Showing posts with label h. Show all posts
Showing posts with label h. Show all posts

Friday, July 25, 2008

25 - Ha Tien, Vietnam


On the coastal border with Cambodia.

Tuesday, June 3, 2008

88 - Hamada Safia, Mali


50mi. NW of Taoudenni, in the country's northern fin. Not sure if it's the name of a village or a region or a natural feature (hints on a NASA site about the Hamada Safia "wind streaks").

Wednesday, May 28, 2008

81 - Békéscsaba, Hungary

100mi SE of Budapest. Here's video of a local library!


Thursday, May 8, 2008

62 - Halberstadt, Germany


Between Magdeburg and Hannover.

Wednesday, April 9, 2008

35 - Hadera, Israel

Halfway between Haifa and Tel Aviv. Wiki:

Hadera was founded in 1891, at the dawn of modern Zionism by Eastern European immigrants who were members of the Zionist group Hovevei Zion on land purchased by Yehoshua Hankin, who was known as the Redeemer of the Valley. The land was purchased from Christian effendi Selim Khuri. The purchase of the land was the largest so far in Palestine by Zionist groups, although was of low quality, with most of it being swampland. Before its purchase, the land had hardly any residents apart from a few families belonging to small tribes who were mainly shepherds raising water buffaloes and selling reeds. The town derives its name from the Arabic word khadra, meaning "green" in reference to the wild weeds which covered the marshes on which the town is built.[1] The initial settlers lived in a house known as the Khan which is next to the main synagogue of the city.

Friday, March 14, 2008

10 - Hunter Island, New Caledonia, France

Really the southernmost (and uninhabited) island in the New Hebrides (Vanuatu) chain, but a part of the French overseas territory, but claimed by Vanuatu too. Discovered (really!) by Captain Jimmy Joe, of the whaler Hunter in 1798.

Sunday, February 17, 2008

99 - Harty, Ontario

On the Canadian National Railway, N of Big Beaver Falls.

Tuesday, January 22, 2008

73 - Hassi Messaoud, Algeria

In the northern Sahara, not too far from the Tunisian border. It's a big oil-town. You can land a plane there: