on the highway Lookin' for adventure and whatever comes our way
Yeah, darlin' gonna make it happen
Take the world in a love embrace
Fire all of the guns at once and
Explode into space
I like smoke and lightnin'
Heavy metal thunder
Racin' with the wind
And the feelin' that I'm under
Yeah, darlin' gonna make it happen
Take the world in a love embrace
Fire all of the guns at once and
Explode into space
Like a true nature's child
We were born, born to be wild
We can climb so high
I never wanna die
Born to Be Wild
Born to Be Wild
... http://www.transian.com/EasyRider/born.html ...
......................................................Trip America like they did in the original counterculture movie, 'EASY RIDER'
As we see these two men beginning their odyssey across America to the tune of 'Born To Be Wild. Easy Rider is one of a handful of American films of the 1960s and '70s that used the social context of the period to express discontent towards the status quo, thus initiating a trend in contemporary American filmmaking. In fact, the questions that the film poses are as compelling to us as they were to the 'boomer' generation.: Have Americans really found freedom, or are they just living an illusion?
Easy Rider is the story of Captain America (Peter Fonda) and Billy (Dennis Hopper), who after making the deal of their lives (selling drugs, naturally), decide to travel from somewhere in the west to New Orleans, the promised land of the Mardi Gras. The two are promptly arrested when they join the procession in a public parade. In the local jail, they meet a young lawyer with a big hangover, played by Jack Nicholson, who for no particular reason decides to go with them. As they continue their trip, they meet people who either turn against them for being hippies, or love them for the same reason.
The film constantly tells you that there is an invisible yet sharp line dividing American society. As the trip progresses, we begin another level of acquaintance with the travelling trio: They somehow lose some of their individuality, which allows us to see them more as iconic images of the 60s. When they talk to each other, we see that none of them truly believes in the country they live in; for example, the lawyer tells Captain America and Billy that people don't hate them because they are hippies, but because they represent the freedom the rest of the country is craving.
Visual techniques common to underground films of the late 60s make Easy Rider a very enjoyable, even hallucinatory, visual experience. For instance, the blend between documentary and Andy Warhol styles provides us with a continually changing cinematic landscape. The film, and its psychedelic soundtrack (with songs by Steppenwolf and the Byrds),and the possibility of creating your own 'Easy Rider' travel fantasy should not be missed. ------So my fellow Virtual Tourists time to 'Get your motors runnin' Head out on the highway
Lookin' for adventure
And whatever comes our way....'
http://home.earthlink.net/~sirkus/easy.html
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Alcatraz Island was the site of the west coast`s first lighthouse. The present lighthouse is adjacent to a former fort and prison. It is a reinforced concrete octagonal/pyramidal tower with masonry foundation.
In this picture you can see the wardens house and the lighthouse of Alcatraz. The wardens house was built in the 1920`s and had seventeen large rooms. In 1970 a fire swept through te abandoned building, leaving the shell you see on the picture.
The lighthouse is from 1854 and still shines nowadays. Not only the lighthouse is worth a look at but the whole visit to Alcatraz is something you shouldn`t miss doing when you are in San Francisco. If you want to read more about my visit to Alcatraz you should take a look at my San Francisco page. I have quite a lot of pictures, information and stories of Alcatraz on that page.
For more information on the lighthouse and Alcatraz Island : http://www.nps.gov/alcatraz/r />
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Another lighthouse on the Gaspé Peninsula in Quebec. This is not my favourite lighthouse, because it is on the corner of a busy intersection. Not the most beautiful place to see a lighthouse. But I had to stop for the trafficlights anyway, so I decided to make an extra stop so I could make a picture of the lighthouse.
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Point Aconi lighthouse is close to Sydney in Nova Scotia, Canada. It is a white conical lighthouse with a red octagonal lantern. This light is operational and the grounds are open to the public.
It is a strange to visit this lighthouse. On the picture it looks so beautifully set on the cliff, but when you are at the lighthouse it is much less pictoresque. There is a mine close by and the outlet of the mine is right next to this lighthouse. When you are at the lighthouse all you can hear is the vent of the mine, which makes a tremendous noise. From the distance it is a beautiful lighthouse to see though.
