Showing posts with label asia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label asia. Show all posts

Saturday, September 20, 2008

42 - Yerema River, Russia

400mi. N of Lake Bailal

Sunday, September 7, 2008

41 - Alas, no Xs in Siberia

Friday, September 5, 2008

40 - Wu-chi-Li, China

Thursday, September 4, 2008

39 - Voyampolka, Russia

On the W coast of Kamchatka.

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

38 - Uliastay, Mongolia

Main western city.

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

31 - Nvadwip, India




Upstream from Calcutta.

Nabadwip (নবদ্বীপ) (also Navadwip, Navadvipa or Nabadwipdham) is a city and a municipality in Nadia district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Its name means "9 islands" in the Bengali language. The islands are named Antardwip (Sri Mayapur), Simantadwip, Rudradwip, Madhyadwip, Godrumdwip, Ritudwip, Jahnudwip, Modadrumdwip, and Koladwip. It is a place of many lilas (or "pastimes of God" in Hinduism) of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Many pilgrims from origins worldwide adhering to Gaudiya Vaishnavism come to Navadwip every year on pilgrimage and for festivals like Sri Navadvipa-mandala Parikrama and holidays like Gaura Purnima.

Monday, August 18, 2008

29 - Libasi, India


SW of Ahmadabad.

Thursday, August 14, 2008

28 - Kolar, India


In Karnataka, E of Bangalore.

Wednesday, August 13, 2008

27 - Jampur, Pakistan

On the Indus R.


Thursday, July 24, 2008

24 -Guma (P'i-Shan), China


Just over the mountains from Kashmir.

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

23 - Feng-huang, China



County in W Hunan province.
Fenghuang are mythological Chinese birds that reign over all other birds. The males are called Feng and the females Huang. In modern times, however, such a distinction of gender is often no longer made and the Feng and Huang are blurred into a single feminine entity so that the bird can be paired with the Chinese dragon, which has male connotations. The Fenghuang is also called the "August Rooster" (traditional Chinese: 鶤雞; pinyin: kūnjī) since it sometimes takes the place of the Rooster in the Chinese Zodiac. In the West, it is commonly referred to as the Chinese phoenix.


Tuesday, July 22, 2008

22 - Erh-t'ai, China



In Xinjiang, W of the Mongolian frontier.

Monday, July 21, 2008

21 - Dozen Nishino-shima



Town on a small island N of the lower arc of Honshu.

Sunday, July 20, 2008

20 - Chofu, Japan



Outer district of Tokyo, on the bank of Tama-gawa.

Chōfu (調布) is a western suburb of Tokyo, and the main draws are Jindaiji Temple and Jindai Botanical gardens. These twin attractions are next to each other, making a reasonable day trip from central Tokyo. Beyond these two, Chōfu feels like the suburb that it is, particularly on the the weekends when the train platform is crowded with parents and their children.

Saturday, July 19, 2008

19 - Bicoli, Halmahera, Indonesia



On the E peninsula of the big island W of New Guinea. Here's a butterfly native to the island:

Thursday, July 17, 2008

17 - Zamboanga, Philippines



On the tip of Mindanao's western peninsula.

Zamboanga City brings its best foot forward during the popular Fiesta Pilar, celebrated in honor of the city's patron saint, La Nuestra Senora del Pilar de Zaragoza Our Lady of the Pillar of Zaragoza, Spain. A statue honoring the saint is prominently embossed above the façade on the eastern wall of the meter-thick walled fort called El Real Fuerza de Nuestra Señora del Pilar de Zaragoza (also called El Real Fuerza de San José in its early days). This Spanish military fort was built on June 23, 1635, by the Spanish Jesuit priest Fr. Melchor de Vera in defense against pirates and slave raiders. Zamboanga City is one of the oldest cities in the country and is the most Hispanized. It is also one of the largest cities in the world in terms of area, with over 1,480 km², including its 28 surrounding islands. Its recorded population in 2007 was 774,407.

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

16 - Yüan-ling, China



On the meridian that bisects Hai-nan.

Monday, April 21, 2008

44 - Qias, Iran

In the upper NW tip of the country, 20mi. from the Armenian border. Nothing to do with the site, but a "qias" image search turned out that particular string of letters in the Amazon.com url for this:

Friday, April 18, 2008

42 - Olonki, Russia

On the river that flows SE into Irkutsk and Lake Baikal.

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

40 - Mogocha, Russia


On the trans-Siberian railway, about 450mi E of Lake Baikal. Here's Wikipedia's history of the town. The last sweeping sentence is intriguing.
Name 'Mogocha' has at least two meanings in Evenk language: a. mongo - Evenk tribename and possessive suffix chi; b. "mongochi" means "golden valley". Local expression: "God created Sochi, and Satan Mogocha"
Mogocha was founded in 1910 and granted town status in 1950. Most of its population came from European part of the USSR to work for Trans-Siberian Railway company and in gold mines since the 1930s.
One third of Mogocha's population fled to nearby cities. This tendency is a Siberiawide practice because of notorious economic crisis of the 90s. At the same time a significant number of Chinese citizens and companies try to sing their roots in the region.


Photo from Transsib.ru.