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Lightning strike in Manila

May 13, 2018 Mats
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2 months, 3 continents, Taj Mahal and a new posting

Mar 22, 2008 Mats

Was just sitting updating my blog and realized that I had not had time to actually finalize and post the…

Adventure Central America Humanitarian South America Travel

46 days, 16 Countries and 37 flights later…

Mar 21, 2008 Mats

When 9/11 hit, Peter was based in Islamabad-Pakistan, and stood with one leg in a plane, ready to leave for…

Adventure Travel

20 years ago I decided to travel the world

Jan 27, 2008 Mats

Just sitting here at Sydney airport on my way back home to Dubai after dropping my 10 year old daughter…

Dubai Travel

Dubai in a nutshell! or Credit card Hell!

Oct 21, 2007 Mats

Using a credit- or debit- card in Dubai is a natural thing. As with most other developed countries this is…

Adventure Humanitarian Travel

Once I climbed Mount Makilala, Mindanao

Sep 18, 2007 Mats

I am sure very few people have a clue about were on earth this mountain is. It’s not like it…

Dubai

Don’t!

Sep 17, 2007 Mats

6 years ago I moved to Dubai and for most it has been a good experience;-) – Living in a…

Travel

Been there, done that!

Sep 12, 2007 Mats

That was the print on a T-shirt I bought in Rarotonga, South Cook islands in 1989. I had just been…

Travel

Flying to Africa with 10 dollars in the pockets

Sep 8, 2007 Mats

As usual I had not been planning our holiday in time. Well we knew we were going down to Kampala…

Adventure Africa Humanitarian Uganda

A few seconds from horror

Sep 8, 2007 Mats

The following was published in the news after Valentines day in Uganda a few years back. “Between 1997 and 2001,…

Uganda

My dear cat Sussie remembered

Sep 8, 2007 Mats

Yesterday my dear cat Sussie died. She was the most affectionate cat you could find. I already had a cat…

