Loy Toy visits Denver Colorado.

[Loy Toy]

^ Thanks mate. I could of stayed there a few days longer to enjoy the snow and the sub-zero temperatures.

Anyway on to Boulder Colorado where I am told is a laid back little town, nestled in the foot of the rocky Mountains full of dope heads.

Didn't see or was offered any smoke but we did visit the main drag of the town which really impressed me.

Almost a carnival atmosphere full of families enjoying the local acts chasing a few dimes and the many restaurants and nic-nac stores.

This bloke had an instrument that looked nothing like our Aussie didgeridoo but produced exactly the same sound.



Looking down the main street.



Some of the local acts and the quartet were absolutely unbelievable musicians.







And I think this bloke was the only black person I saw all day and he sounded like he was West Indian.

Can he get into this box?

[Kwang]

Great pics LT, think I'll cross it off my holiday destination list though, the town that is. The rockies I wouldn't mind flying over, but the rednecks in your pics look easily amused.

Lets go look at a black guy in a box ? I wonder how many will travel to ......... No I better not

[Loy Toy]

Great pics LT, think I'll cross it off my holiday destination list though, the town that is.

Thanks mate but Boulder town is beautiful and laid back and I would have liked to go see the many wonderful houses but we didn't have time as there was some final four University basket ball games on that my mate didn't want to miss so we went and drank some beer instead.

Apparently many stars and celebs live there including, as someone else mentioned Stephen King.

[Kwang]

I hope your business venture went well mate,

BTW John Denver was born in Roswell New Mexico, near them aliens, and crashed his plane cus he couldn't get out of Denver fast enough

Anyway nice to see you back home. Is it nice to be back ?

[rawlins]

Very nice LT...

Maybe the black guy was telling the story of how he made it into America.

Can I mention your name the next time I have any trouble at the airport, saying that you know Mr Swire (whoever he is...)?

[jizzybloke]

Can he get into this box?

Should have sat on it for a while

[sunsetter]

nest steak

is that like birds nest soup?

[sunsetter]

forget the wogbox, what about the female with the trowel betwix her legs?

[sunsetter]

nice flowers LT, but is that boy just about to rob the busker?

[astasinim]

Looks like a great trip. Hope it was productive one, and worth travelling all that way for.

I can imagine what that Squire fella would have said, had you got him on the phone in HK. Made me chuckle thinking about it.

[BobR]

Have a good trip, Denver is a beautiful City.

[sabang]

Boulder is a nice, laid back college town- which means very PC. You couldn't even smoke outdoors in the pedestrian shopping malls, at least not when I was there, and a load of people seemed to get around on ecofriendly bicycles. Lovely though- we dossed in some nice academics place right on the edge of town, and the deer used to come down and graze in the back yard every morning, quite tame. Typical American hospitality too- the professor was away on a conference, and left a nice little 'sorry note' and a bottle of wine, regretting he could not meet his visitors from HK.

[Camel Toe]

After living 30 miles West of Denver for a recent few months I can't agree it's a beautiful city. Seattle, San Francisco, San Diego, Santa Barbara are beautiful cities. Some of the surround areas are lovely though. I was in Evergreen. That is definably beautiful. Vail is also very nice. But it's for the richies.

The bowels of Denver are a little depressing, as you might expect from just about any big American city, lots of gangs and crime, hard-nose cops.

And much of Colorado is very right wing, especially Colorado Springs.

I was at 8,200 feet. The thin air made me and my car a little unhappy.

Enjoy.

[bsnub]

That is it? WTF? Typical of you lot. Cant venture out of the car or the city

Chai Yen Yen mate.

I just got off a 26 hours on planes, 2 hour drive to Pattaya and to be honest I was up the night before finishing off a M.O.U which had to be signed before I left.

I've got pictures around Denver, the museum, parks and up North around Boulder, Colorado.

Not bad considering I spent most of my time chewing fat with solicitors and corporate monkeys.

No worries mate. I was just home from a piss up when I posted that. I wish you the best with your new business venture!

[sabang]

I was in Evergreen. That is definably beautiful.

It is, although I look upon it as one of the posh parts of Denver. Lovely area, if you've got the dosh.

especially Colorado Springs.

USAF academy, and a surfeit of stark raving Christians- yep, that'll do it.
But mine host in Denver & surrounds, Libby, was a libbie- as were her friends.

[Eliminator]

Glad you're back LT, hope everything went well for you. Great pics.

[Boon Mee]

BTW John Denver was born in Roswell New Mexico, near them aliens, and crashed his plane cus he couldn't get out of Denver fast enough

Believe he crashed his experimental plane at Big Sur, CA

[aging one]

He was doing touch and go landings out of Monterey California, the plane a Burt Rutan creation called a long EZ crashed in the Pacific off of Pacific Grove Ca.

[Loy Toy]

nice flowers LT

The first morning I had a meeting in a suburb right in the shadows of Denver's high rise buildings very close to the famous Cherry Hills Golf Course at this Restaurant.



We met with the former owner of Yes Golf who had sold his business to another company who in turn sold their company to Taylor Made about 2 weeks ago.

We were in the heart of inner city Denver and it was lovely to see how clean and pretty the area was.

This house was directly opposite the Restaurant.



The area was just coming off winter and things were just starting to bloom.

Not sure what the name of this tree is?





I believe this tree is the famous Cherry Blossom.



Wide streets and absolutely spotless and well maintained.



If there are nicer cities in America I would love to visit them although we did go up around the more shaddy area but didn't get within the bowels of the place. Pretty dangerous so I am told.

[Loy Toy]

After living 30 miles West of Denver for a recent few months I can't agree it's a beautiful city.

Isn't that where they had the plutonium accident leaving thousands of acres of countryside barron and unihabitable?

[Loy Toy]

Boulder is a nice, laid back college town- which means very PC. You couldn't even smoke outdoors in the pedestrian shopping malls,

I was told the same but apparently smoke is easy to find if you know where to look for it.

[aging one]

Boulder is famous for being a university where a head would feel at home. Every April 20th they have a huge smoke in. Just google 4 20 . I went to San Rafael High school at that time.

[reinvented]

my birthday
how appropriate

[palexxxx]

nice flowers LT

The area was just coming off winter and things were just starting to bloom.

Not sure what the name of this tree is?

Not sure, could be a crab-apple

[hillbilly]

It is. Often used for fence rows in the farming community.