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West Bank, Israel
We were traveling to Israel and wanted to see all the beautiful things there (which we obviously did not because of the time limitations) including territories where Israelis prefer not to go. We wanted to see Mar Saba monastery in West Bank and Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem. So we hired a local guide (a wonderful guy) who showed us around including the refugee camp. We've heard a lot about it but did not plan to visit. And we are glad we did. It is not so much about seeing beautiful things - the camp is a very distressed and poor place - but seeing how people actually live.
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I don't condone baiting but the unfortunate truth is that it is legal here. A local guide runs tours and we saw his group today. He is always respectful and when we approach he'll let us shoot because we won't disrupt his customers.
Here's a few from today.
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(Todiramphus chloris) B28I1432.jpg Ban Pak Tha Ley.
In the Mangrove. Many thanks to Mr Deang our local guide : he lives in a fisherman village and he is a very competent guide for birders (like the very rare spoonbill sandpipers) in the mangrove and in the salty marshes. He is the owner of a boat, so you can use it to go along the river till some small islands of the estuary.
I will put some pictures of this very kind man, typical Thai.
Location: Village of Suban, Rejang Lebong district, Bengkulu province - Indonesia.
Read more about Suban at virtualadrian.blogspot.com/2013/04/suban-hot-springs.html
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[In Explore 29 April 2021]
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Schweiz / Berner Oberland - Schreckhorn
seen on the way from Bachalpsee to First
gesehen auf dem Weg vom Bachalpsee zum First
The Schreckhorn (4,078 m) is a mountain in the Bernese Alps. It is the highest peak located entirely in the canton of Bern. The Schreckhorn is the northernmost Alpine four-thousander and the northernmost summit rising above 4,000 metres in Europe.
Geography
The Schreckhorn is located 10 km south-east of Grindelwald between the Upper and Lower Grindelwald Glacier. The region is made up of uninhabited glacial valleys, the great Aar Glaciers and the Fiescher Glacier. The summit of the Lauteraarhorn is located very close and reaches almost the same altitude. The highest peak of the Bernese Alps, the Finsteraarhorn, lies 6 km to the south.
Geologically the Schreckhorn is part of the Aarmassif.
Climbing history
The first ascent was on 16 August 1861 by Leslie Stephen, Ulrich Kaufmann, Christian Michel and Peter Michel. Their route of ascent, via the upper Schreck Couloir to the Schrecksattel and then by the south-east ridge, was the normal route for the following fifty years, but is now seldom used.
The peak had been attempted several times before this, most notably by the Swiss naturalist Joseph Hugi in 1828 and the guided party of Pierre Jean Édouard Desor (a Swiss geologist) in 1842. 'The ambition of hoisting the first flag on the Schreckhorn, the one big Bernese summit which was untrodden, was far too obvious for us to resist', Desor later wrote, but they climbed a secondary summit of the Lauteraarhorn by mistake.
The first ascent by the south-west ridge (AD+) – the normal route by which the Schreckhorn is climbed – was made by John Wicks, Edward Branby and Claude Wilson on 26 July 1902. They decided to climb the very steep ridge without the help of local guides and succeeded in reaching the summit. The north-west ridge (the Andersongrat, D) was first climbed by John Stafford Anderson and George Percival Baker, with guides Ulrich Almer and Aloys Pollinger on 7 August 1883.
The Strahlegg Hut, destroyed by an avalanche, has been replaced by the Schreckhorn Hut (2,520 m). The Schreckhorn may also be ascended from the Gleckstein Hut (2,317 m) and the Lauteraar Hut (2,392 m).
(Wikipedia)
Das Schreckhorn ist mit einer Höhe von 4078 m ü. M. der nördlichste Viertausender Europas. Es befindet sich in den Berner Alpen im Kanton Bern in der Schweiz. Geologisch gehört das Schreckhorn zum Aarmassiv und besteht aus Erstfeldergneis.
Besteigung
Erstbesteigung
Das Schreckhorn ist der bergsteigerisch anspruchsvollste Viertausender in den Berner Alpen. Die Erstbesteigung erfolgte am 16. August 1861 durch Peter und Christian Michel, Leslie Stephen und Ulrich Kaufmann.
Routen
Ausgangspunkt
Ausgangspunkt für alle Routen ist die Schreckhornhütte (2529 m ü. M.), erreichbar von Grindelwald (1034 m ü. M.).
