Posts Tagged ‘people’

Amazing Floating Boat Bridge

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Commuters cross the Buriganga River on a floating boat bridge in Dhaka, Bangladesh. When rampant-growing water hyacinth prevented boats from moving freely on the river, a group of boatmen came up with a bright idea. They made this floating bridge by connecting 34 wooden dinghies together and are charging a small fee to cross. Creative […]

Incredible Not-Photoshopped Photographs

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Aren’t you tired of all those digitally modified photoshopped pictures? Nowadays you can’t believe even your friend who’s showing his newest photos from his trip to Egypt, because all those photos might be photoshopped. It’s a scary world we’re living in – full of lies, sins and photoshopped images. But things can be different. There […]

The Ghosts of Old London

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To dispel my disappointment that I cannot rent that Room to Let in Old Aldgate, I find myself returning to scrutinize the collection of pictures taken by the Society for Photographing the Relics of Old London held in the archive at the Bishopsgate Institute. It gives me great pleasure to look closely and see the […]

Exotic Cuba at The Top of Your Palm

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The Republic of Cuba encompasses more than 4,000 islands and cays; the main island is the largest in the West Indies. Since its discovery five centuries ago by Christopher Columbus, strategic location and agricultural wealth have made Cuba a coveted prize. By the mid-1800s sugar plantations were satisfying a third of world demand. Here is […]

And Still They Tango

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Sensual. Moving. A way to mourn, or to escape. Such are the allures of tango, the salacious dance and somber song of Buenos Aires bordellos in the late 1800s. Today, in Argentina, tango’s age-old themes remain unblemished: Remembering love, lamenting loss. These photographs and captions appeared in the December 2003 National Geographic article “And Still […]

Amazing Sand World

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Sand sculptures are made using only sand and water. They can have almost any shape, size or form. It can be a castle, a human, animal, plant or a fantasy form – Sand world! Ephemeral in its nature, sand art is seen on the beaches all over the world. Sand sculptures are made by using […]