Directions:
At Highway 105 the Bras d`Or Lakes Scenic Drive turns left across a bridge. Just after crossing the bridge, a right turn off Highway 105 leads to the Point Aconi Lighthouse.
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This is the welcome sign to Nova Scotia. They must be really proud on there lighthouses in Nova Scotia to build this miniture lighthouse to welcome everyone into their province. But I can understand that they are proud; they really do have a lot of beautiful lighthouses here. Like the next picture for example, the lighthouse at Peggy`s Cove. That is one of the most famous lighthouses in the world.
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This lighthouse is one of the most famous lighthouses in the world. The location is really stunning! It is situated on the cliffs of a really pictoresque fishing village : Peggy`s Cove in Nova Scotia, Canada. Because it is so pictoresque it is really flooded with tourists! But I loved my visit here. I didn`t expect I would, I thought I would hate it because it was swamped by the tourists. But when you get on those great big rocks and watch how the sea is banging against the coast, the sheer power of nature, wow! You really have to be impressed! When you don`t like the tourists, just walk a little further on the cliffs. There are not a lot of people that do that, and that way you can enjoy this piece of nature almost by yourself.
The lighthouse is not only so famous because of it`s location, but also because it is a postoffice. And yes, I did it too!!!! I posted my cards from here, LOL. Some of them even went to a couple of VT members. But unlike the postcards the sun wasn`t shining, but we had a thick fog on that day. Maybe this way it was even more beautiful, it really made it all look very spooky and mysterious.
The light is from 1915 and is still operational.
Directions:
Turn south off Route 103 onto Route 333 at Exit 2A or Exit 5. Continue on St. Margaret`s Bay Road for 3 kilometers (1.6 miles). Turn west onto Prospect Road for about 40 kilometers (25 miles) and continue to Peggy`s Cove.
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You can find this beautiful red lighthouse between Matane and Gaspé in a little town called Riviere la Martre on the Gaspé Peninsula in Quebec. It is on the right side of the road when you drive to Gaspé and it is located on a hill, high above the road.
It was so beautiful to see this lighthouse, with its spectacular red color against the clear blue sky. And the light was just beautiful, so late in the late afternoon.
Riviere de la Martre is a tiny little village, with only a few houses and a church. It was really funny though, how this lighthouse stood in the middle of the village, with across the street a white wooden church. There was nothing to see and do in the village when we were there. But you can visit the lighthouse when you get here earlier in the day. It is open daily 9AM-5PM, mid-June through Labour Day and the admission is $3.
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The lighthouse is just outside the harbour of Tobermory in Ontario, Canada, and you can see it when you take a boattour. It's a nice little lighthouse to see.
In 1885, due to the dangerous passageways ships had to pass through from Lake Huron and Georgian Bay to reach the harbour, the Department of Marine and Fisheries purchased three lots on the west side of the entrance to Big Tub harbour in Tobermory for a lighthouse. The lots were purchased for $18.00. The first lighthouse, costing $675.00, was erected that same year by John George and David Currie of Port Elgin who were contracted to do the job.
Previously, during the 1870's, Charles Earl--one of the area's first settlers--hung a lantern on a tree branch to guide the ships to the harbour's refuge. The tree's location later became the site of the lighthouse itself. Earl was paid the grand sum of $100 per year for this duty. In September 1885, Abraham Davis was appointed permanent keeper of the light.
The first lighthouse was later replaced by the present-day structure, a six-sided wooden tower, 43' from the ground to the lantern vane, with a red iron lantern room at the top.
At one time, the coal oil standing lamp shed its light from the harbour entrance. It had a large burner which was turned up or down, according to the lamp brightness desired. Today, an automated red harbour light acts as a guide for boaters. The lighthouse became automated and electrified in 1952.
Tobermory's light still guides boats through powerful currents, frequent fogs and numerous shoals to the safety of Big Tub Harbour. The number of shipwrecks offshore testify to the dangers of these waters.
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Not a real lighthouse, but still good enough to take a picture of it!
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on September 27, 2002
on September 8, 2002