Südwestgrat (Normalroute)
Schwierigkeit: ZS+, mit III. UIAA-Grad Felskletterei
Zeitaufwand: 6–7 Stunden
Nordwestgrat (Andersongrat)
Schwierigkeit: S
Zeitaufwand: 6–8 Stunden
Südpfeiler
Schwierigkeit: SS, mit V−. UIAA-Grad Felskletterei
Zeitaufwand: 8½–9½ Stunden
Albrecht von Haller
Das Schreckhorn ist einer der wenigen Berge, die bereits vor dem klassischen Zeitalter des Alpinismus europaweit, zumindest dem Namen nach, bekannt waren und auch Eingang in die klassische Literatur fanden: Wohl erstmals findet es, und zwar als einziger Alpengipfel, Erwähnung in Albrecht von Hallers Gedicht Die Alpen von 1729 (Kapitel 1, sechstletzter Gesang).
Bei Haller ist das Schreckhorn ein idealisiertes Zentrum der Alpen, von welchem aus die Ströme Europas nach Norden und nach Süden in die Meere abfliessen. In Wirklichkeit trennt es lediglich die Aare von der Lütschine. Die Wasserscheide zum Mittelmeer liegt fünf Kilometer weiter südwestlich, und jene zum Rhein und zum Inn liegen 40 beziehungsweise 120 Kilometer weiter östlich. Haller stammte aus Bern und bereiste die Alpen im Jahr vor der Verfassung des Gedichts selbst.
Erwähnung bei Kleist und Schiller
Etwa 1803 erscheint das Schreckhorn in einem Brief Heinrich von Kleists aus Thun an seine Schwester.
1804 erscheint das Schreckhorn in Friedrich Schillers Wilhelm Tell (Vers 628), neben der namentlichen Erwähnung von Jungfrau, Glärnisch sowie dem Haggenspitz, einem Nebengipfel des Kleinen Mythen. Allerdings war Schiller nie in der Schweiz, und so ist fraglich, ob er vom Schreckhorn mehr kannte als bloss den Namen.
Kartografie
1755 erscheint es in dem Panorama der Schneeberge des Jacques-Barthélemy Micheli du Crest. Es ist dort neben Pilatus und Wetterhorn der einzige Gipfel, der zutreffend beschriftet ist.
(Wikipedia)
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Ibises are a group of long-legged wading birds in the family Threskiornithidae, that inhabit wetlands, forests and plains. Ibises usually feed as a group, probing mud for food items, usually crustaceans. It is widespread across much of Australia. It has a predominantly white plumage with a bare, black head, long down curved bill and black legs. They are monogamous and highly territorial while nesting and feeding. Most nest in trees, often with spoonbills or herons. Due to its increasing presence in the urban environment and its habit of rummaging in garbage, the species has acquired a variety of colloquial names such as tip turkey; and bin chicken, and in recent years has become an icon of popular culture, being regarded with passion, wit, and, in equal measure, affection and disgust. 55423
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A squacco heron ( Ardeola ralloides, üstökösgém) hunting for small fishes .
@Tiszafüred, Tisza-tó, Hungary.
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The story behind the image:
Decided to travel to the Great Plains of Hungary (less than 1.5h to drive) for birding. Spent 3 hours on a boat ride with a local guide in a protected area of the lake called Tisza-tó. A real paradise for birds, different heron species, seagulls, terns everywhere. I was very happy that we could approach birds within 10 metres..and glad that I had the opportunity to take some backlight shots, too.
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The Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building or Tochō (都庁) for short. This is Building #1 and at 48 stories (242.9 meters) it is the headquarters for the Tokyo Metropolitan Government with jurisdiction over one of the globe’s biggest cities.
Designed by Kenzo Tange and completed in 1990 at cost of around 1 bil US the complex takes up a whole city block. The exterior, with strong Gothic elements was designed to resemble an integrated circuit board. There are free access public viewing galleries at the top of each tower of the main building - check local guides for opening times. Staff in the building are just awesome :-)
Fuji X-H1, Samyang 12/2 NCS, 60 secs at f/9, ISO 100
Breakthrough Photography 10 Stop ND filter.
A curious diversion: bit.ly/unfurly2
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This beautiful ruin is located just on the border between the states of Yucatan and Campeche.
