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Friday Photo Quiz #147 - Where in the World?

National capital, here. Question is, which nation. Maybe the flag is a clue.

Can you name the city? The country?

The answer is after the jump.

And the answer is ..................................................... it's Kigali, capital of Rwanda.

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See other photos from Rwanda, including a gorilla trek, in the Rwanda Gallery at EarthPhotos.com. and almost a thousand photos from cities all over the world in the Cities Gallery.

And take all the CS&W photo quizzes.

Grasshoppers and Spiders and Africa, Oh My

Working on a new e-book about the African safari experience has got me poking around into my photos from Africa. Here's one I reprocessed yesterday. It's a huge, finger-sized grasshopper from South Africa. Click it to make it bigger.

And while we're in safari mode, here's a random, short bit from the upcoming e-book. It's from a walking safari in Zambia:

Rains from November to April flood the Luangwa river system, and from then until November it's perfectly dry. The water will dry and rec...

Azawad Doesn't Sound as Fun as Timbuktu

Whether you're one of Robert D. Kaplan's critics or admirers, his piece yesterday was a useful primer on the lay of the land, and the feel of things in the Sahara.

Those of us who are reluctant to vacation in a place they might be killed are crossing Timbuktu off our lists, at least for now. As a substitute, I recommend Angry Wind, by Jeffrey Tayler. It's on my list of ten great adventure travel books.

Churches - Wednesday HDRs

It's gotten to be a little project lately. Anytime we're visiting somewhere new I try to pop into a local church and get enough shots to put together an HDR photo. Since churches aren't places to be big and brash and American, coming in, taking over and spreading out with a tripod, these usually have to be hand held brackets and some are more successful than others. They all seem to require substantial processing.

Here are some from a few of our last trips. Click them all to make them...

No Pad Thai in the Sixties

This says the first Thai restaurant in the entire United States opened in 1971.

Common Sense and Whiskey, the Book - Borneo, Chapter Thirteen

Here is Chapter Thirteen of Common Sense and Whiskey, the book. 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 here's the Malaysia Gallery (including Borneo) at a

Anniversary Sale Pricing for Common Sense and Whiskey - the Book

Common Sense and Whiskey, the book (Amazon) (Kindle) (BN), was first published a year ago this month, so we're up this morning with new anniversary pricing. Get the book for $9.99, or download your Kindle version for just $4.99. We'll run a chapter from the book, Climbing Mt. Kinabalu, Borneo, here tomorrow.

Antique Trains - More Wednesday HDRs from Havana

It's not just old cars that Havana's famous for. Check out these trains. Click 'em to make 'em much bigger, and see all the Cuba photos at Earthphotos.com.

Friday Photo Quiz #146 - Where in the World?

That's not the St. Louis arch. In this week's quiz we're looking out over a national capital of some two-plus million, which is not the biggest city in the country. Can you name the city? The country?

The answer is after the jump.

And the answer is ..................................................... it's Quito, capital of Ecuador. Ecuador's biggest city is Guayaquil, down on the coast.

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See other photos from Ecuador in the Ecuador Gallery at EarthPhotos.com...