Aksel's User Profile - Atlas Obscura

Aksel

Travelled & worked in 5 continents. Drove by 4x4 from UlanBataar Mongolia back home to The Netherlands, via Pamir Highway and Turkmenistan. Also explored a dozen African countries overland.

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Places visited in Yazd, Iran

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Places added to Zimbabwe

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Places edited in Tajikistan

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Places visited in Botswana

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Places added to Rotterdam, Netherlands

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Places edited in Ko Samui, Thailand

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Places edited in Rotterdam, Netherlands

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Places edited in Namibia

Cape Town, South Africa

The Most Southwestern Point of Africa

The Cape of Good Hope is not quite as low as you can go on the African continent, but it's still geographically significant.

CoolCrab

Added by CoolCrab

Mid Clyth, Scotland

Hill O' Many Stanes

A collection of short standing stones covers this hillside.

katielou106

Added by katielou106

La Porte du Non-Retour (The Door of No Return)

A monument to the more than one million enslaved Africans deported from the port of Ouidah.

Tony Dunnell

Added by Tony Dunnell

Stoumont, Belgium

Sanatorium du Basil

An early 20th-century sanatorium, long abandoned and now being reclaimed by nature.

siejoenl

Added by siejoenl

Hisor, Tajikistan

Hisor Fort

The first version of this stalwart construction appeared around 3,000 years ago.

Max Cortesi

Added by Max Cortesi

Mmatshumo, Botswana

Kubu Island

An enchanting rocky island of scraggly baobabs surrounded by an ancient sea and sprawling salt pans.

melaniejanevanzyl

Added by melaniejanevanzyl

Bwabwata National Park

Known as "The People's Park," this verdant oasis is home to elephants and villagers alike.

camerondouglas

Added by camerondouglas

Ishkoshim, Tajikistan

Yamchun Fort

This ancient Silk Road outpost overlooking the Wakhan Valley is miraculously still standing.

Max Cortesi

Added by Max Cortesi

Nukus, Uzbekistan

Chilpik Tower of Silence

The ruins of an ancient Zoroastrian Tower of Silence believed to be the earliest example of the traditional funerary practice.

Added by Kavya Ram Mohan

Orkney, Scotland

Brough of Birsay

This tiny island featuring 9th-century Viking ruins is only accessible at low tide.

wmorden

Added by wmorden

La Boulaye, France

Pyramid Mausoleum at Abandoned La Boulaye Cemetery

The ruins of an abandoned cemetery are among the last remnants of the old village of La Boulaye before a wealthy landowner had it relocated.

Christine Williamson

Added by Christine Williamson

Ko Samui, Thailand

Wat Phra Yai (Big Buddha Temple)

A dazzling temple featuring a towering 12-meter golden Buddha.

Added by embentley1

Gcwihaba Caverns

Wondrous stalactites house thousands of bats in these African caves.

Added by rusieckijmr

Raron, Switzerland

Grave of Rainer Maria Rilke

The gravestone of a famous poet features a fittingly poetic epitaph chosen by the writer himself.

Added by christianmoccia

Fairy Circles of Southern Africa

Unexplained bald patches in the landscape grow and recede over time, as though they are somehow alive.

Mark Casey

Added by Mark Casey

Samarkand, Uzbekistan

Ulugh Beg Observatory

Light still pours into the ruins of this ancient Islamic observatory.

Trevor

Added by Trevor

Hoba Meteorite

The largest known meteorite on Earth was too big to move.