http://www.bucks.edu/~taylors/afghanHTM.htm There’s a paucity of commentary to accompany these photos, but as the region has become familiar to many of us since 2001, not much is needed. It’s especially notable that, were it not for the headline at the page top, and a reduction in the number of burqas pictured, you’d hardly know these photos […]
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http://www.tomrobinsonphotography.com/legs.htm Itchy feet, possibly literally… A series of travel postcards taken from the vantage point of reclining travellers. This is the kind of simple idea that leaves bruises when I slap myself for not thinking of it first. I would love a photo album filled with shots like this.
Gemäldegalerie, Berlin – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gem%C3%A4ldegalerie,_Berlin A history of Berlin’s wonderful Gemaldegalerie, which includes this depressing fact: The museum was badly damaged during World War II, with 400 art pieces destroyed. At least three of which, by my count, were Caravaggios. As if I needed another reason to loathe Hitler…
Official Site Corsini Gallery- The collections
http://www.galleriaborghese.it/corsini/en/edefault.htm I’m prepping for the second leg of my trip, and as usual am staking out an itinerary according to finding great works of art. While I visited its sister site, the Palazzo Barberini, on my last visit to Rome, the Corsini Gallery is luring me with promises of a Caravaggio, as well as the […]
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http://beirutraders.org/ A first-class Stumble – sadly, the first in a while, but I’ll take the good stuff when I can get it! Beautiful, captionless photographs of the stark and challenging environment that is Antarctica. You can practically hear the ice cracking.
Free Worldwide Travel Guides – Wikitravel
http://wikitravel.org/en/Main_Page My “great resources” tag is an honorary one, at the moment. This is a great concept – open source, real-time updated travel information – but at the moment there is a dearth of info available. I’ll stick with the very generous, though less up-to-date offerings from the Rough Guides.
croydon art
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUSwJj8U1XU This terrific little vid was made by a pal of mine from Croydon. Despite the reaction of all other Londoners, he always seems to overlook the grottier aspects of his town to produce some vivid impressions. Here, we meet Croydon’s locals in the act of shopping, busking, chatting, laughing… being. It almost makes me […]
The 25 Most E-Mailed Travel Articles of 2006 – New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/31/travel/31popular.html?8dpc New years always make me weepy, but I do love year-in-review lists. Here, the NY Times presents some excellent inspirational reading for armchair travellers.