Why travel ?

[finneyb]

Some good photos

http://pixtale.net/2013/12/how-our-worl ... re-a-bird/

Brian

 

[Steve Maskery]

I think that the rice fields are my favourite. It looks like it is made from stained glass. Fantastic.
S

 

[Peter Sefton]

Great photos, I have been to eleven of them and we are taking the girls to the Maze at Longleat at Easter but seeing a bird's eye view is amazing.
Thanks for posting them Peter

 

[Steve Maskery]

Well done Peter! I can manage just 7, 8 if you include Mexico (it wasn't Mexico City, though)

 

[Peter Sefton]

I might call it 12 if I can include Mexico for Mexico City, but I would be pushing it I was only in Mexico for a couple of hours crossing the border from the USA.
The places we will go just for a cold beer cheers Peter

 

[Random Orbital Bob]

one really striking difference is the symmetry in some of the cities (eg Barcelona) versus others that have none whatsoever (Shanghai). I'm sure that gives some insights into the cultural backgrounds of the peoples therein. (And of course in some newer cases more rational town planning due to the age of roads etc.