I just heard Pink Floyd’s ‘Another Brick in the Wall’ on the radio, which reminded me of the photos I took of the section of the Berlin Wall in New York and the amazing translucent marble walls of the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library . That got me thinking about other walls I have photographed and before I knew it, I had this week’s travel theme.
Camden Market in London always offers up great photo opportunities, but my favourite area is Stables Market, a converted Victorian horse hospital which is a maze of cobbled streets and tunnels. The walls are adorned with ornate friezes; here is a section of one of them.
No hike along the Irish seafront would be complete without at least one great stone wall. During a hike around Howth Head one blustery December day I spotted this one.
When I was visiting villages around the edge of Lake Atitlán in Guatemala, I noticed many waterfront buildings half-submerged by the rapidly rising level of the lake. Fragments of wall bore witness to what had once been a thriving business or someone’s home.
Along the Asbury Park boardwalk in New Jersey, there’s an amazing old casino. It’s just a shell of a building today, but its interior still shows the traces of its glory days.
So the writing is on the wall; what’s your interpretation of this week’s theme? If you would like to join in the travel theme (everyone’s welcome!) here’s what to do:
- Create your own post and title it Travel theme: Walls
- Include a link to this page in your post so others can find it too
- Get your post in by next Thursday, as the new travel theme comes out on Friday
- Don’t forget to subscribe to keep up to date on the latest weekly travel themes. Sign up via the email subscription link in the sidebar or RSS.
Don’t be a fly on the wall – join in the fun! Looking forward to your post.
xxx
Ailsa
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These are all marvellous! How will anything compare to these?
Thanks lagottocattleya, there have already been some really wonderful interpretations, and the challenge has only been up a few minutes! xxx
Beautiful! I just completed an album on Wall Art in Buenos Aires (http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.328341483941599.71173.162629397179476&type=3). I will now consider “joining the fun” by next Thursday!
Good one, Biocadence, looking forward to your post! Love the roundabouts.
Wow what a great collection. Beautiful
Thank you! It’s so fun to see you capturing the beauty of funky walls. I love the distinct shots you got!
Did “planking” barely arrive in Argentina? ;o)
haha! I am not sure. I do know that we were the only ones I saw planking during our time there:)!
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Hey Ailsa, love this weeks theme, here is my take on it inspired by wall carvings at ancient historical sights Angkor Wat and Chichen-Itza…Enjoy!
http://truetravelings.wordpress.com/2013/01/25/travel-theme-walls/
These are wonderful, Claire, especially that top one, what amazing history in those walls. xxx
Thank you x
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Great theme—love your pictures! Here are some walls from our own special perspective: http://windagainstcurrent.com/2013/01/25/travel-theme-walls/
Love it, Vlad, you guys get to see the parts of New York very few others do. That is an amazing shot of Johna in front of the Bronx graffiti. 🙂
Yes, and we were wondering just HOW that graffiti got onto that wall…
No kidding, New York has got the most resourceful graffiti artists in the world 🙂
This one is really fun, Ailsa – enjoying! 🙂
And here are mine: http://esengasvoice.wordpress.com/2013/01/25/travel-theme-walls/
Wow, Ese, stunning walls from so many different places, my favourite are the Gūtmanis Cave walls. Sooo cool! xxx
The half underwater wall is coolest, and saddest. I like the meremaidopus too.
It was sad to see the flooding, Mark, the lake level had risen by about 3 metres and was still rising.
Wonderful shots – for your walls … have you been in Berlin???
All of your wall have a powerful story to tell – my pick has to be the stone wall at Howth Head.
I have been to Berlin, viveka, it’s an amazing place. 🙂
Yes, one of my favorite in Europe … up there with Barcelona.
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Such great photos you have displayed for this week’s challenge.
Here is my selection. Hope you ENJOY!!
http://www.ceephotography.com/2013/01/25/travel-theme-walls/
Thanks Cee, I love your series too, especially the all white one with your name in shadow! 🙂
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Hot walls… bits of resistance… hopefully I’ll throw in a straight edge or two.. 😉
http://ouchmybackhurts.wordpress.com/2013/01/26/walls-part-one/
Haha, the no barking one is my favourite, aj! xxx
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I really like the first wall and the last one. I love Pink Floyd.
Ah yes, I am quite partial to Pink Floyd myself, Connie. Wish You Were Here is a classic.
You found some great walls- what is the binder in the second shot?
