River Nile by I. Anton
Cairo, Egypt
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Long Way Down - Episode 1 Part 1
If you have some free time today or over the weekend, you can watch Ewan McGregor & Charley Boorman get on their bikes and make their way across Africa (actually from London to Cape Town).
Someone uploaded most of the episodes to Youtube, and it looks Eeeeeepic!
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They said “This might be something for you. You’re good at languages and you’re good at music.” Then they showed me a little blurb in their Berlitz guidebook about the Whistling Language of La Gomera. I had never ever heard of such a thing, and off we went.
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During our trek we often heard snatches of whistles blown our way by the sea breeze, and on the second day we stopped for lunch in a lush grassy pasture. During that break in our walk, we were treated to a lengthy whistled conversation which ebbed and flowed around us from all sides even though we never actually saw the whistlers themselves.
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The Whistling Language of La Gomero
WHY YES THIS IS the most fascinating thing I’ve read.
Canary Islands, Africa
Via paulbrady
Volcano Kiss by Asadbabil
“I was standing on the rim of a dead volcano waiting to take a good shot for the sunset. Across the crator on the other side, which is about 150 meters away, I noticed these two lover kissing very passionately.”Republic of Mauritius
- Jazzlyn
Forty-ton whale lands on yacht during Cape Town sailing trip
“The pair were enjoying calm seas off the South African coast when the animal flipped into the air and smashed into their mast.
Ralph Mothes, 59, and Paloma Werner, 50, were helpless as the beast thrashed around on their 33ft vessel before slipping back into the water.”
Cape Town, South Africa
From the 10 Best Bars in Namibia on BuzzFeed.
In order:
10. Serious Bar
9. The Place Where Good Friends Meet
8. Taliban Bar
7. Cool Bar
6. Fabulous Bar
5. The Bruce Lee
4. Best Gloomy House
3. Gangster’s Paradise
2. UB 40 Bar
1. MacGyver Bar
The Land of the Pharaohs. I absolutely adore all the shades of gold . Shots I took during my trip to Egypt last month. From left to right, top to bottom:
- The view from our hotel room: the Nile River!
- Egyptian KFC. The rice is the best.
- A pretty mosque that I saw from the bus.
- I cannot resist taking cliche sunset shots.
- A different view of the pyramids.
- The pretty camel I rode on. I named him Melo!
- The busy city of Cairo.
- Residential homes. Also took this shot from the bus.
- Horse racing in the Pyramids.
- The Wells of Elim! See Exodus 15 for reference!
- “Want a camel?” Tourist trap! Haha!
- A boat at the Nile River during the day.
Egypt
