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
Where's my backpack? 
and your heading! love to be there
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This was fun! http://jelillie.wordpress.com/2013/01/28/travel-theme-walls/
Great theme! Here is my post: http://aniaarcher.wordpress.com/2013/01/28/travel-theme-walls/
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Hi my friends !
Here my entries for this theme…
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From me: http://cobbledtoolbox.wordpress.com/2013/01/28/travel-theme-walls/
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Hi Ailsa, i’m sharing here the magnificent and ancient walls in Oman.
http://smartntrendymom.wordpress.com/2013/01/28/travel-theme-walls/
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My Walls…
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Here’s my contribution to your challenge:
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Here is my take on some of the walls I have run into:
http://ronmayhewphotography.wordpress.com/2013/01/28/travel-theme-walls/
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Great looking walls on display in your post, Ailsa. Nicely done. Now, how about a little Etruscan elbow grease and Roman manpower — Ancient Brick ‘n’ Mortar: http://thepalladiantraveler.com/2013/01/29/travel-theme-walls/
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Hello Ailsa,
I love your Walls photos, they are stunning and pushing me to get out, and do Walls photography thanks for inspiring me.:)
Here’s my simple Walls photos for this week theme.:)
http://chikawithyeneyes.wordpress.com/2013/01/29/travel-theme-walls/
Have a good week y’all,
Yen-Yen
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hi ailsa, you have a wonderful collection of walls.. i know my entry is quite simple but here it is http://starlight427.wordpress.com/2013/01/29/travel-theme-walls/
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Travel Theme-Walls of a Fort http://myvividvisions.wordpress.com/2013/01/29/travel-theme-walls-of-a-fort/
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Love your photos. Great challenge this week!
Here’s my contribution:
http://wp.me/2hwH2
Cheers! 🙂
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I love the mermaid/octopus (Meropus? Octomaid?) in the last picture. Very cool. My contribution for the week: http://ididitforjohnny.wordpress.com/2013/01/29/travel-theme-walls/
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Some of those ones like your Ireland wall, you really have to woner how old or recent they actually are. They look so timeless sometimes.
Sparked my memories of the San Juan city wall:
Those are great shots. Do you know what that wall is made of? The outside one with stones on top. Can’t figure out what all those dried out weed looking things are. Interesting. 🙂
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Here’s one – http://beyondthebrushphotography.wordpress.com/2013/01/29/485/
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Love your Walls from decadence to destruction Ailsa .The only one I have any hope of getting to see in the near future is the Stables Market with its friezes all new to me ! I’m in this week here
http://poppytump.wordpress.com/2013/01/29/travel-theme-walls/
Hi Ailsa,
Not sure why but I have tried to comment a couple of times and nothing happens…gonna give it another go…here’s hoping
Hya Jo, I just checked and your comments are there, but there have been so many comments that yours is on page three. When you scroll down to comments, there’s a link that says ‘newer comments’ and if you click it, it takes you to the next page of comments. There are 50 comments per page. I’m trying to go through everyone’s comments in order, it’s taking quite a while 🙂 xxx
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More walls – http://lynneayersbeyondthebrush.wordpress.com/2013/01/29/walls/
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Taking a tour around the highlands of Scotland, I found the most amazing stone wall:
http://madoqua.wordpress.com/2013/01/30/travel-challenge-lichens-on-an-old-stone-wall
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Loving your themes! I love the photos you chose!
Here are mine: http://suburbaphobe.wordpress.com/2013/01/29/travel-theme-walls/
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I do hope I am not late?… I can only say WOW WOW and WOW Ailsa some fantastic places you have found these kind of walls, I say 🙂 my choice of walls seems to disappear in this marvellous collection of walls around Blogland –
Here is my contribution
http://www.starhouse.nl/star4/?p=667
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