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Monthly Archives: November 2017
It’s Cold in Tromsø
The past couple of days have seen temperatures eventually approaching long-term normal values in Tromsø, at 69° 40′ 58″ N the world’s northernmost city. Provided clear skies, today’s the last chance for seeing the sun rising above the horizon, for the next two months … Continue reading
Holier-than-though
Amids a humanitarian catastrophe of, well, biblical dimension in Yemen, the BBC’s Lyse Doucet interviewed yesterday Saudi Arabia’s foreign affairs minister, Adel al-Jubeir. Visibly miffed by insisting Doucet, the 55-yr-old indeed soft-spoke about Iran as the root cause of the … Continue reading
Posted in Saudi Arabia, Yemen
Tagged Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi, Adel al-Jubeir, Houthis, Lyse Doucet
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Is Salvator Mundi Leonardo’s?
Earlier this week, a new record was set for an artist’s painting. Four-hundred million bucks plus fees for (allegedly) Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi (about 1500) were offered by a (yet) unknown bidder in the Postwar and Contemporary (sic) Art … Continue reading
What Has Happened to These Boys?
I had taken this picture in early 2007 on our walk down from Kawkaban (at almost 3000 m) to Shibam (the other one, not that in the Hadhramaut). Yemen was my last travel destination when living in the Middle East. … Continue reading
Posted in Saudi Arabia, Yemen
Tagged Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi, Arab Spring, Houthi rebels, Mohammed bin Salman
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Whale Watching in Tromsø
Last week’s whale watching safari in the Kaldfjord of Kvaløja/Troms was unfortunately unsuccessful. We booked Northern Sailing, responsible whale watching on an oak shooner as it is known that Northern Norway may be the last resort for these beautiful beasts. … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Norway
Tagged Humpback whale, Kaldfjord, Killer whale, Kvaløja, NorthernSailing.no, orca, Tromsø, whale watching
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