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Filling the balloon

Ballooning over Albuquerque

Written by MattF on May 8, 2009

  • We took this trip to Albuquerque for our 9th Anniversary to see and do some things that we normally would not have. To start our Anniversary day celebration we scheduled a balloon ride through the...
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Twisted Wood at Bandera Volcano

Bandera Volcano

Written by Vanilla Sugar on April 12, 2009

  • An invisible creature dislodged a small lava rock high above me. First, I heard the rock hit other rocks making ever so slight of a sound that it might have gone unnoticed. I watched the...
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Ice Cave in Grants, New Mexico

Written by Vanilla Sugar on April 12, 2009

  • "Go to the Carlsbad Caverns," my friends on Facebook suggested when I wrote: "We’re in New Mexico. Any suggestions of places to visit?" As expected, Carlsbad ranked #1 as the destination of choice....
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Rail Runner

The Duke City

Written by SeenThat on October 25, 2008

  • With slightly more than half a million inhabitants, Albuquerque is the largest city in New Mexico and one of fastest growing cities in the USA. Founded in 1706, it was named after Don Francisco Fernández...
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Alvaredo Transport Center

Albuquerque for Travelers: from "A" to "Que"

Written by SeenThat on October 25, 2008

  • Albuquerque is the main travel hub in New Mexico; despite its being connected by road, railway and air to all the main destinations in the area that does not sum up to much. On the...
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Amtrak Lounge Car

Lounge Loitering in Amtrak's Southwest Chief

Written by SeenThat on October 24, 2008

  • Amtrak's Southwest ChiefAmtrak's Southwest Chief connects Chicago with Los Angeles, passing in the way through Kansas City, Topeka, Dodge City, Raton, Lamy (Santa Fe), Albuquerque and Flagstaff. Santa Fe - AlbuquerqueBy the end of the...
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Cerrillos

10. Ghost Towns Along the Turquoise Trail

Written by SkewedStyle on October 19, 2007

  • View on nancychuang.comI'd never seen a real American ghost town. The very idea conjured images of cowboys, shootouts, mines falling into disrepair, possibly even crazy ladies on their porch rocking chairs, cackling in delusion. The...
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Taos Pueblo

09. Conversations in Taos Pueblo

Written by SkewedStyle on October 19, 2007

  • View on nancychuang.comI appreciate great landscape photography, and strive to improve my technique because I often travel to beautiful places. But my true love is photojournalism, and after days of snapping gorgeous scenery, I was...
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Abiquiu

08. A Drive Through Georgia O'Keefe Country

Written by SkewedStyle on October 19, 2007

  • View on nancychuang.comI don't know what it is about the Libertines. As mind-bogglingly foul as I find Pete Doherty, the band's music is transporting: pounding, upbeat, driving, rolling, the Libertines remind me how amazing rock...
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High Road to Taos

07. Terror in the Forest!

Written by SkewedStyle on October 19, 2007

  • View on nancychuang.comThree days into the experimental photographing-through-pain trip, I realized I'd made a mistake. In New York, I'd felt Brian's presence at every turn. We both so deeply loved talking with each other, easily...
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