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May 4, 2012
Friday Photo Quiz #149 - Where in the World?
Now this is interesting. What is it? Sultan's palace? Mosque? Theme park? And where is it?
Can you name the city? The country?
The answer is after the jump.
In this case, the city and country are the same.
The answer is ............................................................... it's the Sultan Mosque in Singapore.
There are 1000 photos in the Architecture Gallery, and see more of Singapore in the Singapore Gallery at Earthphotos.com.
May 1, 2012
Fourth Wife Flies Free
Unusual promotion on South Africa's Kulula.com - via its Facebook page.
"Inspired by regular VIP travellers with sizeable spousal entourages, the offer is open to all fourth wives when the family travels together on the Jo’burg to Cape Town route."
April 27, 2012
Friday Photo Quiz #148 - Where in the World?
This photo was taken in 1997. The sign reads "Beware, sniper."
Can you name the city? The country?
The answer is after the jump.
And the answer is ..................................................... it's Sarajevo, capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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See other photos from Bosnia, as well as Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia and Montenegro in the Former Yugoslavia Gallery at EarthPhotos.com. and almost a thousand photos from cities all over the world in the Cities Gallery.
And take all t...
April 25, 2012
Wildlife - Wednesday HDR
The hippo family lives along the Kazinga Channel and the colobus monkey somewhere alongside the road, both in Uganda, the horses are from rural Finland, the eagle from the Munich Tierpark Hellabrunn Zoo and the parrots from Antigua, Guatemala. All processed in Photomatix and Photoshop. Click 'em to make them bigger. More HDRs here.
More Good Reads, Relevant Links
Lawrence Sheets covered the demise of the former Soviet Union for NPR. He writes his memoir in a brisk, non-academic style that's just right for the interested lay person. It's a quick read; Took me only a weekend and Monday. He includes what must be all his greatest hits, his quick trip to Afghanistan, a trip to Sakhalin Island in the Russian far east, visiting the Chernobyl exclusion zone, but I'm particularly drawn to his Caucasus reporting.
He makes my modest story on the southern Caucasu...
April 19, 2012
Common Sense and Whiskey, the Book - Malawi, Chapter Fourteen
Here is Chapter Fourteen of Common Sense and Whiskey, the book, including a journey on the famous MV Ilala across Lake Malawi. We're publishing each chapter here on the blog (Track down previous chapters here). You can order the entire book for just $9.99 at Amazon.com, at BN.com, or direct from EarthPhotos Publishing. Here's the Kindle version (just $4.99). Click these photos to make them bigger. More photos and additional commentary are available at A Common Sense and Whiskey Companion. And...
April 18, 2012
Wednesday HDRs from Malawi
For me, Malawi was a feel good place, and I think these photos show it. Happy people, agreeable, gentle pace of life. Later this week we'll publish Chapter 14 from Common Sense and Whiskey - the book (Amazon, BN, Kindle - Kindle's just $4.99) here on the blog. It's the story of our crossing Lake Malawi on the legendary passenger ship the MV Ilala.
These photos are both re-exposed nine times and recombined in Photomatix, finished in CS5 with Nik filters. There are 384 more HDRs in the...
Suu Kyi Free
And speaking of Burma, if you've read a little about Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, you can't help but be happy for her personally to see this news.
April 16, 2012
Tourist Hordes, Thataway
Opening up Burma will be constrained by the lack of tourism infrastructure. There aren't many flights, or many hotels to sleep people who find their way in. Bangkok and Singapore are the main gateways. You can fly international carriers from Kolkata and KL. Vietnam Airlines has flights now, there are flights from China and Taiwan, and Doha via Qatar Airways is coming in October. All these flights, though, are to Rangoon.
Once you're in the country it's all day on the roads or rails (or the o...
Countries Visited
It's always a triumphant moment to be able to add to our "countries visited" map (Okay, different things are important to different people). Got to add Cuba this morning. Things are coming along just fine.
You can make your own "countries visited" map at PassportStamp.com.
