week 260

Mon: Nothing like a real stress to know where your allies are, as when aussies switched alliances from the brits to the yanks during WWII.

Tue: Verdant and enticing forests of Squamish or Vancouver island come from long and wet winters.

Wed: Monkeys from west Africa crossing the Atlantic on a natural raft to reach the south American island continent, 1000 km away millions of years ago, provides the most parsimonious hypothesis about their origins.

Thu: Gone the primary forest, teak plantations in Java controlled by the government for furniture exportation may become sustainable.

Fri: Driving from Mahout to Sinaw, at the west edge of the Sharquiya sands, involves chasing the sand remover “caterpillar” after the storm.

week 259

Mon: No matter the aboriginal protests, Canberra foundation went ahead dispossessing the land from the natives so the colonists of Melbourne & Sydney could settle their differences “half way through”.

Tue: Alberta’s horrendous carbon footprint due to tar sands exploitation gets a pass by the brit clown tourist.

Wed: Geological time explains how the horse, a native of the north american continent, expands into Asia and Africa, it is domesticated in the Caucasus while going extinct in its homeland.

Thu: From Labe to Timbo, Guinea’s fulani people, on top of the Fouta-Djallon mountain range, keep their history alive no matter the french colonialism.

Fri: The dhofari coastal road, from Salalah to Duqm, requires better planning to enjoy the ocean views than the generation Z bikers allow to themselves.

week 258

Mon: Troglodytes in the Jebel Shams mountains still roam the land, not withstanding their regular trips to Lulu hypermarkets in Nizwa…

Tue: Churchill town in Hudson bay reminds of so many settlements around the artic like alaskan Koyuk or Anadyr & Lavrentyia in Beringia.

Wed: Even though the elephant family migrated from Africa to all continents it remains only there, except for a tiny asian population.

Thu: New south wales Hunter’s valley may produce fine wines but at the price of aboriginal dispossession and land deforestation.

Fri: Getting lost in the Omani side of the empty quarter with a leaking cannister of gas badly hanging from a motorbike is the definition of tourist.

week 257

Mon: Cameroon, a patchwork of peoples and kingdoms, from Pygmies to Bamums, deserves a better cultural appreciation.

Tue: Omani recent fort reconstruction, either in Ibra, Nizwa, Bahla or Jibreen, fails to balance historic exactitude with touristic attraction.

Wed: Toronto cannot escape its city population size effects, no matter the attractiveness of its mixed people or its wild natural surroundings.

Fri: The million years old marsupial migration, from north america to Australia via south america and Antarctica, tells a history of plate tectonics movement and ample animal resilience.

week 256

Mon: Utilizing land as a carbon sequestration method can provide a minor contribution to mitigate earth environmental predicament.

Tue: Having to use economical arguments to convince governments of the value of nature preservation has reach even the coast of Felix Arabia.

Wed: From Skardu to Darkut via Gilgit in the pakistani Baltistan province, chasing aquamarine stone sellers for their hidden gems is a rewarding experience.

Thu: Maple tree syrup collection around Montreal pictures the clash between european economic exploitation and first nations wise care for the land.

Fri: Auroville architecture, north of Puducherry in Tamil Nadu, mixes escapism from the rapacious colonizers mindset with local sustainability efforts.