Globe Trek

21/01/2025

The first American painter to ever come to India was Edwin Lords Weeks. Born in an affluent family of tea and spice merchants, Weeks' early travels took him to South America, and then Egypt, Persia, and Morocco.

India became his destination in 1882-83. His sketches and paintings during this trip featured in his book, From the Black Sea through Persia and India.

He returned to India in 1887 roaming around the country till 1893.

He made detailed paintings of the architecture and people of India on the basis of the photographs he took.

Pic. Weeks titled it: "Hindu Merchants" The painting was completed in 1885. It shows a market in Rajpootana. Notice the varity of head gear indicating people from different communities. A woman carrying a large vessel stands in the left bottom corner along with a boy. A Seth, with red turban, is at his seat peering through records while a bare chested man goes through some papers. The richly carved doors and parapets made of wood suggest hovels in a bazaar in Marwar.

11/10/2024

Dear Younger Ladies!!!!

I need to break down the "Friend Code" for some of you, because clearly, too many girls are going missing or getting killed.

This is how us "Old Schoolers" roll:

Code #1: We leave together... stay together... we come come back together. NO, you're not leaving with some RANDOM dude, and NO, I'm not leaving you at the party by yourself!

Code #2: Both of us can't be sh*t face drunk (neither of us should); at least one person needs to be alert and aware of our surroundings!

Code #3: If one of us needs to go to the bathroom or outside, "WE'RE ALL GOING TO THE DAMN BATHROOM AND OUTSIDE!" Period!

Code #4: We don't accept drinks from strangers unless we're at the bar watching the bartender pour.

Code #5: If I think you're too drunk to function, we're leaving the party early. (We'll fuss about you messing up the night later)

Code #6: If you go missing, I'll give you a maximum 15-30 minutes to show up before I shut the place down and we ALL start looking for your ass! FOR REAL!!! Everyone else can call the police cause I ain't going home without you!

Code #7: If you're fighting, it better be one-on-one. Otherwise, we're all in it together. (Hopefully this ain't jumpin off cause we too classy and ladies)

Code #8 and the golden rule: The drop-off person checks in, or everyone who drove checks in when they get home. If we don't hear from you, we're coming to your house.

Because these generations got the Friend Code messed up!! This is how we were raised...

Cause I want my daughter and every other lady to know these rules!!!!

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01/10/2024

He is Luigi Cani - who dropped 100 million seeds of 17 native trees in the Amazon at his own cost, taking massive risks by skydiving himself and opening the box in the air.

It was extremely difficult for him to take the permissions, arranging a biodegradable box and ropes, then the flight carrier and 100 million seeds. All at his own cost with no sponsorship. Putting his own life at risk.

So the next time I think of quitting on my dreams at the first roadblock, I will think of Luigi - the greenman who is working to save our environment, against all odds

17/08/2024

06/07/2024

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Salt Mines Of Garmsar, Semnan province, central Iran.

18/06/2024

Did you know between 1957 and 1976, there was a regular bus service between London and Calcutta, India.The 32,000km, 50 day, 2-way bus route is the longest in the world.

The bus had sleeping bunks and even a kitchen! For just £145, you get to travel with food & accomodation. The bus would stop at attractions and for shopping in Vienna, Istanbul & Iran

The bus ride took passengers from England to Belgium, West Germany, Austria, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Northern India.

14/02/2024

The world’s first fluorescent orchid is on display at the Japan Grand Prix International Orchid Show this week. The Glowing Phalaenopsis Orchid emits yellow-green fluorescence under black light. Not only the petals, but the entire plant body glows.
It was developed from the gene of a fluorescent plakton. Fascinating!!

10/12/2023

For 13 thousand US dollars, Englishman Brendon Grimshaw bought a tiny uninhabited island in the Seychelles and moved there forever. When Grimshaw was under forty, he quit his job as a newspaper editor and started a new life.

By this time, no human had set foot on the island for 50 years. As befits a real Robinson, Brendon found himself a companion from among the natives. His name was René Lafortin. Together with Rene, Brendon began to equip his new home. While René came to the island only occasionally, Brendon lived on it for decades by himself, never leaving.

For 39 years, Grimshaw and Lafortin planted 16 thousand trees with their own hands and built almost 5 kilometers of paths. In 2007, Rene Lafortin died, and Brendon was left all alone on the island.

He was 81 years old. He attracted 2,000 new bird species to the island and introduced more than a hundred giant tortoises, which in the rest of the world (including the Seychelles) were already on the verge of extinction. Thanks to Grimshaw's efforts, the once deserted island now hosts two-thirds of the Seychelles' fauna. An abandoned piece of land has turned into a real paradise.

A few years ago, the prince of Saudi Arabia offered Brendon Grimshaw $50 million for the island, but he refused. “I don’t want the island to become a favorite vacation spot for the rich. Better let it be a national park that everyone can enjoy.”

And he achieved just that. In 2008 the island was indeed declared a national park.

20/07/2023

Fifty-four years later — here’s how much each artist earned from playing ‘69.

16/07/2023

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