Monthly Archives: December 2021

PAKISTAN – Sindh other (Hyderbad, Sukkur) Dec 16, 17, 2021 After 7 days in Karachi, I was finally able to get an activated SIM card (Jazz for 7.5€ for 30 days and 15 GB), exchange cash (ATMS don’t work here), … Continue reading →

SINDH (Karachi, Greater Karachi) Dec 9-16, 2021 Sindh Province (Mehran locally) name “Sindh” is derived from the Indus River that passes almost through the middle of the entire province. Boundaries: Balochistan – west, Punjab – north, Indian states of Gujarat and Rajasthan … Continue reading →

A salt and batteries How Bolivian lithium could help fight climate change But the country with the world’s largest resources is still struggling to extract them Dec 8th 2021 ECONOMIST  The Salar de Uyuni, a salt flat in southern Bolivia, … Continue reading →

Pakistan is a large country (1.5 times the size of France) in South Asia at the crossroads of Central Asia, East Asia, and South Asia. Located along the Arabian Sea, it is surrounded by Afghanistan to the west and northwest, although Tajikistan is separated by the Wakhan Corridor, Iran to the southwest … Continue reading →

Saudi Arabia – Medina Province (Yanbu) Dec 7, 2021 MEDINA PROVINCE The Al Ula area is a fantastic landscape of eroded sandstone: buttes, mesas, chimneys, pinnacles, and a few arches (the most famous is Elephant rock). It reminds me of … Continue reading →

Saudi Arabia dominates the Arabian peninsula and contains Islam’s holiest cities: Mecca (Makkah) and Medina (Madinah) — where Muslim pilgrims throng during the Hajj. The Hajj, along with a few crops that grow well in oases, such as medjool dates, used to be the country’s main … Continue reading →

NEUROTYPICAL SYNDROME Neurotypical is a label for nonautistic people. Neurotypical syndrome (NT) is a neurobiological disorder characterized by a preoccupation with social concerns, delusions of superiority, and obsession with conformity. By autistic standards, the “normal” brain is easily distractible, is … Continue reading →

MEKKA PROVINCE  (Jeddah, Ta’if) Nov 27-29 DARB ZUBAYDA Tentative WHS (Pilgrim Road from Kufa to Makkah) (08/04/2015). Al-Jumaimiyah Pool N3275894.87 E 364798.83 Al-Thulaimiya Pool N 3278032.44 E365701.37 Zabala Pool N 3252358.56 E 360364.63 Faid Site N 3002185.00 E 254404.13 Al-Rabadha … Continue reading →

Day 8 AL QASIM PROVINCE, Burayday, Ha’il – Dec 5, 2021 I started driving at 7 am to see a supposed Tentative WHS in Rafne. It was a very fast 150-180km/hour drive with a following wind. When I arrived at … Continue reading →

Saudi Arabia – Eastern Province (Damman, Khobar, Al Ahsa, Jubail) Nov 2-4, 2021 EASTERN PROVINCE. Covering the Gulf coast, the center of Saudi oil production Dhahran – the home of Saudi Aramco, the world’s largest petroleum company Empty Quarter (Rub’ al Khali) – … Continue reading →