UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) is an agency of the United Nations with its purpose to contribute to peace and security by promoting science, culture and education.. UNESCO overseas many different projects but the one I want to concentrate on is their involvement in World Heritage Sites. UNESCO assists in protecting World HeritageContinue reading “UNESCO World Heritage Sites”
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A Cabin with a View
Over a couple of days I returned to this particularly picturesque cabin over looking Finnish Lapland. After the popularity of my post What a Difference a Day Makes I wanted to share a few more of my photographs. Enjoy!
What a Difference a Day Makes
This post is in response to the photo challenge Perspective and Change See more photographs of the cabin in my post A Cabin with a View
Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum
Everyday thousands of people queue to visit the embalmed remains of former leader Ho Chi Minh. The mausoleum in Hanoi was completed in 1975 after two years of construction and six years after Ho Chi Minh’s death. Even though in his will Ho Chi Minh stated that he wanted to be cremated his body wasContinue reading “Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum”
Changing of the Season
I have been working on this post for a while now and this seems like the prefect time to show the changing of the seasons in Lapland. I have been to the same spot in Yllas for the last year in order to take almost identical photographs of the fell. I have done similar postsContinue reading “Changing of the Season”
Indigenous Tourism
In recent posts I have been talking about the Sami, a people who traditionally inhabit the northern areas of Norway, Sweden, Finland and a small part of Russia, and their history, culture and involvement in reindeer herding. Now I would like to look at their involvement in tourism. The sub-segment of indigenous tourism is defined as theContinue reading “Indigenous Tourism”
Autumn Grazing
See the full post Life of a Reindeer.
The Sami of Lapland
Sami is an indigenous culture that live in the northern parts of Norway, Sweden, Finland and a small part of Russia and is known as Sapmi, or more commonly Lapland. They are thought to be the first people to reenter Europe after the last ice age some time around 8000 BC. After the 15th century theContinue reading “The Sami of Lapland”
Seeing Double
See another beautiful reflection in my post Ripple in the Water
Barn
A few weeks ago I wrote a post called Stamp Collecting about a photo competition of Finnish barns with the winning photo being made into a stamp. They have now reviewed the entries and decided on the five winners which I found a little unimpressive but the selection of runners up provides an excellent insightContinue reading “Barn”
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