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    Happy Chinese new year everyone its "The Year Of The Dragon"to day;):smile:
     
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      Here's one I met the other year. He wasn't too happy because it was the year of the Ox! :heehee:

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        @shiney now you know that's just a large monitor lizard and as I was born in the year of the chicken I would never go anywhere near a Komodo dragon:heehee::heehee::heehee::heehee:
         
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          @wiseowl He was almost 10ft long, was called a dragon and I wasn't going to argue with him about it! :nonofinger: I couldn't tell whether he wanted to be friendly or was hungry so kept away from him. We had very long forked sticks and as Mao Tse-tung said "when waking a tiger, use a long stick". :heehee:
           
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            @shiney he does look as if he needs reinflating.
             
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              Wasn't allowed to do that as they say just over 10ft is the maximum they grow :dunno:
               
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                  I love big cats as well as our moggies and watch The Big Cat programme. I also get a feed of them on Facebook and love these two ...

                  A father White Lion and his family ...
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                  A mother Black Jaguar with her two cubs ...
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                    Fascinating area. We spent a couple of weeks touring through Capadocia where the people lived, and still live, in hollowed out rock formations.

                    This shot shows a combination of new and old in the same town. :blue thumb:

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                    A hotel utilising the cave dwellings
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                    A residential street
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                      Yes, I certainly am fascinated. I love it that they preserve such structures.
                       
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