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Kalinjar Fort
Kalinjar means ‘the destroyer of time’ and thus refers to Shiva, who next to Brahma, the creator, and Vishnu, the preserver, takes care of this part in the eternal cycle of creation, preservation and destruction. However, apart from being the destroyer, Shiva is at the same time very much regarded as creator, which explains his prominent…
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White magic
The deserted flatland near Mount Conner – visible in the distance on the far right – that we already saw in last week’s post gets here and there magically lit up by dry salt lakes. White magic from the ancestral beings! Photos of the week: Salt lakes in Central Australia near Mount Conner, 2013
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3 persons / km²
Australia, the 6th largest country in the world, measures about 7.7 million km². With its 24 million people it is one of the least densely populated countries on earth, only 3 inhabitants per km². Quite a difference with my tiny home country The Netherlands which has more than 400 people per km². Driving through the…
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Poster girls
Five people gazing, not at each other but each one in a different direction. And then there is a sixth one, me, capturing the scene in my own field of vision. Well, two of the five people are not there as large as life. But, larger than life in black and white, they certainly cannot be…
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Invisible blinkers
For this new human addiction airports provide no special room. No room would be large enough to meet the demand anyway. Since it is considered a non-offensive habit, unlike smoking, and not one dying out and in need of protection, like praying, the whole airport is put at the disposal of all passengers to answer…
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Sex room
Bars, restaurants, toilets, smoking rooms, prayer rooms, ….. : Airports cater to all kinds of human needs. But a – tax free – sex room I haven’t come across as yet. Photo of the week: New Delhi International Airport, India 2015
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Miss Dior
To the toilet I have been and prayer is not my sort of thing; so maybe I should take Miss Dior up for a free tour? Photo of the week: Changi Aiport, Singapore 2015
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The road herd, cushion-footed
This time, for a change, we were not obliged to dangerously zigzag between cows ruminating on the road; not pushed to the roadside by a train of Ambassador cars with flashing lights of some politician and his retinue; but, to our surprise, held up by a fleet of ships of the desert, quietly swaying forward…
καιρός remembered
… the right moment, position chosen, shoot …
καιρός remembered 