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Ancestral trail

2007.10.18
Valle Verzasca, Ticino, Switzerland

This dam is famous for the bungee jump in the James Bond movie, "Goldeneye"

It's a long way down!



Not speaking any Italian made it a bit difficult to ask for directions :-)

One of the reasons we went to Switzerland was to visit Gerra Verzasca, where my great grandfather was born in 1837. It's a beautiful place - the Victorian goldfields must have seemed very strange to him.
22 Comments
Aniruddha Great views. Im sure was a lot of fun.
Aniruddha · 2007-10-18: 03:23
Alicehume Can't believe you didn't want to try the James Bond jump!!
Alicehume · 2007-10-18: 03:32
slowpete beautiful country
slowpete · 2007-10-18: 04:39
HazCam you get around, jetty... nice work mate !
HazCam · 2007-10-18: 04:42
Estel The dam is impressive!
Estel · 2007-10-18: 04:48
grupakliniczna very interesting set.
grupakliniczna · 2007-10-18: 05:43
aimeric nice to go back to find your roots !
great pics
aimeric · 2007-10-18: 05:44
photopoet Love the mountain view. Nice set.
photopoet · 2007-10-18: 06:10
SheriJ WOW beautiful.. Do any hiking while you were there??
SheriJ · 2007-10-18: 06:58
jendayee very nice views ! love the light on the last one !
jendayee · 2007-10-18: 07:33
Karibbean beautiful shots!
Karibbean · 2007-10-18: 08:55
ilkab #3 wow,wow, wow.... nice:)
ilkab · 2007-10-18: 09:52
noptek Nice landscapes. Great framing
noptek · 2007-10-18: 10:02
tomhal1 Very nice -:)))
tomhal1 · 2007-10-18: 10:04
Jannie What fun trek! That dam is incredible, can't imagine leaping off of it, bungee or not!
Jannie · 2007-10-18: 13:21
sunshineand i do like the last shot
sunshineand · 2007-10-18: 14:05
youlookmahvelous Your so lucky you got to go there it is a beautiful place and nicely photographed.
youlookmahvelous · 2007-10-18: 16:25
mybigbackyard What a great journey! These are lovely...
mybigbackyard · 2007-10-18: 19:18
rolpa The "ancestral" part adds another dimension to the journey, doesn't it? Lovely place and photos.
rolpa · 2007-10-19: 03:16
kangshung Glad you could touch on some of your great grandfather's origins - I like the last one most.
kangshung · 2007-10-19: 03:22
rcharris Superb series and I love the scale of the dam.
rcharris · 2007-10-19: 09:31
LisetteT Beautiful shots.
I prefer the last.
LisetteT · 2007-10-20: 10:56
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