Photos Archives ⋆ The Traveling Fool

Photo: They Must Be Pretty Smart

Bob Bales — Fri, 23 Jan 2015 18:51:26 +0000

All I can say is they must be pretty smart kids.

Friday Photos – Old Houses

Bob Bales — Fri, 06 Sep 2013 13:07:26 +0000

I look for interesting and unusual things to photograph when traveling and I recently saw these old houses on a trip. The photos were taken on Bantayan Island in the Philippines. These old houses were built in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s and belonged to some of the more wealthy and politically powerful people […]

Worthless Travel Photos

Bob Bales — Tue, 30 Jul 2013 08:10:35 +0000

I take a lot of travel photos. Some are good a lot of them are not very good at all. That is the great thing about a digital camera. Unlike the old 35 mm cameras, a bad photo is just a delete button away from memory. When I travel I take photos of people, places […]

Dangwa Flower Market Manila

Bob Bales — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 13:40:19 +0000

The Dangwa Flower Market also known as the Bulaklakan ng Maynila (Flower Market of Manila) is located in the Santa Cruz and Sampaloc areas of Manila in the Philippines. The Dangwa market has been around since the mid 1970’s and was extremely popular during the Marcos regime when the market provided flowers to the large […]

Manila Bay

Bob Bales — Sun, 03 Mar 2013 14:24:20 +0000

There is an ongoing war of sorts in the Philippines regarding Manila Bay. A proposal to reclaim part of the land on the board walk has pitted developers and government entities against environmentalists and concerned citizens. On one side it is said reclamation will create jobs, lower the impact of tidal waves and floods while […]