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riverfronts, the good, the bad and the ugly
Rivers are redeeming features for any city. I’ve lived in quite a few that are mostly or partly defined by their rivers and haven’t come across any for which their riverfront was a total negative. However, what cities do with … Continue reading
Posted in personal, running Shanghai
Tagged Cairo, Kathmandu, riverfront, Shanghai, Varanasi
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city air
When I look out of my window, this time of year, it’s way too often a grey haze. So Jia Zhangke‘s short video hits home.
Posted in natural sciences, society
Tagged Air pollution, Al Gore, Cairo, Greenpeace, Jia Zhangke, Kathmandu, Nijmegen, Pharrell Williams, Rollin Wang, Shanghai, The Trashmen, WEF, WHO
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jetting around my expat universe
Last day in Cairo. First day of Ramadan, the city is weirdly quiet. Temps go up to 41 degrees today. But my sentiments are not dominated by my place of residence of the last year and a half as much … Continue reading
arriving in Cairo on the Nile
Thursday night I landed on Cairo international airport. Expectations always reveal themselves in experience: I was amazed by this facility, huge, modern, no hint of developing country in its finishing. Marjan had described Cairo to me as like Delhi-but-different. Delhi … Continue reading
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Tagged Bagmati, Cairo, Delhi, Egypt, Ganga, Kathmandu, Mekong, Mohandeseen, Nijmegen. Varanasi, Nile, Phnom Penh, Waal
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I won’t miss eating Kathmandu dust
Any city in a bowl shaped valley has issues with it’s air quality. When I left Kathmandu after my first longer stay there, end of 1993, it was already bad. During the following two decades many things changed. Population quadrupled, … Continue reading
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