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Back To Normality
About three weeks after the earthquake in Marrakesh life in Morocco was back to normal, especially here in Fes where the earthquake could be felt but didn’t cause too much damage. The earthquake had a magnitude of 6.8 and the epicentre was located 73 km southwest of Marrakesh. Morocco is…
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Every Day Palace
In Morocco it is normal that when you expect some kind of palace behind such a gate it is in fact just a normal administrative office for people to obtain documents. However the office building was populated more by cats than human officials. Another reason why being in Morocco is…
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Back In The Medina
Back here with this view over the old medina of Fes and even a bit of the Sahara in the background. This place already became my second home, and the medina seems to be there forever. Not only Rome is an eternal city. However, there were some surprises. The trees…
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Into The Setting Sun
Departure into the setting sun at Weeze Airport, a small airport in northwestern Germany at the border to the Netherlands. The airport had been a British military base before. It is almost always exclusively used by Ryanair which is flying to various destinations from here. I was travelling with the…
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Towards The Deserted West
It looks like a lost town in the far west, but actually the far west of Germany at the border to the Netherlands. This could also be somewhere in the tropics or a desert country, but in fact it is a small airport in the deserted countryside of Germany which…
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The One Kilometre Tower
The Jeddah Tower, previously known as Kingdom Tower, is a skyscraper currently under construction which will be tallest building in the world upon completion. It is planned to be the first one kilometre tall building. Construction started in 2013 and was on hold from 2018 until 2025. In 2022 it…
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Jeddah Corniche Circuit
The Jeddah Corniche Circuit is a motor racing circuit at the Red Sea coast of Jeddah. It was completed in 2021 and is since then hosting the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. Designed by the Tilke family it is named the fastest track of the Formula One calendar due to its…
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At The Costa Do Sol
Walking along the coast of Mozambique. The country has a long coast to the Indian Ocean respectively the Mozambique Channel between this coast and Madagascar. Sunset at the beach of Maputo. As the coast is in the east the sunset happens on the other side. There is nothing artificial here,…
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Mussa Bin Bique And Lourenço Marques
Traces of the history of Mozambique. The name derived from the Arab trader Mussa Bin Bique who first visited the Island of Mozambique and later lived there. The voyage of Vasco da Gama in 1498 marked the arrival of the Portuguese. After four centuries of Portuguese rule the colony gained…
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O Cheiro Da Moçambique
Arrival in Maputo, the capital of Mozambique. Its airport gives the unusual scene of leaving a brand new Airbus A350 of Qatar Airways by stairs and going on foot to the small terminal building which seems not to be expecting such a big airplane. The Costa do Sol is probably…
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The Expo 2020 Dubai
The Expo 2020 Dubai was impressive due to its design, its focus on topics like sustainability and equality, the weather and the fact that most of it would remain later as Expo City. The Expo 2020 was originally scheduled for 20 October 2020 to 10 April 2021 but it was postponed due to…
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Quantum Of History
As if searching for L’Américain, but that is in another city. The old Medina of Fes is also called Fes el Bali. In 789 CE a town was founded on the right bank of the Fes River (واد فاس) by Idris ibn Abdallah as capital for his newly acquired empire.…
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