Odd post

Seeing as I was in the US, I figured I'd show you some of the best light displays I saw in the campground where I stayed, but I also figured I was running out of material so I should put something in to bulk it up a bit too.



This was really the sole night photo that came out well, all the more remarkable as I took it in a moving vehicle with no flash and a long exposure time without a tripod. Incredible when you think about it. The sheer amount of effort these people go to for these decorations, it is awesome.



This was taken in the Morocco pavilion of Epcot, what I found out was that the Government insisted on sending their own artisans and designers to build it. And certainly it shows compared to the other pavilions, truly incredible the sheer amount of detail these artisans put into the design. I suppose it was a matter of national pride.



Note the pretty reflections. I'm a big fan of reflections that create the optical illusion that they're not really reflections at all.

This was a photo taken at about sunset on my first day in Orlando, having just come from Northern Europe, seeing the sun again for the first time in nearly 3 months was quite a shock.



Special shout-out to Ellie and Lizzie who just gave me a Hannah Montana T-shirt and requested in exchange a few mentions of them across the web.

Poinsettias

I read the other week that poinsettias were the most popular winter plant in the UK. Well, that may be true, and it must be true for the USA, everywhere we went in Orlando were the distinctive green and red leaves of the poinsettia. It is a plant indigenous to Mexico and Guatemala, and first introduced to the US by the Mexican Ambassador in 1828. (Thanks Wikipedia)

Anyway, what follows isn't a particularly amazing post with lots of pictures of poinsettias.

Enjoy!