Aug
23
2010
Sep
17
2009
Istanbul docks
I was kind of impressed with Istanbul, It’s so crowded and chaotic, like a huge market. I found it interesting that everywhere I went to buy something the people insisted on negotiating. So it was very strange when I walk into a hi-tech photo equipment shop the salesman started to negotiate with me for a (actualy very expensive) tripod that I eventually never bought.
But what shocked me in the worse kind of way was the fact that internet is censored there. I tried to acces a youtube link and this came onscreen .
Ankara 1. Sulh Ceza Mahkemesi’nin, 05.05.2008 tarih ve 2008/402 nolu KORUMA TEDB?R? kapsam?nda bu internet sitesi (youtube.com) hakk?nda verdi?i karar Telekomünikasyon ?leti?im Ba?kanl???’nca uygulanmaktad?r. (The decision no 2008/402 dated 05.05.2008, which is given about this web site (youtube.com) within the context of protection measure, of Ankara 1. Sulh Ceza Mahkemesi has been implemented by “Telekomünikasyon ?leti?im Ba?kanl???”.)
So were many other sites, especially porn ones.
Sad to see people still living in the dark ages regarding freedom of speech and information at least.
Sep
15
2009
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Sorry for the downtime, I just changed my hosting, the traffic went crazy these days ( you Belgium people, you.. 
), and my old hosting had limited bandwidth. This one is a bit slower because it’s in the states but at least it will work.
Also today it’s a month since I’m out of the country, but that didn’t stop me to go outside this country also, so I used the weekends to go to Turkey and Greece , but photos from there in other posts. Here is some more Iceland.
May
27
2009
This is it…
…Europe’s final meters of land. Right there in the first photo, I’m standing above them, in the westernmost place, Cabo da Roca, Portugal. It kind of feels strange being there where the old continent ends
And not far from there but far from the tourist’s track is praia da ursa, one of the most beautiful places in all Portugal and also one of the most inaccessible. Google earth tourism seems fun until you find out just how difficult it is to get to a certain point that looked good on a photo. And praia da ursa is one of those places. On the old road that leads there there’s a sign that said “danger, unsecured beach. For emergency call 112″. But the fact is there is no signal down there, is standing below a few hundred meters of rock, very hard to climb. In fact the beach is mostly deserted, in the middle of the season the only people there were a couple having innocent, beautiful sex. And no, I’m not showing you the photos 
.
