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The northwest coast of Cuba is ringed by an archipelago of coral islands. Great, great cruising. This is the sea of Hemingway.
A lot is on this map that is not on the earlier one, Tom Sawer island Rafts, Pirates of The Caribbean, Space Mountain (and much of Tomorrowland), The ferryboat landing (there were no ferries in 1971), and of course the things that scream 1970's like the GAF Camera Center, and several other mentions of Sponsors (including Pepsi Cola, Frito--Lay) The Plaza Swan boats are already listed as "(summer only)" so that is interesting to see two, it is also much larger than the earlier map.
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Notable: I-90 and the ALW boundary show up. Road renamed to 9031. Ridge trail 1038 to Mason Lake.
Sunset in Pirin. Russian topo map (copy of bulgarian one and translated), draped on top of shaded relief made in blender 3d with the light just above the horizon. Some colored highlights and shadows inspired by Imhof and Tom Patterson.
Saihanba is a vast forest area at the border between Hebei Province and Inner Mongolia in Northern China. Highly recommended for hiking and cycling and for getting away from it all, but quite remote and difficult to reach (you'll need time). I stayed there in summer 2011 and explored the area on my road bike.
There is only one permanent settlement and this consists mainly of shops, restaurants and hotels for the few tourists who come here. This part of the world is sparsely populated by humans. It's easy to travel for 50 km without seeing a village. Some settlements just have numbers instead of names.
The best map of Saihanba that I could find was this big signboard at the only intersection. Print it out if you ever go to visit.
I entered from the remotest part, through the West Gate (西門). The road there is unpaved and just about manageable on a road bike (picture here).
The West Gate as well as the Noth Gate (北門) lead to Inner Mongolia. I was not allowed to pass though the North Gate, probably because horses are bred for the People's Liberation Army on the Mongolian side and military people don't like to have tourists around. I don't know if Chinese citizens are allowed to enter.
The East Gate (東門) is a beautiful mountain pass in deep forest (picture here). The road beyond leads to other interesting landscapes, mainly grassland. From there you can continue further east or north to a secret crossing into Inner Mongolia without grumpy guards holding you back.
Then there is the Main Gate (正門) in the south-east. This is where most people come through. I didn't go there and only rode half way down in that direction. The road is pavé and you need to be tough if you want to do that on road bike tyres. Next time, maybe.
After 2 days I left Saihanba through the South Gate (南門) to Yudaokou and, ultumately, back to civilisation.
Great book cover on Peter Gould and Rodney White's Mental Maps (Pelican 1974) by geographer Gerald Fremlin, then of the Department of Energy, Mines and Resources, Ottawa.
A figure used in a lecture from JR James at the Department of Town and Regional Planning at The University of Sheffield between 1967 and 1978.
Marshall Springs is where I start. The Hill of Death is located just by the 1 in the circle on the left side of the map. Those little lines indicate a steep section in the trail. They don't lie.
I made this Prayer/Wish flag for Angie for an SMA swapbot swap. I got a great map quilt book for Christmas and was inspired. My wish for Angie for 2014 is "Adventure".
Assorted fabrics, ribbon, paint and yarn.
Flame Tree Publishing
FTJP070
card
1,000 pieces
735 x 510 mm
29 x 20 in
From the box base:
Pieter van den Keere (c. 1571-c. 1645) was a Flemish engraver, publisher and globe maker who came to England as a Protestant refugee. Settling in Amsterdam in 1593, he continued to work and began engraving a series of miniature county maps for the British Isles Atlas in 1599. His works also include a map of Ireland, urban panoramas of Utrecht, Cologne, Amsterdam and Paris, as well as a collection of world maps Van den Keere's work here was actually based on a1594 world map by Petrus Plancius (1552-1622). Plancius was a notable figure of the Netherlandish school of cartography and geography in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
After the fiasco of the 2K Jumbo puzzle with missing pieces, this made a pleasant remedy. Edges and top and bottom colourful scenes were completed first, followed by the yellow circular lines. That left the two maps themselves to assemble. Finished yesterday evening.
After completion I did a double-check to make sure we'd not done this one before (they all look the same to me!). Sure enough, we've made this image although not this particular version. In my wooden puzzle stash I have a Nautilus purchased last year through eBay...
Here's a map showing the geographic distribution of visitors to Cyclelicious. This map is generated by Google Analytics and shows data from 7/5/2006 to 7/11/2006 (or 5/7 to 11/7 for my European readers).
For some reason when I look at this map I hear "Would you like to play a game, Professor Falken? It is called Thermonuclear War."
The treasure chest is all cake, the map is fondant, and the sand is graham crackers and brown sugar. The cake was white chocolate with strawberry filling and vanilla cheesecake frosting