There were tiny little shells mixed in with what looked like concrete, brilliant idea because the shells caught the light and sparkled beautifully.
They surely did- great photos!!
Great theme, and wonderful photos of yours… 😉
Wondrous selection of walls, Ailsa. I went to see your Berlin Wall post too. Fascinating.
A more modest wall:
http://mostlymonochrome.wordpress.com/2010/03/01/time-to-redecorate/
Not as amazing as your shot of the New Jersey wall.
Lovely, mostlymonochrome, that bottom one with the slashes of paint is wonderful. That casino in New Jersey was a real joy to find, such a beautiful building even though it was almost falling apart.
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This was an enjoyable theme – as always! Here’s my entry!
http://lagottocattleya.wordpress.com/2013/01/25/weekly-travel-theme-walls/
Wow, lagottocattleya, such an incredible array of walls from all over the world, I love them all. But those hydrangeas on the stone walls stole my heart. 🙂
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Wow – wonderful selections, as usual! I love the Irish sea wall, and of course Asbury Park is a blast from my past! I thought about the Great Wall and some others from my travels, but something made me stick close to home today – so I went outside and took some new photos for my post. Hope you enjoy them! http://theretiringsort.com/2013/01/25/weekly-travel-challenge-walls/
Absolutely beautiful post, TRS, I love that Frost poem, your photos are so evocative and your prose is utterly compelling. What a glorious patch of the world you inhabit. I’m very glad you stuck close to home for this one. xxx
Glad you enjoyed it – you know me and Robert Frost… 😉
I most certainly do 😉
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I like the wall in Howth Head. Walls is a great theme for photos!
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Ailsa, Your Berlin Wall inspired me.
http://quotidianhudsonriver.com/2013/01/25/1-25-13-travel-theme-walls/
Haha, Robert, what a great post. That Ellen deGeneres quote cracked me up, and I love how you started with the Berlin Wall and then went on a journey. I like that Ephesus wall too, you’re not alone!
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I have a friend who grew up near Asbury Park, she’d talk about it all the time. Haven’t seen her in a couple of years, so thanks for reminding me of her. And in Mexico there’s a belief that if you paint your walls that shade of blue, like your shot in Guatemala, it’ll keep flies out of your home; guess it doesn’t work when there’s no roof.
Anyhuey, here’s what’s hanging on my blog. . . http://loganbruin.wordpress.com/2013/01/25/travel-theme-walls/
Awesome, Logan – I am stealing that Pink Floyd parody, might come in useful someday. I love Chemainus, the little town that did, those murals are incredible. Oh, and I’m willing to bet you could rock that earring. 😉
I would need to have rocks in my head to wear an earring, especially that one!
Nikki Katt is the musician who came up with that Pink Floyd line. She does a song about how she’s dating the most boring guy ever that’s even more hilarious, and another about what to do when your neighbor sleeps with your boyfriend. . . ;o)
Never heard of her, but I’m going to google her now. Thanks for the tip! 🙂
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A terrific theme and I love all your photographs, Ailsa! My contribution includes a discussion of history and politics, couldn’t resist with this topic 🙂 http://cinova.wordpress.com/2013/01/26/travel-theme-walls/
Beautifully written and heartfelt piece, cinova, and what great photos of Derry. Love it. xxx
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Here is my entry for this week: http://ohmsweetohmdotme.wordpress.com/2013/01/25/travel-theme-walls/
I love the Pink Floyd hook.
Nature’s such a vandal! Wonderful capture, Allan!
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Love the theme and the pictures, Ailsa. Here are some pictures from the NYC Subways…they never stop surprising me…..
http://shaanthz.wordpress.com/2013/01/26/trael-theme-walls/
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I love the horse market wall and the mermaid/octopus! Here are my walls – http://newpillowbook.wordpress.com/2013/01/25/travel-themes-walls/.
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So much choice – here’s a fave to start – get out your magnifying glasses and have a look at
http://acrossthebored.com/2013/01/25/travel-theme-walls/
those are great walls!! i’ll try to see if i could find a suitable entry ^^
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Amazing photos of walls. Here is mine: http://wp.me/p23TG1-27g
BE ENCOURAGED! BE BLESSED!
http://alienshores52.wordpress.com/2013/01/26/travel-theme-walls-2/
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I love your walls – check out mine – http://wp.me/p2Cq37-8t
Wow… your photos are stunning, I love the walls! (:
Here are mine http://mannalexandra.wordpress.com/2013/01/26/travel-theme-walls/
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