I stopped here during a recent drive along the marvellous pacific coast highway between San Luis Obisbo and Santa Cruz.

Visiting the gaudy homes of super rich people is not normally my thing … but this was worth it!

Here’s a few more images from the visit -

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I managed to arrive in one of the driest places in in North America the day it was flooded … go figure!

This was taken on the long drive between CES Las Vegas and San Jose … but what a drive it was!!

If you look really closely at the image below you can see where sea level sits -

I had to post this image … which was taken as 5 separate images using a P&S camera what feels like a whole life ago …

Torres Del Paine National Park in Chile is one one of the most inspirational places on Earth. Its in the middle of one of the most beautiful regions I’ve ever seen … Patagonia which is the pointy part of South America where Chile and Argentina are diced in two by the Andes mountains …

In my case it was this place that really made me want to pick up a camera in an endless effort to capture “Perfect Moments” …

… the rest as they say … is history.

Gallery Version here (I hope you have a wide screen) -