what happens in Vegas, stays in vegas

Yeahaaa! I did it! Landed yesterday in Vegas! Going to start my road trip from here!

Fun city?! Sin City?! Whatever! Vegas is awesome! I don’t need to know more ;)

Las Vegas, a surreal appariation rising out of barren desert sands, at first glance Las Vegas appears a shimmering mirage, a figment of your imagination. An alternate universe, where the globe’s most famous sights – ancient Egypt’s pyramids, Paris’s Eiffel Tower, the canals of Venice – tumble together, bathed in an ethereal neon glow.

washington d.c.

a bit late, but better late than never. ay!?
Washington D.C., the nations capital and the place where the greatest cowboy in the world has his official residence, well at least until next January. Isn’t the world lucky that the American President can only be reelected once :) ok so far enough in getting political… here are a few pictures of what I took in Washington D.C.

tha big boyz house

been just in time to see the snipers on the roof changing their shift…

new york

‘Immerse yourself in New York City for five minutes, and you’ll see why it’s like no other place on earth.’ It looks like something in this statement seems to be true.

This city is full of diversity. Probably only here u will find all of America’s attributes, intensified in such an intriguing way. Only here will you experience those sublime moments that New York City is famous for.
It was an kick-ass long ‘4^th of July’ weekend in New York. I’ve grazed a bunch of the most prominent sites in NY, but still not all of them. Lots to see in such a short time…damn it!
For those back home who think I do spend mostly of my time here only in sunshine. Well, to be honest and to satisfy you people, the weather wasn’t that sunny, this time. This was really kind of a setback, particularly if you want to take some pictures :(
Nevertheless I had an awesome time in NY and several wicked experiences, even if my impressions weren’t that positive from the very first. I guess you have to give this ever-pulsating city some time to convince your heart. So watch out for the numerous varieties NY is packed with and make NY like no other place on earth.

just gettig started…haha

I think I should have enough camera gear for now. :) Well, but the next thing on my little list of wishes is a Canon 40D body… we will see what time will bring… I got this lil’ gut feeling, which says that time won’t last long
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key west

So, time for something new. Last weekend we did our trip to Key West. Key West is a city and an island of the same name and is the southernmost place in the Continental United States. Altogether a five day trip, with over 2500km done, I think gas prices over here are still acceptable compared to Europe :) Even if the Americans are whining…

Something familiar? Yeah this is Jacksonville, but this time I managed it to get it at night. But really don’t know if it was such a good idea to stop in the middle of the night, in the middle of a Interstate, strong frequented by the way, to built up the camera equipment!? Well, let me put it that way… no risk, no fun.

Everglades Nationalpark with the morning fog, awesome view.

after almost 13 hours driving, thru the night, we where there. Guess, what the first thing was, we did. We jumped into the beautiful (pee warm) Gulf of Mexico!!! By the way, I heard the weather in Germany isn’t that good right now!?

Sunset Cruise

those are just a couple of shots I took on that sunset cruise

Just some activities

Everything included, even the sunburn!

Snorkling? Are you crazy? I’m a diver! Yeah, the day before, I was only standing there, smiling and looking at the crowded mess trying to snorkel. Lucky I used the chance to go down in the Keys. It was pretty awesome… according to my license, I’m not supposed to that deep I was, but thas the US. Who cares? Ok, the wreck dive was pretty wicked, but damn it… where are those sharks if u need them!? Really wanna go shark diving! Since years…

general pictures

this is one of my favourites…we look like in a commercial for a bloody boygroup :)

So peolple! I think, I’m done with teasing for right now…take care …and I’ll just chill on for some more time over here ;)

Artjom

wings over charleston

Saturday was the Air Force Air Show here in Charleston. It took me almost two and a half hours to get there. After I spent over one hour in traffic jam due to the Air Show and did not even come 500m far, so I dumped the car outside the base and walked the rest. Well, haven’t thought that the base is that big. But otherwise I would have spent the whole day in this damn traffic jam. …

What really sucks, is that the battery of my lovely camera died just after a couple of shots. Man, was I pissed!!! I still tried to get some shots with my phone, but it’s hard to catch jet’s in action with the speed of a phone camera. I hope some pic’s are still worth it to look at.

At least the weather was on my side, it was such a gorgeous day, so gorgeous that I still look like, I have spent to much time at the tanning studio :)

C-17 in action

Boeing DreamLifter

F-16

F-22 Raptor

AWAC

The Purple Violet Pitts

F-15 Eagle

Thunderbirds, the main attraction

Come to the Marines, those guys are probably using every trick to get you in…

getting geared up

ordered yesterday finally a 50mm lens for my camera, also got a new tripod from the photo shop. Taking pictures with the old one, was sometimes just a pain in the ass, so I thought to invest some into this point. Also thinking about to get a 10mm lens and ordering a flash in the next weeks.

Well, it’s weekend. Just got back from work, bloody tired! On the schedule for tonite is our weekly Saturday nite bar and club tour thru Charleston downtown. Hope I can do a snooze before…

While I’m posting these, there is an enormous storm outside, so no beach for today. Hopefully the weather will turn by tomorrow, or my plan to make a call on Savannah will fall trough.