Getting to Xkipche was quite an adventure. In the days before I could meet up with my friend Balta, I hired an American who lives in Mexico, Dan Griffin, to take me around. I requested to go to Xkipche one of the days we were together. To do that, we hired a local guide who knew the site and could get us permission (and keys) to go through the 7 or 8 gates we'd have to go through to get across the properties (mostly cattle ranches) in the 4 or 5 kilometres between the main road and the site. We got through the gates without problem, but found the dirt road close to the site a washed out, muddy mess. We had to leave the truck and walk the last couple of kilometres. The site is heavily overgrown, so Oswaldo (our local guide) cleared paths for us with his machete. I remember photographing here when the only sounds were the wind in the trees, the birds and Oswaldo's machete as he cleared paths around this building. It was an amazing experience - a site truly buried in the jungle.
At the end of November, I took my third trip to Mexico since 2014 to photograph Mayan ruins. I visited a number of ruins not open to the public, overgrown and hidden in the jungle, in order to continue working on my series of infrared images of Mayan Ruins. Many people think that the large ruins (Chichen Itza, Uxmal, Labna, Sayil, etc.) comprise the totality of Mayan civilization in the Yucatan, but there are literally hundreds of smaller or satellite cities spread throughout Yucatan and Campeche. I am so drawn to these beautiful, sometimes remote, ruins, partially overgrown, but still standing after more than a thousand years.
If you'd like to read about this trip, I have a blog post about it that you might enjoy.
Island Number three.. St Lucia.
The Pitons.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pitons
The Pitons are two mountainous volcanic plugs, volcanic spires, located in Saint Lucia. Petit Piton is 743 m (2,438 ft) high and Gros Piton is 798.25 m (2,618.9 ft) high; they are linked by the Piton Mitan ridge. The Pitons are a World Heritage Site, 2,909 ha (7,190 acres) in size, and located near the town of Soufrière.[1]
Geography
The Pitons are located between the towns of Soufrière and Choiseul on the southwestern coast of the island. They are in the electoral districts of three and ten. The Pitons are located on either side of Jalousie Bay.
Flora and fauna
Coral reefs cover almost 60% of the site's marine area. A survey has revealed 168 species of finfish, 60 species of cnidaria, including corals, eight mollusks, 14 sponges, 11 echinoderms, 15 arthropods, and eight annelid worms. The dominant terrestrial vegetation is tropical moist forest grading to subtropical wet forest, with small areas of dry forest and wet elfin woodland on the summits. At least 148 plant species have been recorded on Gros Piton, 97 on Petit Piton, and the intervening ridge, among them eight rare tree species. The Gros Piton is home to some 27 bird species (five of them endemic), three indigenous rodents, one opossum, three bats, eight reptiles, and three amphibians.[1]
Geology
The volcanic complex includes a geothermal field with sulphurous fumaroles and hot springs.[1]
Gros Piton
Gros Piton is at the southern end of Pitons Bay. It is the second-highest peak on Saint Lucia, after Mount Gimie.[1]
Gros Piton can be climbed without ropes or mountaineering experience. One can hike to the summit and come back down to sea level within several hours. Local guides are provided by the National Park and are included with your entry fee. They are trained by the government to have basic knowledge of the languages common among tourists and of the medical procedures required in case of common accidents.[1]
Petit Piton
Petit Piton lies towards the middle of Soufrière Bay, south of Soufrière and north of Gros Piton.[1]
Petit Piton was first climbed in 1878 by Abdome Deligny. The islands of Dominica, Martinique, Barbados, and St. Vincent can be seen from its peak.[2]
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Women's clothing store. Local guides say; "This is one of my favorite stores in Toronto. It's quirky and funky and stuffed with rare designer duds and baubles". "This store is literally the QUEEN of Queen Street. It's a MUST-VISIT for anyone who appreciates cutting-edge fashion with a distinctly curated twist".
Obviously not found by me!
Brufut Woods is a community project near the Gambian coast and one of the main reasons for visiting is the opportunity to see these birds surprisingly close to. After an inauspicious start (the local rubbish tip), our local guide led us to some attractive savannah where this bird, a male, had been located by the guides roosting under a bush.
