Selected images from market hopping whilst in Indonesia. Enjoy

I have always been attracted to odd signs on my travels. Here are two of the recent ones. The first was found in eastern Holland. Truth be told, I am still trying to figure it out. ‘Yield for Crushed Smart Cars’ might be a good guess. Your opinions are welcome.

The second happens to be one of my favourites. J’ai trouvé ça sur le Pointe du Raz dans l’ouest de Bretagne. Notice how speakers of Breton are more intelligent then English or French speakers.

Whilst exploring early morning in Lombok, Indonesia, I came across this young boy. He was dutifully picking rocks and snails from the young rice patch. The rice cultivation system in Indonesia has been perfected over the Millenia. Each growth stage of rice requires a different amount of flooding in the field. How this works, especially in the terraced fields of Bali is an incredible example of community cooperation, (and it makes for some excellent travel photography).

Site of the world famous film festival, Cannes is surprisingly quiet when the festival isn’t in town. It is a pleasant little town and has all the trappings of a town struggling to maintain an identity as a upscale town. Around the train station lies a very multicultural neighbourhood and has the typical ‘around the train station’ feel. There is one glitzy shopping street that doesn’t resemble the outlying streets. Nonetheless, the conference centre and the harbour are beautiful. I can just imagine this town transforming into quite a party.

Believe it not, it is Holland. The Hoge Veluwe National Park.

A new image from recent travels in France. This Foozball table was found in a parc nestled into the center of Rennes.

It has been a few months since the incredible gathering of passionate and empowered youth from around the world met in Bali, Indonesia. I was a member of the Canadian Youth Delegation to Bali and took the opportunity to document the inspiring efforts of the international youth at COP 13. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change took place during December 1 – 14 of 2007. A Bali roadmap was agreed upon and hopes remain high that the growing movement for action against climate change will indeed create profound changes in this world. We are quite possibly facing the greatest threat to mankind this earth has seen. Climate change is real and it is here, it is affecting the populations of Kiribati and the Arctic, it is affecting the world and will affect everyone one of us in the future. The youth are gathering and acting now, join us. See the slideshow on youth action at the UNFCCC. I also encourage you to take a look at the It’s Getting Hot in Here, dispatches from the Youth Climate Movement.

The village square came alive this weekend. Kids screamed and cheered as their favourite knight fought, backdropped by modern banks and the post office. Having carted in sand and straw, the square in Utrecht, the Netherlands, was transformed into a modern day jousting lane. The action was cheered on by adult and child alike as the knights fought for the maidens hand. More here

A new panorama created in Utrecht, the Netherlands. A wonderful 360 degree view of the picturesque Utrecht.

Check out the Montreal skyline in this incredibly detailed panorama. Created using a small feature called Zoomify in CS3 it enables you to zoom in on the small details of the great North American City. Montreal Panorama