Yearly archives: 2023
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At Delhi airport there is a shop selling Ayurvedic oils and beauty products from around India. Elizabeth couldn’t resist stopping by on her way home!
Rollo was skiing in Austria a few weeks ago and he spotted these mappy underpants. There are so many puns and poor jokes that come to mind but maturity prevents me from indulging. You can add your witty offerings in the comments below. If these are the map pants that […]
This young lady was in front of me on the escalator at King’s Cross. That’s one cracking map backpack.
There are an enormous number of maps in the wild in the Netherlands and Reinder Storm is determined to snap everyone of them! “Dear friends This one is in The Koninklijke Bibliotheek in The Hague – national library of the Netherlands.” It’s the famous Blaeu map
Ben Hennig shared this staff pub quiz, can you identify any of the features? Seems like the locals struggled with some of this! I am giving you a week to try and crack this then I will publish the answers. Let me know how well you do and no cheating!
Maps seem to be very popular in Indian hostels and hotels. This is a beauty that Elizabeth found in Rishikesh. I’ve been to that tiger reserve but we only saw a herd of elephants (pretty spectacular though).
Scott Simmons sent us this. “This is a puzzle from BRGM in France showing a geologic map of France: its geographic AND geologic. The puzzle was a beast and took almost a month, but a finished picture is not nearly as fun as the effort in work. Yes, the wine […]
Reinder sent me this tasty looking cheese board. “After the presentation, we were offered a drink and a few bites. The cheese board [is that English? Please correct me if I’m wrong] has the shape of a schematic town plan of the city of Amsterdam. Not very accurate – but […]
Elizabeth has been travelling in India for a few weeks and wherever she went she spotted maps in the wild. This is from Good Earth, a clothing store in Delhi which specialises in hand crafts from around India. The map shows the different regional craft specialities.
Marc-Tobias spotted these maps at Berlin Südkreuz train station. I like the way the cut out photos of people are superimposed looking at the maps and old pictures of the station.
This world map sent by David Benoist can be found in La Rochelle, France. Should we create a foundation to preserve this piece of art?