Wrong Priorities
Thought for the day “Light travels faster than sound. That’s why some people appear bright until they speak”
“If you can’t see the bright side of life, polish the dull side” (Rowan Atkinson).
Amazing to read again in the Norwegian newspapers that the police have arrested another foreign tourist for flying a drone. This time is was over the capital city of Oslo, as reported here –
https://www.nrk.no/nyheter/en-person-pagrepet-etter-droneflygning-i-oslo–1.16697099
What is amazing is that while a tourist flying a small drone (presumably causing no damage) gets arrested, on the streets below people can be seen openly selling drugs and injecting themselves. If, as the Norwegian Police keep saying, they do not have the resources to investigate many crimes in Norway, then why are they focussing on tourists flying drones??? Surely a much more SERIOUS issue is the open selling of hard drugs on the streets in the city centre (especially the areas around Storgata and Gronland) ? If you have limited resources then why focus on trivial ‘crimes’ (and I would not consider flying a small drone over most of Oslo a crime) then why not focus on the SERIOUS issues like hard drugs? There are also the other serious crimes, like the increase in knife attacks in the city, but Norwegian Police are arresting tourists flying drones. My experience when contacting the police in Norway is that their standard answer seems to be that they do not have the resources to investigate. I can guess why.
It seems to me that the Norwegian Police are concentrating on the ‘easy’ targets like tourists flying drones and motorists driving a few km/h over the speed limit, instead of the SERIOUS crimes like selling or using hard drugs. Surely, somebody using a knife in an attack or selling heroin should be targeted BEFORE a tourist flying a drone ???
Today’s photo is Winter in Norway, with cold and clear weather in the town of Honefoss in South Norway.
And another photo from the archives, the driver of the BRB steam train waits for his next trip up the Rothorn mountain in Brienz, Switzerland.
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Censorship and Freedom of Speech
Thought for the day….”Turn your face to the sun and the shadow falls behind you.”
“Striving for sucess without hard work is like trying to harvest when you have not planted.”
People often criticize countries such as China for restricting freedom of speech and people’s freedoms. But now the governments around the World are being just as bad as any dictatorship. Twitter, Facebook and YouTube are now censoring posts which do not comply with the official government line or which question vaccines or controls. So even when there is scientific evidence, people are being stopped from publicly questioning governments. And governments now are using coronavirus as an excuse to introduce all sorts of controls and restrictions on freedom that would never have been accepted before. People fought two World Wars so that generations could have freedom, yet now those very freedoms for which they fought (and sometimes died) and being taken away by politicians. Many, many years ago, I was taught in school an important lesson which I have never forgotten….that is to never believe everything that people tell you. Very good advice. So now when I see statistics then I am careful. And when I see the likes of Twitter, Facebook and YouTube removing posts which go against what the politicians are promoting, then I am very, very suspicious. We are already well down a very slippery slope.
Great light and mood in this photo from Glenorchy in New Zealand, looking towards the Mount Aspiring National Park and both the Dart and the Rees valleys.
and another photo from the archives, Zebras drinking at a waterhole in Namibia –
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As always, two laws, depending on who you are
Thought for the day…”Rough Diamonds may sometimes be mistaken for worthless pebbles.”
“We may pass violets looking for roses. We may pass contentment looking for victory.”
So often in life there are two sets of laws, depending on who you are and who you know. The New Zealand government is charging NZD 3100 (about 1800 euros) for the compulsory 2 weeks quarantine but has a quote system to limit the number of international arrivals. Sounds fair enough to only allow in as many people as can be housed in the isolation hotels BUT, as always, some groups are getting in. A film crew was allowed into New Zealand to make a sci-fi film as they were considered ‘essential workers’.
This week, the NZ news is reporting that the West Indies cricket team is being allowed into Queenstown, all 28 of them –
https://www.odt.co.nz/regions/queenstown/warm-welcome-windies
Whilst there are stories in the press and on the internet about families UNABLE to get places in the isolation hotels and unable to get one of the limited places to be allowed into NZ. Families are also being kept apart –
http://www.thesouthafrican.com/lifestyle/south-africans-delays-henco-de-beernew-zealand-quarantine/
So while families and couples are being kept apart due to the quota system for managing isolation and arrivals, a film crew is deemed to be ‘essential workers’ and 28 members of a cricket team are also allowed in. Now in my mind that is wrong. Very wrong. Making a sci-fi film is NOT essential, nor is playing cricket. But as always, there seem to be two sets of laws…….
Gone but not forgotten, this 747 of Air Pacific takes off from Nadi airport in Fiji. It was retired from service in 2013.
and another photo from the archives…..a motorist enjoys the early morning view over Lake Wanaka, Pembroke on the South Island of New Zealand.
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Norwegian coast at sunset by drone
Thought for the day…”Coffee is a hug in a mug”
“People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day.”
