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Sight Of The Hotel Saratoga
One of the first sights in the centre of Havana is not only the Capitol Building of Cuba at the Paseo de Martí or Prado, but also the Hotel Saratoga. Nowadays it looks even more special, although it is not supposed to look like that. The building was constructed in…
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Final Approach
Approach on runway 6 of the José Martí International Airport at Havana, Cuba. Landing gear of the Airbus A350 lowered. José Martí International Airport was built in 1930 and known at the beginning as Rancho Boyeros Airport. Since the Cuban Revolution two more passenger terminals were built for flights to…
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One World At The Ocean
Eventually it appeared, the ocean. Indian Ocean. Far away from places of conflict and conflicting information, where the other side is declared bad because people can’t see both sides of the story. Finally found serenity. And there is hope. There are two worlds now, but there will be one. Multipolar.…
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In That Wide Ocean Of Land And Sea
Reaching the northeastern coast of Madagascar where the Indian Ocean shows different sides. When you wander off out there, to those hills of dust and hard winds that blow, or that wide ocean alone. Lost out there, even when knowing the way. Touchdown at the airport of Sambava with a…
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Between Africa And Asia
View from the palace of the kings and queens of Madagascar over the capital city of Antananarivo. There were actually more queens than kings. The ancestors of Malagasy people came actually not only from Africa over the Mozambique channel but also from Asia. The Polynesians travelled westwards as far as…
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A Special Place Like This One
Finally arrived in Madagascar, one day later than planned. It was actually 11 September. The place was also special. It was a bit like going back into the era of exploration. The amazement to be here was even greater than expected, and the climate better than expected. It was not…
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Coming In Flight To Africa
On the way from Dubai to Nairobi from where I had planned to continue the journey to Madagascar on the same day. It is always special to enter African airspace and see those wide landscapes. However, for the first time I missed a flight, which was mainly the fault of…
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The Good Star On All Roads
The new model range of the Mercedes-Benz E-Class. The E-Class and its predecessors were produced since 1953, there are six generations of E-Class since the model name was adopted in 1993. There are two saloons, an estate, coupé and convertible, the latter two were for a while marketed as CLK…
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Chasing Reality
This month of the year has always been like that, even if global warming can cause more extreme weather events. It was always possible to see snow again in April. Tree blossoming started earlier that year than previous years due to global warming. However, how much influence we humans have…
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The Day After Tomorrow
Planet earth has complex systems of water and air which have a dynamic that sometimes causes events that can be challenging, for example water being at places where it is not supposed to be. Floods due to melting snow are not only happening in Russia and Kazakhstan but also in…
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Evolution To Diversity
Evolution has created plants adapted for many different kinds of environments, from dry areas like deserts to humid ones like rainforests. Botanical Gardens have a variety of plants, here an indoor area with a section for cactuses and other plants of dry areas and a tropical rainforest department. Some climate…
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When It Rises
When the moon sets and the sun rises it also rises the knowledge of another day. And when the world appears smaller for you the same seems to apply to its problems. That gives way for hope that this planet and its living beings might be on the right way…
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