Showing posts with label b. Show all posts
Showing posts with label b. Show all posts

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:

Monday, June 23, 2008

108 - Bassett, Nebraska


S of the Niobeara River, between Newport and Long Pine. "A shipping point for wild hay, the town was named for J.W. Bassett, a rancher, who drove the first herd of cattle into the section in 1871."

Friday, May 2, 2008

56 - Bristol, England, UK



Near the mouth of the River Avon. While I knew that Bristol was home of the "Bristol Sound", aka trip-hop etc., I hadn't realized that seminal trip-hop group Portishead was named for a nearby riverine suburb.


Thursday, April 3, 2008

29 - Babai, Madhya Pradesh, India

50mi. SE of Bhopal, on the Narnada River. Or south of the Naranda River (at least the two MP Babais on Google Maps are).

Saturday, March 8, 2008

119 - Bello, Colombia

Just N of Medellín.

Here's my quick sketch of the Capilla de Nuestra Señora del Rosario de Hatoviejo, an oldish looking church in Bello.

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Sunday, February 10, 2008

93 - Buluk, Kenya

Oasis 40mi. E of Lake Turkana. Includes a Miocene fossil site where some of the oldest Old World Monkey remains have been found, as well as some hominids.


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