May 10, 2008

Canals

By Jacques Gauchey Photo © John McDermottThe intimacy of canals.

Canals are the G-strings of geography. They slice through our world's body beautiful. The Suez canal, the Kiel canal, or the Panama canal are forever in our dream cruise destinations. So are smaller canals. Their pastoral, urban and even industrial beauty, from the superb European networks to the North American's Erie or Venice canals. Or this canal in Amsterdam, a metaphorical reminder that slow pace and "not convenient" is OK.

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