We returned a few weeks ago from a wonderful trip through Southern Tanzania visiting also the Selous Game Reserve, Mikumi National Park, the Ruaha National Park, the Udzungwa National Park and the beautiful island Zanzibar. Here are some impressions of our trip. More pictures will be added once they have been reviewed, selected and enhanced.
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Publication of Tunisian pictures in Exposition
Saturday, November 20th, 2010
The latest edition of “Exposition“, an Oxford University magazine, features several of my Star Wars’ Mos Espa pictures. The front cover shows two of the vaporators in Mos Espa, which lies in the Tunisian desert north-west of Tozeur. Click on the images to get a larger view.
Some background information for those of you who are not so familiar with Star Wars and Mos Espa:
Mos Espa was a spaceport on Tatooine. It was the home of Anakin and Shmi Skywalker and also held the famous Mos Espa Grand Arena, at which the annual Boonta Eve Classic podrace was held, and the location of Watto’s shop.
Designed around a central market place, Episode I’s Mos Espa is much, much larger than Episode IV’s Mos Eisley. Just outside Tozeur, Tunisia, the production crew assembled several key avenues of the marketplace, using sculpted foam and plaster around wire mesh frames to make lightweight Tatooine architecture.
On July 28, 1997, much of the Mos Espa set was dashed apart by a furious rainstorm. Producer Rick McCallum quickly rearranged the shooting schedule to take advantage of the sets that still stood while the construction crew dilligently worked to rebuild the wreckage. This skillful troubleshooting resulted in the Tatooine sequences being finished on schedule without losing a single day.
Travelling Southern Africa
Monday, September 27th, 2010
This picture from a previous trip to South Africa is my last post for a while as I will be travelling extensively through Southern Africa again. I hope to be able to update you with a picture once in a while from the bush.
But upon return you will find my new images from South Africa, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia here on my website and on my Flickr page.
All the best!
First Cape Town Pictures Online
Thursday, May 13th, 2010The first pictures of my visit to the Cape Town region at the end of February are online. Cape Town is still one of the most fascinating cities in the world, but certainly in Africa. I always enjoy very much returning to this multicultural city. The upcoming Football World Cup was already quite present in the city in February with many posters, sign and souvenirs. The city is preparing itself for this big event and the stadium is receiving its final touches.
All pictures have finally been sorted and are now being released on my Flickr site. A small preview can be seen below.
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Wahiba Sands, Oman
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010Certainly one of the highlights of our trip to Oman was seeing the dunes of Wahiba Sands, nowadays officially called Sharqiya Sands. Our time allowed us unfortunately only to visit a small part of this desert rich of wildlife and native flora. The desert measures about 180km north to south and 80km west to east. based on the types of dunes found here, the desert is divided into upper and lower Wahiba. The dunes in the northern upper part are all aligned north – south and measure up to 100 metres in height and form a spectacular sight.
The area is home to the Bedouin, with many living in little villages at the edge of the desert or a semi-nomadic life in houses and tents in the desert. The traditional life is fast disappearing as modern conveniences limit the need for a nomadic existence. Their main source of income comes from goats, camels, dates and, of course, the tourists, either they earn dinars by guiding them through the desert or sell them self-woven camel items.
We were picked up by a local with a Toyota LandCruiser (the big brother of our Prado) at the petrol station along the main road between Ibra and Sur. The about 40km long drive through the valleys between the enormous sand dunes were breathtaking. We reached our camp for the night after about 45 minutes. It is a permanent camp with Bedouin tents and western bathrooms with showers and toilets. The tents are very sound-permeable.
The sunset we watched on top a dune. Unfortunately the sun disappeared behind a cloud at the horizon so that it was not as spectacular as hoped. During the evening I took advantage of being far away from any light pollution and tried to shoot some star-trail pictures. The full moon made my life a bit difficult. You need a lot of patience for this, I can tell you!But see for yourself. The first images look quite nice and I shall certainly attempt to shoot more such images if I get the chance again. I had hoped for a cloudless sky and a picturesque sunrise the next morning, but unfortunately the sky clouded over during the night. After breakfast we were brought back to the petrol station to pick up our car and continued our journey to Sur.
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