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2016.12.16
friday. daikanyama.
uncle hiro was our local guide today. he took us to daikanyama for some looksee in this hilltop posh area...
and we eventually ended up spending quite a fair bit of time and a fair amount of money at tsutaya books...
...that was quite normal...
as the sun began to set we also started heading back to shinzuku for dinner with keng yee and ricky.
on our way to daikanyama station we passed by this shining little jade that is like a nursery and florist combined...
and it was truly heartwarming to see a mini forest in the middle of the city... on a cold winter evening...especially...
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Dhaka Shipyard
Keraniganj, Bangladesh
The shipyards along the outskirts of the Bangladesh capital are a flurry dangerous boat breaking and rebuilding.
TOWERING NEAR THE BANKS OF BURIGANGA River on the outskirts of Dhaka, the crude shipyards are a frighteningly dangerous if, fascinating, hive of industrial activity.
While it is not the largest shipyard in the country (that honor belongs to the Chittagong Ship Breaking Yard), the Dhaka yard in the town of Keraniganj shares the seeming disregard for worker safety that can be found in simialr industrial sites around the country. The facilities, which employ around 15,000 workers at around $5 a day, work to both break down massive shipping vessels as well as create new ships from the parts. Workers can be seen torches and welding equipment to tears huge pieces of metal from the vessels, sans eye, hand, or face protection. Other workers will be found scaling the tall ships on ramshackle ladders or strolling along the high edges of the ship decks, the only thing to keep them from falling is their own balance. Injuries are common on the site, but the buzz of activity doesn’t stop.
The ships being worked on are propped up on crude chalks creating the appearance that the river simply receded and left these hulks stranded on dry land. The space is tight so many of the boats are right up to small homes and other structures.
This is clearly a worksite that is dangerous to its employees, and even more so to careless visitors. However local guides can be found who will assist anyone curious about the industrial dangers that still plague the world.
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This is one of several Antpitta species we found, actually that very local guides found and called out for us. They are mostly ground dwellers in the thick jungle and typically shy and secretive.
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Here's a shot from one of the first outing we had over the weekend, a random mission to a private property. Don't worry, we weren't trespassing, we had some local guides/helpers who took us to some amazing places for the autumn colours. but as far as mornings go, this one was pretty awesome. I do have better photos with more awesome reflections and a better composition, but I'm trying to whet your appetite, entice and tease you a little bit.
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The guy on the left in the cap, in the manner of the Jamaican beach boys, offered to give me a black baby care of his sexual services. Apparently a lot of white women my age go to Jamaica for just this. After I declined his very romantic gesture, he followed me around the market taking it upon himself to be my guide. My work shy local guide/bodyguard had buggered off in the typical manner I'd been accustomed to from him, even though he was being paid very generously for his time, hence why I had these other guys leech onto me in the meantime.
Anyway, it was really annoying as this fellow would not go away, seeing me as an obvious meal ticket (then again I am too Englishly polite) even when I said I did not want either a black baby or a guide. He kept nudging me to his friends' stalls to buy stuff I guess he gets a commission on but I was unusually not there to buy anything. The bonus of the story is he showed me parts of the market I would not have seen otherwise - hence my "Grandma" shot at the back of it, the negative is I couldn't get candids in the market as planned because of his big mouth. "She is a photographer from England documenting..."
Anyway... after a short time, I decided to leave the market so I could shoot candids. This is when he demanded money from me for being my tour guide Something extortionate like 20 US dollars for 20 minutes. Luckily, there were enough people around that I felt safe to be less polite and tell him to sling his hook. Ochy is also a tourist place so much less dicey than Kingston where I would have been wise to pay up if in that situation. I suspect he waits outside the market (this shot is when he first saw me) and pounces on other unsuspecting tourists. I know the country is poor but....
Some of you may already have seen pictures from last winter's ice cave: it's the cave with the distinctive "window" to the right above the entrance. This year the cave was completely different: the entrance is now from the other side, the former end of the cave. The guides have struck for steps into the ice, which are secured with a hand rope. It follows a passage of still considerable length. Then the ceiling has collapsed, ice blocks of considerable size blocking the way to the earlier entrance, which no longer exists in this form.
Even harder it has hit the neighboring Lightroom Ice Cave: only an arch of ice is left from that cave, that arch lies in the area of the former end of the cave. The last year's entrance was about 50 to 60 meters below this point - in between the glacier has completely disappeared over the summer!
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