Aug
4

Viewing Pa (Marina Barrage – Part B)

Geotacs on August 4th, 2009

Travel Geotac #1: Marina Barrage – Part B
One of the things I noticed when exploring the outside of the Marina Barrage (MB) was this strange sign which seems to be inviting you to view your pa?
Turning to the left of the sign I found a pathway on a bridge. But where does it lead to? [...]

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Aug
3

Marina Barrage

Geotacs on August 3rd, 2009

Travel Geotac #1: Marina Barrage
So here’s my very first geographical tac(k) or geotac. As the shot above shows, the place is Marina Barrage (MB). If I were to thumb a tac on the map where MB is located, it would be on the Southern end of the little Red Dot, Singapore. It’s actually a dam [...]

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Aug
2

First Leave Home… Go as Far as You Can…

Geotacs on August 2nd, 2009

Perhaps not many people would know who Steve McCurry is. But if you are a reader of National Geographic magazine or are into photography, you probably would have seen this photo of the famous “Afghan Girl”.

It was taken by American photojournalist Steve McCurry in Pakistan (not Afghanistan) in 1984 which eventually made it to the June 1985 cover of National Geographic magazine. In [...]

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