Ailsa’s Travel Theme: Unexpected

On my travels around the world, I’ve often happened upon unexpected sights. These always add to the enjoyment and excitement of a trip, don’t you agree? Here are just a few for Ailsa’s Travel Theme this week.

A cashier in Walgreen’s Pharmacy was wearing this amazing hat. She obligingly bent her head so I could take a pic.

A rather dilapidated Discotheque in a Costa Rican village.

A beautifully decorated oxcart, complete with ox, unexpectedly appeared, when we were visiting a coffee farm in Costa Rica.

An unexpected Bull’s-Eye at a resort in the Bahamas.

Hubby got an unexpected visitor at the Kuranda Bird World in Cairns.

A most unwelcome surprise when hubby went out to pack up the car, to leave our son’s house in New Jersey,last Christmas.

This satellite dish was a rather unexpected sight in Peru.

Last but not least, this Belizean woman’s nail do was an unexpected sight on a plane ride from Lamanai to Belize City, I thought I’d just pop this one in especially for my friend Gunta. I know it will make her day. 😉

I hope you’ve enjoyed my unexpected pics from around the world. To see more entries for Ailsa’s Travel Theme, just click here.

WPC: Juxtaposition

When I saw Michelle’s new theme ‘Juxtaposition’, I immediately remembered these few pics from my archives. We quite often see most unexpected pairings, and whilst travelling in Peru, I came upon this rather unlikely combination, near to the Temple of Wiracocha in Raqchi.

Just below Machu Picchu is a market, with a railway line running right through the middle of it.

On our Costa Rican tour, we stopped for lunch at a roadside restaurant, and I found this pair of sculptures really odd, and wondered whose idea it was to place them there. They seemed to bear no relation to one another at all.

Lastly, here are two very different modes of transport. In Sarchi, the most famous crafts centre in Costa Rica, I noticed this modern day bicycle leaning up against the ancient ox cart on display there.

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