enRoute December 2007

For Flash this year, our readers captured their own views of the world – from umbrellas to phone booths. enRoute selected five favourites of 2007 from the hundreds of photos submitted. First place (and a trip for two to anywhere Air Canada flies in North America) went to Philip Doucette of Winnipeg, who won over enRoute staffers with his photo of a geisha poster (in September). The 2008 contest starts next month.

1 Kyoto, Japan
A geisha in full costume poses beside a poster featuring her doppelganger.
Photo by Philip Doucette

2 Nassau, Bahamas
With no phone in this booth, a local finds a dial tone on her cellphone.
Photo by Bernard Brault

3 Wakayama, Japan
Scarlet umbrellas come out in September, Japan’s rainiest month.
Photo by Andrea Williams

4 Zurich, Switzerland
A mural beside the sidewalk points the way to the Zinnfiguren Museum.
Photo by Michelle Maingat

5 Hong Kong, China
The sidewalks in Mong Kok have 130,000 people per square kilometre.
Photo by Jason Wong

Get Flashed – and you could WIN A TRIP FOR TWO to anywhere Air Canada flies in North America!

enRoute wants your travel photos of clocks, drinking fountains, traffic signals, bakeries, bicycles, pets, street art, old signage, convenience stores, city gardens, towers, hair salons and vending machines from around the world.

Get snapping! Send your photos to: Flash – enRoute, 4200, boul. Saint-Laurent, bureau 707, Montréal (Québec) H2W 2R2, or by e-mail (at 300 dpi), noting the topic in the subject line, to: flash@enroutemag.net. For complete rules and regulations, visit Flash Rules.

Please be sure to include your name, address, phone number, the subject and when and where you took your photo.

And the Winner Is…