Beautiful and bizarre roads of the world
|Yes, Paul McCartney wrote most eloquently of the Long and Winding Road, but even he would have amazed at the twisting, cavorting majesty of the roads revealed in these photos.
Tagged: amazing photos, Long and Winding Road, Paul McCartney
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francis said | 28 August, 2010
where was the 2nd photo down taken? surreal
G-Biscuit said | 28 August, 2010
I love me a good road and these are pretty sweet! There’s one in particular in Northland in NZ that I love going over! They can be almost sculptural.
alex martinez said | 29 August, 2010
Great series. If I had to guess, I would say that the second shot is from Highway 50, also known as the Lonely Highway.
cjs said | 31 August, 2010
Where are the captions? would be nice to know the location of the roads in the images – duh!
Zolton said | 31 August, 2010
We don’t know where the are. Do you? Let us know.
elektriksheep said | 31 August, 2010
great pictures, now I want to jump in my car and speed down them (at the legal limit of course)
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Joel said | 31 August, 2010
Dumb questions: who are the photographers? What are their websites? Why no attribution? Seriously?
If you don’t know, and you’ve just sourced them from somewhere, might be worthwhile doing some research into the origins – even naming the source would be a start.
Liz said | 31 August, 2010
Gorgeous Pics! Would love to know where these places are? Do you know where the photos were taken?
Stephanie said | 31 August, 2010
Pretty sure the photo of the road in the bamboo forrest was in a scene from memoirs of a geisha!
tom king said | 19 September, 2010
” the twisting, cavorting majesty” ??
Most of these roads look straight as a stick. Pretty photos, now do the right thing and give the web sites and photographers some credit. You wouldn’t like your original work stolen, eh?
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Aaron Dandridge said | 28 August, 2010
I love beautiful environments,
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