Category: BP Geographic Travel
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Qatar World Cup
The Persian Gulf gave rise to several settlements that developed from a small desert village to a modern metropolis. Here we can see Doha, the capital of Qatar. In recent years Qatar became more famous as it hosted the Football World Cup in 2022. Already in the year 2019 you…
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World Exhibition
The Expo 2020 Dubai followed in details the footsteps of the Expo 2000 Hannover and the Expo 2010 Shanghai. Some elements actually reminded of the Expo 2000, but combined with an Arabic style. African style doesn’t require sophisticated pavilions, it speaks for itself. Most African countries were present on this…
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Jurassic World
Found this world among karst mountains, a visible sign of the geological processes of earth, and although it seems otherwise they are on this planet. They are surrounding the Li River near Yangshuo, Guangxi Province, southern China. Eventually it becomes the Gui River and flows into the Xi River and…
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It Was Not January
I had seen the Amazon river and rainforest from above years before, but now I finally set my feet on the soil of Brazil, although further southwards. Rio de Janeiro has more to show than just the Copacabana, for example the Carioca Aqueduct. It was finished in 1750 to bring…
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Going Further In Bogota
Sometimes when you don’t expect something to happen something happens, and when you expect it then it doesn’t, because you are being vigilant. My first impression of Bogotá was that after the heat and humidity of Cuba the air was much cooler and drier here in the Andes region of…
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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…
