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Really? I find nothing scary/disgusting about it... I mean I know it's a bit weird, but sill... they're just frogs.
Melchiah
Member
Heh, my girlfriend has a very strong fear of caterpillars. So much so, that she can't even look a pic of them. I have arachnophobia to some extent, but it doesn't prevent me from being fascinated by the creatures.
Damon Bennet
Member
is it a phobia then? there is a difference between "ugh i hate spiders" and a phobia.
Melchiah
Member
Well, I can watch, but not touch them, and I certainly wouldn't want to spend a night at a place, where there's a large spider in a terrarium.
Melchiah
Member
Some castles...
Predjamski Castle built within a cave mouth in southwestern Slovenia.
The Fortress Hohenwerfen Castle (Burg Hohenwerfen), Austria.
The Tatev Monastery, Syunik Province, southern Armenia.
Oravský Zámok (Orava Castle), Slovakia
Orova Castle is situated on a high rock above Orava river and built in the Kingdom of Hungary in the 13th century. This shot is part of the castle complex. Orova Castle is where many scenes of the 1922 film Nosferatu were filmed, although until recently was thought to have been shot in Transylvania. © Grzegorz Formicki
The Hunyad Castle, Transylvania.
Supposed place where Vlad III of Wallachia (commonly known as Vlad the Impaler) was held prisoner. The Hunyad Castle is sometimes mentioned as a source of inspiration for Bram Stoker's Castle Dracula.
Swallow's Nest, near Crimea - a Republic of Southern Ukraine.
Swallow's Nest is a tiny medieval castle which may seem small and unobtrusive (the building itself is tiny, just 20m long and 10m wide), but has been featured in many books and short brochures linked to crime and mystery. The castle was built in the early twentieth century between 1911 and 1912 on a cliff that juts out over the Black Sea.
Predjamski Castle built within a cave mouth in southwestern Slovenia.
The Fortress Hohenwerfen Castle (Burg Hohenwerfen), Austria.
The Tatev Monastery, Syunik Province, southern Armenia.
TOM f'N CRUISE
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Goodacre0081
Member
man, I love snowy Japan
That looks really great. What's going on with the village mob surrounding the front-most house, though?
Melchiah
Member
Awesome. My favorite
Burg Eltz (Eltz Castle)
That's a good one as well.
I've got good memories from visiting several castles along Rhine in Germany, with my parents when I was a child.
NotMyUsername
Member
I could be wrong but very likely that's just a line of tourists? I Googled around and found out that's Shirakawa Village, often voted the most beautiful village in Japan. The homes in the area are part of a UNESCO World Heritage site with the largest, Wadake Home, being the building all the people are lined up around. Kind of interesting to Google around and read up about the place.
Escape Goat
Member
Yeah, I have this.
I swear one day I'm going to full-fill my lifelong dream of going to Europe/the UK and seeing as many castles as I possibly can.
Especially Neuschwanstein. After learning about it (and "Crazy King Ludwig") in one of my German classes in high school, I've always wanted to go there.
I'll also throw in Eilean Donan castle in Scotland. Gorgeous.
If there's one thing that I lament the US not having that older countries do, it's castles.
Melchiah
Member
Visiting UK is also in my plans. If you want to see castles, I recommend Rhine/Germany.
I've only recently begun to appreciate Castles and their histories, i'd love to visit some of the European ones.
There's 2 castles within a few miles of where i live (Yorkshire, England), one is in a very bad condition though, the other isn't too bad:
All that is left of the first (11th Century i think)
The second (12th Century)
Apologies for the poor pics
ThaneKrios
Banned
Marieta Islands, Mexico.
SolidusDave
Member
Marieta Islands, Mexico.
If one of you is visiting Playa Escondida on Marieta, please upload some nice wallpaper-quality photos, because that's all the Internet got it seems
Head of Vengarl
Banned
Jesus Christ I could not sit through that whole clip. Ugh my skin is crawling just thinking about it.
Melchiah
Member
The largest cave ever found on Earth. So big, it has it's own ecosystem. Son Doong Cave in Vietnam.
http://imgur.com/gallery/Ja86I
http://imgur.com/gallery/Ja86I
Melchiah
Member
Another one from Imgur.
The biggest snake there was - Titanoboa, the 40-Foot-Long Snake
http://imgur.com/gallery/XjLSL
The biggest snake there was - Titanoboa, the 40-Foot-Long Snake
http://imgur.com/gallery/XjLSL
Rygar 8 Bit
Jaguar 64-bit
resident evil all over again
ResidentDante
Member
Marieta Islands, Mexico.
I wonder how you get in. It looks to far to jump down, can you swim in or do you need to dive I wonder?
Arrowgigantic
Member
If the tide isn't getting broken, there's got to be a wide area where you can just swim into it.
Jedeye Sniv
Banned
Marieta Islands, Mexico.
My first thought on seeing that is that it's full of crazy underground bugs, meaner than the ones we get up here. Myabe they're buried in the sand, and when you walk over them they have stingers on their thoraxes and poison you.
Nature freaks me out man.
SolidusDave
Member
Marieta Islands, Mexico.
Kinda reminds me of Porco Rosso's hide out from the Ghibli movie by the same name.
May as well start posting, Giganthropithecus, Megalodon, Carbonemys cofrinii, and the Ground Sloth. Damn. Everything alive today seems to be descended from some bigger, more badass version.
revolverjgw
Member
Love me some cemetery statues, especially ones that are in a bit of disrepair