As always, it is a few bad people who spoil things for the rest of us. Just been out with the new DJI Mavic 2 Pro drone but nowadays the word drone makes people think of spying and that they are ‘bad’. Increasing restrictions on drone use are appearing all over the place, yet the responsible people who fly drones safely are being penalized for the actions of a few stupid idiots. Very sad that every week further restrictions are being placed on responsible drone users. The results from drones are amazing, and there is no need for more regulations. Go after the idiots who fly near airports, but let normal, sensible people fly drones and take beautiful photos.
Beautiful evening sunlight over the coast of southern Norway, taken a couple of days ago with the Mavic 2 Pro drone. Amazing calm conditions and great light for photos…..
and another photo from the archives…. carnival time and a happy woman……
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Flags of Convenience
Thought for the day….”A true friend never gets in your way unless you happen to be going down.”
“The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings.”
There is an interesting story in the news in Norway at the moment about Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) overselling seats for the summer. SAS has set up an Irish based division (SIAL) and uses cheaper, Irish contracts to avoid Norwegian taxes. But the plan seems to have backfired, as many staff have left the new Irish division because of lower pay and also having to work longer hours. It is unfair that companies like SAS can use ‘flags of convenience’ to circumvent local procedures. Same job, same aircraft and same routes, but different levels of salary for the same work, all because of flags of convenience. So SAS have been left in a position where they have sold many more seats than they have staff to operate because of a lack of staff. I hope that all those passengers persue claims under the EU 261/2004 regulations. The same thing happened in shipping previously, now it is spreading to other areas too. Cheapest is not always best, and the same work should get the same pay.
Two colourful photos from Fiji for the photos today….
and another photo, a Fokker 100 aircraft seen here in Papua New Guinea, about to fly from Mount Hagen back to the capital Port Moresby.
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Swiss mountain town bans photography
Thought for the day..”Public opinion is no more than this: what people think that other people think.”
“Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.” (George Patton)
What is the world coming to? News on the internet is that the Swiss town of Bergun in the Graubunden area has voted to ban photography in it’s area. People taking photos will be fined CHF4 under the new bylaw. Apparently, the local council has already taken down publicity photos from the internet. So many places in the world are restricting photography, you have only to think of the USA where photographing public buildings is now likely to lead to trouble with the authorities, and in many places in the world, taking photos near an airport is also likely to lead to problems. It is amazing that the central government in Switzerland has allowed the town of Bergun to introduce the new photography ban. It would certainly change my decision to visit any town if it had a photography ban. What has happened to freedom? And what is the town of Bergun so afraid of??? Surely any town should be please that people want to visit and take photographs. And because Switzerland is usually a civilised country, then the photography ban is even more surprising. Recently Sweden introduced a complete ban on filming from drones/quadcopters without special permission, and other countries are gradually introducing more restrictions as well.
Today’s photo is a scan of a slide taken many years ago, a local train from St. Ives passes the beach at Carbis Bay in Cornwall, England.
and another photo…..a scanned slide photo from the 1990s. A Penzance to London train in the Glynn Valley near Bodmin Road in Cornwall, England.
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Two from the opposite ends of Norway
Thought for the day…..”If you cannot do great things then do small things in a great way”
“Difficult roads often lead to beautiful destinations”.
So the crazy ‘security’ people in the good old USA have now decided that the humble Kindle e-book reader cannot be taken onboard flights from certain countries, nor a laptop, digital camera or tablet. Yet people flying from some other countries CAN take the exact same items. Just another sign of how stupid the USA has become. And I am even more surprised that the travelling public in the USA is putting up with more and more of this nonsense. Nothing to do with security, just a way for the Department of Homeland ‘Security’ to exercise even more control over people, without making flying any safer. Even Australia is now making the use of the naked body scanners compulsory, with no opt-out option, yet another intrusion into personal privacy and personal rights. Based on these stupid, groundless ‘security’ procedures ( security scam would be another way to describe it) then I will continue to avoid the USA, UK and Australia. Airport procedures now are beyond reasonable.
A photo of the west Norwegian city of Bergen, taken from Mt. Floyen in perfect light. Again great colours from the Fuji camera, taken as a jpeg.
and another photo….the fishing town of Vardo, Norway. This is the easternmost town in Norway, and actually lies further East then Istanbul or Kiev !! One of the town’s slogans is ‘Eternal light, Eternal Night’, which is a reference to the 24 hours of constant daylight during summer, and the 24 hours of constant darkness during Winter. The Russian border is only a few km away across the bay.
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Overcrowded and full, New Zealand
Thought for the day..”There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still.”
“Some people are so afraid to die that they never begin to live.”
