14. November 2004 10:37
by Rene Pallesen
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The High Dam was built in the 1970s. It was higher
and wider than the old Aswan Dam.
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At its highest point, the High Dam was 111m high,
3.8km long and 980m wide at the base. It was built with 3 times as
many stones that was used to build Cheops' Pyramid.
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The High Dam is a high-security military area so no
video cameras were allowed. Should the High Dam be destroyed, than
most of Egypt will be under water and it would be a disaster for the
country.
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Lake Nasser is a man-made lake to the south, created
as a result of the building of the High Dam. Because of this lake,
some great monuments, villages and many of the Nubian tribes had to
be moved or they would have been submerged under water. I think much
history has been lost to these waters.
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This temple had to moved onto higher ground after
the High Dam was built.
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Created: Dec 2004Last Updated:
24-Jan-2005
14. November 2004 10:37
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This alabaster factory was one of Adam's commission-based
stops.
Alabaster is a cheaper type of marble - the
corridors of the Mohammed Ali Mosque was made of this marble, as was
the small sphinx statue in Memphis. It was also used for King TutAnkhAmun's
canopic jars
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Created: Dec 2004Last Updated:
24-Jan-2005
14. November 2004 02:10
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27. February 2007 01:05
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In 2006 I went to Holland a couple of time for work. We have an office in Vianen 50 milometers outside Amsterdam.
I normally don't take a lot of photos when I go there, but if you click on the link below then you can see some of the ones I did take.

Click here to see more photos from:
Holland/
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4. January 2007 12:27
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The year 2007 as you can see was a busy year with lots of traveling and adventures.
It is now time to move onto 2008 and see what this year can bring.
You can follow my adventures in 2008 by clicking on this link.
Can I at the same time suggest that you bookmark this page and I can highly recommend using the new RSS feed features on this website.
16. January 2018 21:03
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One thing that I love taking photos of on my travels are People.

A lot of the photos of the people of my travels are in the other posts, but here is a selection that didn't really fit into the other stories.
This is an old woman sitting doing preparing food or doing her handicraft outside her house while observing the street life.

Someone was shooting a wedding, I used the opportunity to snap a photo of my own.

A woman bathing in the Mekong

A girl posing for her boyfriend on top of the hill at Luang Prabang

A woman walking down the street

Another woman doing handicraft outside her shop
12. January 2018 00:02
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11. January 2018 19:01
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Some of the other highlights for the kids in Vang Vieng was the gym at our hotel. The local guys used it to train for kick boxing and the kids felt inspired.


Also, one evening we spotted someone launching wishing lanterns. We asked where they came from and through a lot of pointing we found a local shop keeper selling them.
We bought one and launched it an the kids loved the experience.

Also, one of the trees at the hotel had two little monkeys staying there most of the day. The kids loved standing there shouting profanities at them.

