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Living on the Gulf of Mexico means not only being close to natural beauty but being prepared for nature's brutal side. Most homes are built high on posts to withstand the storm surges that accompany hurricanes. This unusual castle home, built in 1981, is near Irish Bayou, east of New Orleans. You gotta love the imagination of the builder. I figure he must have a great sense of humor and I can't resist thinking of the classic scene from Monty Python's The Holy Grail. :)

I am a retired professor at a college in Toronto and taught critical thinking and communications. In the past I also taught literature, creative thinking and problem solving. I've also had the opportunity to teach about and lead tours to a variety of world destinations including backpacking through the Canadian Rockies, traveling above the Arctic Circle in Norway, into the Sahara in Morocco, and throughout Southeast Asia with a special focus on Thailand. It was my four tours to India that formed me most profoundly, both as a person and as a photographer. It is a magic land of extremes in every sense of the word. More recently I had the opportunity to expand my world view with travel to the Peruvian Andes, the back roads of West...