Tales of a Technogypsie

photos 12/24/12 042-052 Near the historic Smokey Mountains, in Graham County, North Carolina, is a small town built along the shores of Lake Santeetlah. The town and lake share the name. Boasting a population of approximately 67 (census 2000), the town has approximately 200 residences. Santeetlah is located approximately 6 miles north of Robbinsville and [...]

Keflavik Reykjavik, Iceland When you fly into Reykjavik, you actually land just outside of Keflavik. “Keflavik” means “Driftwood Bay” and is a prominent town in the Reykjanes region of Southwestern Iceland. With a population of just over 8,000 it is part of a larger municipality region called Reykjanesbaer totalling over 13,000 inhabitants. The town was [...]

Lakes Entrance, Victoria, Australia In the Eastern part of the state of Victoria Australia lies a man-made channel that connects the Gippsland Lakes to the Bass Strait that is an abundant hotspot for tourism, fishing, and watersport recreation. A small village of just over 4,000 residents, “Lakes Entrance”, formerly “Cunnighame” was first inhabited in 1870 [...]

Albury New South Wales, Australia In the heartland of New South Wales just bordering Victoria, Australia lies the small agricultural town of Albury which serves as a major regional center for New South Wales along the Hume Highway and the Murray River. In Aborigine, this area is called “Mungabareena” or “place of plenty talk”. It [...]

Cooma New South Wales, Australia A small little town in the southern region of New South Wales, Cooma is just 115 kilometers south of Canberra. It is the entry to the “Snowy Mountains” Region and is along the Snowy Mountains Highway that connects Bega with the Riverina. With a tiny population of 6,587 inhabitants, and [...]

Gerlach, Nevada, USA: Gerlach was founded with the construction of the Feather River Route of the Western Pacific Railroad from 1905-1909. Very much tied with Empire, Gerlach is the larger of the two towns on the edige of Black Rock Desert. Combined population with Empire is about 500 according to the 2000 Census. Both towns [...]

Naas, Ireland * http://www.naas.ie/ * Inbetween Dublin and Kildare (as well as Cork, Limerick, and Waterford) is the little town of Naas, Ireland. “Naas” or “An Nás” means “The Place of Assembly”. It has also been calls “Nas Laighean” which means “The Place of The Leinstermen” or as “Nás na Riogh” which means “The Place [...]

Kill, Ireland Between Dublin and Kildare is the small little village of “Kill” which resides on Kildare’s border with Dublin. “Kill” has a population of approximately 2,000 inhabitants. Kill is infamous for its Equestrian traditions as there are numerous riding schools in the area. “Kill” or “An Chill” means “The Church”. There are two churches [...]

Cashel, Ireland Infamous location for the “Rock of Cashel”, Cashel is a small village rich in history and heritage. It is home to the Hore Abbey medieval monasteries, A Georgian Cathedra, fortified town houses, 21st century Library, and many other attractions. In the heart of the city center is the Heritage Center and Tourist Office [...]

Redruth Cornwall, England * http://www.cornwalls.co.uk/Redruth/ * “Resrudh” or “Redruth” is a town and civil parish of Cornwall, England with an approximate population of over 12,000 inhabitants. It lies along the route of the Old London to Land’s End trunk road (A30) and is 9 miles west of Truro and 18 miles northeast of Penzance. The [...]

Sheffield – Newlyn – Penzance: Photos from the bus journey …

Botallack – St. Just Area of Cornwall:Cornwall, England Botallack: This is an old mining village near St. Just that was featured in the “Poldark” television series. It hosts a pub named “The Queen’s Arms” and was home to many coppyer and tin mines. Its main mine, the Botallack Head Mine, closed down in 1895. The [...]

Pendeen, Cornwall, England Pendeen is a very panoramic and scenic coastal village on the Penwith peninsula in Cornwall, England. It is located 3 miles north of St. Just and 7 miles west of Penzance. Its a small village consisting of a community center, shop, post office, primary school, and few small businesses. The town is [...]

Madron, Cornwall, England This small little parish village of granite cottages that is located near Penzance and served as one of Penzance’s notable water sources. It is approximately 3 km / 2 miles northwest of the Penzance town center. The town is most notorious for the location of the fabled Madron Well – a healing [...]

St. Austell, Cornwall, United Kingdom A major town in the Cornwall region of England, St. Austell is a civil parish and town located on the south coast 10 miles south of Bodmin and 30 miles west of Devon. It is Cornwall’s largest town with approximately 22,658 people (2001 census). As of this writing (2010) it [...]

Liskeard, United Kingdom Located in Cornwall, England – Liskeard is a ancient stannary, civil parish, and market town located approximately 20 miles west of Plymouth and 14 miles west of the River Tamar and 12 miles east of Bodmin. It resides at the head of the Looe valley and hosts a population of over 8,600. [...]

Newton, Abbot England /United Kingdom ‘Newton Abbot’, population estimated at 23,580 is a market town and civil parish on the River Teign in the Teignbridge District of Devon. The town boasts today of a racecourse and ‘Decoy’ their country park. Through history they were notorious for their ‘Cheese and Onion Fayre’ held from the 5th-7th [...]

Newton / AbbeyUnited Kingdom Newton is a parliamentary borough of Lancashire, England. From 1559-1706 Newton was represented by two members of Parliament in the House of Commons as well as 1707-1800 in the Parliament of Great Britain, 1801-1832 in the Parliament of the United Kingdom, and 1885-1983 by one member as a county constituency. Newton [...]

Exeter, United Kingdom One of Devon’s historical centers, it is the ceremonial county of Devon. Residing on the River Exe (37 miles NE of Plymouth and 70 miles SW of Bristol). The name “Exeter” comes from latin ‘Exeter, Isca Dumnoniorum (‘Isca of the Dumnones’)’ that suggests Celtic origins as this important town ‘oppidum’ on the [...]

PahoaA little town in Hawaii that as the locals describe it “hasn’t stepped out of the 60′s”. The town is named after the Hawaiian word meaning “dagger” or “knife”. It is the resting ground of the Pele and Hi’iaka myths. In a way, it’s Hawaii’s Big Island’s Woodstock. Most of the population walk or bike [...]

Kalapana Village, Big Island, Hawaii Kalapana, Big Island, Hawaii Now just a little tourist stop-off and memorial, Kalapana was once a town in the region of the Puna District. It was demolished in the 1990 Kīlauea lava flow from the Puʻu ʻŌʻō vent which destroyed and partly buried much of the Kalapana Gardens and nearby [...]

Alta Ghost Town Alta (near Telluride), ColoradoElevation: ca. 11,800 ft. The remnants of this ghost town still remain, some as little as heaps of wood, others as frames, and some as full structures. Alta was a small mining town between Telluride and Rico housing a population of a few hundred. Gold was discovered here first [...]

Telluride, Colorado Telluride is a great little mountainous ski-resort village that was once a mining town. Population of 2,221 in 2000. Telluride was a former silver mining camp on the san Miguel River in the San Juan Mountains nestled in a box canyon of the Four Corners region of Colorado with steep forested mountains and [...]

Bradford, England * City Park Bradford, West Yorkshire, England population: 293,717 Long considered to be the curry capital of Britain, Bradford is also well known as an industrial city known for its textiles and especially it’s wool trade. Now surpassed by the curry market, just about every street around the city center has at least [...]