About that banner (part 1)

In case you were wondering, all those teeny tiny pictures that are lightly in the background in the banner of this blog, are in fact, my pictures from my various travels. I used the new Mosai option in the Collage feature in Picasa to create them out of piles and piles of pictures collected through the year. I thought it might be fun to take a closer look...

The banner is actually made up of 4 squares, each of which are 300 pixels wide and tall. The first square looks like this, blown up and in full colour:

The first square definitely has a mostly Asia Pacific theme. In case you're wondering, here are the subjects/locations of the pictures, going from left to right, top to bottom:

• Sake offerings, Meiji Shrine - Tokyo, Japan
• Hallway to the Spa, Mandarin Oriental Dhara Dhevi - Chiang Mai, Thailand
• Entrance to the Forbidden City - Beijing, China
• Main pool, Mandarin Oriental Dhara Dhevin - Chiang Mai, Thailand
• Somewhere off Hwy 101 between San Francisco and Big Sur - California, USA
• Volkswagen Beetle - Valladolid, Mexico
• Octopus at Tsukiji Fish Market - Tokyo, Japan
• Orchid at breakfast - Chiang Mai, Thailand
• Taj Mahal - Agra, India
• Purification stattion, Meiji Shrine - Tokyo, Japan
• Island Archway at Loch Ard Gorge - Great Ocean Road, Australia
• Baumkuchen cakes at Club Harie - Tokyo, Japan
• First glimpse of Taj Mahal - Agra, India
• Gate to the Forbidden City - Beijing, China
• Figurine in yoga asana - Chiang Mai, Thailand
• The Twelve Apostles - Great Ocean Road, Australia

Can you figure out where the other photos are taken? More next time!