Helene Cyr Photography » Travel http://blog.helenecyr.com Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 31 Aug 2010 05:08:36 +0000 en hourly 1 Oahu, a short week of fabulous Aloha spirit http://blog.helenecyr.com/2010/02/oahu-a-short-week-of-fabulous-aloha-spirit/ http://blog.helenecyr.com/2010/02/oahu-a-short-week-of-fabulous-aloha-spirit/#comments Wed, 10 Feb 2010 23:34:31 +0000 Helene http://blog.helenecyr.com/?p=922 Oahu, spells Aloha. The Aloha spirit is nothing like I’ve experienced before. Sheer kindness and laid back mentality lies deep within the Oahu’nian veins. Even the official and non-official photographers at the Volcan Pipeline Pro were so surprisingly casual. By the way those pro surfers who ride the pipeline are seriously nuts. If the opportunity arises to visit the lovely Karen and her kind spirited Island once more, I would wish to do an essay on the Aloha spirit and their comfort and respect towards their incredible ocean. “Aloha”!


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]]> http://blog.helenecyr.com/2010/02/oahu-a-short-week-of-fabulous-aloha-spirit/feed/ 1 Palm Springs surrounding deserts, 11/29/09 http://blog.helenecyr.com/2009/11/palm-springs-surrounding-deserts-112909/ http://blog.helenecyr.com/2009/11/palm-springs-surrounding-deserts-112909/#comments Sun, 29 Nov 2009 23:38:39 +0000 Helene http://blog.helenecyr.com/?p=864 They boast of 100+ golf courses and a sea of windmills. It’s believable. But you can’t help wonder where heavens’ are they getting their water? After shooting Michelle and Berkeley’s wedding I treated myself to 2 days of desert (mostly by car I’m afraid) as Joshua Tree Park is immense! They should have a sign “watch for soft sand” as you will get very very stuck. And this I did well no more then 20 feet from the paved road! No less then 5 minutes both a car and tow truck stopped to help. This is John with his dog who helped me partly before the tow truck could truly pull me out. John was incredibly kind and seemed as though he was pulled out from a movie! The highway leading to L.A. is already 8 lanes wide at 159 KM from Palm Springs and you are warned not to go near it past 4pm… gaaa. The other park I visited was Indian Canyon, also a spectacular park where the palm trees are huge and grow from a natural fault line water source like an oasis. These two deserts I briefly visited are incredibly spiritual places! Oh! can you find the chain gang in any of these pictures? Truly.

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