Wednesday, December 27, 2006
Tuesday, December 26, 2006
Monday, December 25, 2006
Thanks for the favs.
I am celebrating 500 favs for my Elastic Reality photo from Flickr. Here is a big thanks for everyone who have visitied and faved it. http://www.flickr.com/photos/ahmedzahid/154059690/
The Flypast
"The other big social trend seems contradictory: the spread of a more conservative strain of Islam, in a country where professing the religion is, in effect, a condition of citizenship. These days about three-quarters of the women in Male are wearing headscarves. This is a recent phenomenon: the Maldives has no tradition of women covering themselves and, in general, prides itself on its liberalism."
Article from the Economist.
http://www.economist.com/world/displaystory.cfm?story_id=8345577
Thanks to Opinionated Indian for pointing this out: http://www.flickr.com/photos/notorious_indian/
Sunday, December 24, 2006
Inside the compunds of the Old Friday mosque... small, single roomed coral houses protect the buried royals. From a past era. This mosque is supposedly 800 years old. The surrounding area itself is an old graveyard. The protection, from houses (called tombs) comes as a form of respect. The incricately carved stone slabs are an attraction for the curious tourists who visit the Capital Island insearch of something meaningful.
Friday, December 22, 2006
Refuelling at sealevel. Unfortunately the cute Air Taxis of Maldives (Canadian actually) don't fly much distance without a stop to refill. Is it refuell? From a trip to far South... this is the first stop at Medhufushi. The chairman, who was also travelling but not in the pic had to pee...:P, so a stop was imminent. Did I say pee? Peeing on aero planes... Worth another entire post.
Thursday, December 21, 2006
Wednesday, December 20, 2006
False alarm!
Tuesday, December 19, 2006
Monday, December 18, 2006
Unharnessed hydro power
Sunday, December 17, 2006
Friday, December 15, 2006
Wednesday, December 13, 2006
TIME: The Best Photos of the Year 2006
http://www.time.com/time/yip/2006/
ARTICLE: Arctic Ice May Melt by 2040
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/12/12/2029215&from=rss