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Today, we journey to the intriguing port town of Muynak, nestled between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. At first glance, Muynak may seem like a typical small town, but its story is anything but ordinary. This once-thriving fishing hub now finds itself stranded in the desert, with the nearest water source over 100 kilometers away. So, how does a town built around …
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The island of Migingo, is one of Lake Victoria’s many inhabited islands. Today Migingo acts as a crucial stop-over point for local fishermen as its waters are rich with Nile Perch and Tilapia. The island is a tiny 2000m² and is almost entirely covered by small metal houses. Its accessibility and proximity to the rich fishing areas made it a …
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Canals are a fairly common feature worldwide, allowing shipping companies to save time by cutting through large areas of land. Egypt is home to the Suez Canal, an artificial waterway that opened in 1858, connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea and avoiding the need for ships to travel around the southern tip of Africa. If the Suez Canal …
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On December 10th 1968 in Tokyo Japan. Four employees of the Nippon Trust Bank were transporting metal boxes containing bonuses for Toshiba factory employees. The value of these boxes amounted to just under 300 million Yen.
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Let me take you through the life of María Gómez Cámara. The year is 1971, it’s a dreary day in August, and Maria is on her hands and knees scrubbing her kitchen floor. She had been scrubbing for some time, but the stained concrete floor didn’t change, well it did, but not the way she wanted. The stain first appeared …
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Billboards, pop-ups, and witty videos. Our world has become accustomed to an in your face approach to marketing and advertising. We don’t second guess pauses in YouTube and TV shows, Websites that aren’t populated with sidebar ads seem empty and bare, and major sporting events are coloured more by banners and signs than fans and contenders. This is the modern …
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Out of nowhere, the screen goes black and 15 seconds later is replaced with a masked stranger swaying erratically with a spinning corrugated iron background and a strange buzzing noise.
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The Yanomami tribes are an indigenous tribe of about 35 000 people and make up about 200 – 250 villages. Yanomami believe that the spirit world is a fundamental part of life. Every creature, rock, tree and mountain has a spirit. Sometimes these are malevolent and attack the Yanomami and are believed to cause illness.
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The village of Huangluo Yao, which resides on the Jinsha River banks, is a mountainous and remote place nearly unreachable until 2002 when the Chinese government decided to launch a ‘tourism reform’ program.
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In 1936, four of the lykov family members, Karp, his wife Akulina, and their two children, Savin(9), Natalia (2) took their possessions and seeds and retreated deep into the Siberian taiga. They built themselves a few simple dwelling places until, at last, they had settled in the area they stayed in for over 40 years.
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