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  • Hybrid Eclipse 2013 in Uganda November 3rd
  • How I captured the Total Solar eclipse in Uganda 3 November 2013
  • Second attempt at taking photos of the sun and now with HDR fusion
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archive
  • ► 2018
    • ► May
      • Lightning strike in Manila
    • ► March
      • Mayon Volcano
  • ► 2015
    • ► January
      • CENANT1403- Antarctica Cruise
  • ► 2013
    • ► November
      • Testing out night photography
      • Solar Eclipse - The Diamond ring
      • Hacking the Canon 5D Mk II or why not the new Canon 5D Mark III
      • Hybrid Eclipse 2013 in Uganda November 3rd
      • How I captured the Total Solar eclipse in Uganda 3 November 2013
    • ► October
      • Second attempt at taking photos of the sun and now with HDR fusion
      • First Picture of the sun with B+W 110E ND3.0 filter
    • ► July
      • Traditional outrigger in Moroni, Comoros
    • ► June
      • Masindi Hotel by night
    • ► February
      • Car VW Beetle nostalgia found in Singapore
      • Fiat 500 nostalgia found in Montevideo
      • BMW X5 4.8iS MAK Highlands wheels
      • MAK - Highlands Gun Metallic Mirror on BMW X5
      • Modern Art in Singapore
    • ► January
      • Red Franigpani flower in Singapore
      • Green Lamborghini in Singapore
      • The colorful Chinatown in Singapore
      • Beautiful Purple Orchid found in Borneo
      • Lizard in Kuala Lumpur
      • Water hyacint
      • Petronas Tower Kuala Lumpur
  • ► 2012
    • ► December
      • Star Ferries Hongkong
      • Christmas dolls :-)
      • Hongkong by Night December 2012
      • Sunrise in Kampala
      • Shooting the moon
    • ► September
      • Leblon Beach picture
    • ► July
      • Samba Dancers on Copacabana in Rio
      • Sunrise over Rio de Janeiro
    • ► May
      • The bad roads of Karamoja
      • The mountains of Karamoja
      • Rains in Karamoja, Uganda
    • ► April
      • The Beach at Forty Thieves, Mombasa
      • Canon at Fort Jesus, Mombasa
      • Fort Jesus Garrison in Mombasa
    • ► March
      • Mombasa color contrasts
      • Sunrise on my balcony in Kampala
      • MAF Cessna Caravan airplane in Moroto
      • Sunrise in Kampala from my balcony
  • ► 2011
    • ► November
      • Lake Victoria from my front lawn
    • ► July
      • The Republic of South Sudan soon a reality
    • ► May
      • Original vs Bracketing for HDR
      • Rainy season is back in Jonglei
    • ► February
      • Coffee-shop in Pajut
      • In the clouds
      • Sunet Sonaisali Island, Fiji
      • Beach on Mana Isand, Fiji
    • ► January
      • Jonglei - Cattle - Roads and Floods
      • Sunrise over pacific
      • Islands in Fiji
      • Mana Island Fiji
      • Sonaisali Island sunset
      • Victoria Harbour , Hongkong by night
      • Sunrise over South Pacific 10,000 meters up in the sky
  • ► 2010
    • ► December
      • Canal Boat in Bor
      • Traditional Dinka homestead in Jonglei
      • Tin sheds and Tarpaulin shelters
      • Tokuls burned, Kaikuny October 2010
    • ► October
      • Kids in Africa, Uganda
      • Taj Mahal, Agra
      • Dragonfly up close
      • Canoe on river Nile
      • Brick walls and Razorwire
      • Some people take the bus to work, we take the plane
      • Murle Woman with traditional beads
      • White Nile flowing in Jonglei State
      • White Nile flowing through Juba
      • Turquoise sunset
    • ► September
      • The bittersweet tears of a mother.
      • Floods all over Bor
      • Bor town is flooded
      • Who needs a truck to move a house when a donkey can do the work
    • ► August
      • Traditional house in South Sweden
      • Dubai by night
      • Sunrise in Juba
      • Putting up a mast
      • Opening ceremony of a house in South Sudan
    • ► June
      • Billboards and workflow
      • One cloudy day
      • Changing EXIF data and Geotagging with least effort?!
      • Murle Village in Jonglei State
      • Purple Village Chief
      • UNHAS Caravan in Akobo South Sudan just before the rain
      • Old lady smoking pipe
      • Tokul and tree before the rain
    • ► May
      • Nile Riverside facing oilcompany bargelanding
      • Nile Riverside
      • Sunset in Bor
      • How long time does it take to grow a tree?
      • Who said sausages dont grow on tree's
      • Bricks Galore
      • Hack the Canon EOS 350D
      • Testing HDR
  • ► 2009
    • ► November
      • Who We Are, What We Do, Why We Do It
    • ► September
      • South Sudan and another massacre
    • ► May
      • Sudan clashes
  • ▼ 2008
    • ▼ November
      • Congo DRC: A Country cursed by natural resources
      • Civil Defence cars Dubai style :-)
      • The Worlds biggest Shopping-mall will it be the Worlds biggest flop?
      • The Worlds biggest Shopping-mall = The Worlds biggest flop?
      • Congo DRC, History repeating itself
    • ▼ May
      • Taking pride in your work
    • ▼ April
      • Unlikely Coincidences
      • You know you are in an emergency when...
      • My son is 1 year, and walking :-)
    • ▼ March
      • 2 months, 3 continents, Taj Mahal and a new posting
      • 46 days, 16 Countries and 37 flights later...
    • ▼ January
      • 20 years ago I decided to travel the world
  • ► 2007
    • ► October
      • Dubai in a nutshell! or Credit card Hell!
    • ► September
      • Once I climbed Mount Makilala, Mindanao
      • Don't!
      • Been there, done that!
      • Flying to Africa with 10 dollars in the pockets
      • A few seconds from horror
      • Once I climbed a mountain with the karamojong
    • ► August
      • 852,231,021 the number is ... not 852 Million!
    • ► June
      • Lionel teach me how to bargain
      • Speed trap African style
      • Waterskiing in a warzone
      • no froglegs today?
      • Helping hand
      • Embargo
      • My second flight with UN, the real inititation to the work
      • My first flight with UN
      • Checking in Air Afrique way
      • Dont try so hard :-)
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