The Curious Case of Baarle-Nassau and Baarle-Hertog
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 6, 2012
Baarle-Nassau and Baarle-Hertog are two municipalities that divide the town of Baarle on the border between the Netherlands and Belgium. Baa...
Sawdust Carpets During Semana Santa in Antigua
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 5, 2012
Antigua, Guatemala puts up one of the largest Easter celebration in North America, with an estimated 200,000 people flocking to this Colonia...
Coming of Age in Cartography: Evolution of the World Map
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 5, 2012
Mapmaking has been an integral part of human history for thousands of years. It is believed that the human activity of graphically represent...
Les Machines de l'Île: Machines of the Isle of Nantes
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 3, 2012
Machines of the Isle of Nantes or Les Machines de l'Île de Nantes are a set of gigantic mechanical animals designed by Francois Delaroz...
Thousands of Pink Flamingos at Lake Nakuru, Kenya
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 3, 2012
Lake Nakuru is one of the three inter-linked lakes in the Rift Valley Province of Kenya. These lakes are home to 13 globally threatened bird...
India’s Death Defying ‘Maut ka Kuaa’ or ‘Well of Death’
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 2, 2012
‘Maut ka Kuaa’, which translates to the ‘Well of Death’ in English, also sometimes called the ‘Wall of Death’, is a death defying and gravit...
Polish Architect Builds World’s Thinnest House
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 31, 2012
Polish architect Jakub Szczesny claims to have built the world’s narrowest house, just 122 centimetres across. The house is squeezed into an...
Javier Arizabalo’s Photorealistic Paintings
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 31, 2012
Javier Arizabalo was born in Saint Jean de Luz, France in 1965. His passion for art lead him to Bilbao, Spain where he studied and earned a...
Kowloon Walled City, a Population Density Nightmare
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 30, 2012
Kowloon Walled City was a largely ungoverned Chinese settlement in Kowloon, Hong Kong, comprising of 350 interconnected high-rise buildings ...
Verdon Gorge: The Grand Canyon of Europe
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 29, 2012
The Verdon Gorge, called Gorges du Verdon in French, in south-eastern France between the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence and the Var is a spectacula...
