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xoxoxoBruce · 10/05/2023 9:11 pm

Beautiful Indian National Park...

They have some detailed buildings...

...and some old stuff that's pretty crude...

I'm impressed by the gravel ramp with the anti-gravel-movement-from-water boards.

I've heard of Sicilians putting a hex on people but nary a whole town.

Tight to Swedish coast, roughly less than 100 miles from Norway and 35 from Denmark.
the 2010 census said 210 residents. I wonder where they get their drinking water?
EDIT: This picture is deceptive in that the houses look like they are way above the water, but it's actually a low slung islind like Limey's, with a population of about 300 now.

Last edited by xoxoxoBruce (10/05/2023 9:28 pm)

glatt · 10/06/2023 7:38 am

On that island, I don't see much soil present for septic systems either. Crazy dense building spacing too. Sweden has room for people to spread out and have a little elbow room. I wonder why these folks would jam into a tiny island like that? What's the draw? If they wanted close neighbors they could be in a city on the mainland and have grocery stores, hospitals, libraries, and concert halls. On this island, they have none of that, and they don't have the usual draw of islands, which is a little peace and quiet.

Diaphone Jim · 10/06/2023 11:20 am

Lamjao Park and Lake Loktak with its floating phumbi. Don't think I've seen before.

xoxoxoBruce · 10/07/2023 1:40 am

Glatt, they live on the island because they're fisher persons, other pictures of the island are lousy with boats.
There's a big lake in Africa, and one in South America that have people living on phumbi.
Probably Titicaca and Victoria.

Meanwhile in Canada...

And Vietnam...

Diaphone Jim · 10/07/2023 12:09 pm

Sorry, misspelled it. Hard to catch doing so to a new word.
Here is more from Wikipedia on spelling and about where they may or may not be found:
"Phumdi (Meitei pronunciation: /pʰúm.dí/), also known as Phumthi (Meitei pronunciation: /pʰúm.tʰí/) or simply Phum (Meitei pronunciation: /pʰúm/),[1] are a series of floating islands, exclusive to the Loktak Lake in Manipur state, in northeastern India."

xoxoxoBruce · 10/12/2023 2:30 pm

Diaphone Jim wrote:
Sorry, misspelled it. Hard to catch doing so to a new word.
Here is more from Wikipedia on spelling and about where they may or may not be found:
"Phumdi (Meitei pronunciation: /pʰúm.dí/), also known as Phumthi (Meitei pronunciation: /pʰúm.tʰí/) or simply Phum (Meitei pronunciation: /pʰúm/),[1] are a series of floating islands, exclusive to the Loktak Lake in Manipur state, in northeastern India."

Yes, that name(s?) is exclusive to Lotaks floating islands, I was wrong in applying it to the floating islands elsewhere.

Norwegian roads, looks like they shortened the road on the right in the distance to avoid rock falls..

xoxoxoBruce · 10/14/2023 3:07 pm

And awaaayyy we go...

That might be a good place to stay away from right now.

And if you want some country with NO sneaky, slimy, slippery, slithery, snakes...

xoxoxoBruce · 10/18/2023 10:15 am

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Diaphone Jim · 10/22/2023 12:21 pm

Nice array of Asian SSE's.
More than a toilet theme, it has got sink tables. A convenient place to eat the E. coli pizza below.
Top notch dragons and water ways in Thailand and a need for an escalator in Tibet.

xoxoxoBruce · 10/24/2023 1:41 am

In Tibet, you go ahead I'll be up in a week or so.

xoxoxoBruce · 10/24/2023 10:21 pm

Diaphone Jim · 10/25/2023 11:23 am

Different views of the Faroe lake aren't quite as striking.
France has to do better than that. England has one from 1148, Switzerland, 1287.

xoxoxoBruce · 10/25/2023 7:36 pm

English aggression against France's guest, Germany, knocked down many of the old houses in France.

glatt · 10/26/2023 7:41 am

The road infrastructure at the Faroe island never ceases to amaze me. There are like 3 cars on the whole Island system, and they have like 25 Trillion dollars worth of tunnels and various road infrastructure.

Street view is a trip from my desk jockey position.

xoxoxoBruce · 11/01/2023 10:13 pm

Italy has tons of contrast

griff · 11/02/2023 6:03 am

We did a puzzle of one a the towns around Riomaggiore a couple holidays back. It was brutal.

glatt · 11/02/2023 6:44 am

These are awesome photos. Thanks Bruce! Keep them coming.

Diaphone Jim · 11/02/2023 11:42 am

Castel del Monte looks like an 8 lug hub.

xoxoxoBruce · 11/08/2023 3:44 pm

Diaphone Jim wrote:
Castel del Monte looks like an 8 lug hub.

That's nuts... lugnuts.
Ok, I'm sorry, I'll see myself out.

xoxoxoBruce · 11/13/2023 11:06 pm

Happy Monkey · 11/14/2023 12:30 pm

Reminds me of a similar but opposite story - Kate Micucci drew on something she assumed would be demolished, then felt guilty when it turned out that it was the actual walls of a restaurant.

glatt · 11/14/2023 1:32 pm

I just started following her on TikTok a week or so ago. She's always been cool, but her channel is great. Those drawings are fun. She's like a little kid.

xoxoxoBruce · 11/17/2023 2:33 am

Yeah, I can see why the restaurant didn't paint over them at the end of construction.
They are just fun like the crayon creations on the fridge.

xoxoxoBruce · 11/19/2023 2:43 am

Brrrr...

And a little further from home...