We are with our friends on Manado, Indonesia and we were waiting for the sun to sink from behind the cloud cover.
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Bandaneira Airport
On a two-month trip around the Indonesian archipelago with my wife and our two daughters, we travelled almost exclusively by ferry. But one flight took us from Bandaneira to Ambon. The eternal wait for the delayed plane in the open-air passenger lounge was way more pleasant than any first class lounge.
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Sometimes you have to wait for a plane to take off in order to walk the airport tarmac into Gibraltar from Spain.
Gibraltar/Spain Border crossing.
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Waiting for lunch
Waiting for lunch: In the Okavango Delta, Botswana, a leopard watches for the opportunity to find a meal. I was grateful for a telephoto lens.
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Say Grace
Politely waiting for someone top say grace before he starts eating. Bolivia
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Waiting for my cruise ship to come in at Bar Harbor, Maine.
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Waiting for customers
She was helping her mom set up umbrellas for sale at the Luang Prabang night market in Laos. Once the display was ready, it was time to wait for customers.
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1992 German Embassy Moscow
As soon as I could after the fall of the Soviet Union I spent some time with my friend Igor there, whom I did not yet know in person. He wanted a visa for Germany - almost impossible to get. Three days of waiting at the embassy; you could hire people to do that for you. But we went there together, and waving my German passport we were in the embassy in a whiff and Igor had his visa within two days.
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Mothers waiting patiently for their kids
Melasti Beach, Bali, Indonesia
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Who's Going to Tell Him?
Man "waits" in the recently closed (and abandoned) Nouakchott Airport in Mauritania. His flight will never arrive.
Waiting for preparation of our serving of plov, the national dish of Uzbekistan.
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Waiting for the clouds to part
The New Zealand pampas grasses flow in the wind while we wait for that same wind to blow the cloud cover off of Mount Taupo. That never happened.
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Crossing the boarder from Paraguay to Brazil. Once inside Brazil, we had a long wait for a bus into town.
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Waiting for my wing to mend
At the Christmas Island National Park seabird rehabilitation facility, this prehistoric looking, critically endangered Abbott's Booby youngster proved inquisitive......and hungry for sardines😁
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Waiting for Hogwarts Express
Hikers gather daily at the Glenfinnan Viaduct overlook to see the Hogworts Express steam past
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Waiting for students
This women is focusing her energies with a singing bowl whilst waiting for her yoga students at an eco lodge near Pokhara Nepal
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Waiting for a Bite (PNG)
We left Karawari Lodge (a former Spirit House deep in the jungle highlands of Papua New Guinea, on the Karawari River) and boarded a 4-person motorized craft bound for a morning visit to a small village upstream. Like many people who live along the river, these villagers eat pudding or pancakes made from Sago palms, occasional leaves from other flora, and fish. Fishing is often done by women, in dugout canoes. This village woman had her fishing line in the water and was waiting for a nibble -- and for us to leave her to her work.
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Opononi Sand boarding
School kids on camp getting ready to sand board down a sand dune in Northland, New Zealand
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Patiently waiting for customers.
Agafay desert, Morocco
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Digesting
Waiting for lunch to digest . . . My guide told me this Komodo dragon was a male and that, because he had just eaten, it was likely that I could safely approach a bit closer. He was resting and digesting.
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Waiting for a strawberry Moon to rise over Queens, NY
We trekked up the glorious sand dunes near Erfoud, Morocco, and stayed at a classic Berber tented camp. In the middle of the night we crept outside our shelter to lie in the powdery sand, gaze at the infinity of stars, and listen only to sound of the soft wind in our ears. Early the next morning we sat on a tall dune to await the sunrise. Our guide, who had seen this view countless times, was still mesmerized by its beauty.
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Not my place
In Nepal he's waiting for his significant other to return so they can go home. It's not the first time, so he's come prepared.
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waiting for a blessing
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After three days in the Amazon. Our boat dropped us off at the road, but our prearranged ride had left without us.
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Waiting to clear Customs
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Nuns seriously waiting in Madrid airport for someone special!
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Waiting for the bus!
Waiting for a bus, freezing cold in mud brick shed in San Pedro de Atacama.
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Waiting for the barracuda
Our divemaster Eljer patiently waits while the school of barracuda pass around him at Barracuda Point in Sipadan, Malaysia. This is one of the top five dive sites we've been to in the world.
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Waiting at Waiting at Istanbul Airport to board flight to Tashkent, Uzbekistan
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they moved the ship
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Tunisian Tea Time
Mint tea with pine nuts is a popular way to pass time in Tunisia until fresh almonds are in season.
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Waiting for Sunset
The climax of the theatrically managed Wagah border flag lowering ceremony..witnessed every sunset by thousands of spectators on both the Indian and Pakistani sides of the border.
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Awaiting Alms
These young nuns, dressed in their crisp, colorful habits, were making their daily rounds to receive alms in a village near Inle Lake, Myanmar. I saw them waiting for a shopkeeper to bring out little packets of food for them. While most of the nuns in this grouop were pre-teens or teenagers, the youngest looked to be no more than about nine years old -- too young to be able to balance a tray on her head. While waiting, however, she was busy checking to make sure her robes were in order.
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50 years wait is over!
At the recent Spirit of Speyside TCC event, our group were fortunate enough to be blessed with a dram of 50 year old Whisky at Speyburn distillery....Nectar of the Gods!
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Waiting to get into St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome
Touring Rome in early June 2024, we happened upon this queue that was four times longer than shown in the photo. The Italians said it wasn’t even tourist season yet! Wait, wait, wait to get into popular historic sites.
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All yield to the giant trevally
We can clearly see that the giant trevally is at the top of the food chain as hundreds of barracuda and a few lone divers trail behind. Taken at Barracuda Point dive site on Sipadan, Malaysia, this is a must visit destination!
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Tim waiting on hold
That first class seat was nice from Buenos Aires to Miami until we were unable to get a flight on standby out of Miami. Tim is on hold with United trying to book a standby ticket on Air Canada back to Toronto in 1999. We had a cell phone for the next trip.
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New Zealand's longest queue
Year 8 camp school kids climbing a hill near Waipoua as part of there 3 day hike. It’s very difficult finding photos of queues as I don’t like them and there aren’t many in New Zealand!