Friday, May 31, 2019

Skimboarding

Skimboarding is a water sport where people move across the water with a board.
It is possible to practice this sport on a thin layer of water and on waves.
A good skimboarder can throw his board in the direction of a wave, jump on it and ride the entire wave to the beach like with wave surfing.

5 photo of skimboarding.

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Thursday, May 30, 2019

Oviedo (Spain)

Oviedo is the capital of and municipality in the Spanish province of Asturias.
It is also the capital of the comarca of the same name.
Oviedo has an area of almost 187 km².
In 2007, Oviedo had 216,607 inhabitants.

5 photos of Oviedo.

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Wednesday, May 29, 2019

Germiston (South Africa)

Germiston is a city with approximately 255,000 inhabitants in the Gauteng province in South Africa.
Germiston was founded during the gold rush by two fortune seekers from the Germiston farm.
Both people made fortunes with the gold and a city was created near the mine.

5 photos of Germiston.

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Tuesday, May 28, 2019

Ulyanovsk (Russia)

Ulyanovsk is a city in Russia, located on the Volga, about 750 kilometers east of Moscow.
It is the capital of Ulyanovsk oblast of the same name.
The city is named after Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, better known as Lenin, who was born here in 1870.
Until 1924 the city was called Simbirsk.

5 photos of Ulyanovsk.

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Monday, May 27, 2019

Great Kei

The Great Kei is a river in the South African province of Eastern Cape.
The river originates at the confluence of the two source rivers, the Swart-Keirivier and the Wit-Keirivier, which originated in the Stormberg chain and flows into the Indian Ocean at the place of Kei Mouth.

5 photos of Groot-Kei.

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Sunday, May 26, 2019

Lagos (Portugal)

Lagos is a city and municipality in the Portuguese district of Faro.
The municipality has a total area of 213 km² and had 28,890 inhabitants in 2007.
The city of Lagos has approximately 19,000 inhabitants.
The majority of residents in the municipality live along the coastline and work in tourism.

5 photos of Lagos.

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Saturday, May 25, 2019

Zabrze (Poland)

Zabrze is a city in Poland.
The city is located in Upper Silesia, has approximately 200,000 inhabitants and an area of 80.47 km².

5 photos of Zabrze.

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Friday, May 24, 2019

Tarapoto (Peru)

Tarapoto is a city in the San Martín province in the region of the same name of Peru.
Tarapoto is located in the northeast of Peru, at an altitude of 356 m.
When it was founded on August 20, 1782, the city was called Santa Cruz de los Motilones de Tarapoto.

5 photos of Tarapoto.

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Thursday, May 23, 2019

Røros (Norway)

Røros is a municipality in the Norwegian province of Trøndelag.
The municipality had 5623 inhabitants in January 2017.
Røros is the highest town in Norway, it lies at an altitude of 628 meters.
It has a station on Rørosbanen to Trondheim.
Just to the west is the airport.

5 photos of Røros

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Wednesday, May 22, 2019

Kaikoura (New Zealand)

Kaikoura is a town on the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand.
The place is located on Highway 1 approximately 180 kilometers north of Christchurch.
The place is best known for its opportunities for whale and dolphin watching.

5 photos from Kaikoura.

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