New Zealand continues to be overrun with tourists. Whilst the tourist board seems to think that ever increasing numbers of tourists are a wonderful thing, those people who are in New Zealand are now seeing the effects over too many tourists. Accommodation is full in many places, cafes are packed out, roads are busier than they have ever been (=more accidents) and the national parks and nature are suffering (and suffering is the word) from the onslaught. And there is no end in sight. Airlines are putting on more and more flights (particularly from China) and are upping frequencies. Trying to get reservations for accommodation at the moment is a nightmare and the once quiet country is now far from quiet and unspoilt.
The number of tourists has now passed 3.42 million a year, (population of NZ is about 4.7 million), and is growing by over 10%. So the overcrowding at the popular tourists sights is becoming serious. This also means that the nature and wildlife is suffering too. Imagine driving into Milford Sound (which is in a national park) and arriving before 0900 only to find that ALL parking was already full and that officials were telling arriving motorists to turn around and drive out again.
And the worst part…..there is no end in sight. Quiet, peaceful and quaint it might once have been. Not now.
Today’s photo comes from the Old Town in Bergen, Norway. It started out as a quick snapshot in colour, and was converted to B&W. Just lucky that there was somebody in the sunlight in the ideal position. Another reason why it is good to always have the camera ready.
and another photo from the archives…..sunset over Norway from an aircraft window…..
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More depressing news from New Zealand
Thought for the day…”If things do not go right, go left”
“Success – keeping your mind awake and your desire asleep”
More depressing news from New Zealand….even more flights and even bigger aircraft. As well as increased numbers of flights from the USA and also from China, Emirates airline has announced that it is putting a 4th Airbus A380 on the route to Auckland. This will mean that there will be 4 A380s at Auckland at the same time in addition to another A380 from Singapore Airlines. Whilst the tourist board in NZ may be congratulating themselves on record numbers of visitors, the country just cannot cope with ever-increasing numbers. The country has a population of just over 4.6 million people, but now receives over 3.3 million tourists, many of whom want to see the same few places. The last 2 summers have seen accommodation fully booked, and tourists having to sleep in cars due to the lack of accommodation. Buses and flights have been fully booked, and it has even become necessary to reserve some mountain huts ahead. Queenstown (known as the adventure capital of the world), with a population of around 22 000 people, is now receiving over 2 MILLION tourists a year. You can imagine what the town centre is like there in high summer. But the tourist board keeps encouraging more and more flights, thinking that more and more tourists are good for the economy. Yet the very nature and beauty that these tourists are attracted to is fast becoming destroyed (there have been attempts to build a monorail in one of the national parks already).
Some of the popular walking tracks (such as the Abel Tasman coastal track and the Tongariro Crossing) are now so crowded that they are considering giving people starting times for the walks, in an attempt to spread the crowds out. Clean and green New Zealand it once was. Now it is crowded and busy NZ. So the news that the airlines are putting on even more flights to cope with this demand is hardly surprising, yet nobody in government has had the courage to stand up and say that there is a limit to how many tourists that NZ can accept. It seems that every month that a new record for tourist arrivals is being reached (China is the big growth area for incoming tourists), with no sign of it easing up. So when those millions of tourists do finally arrive in NZ, then the fun and games trying to find accommodation, rental cars and domestic flights begins. Those politicians who think that unlimited numbers of tourists are good for the NZ economy should take a trip (assuming that they can get a seat on a flight or bus) to Queenstown or Milford Sound in summer and see just what sort of effect the millions of tourists are having. Start queueing now !!!
Early morning in Geilo, Norway for the photo today….great colours from the Fuji camera together with clear air helped make this such a good photo. The early morning mist had almost burnt off when the photo was taken.
and another photo from the archives…two tourists admire Lake Wanaka, Pembroke Wanaka on the South Island of New Zealand. Two tourists managed to creep into this photo even !!
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Changing names in New Zealand
Thought for the day….”For every dark night, there is a brighter day”
“Arriving at one goal is the starting point for another”.
Next time you look at a map of New Zealand, you might notice some changes. And not changes for the better either. The politicians in New Zealand are giving in to the Maori people and are changing more and more names from their English names to alternative Maori names. There are even new names for the country itself (I refuse to mention the new name for NZ) and for the two main islands, which up to now have been known as North Island and South Island. But the politicians either do not have the guts to resist or the will to resist the increasing demands of the Maori people. Changing the names of places is just another sign of how this group of people are gradually taking over New Zealand. What the politicians are ignoring is the fact that New Zealand does not belong to maori people, as they were not the original people of the country. Not only that, but under the treaty of Waitangi, they even signed agreements over land ownership. So now, after all these years, they cannot claim that it is ‘their’ land and there can be little legal right for them to insist that names of places in New Zealand are changed to their names.
But the politicians have just given in.
So tourists when the visit New Zealand will start seeing more and more Maori names, and will probably believe that NZ actually belongs to the maori people. Quite how a MINORITY group of people has got this to happen is strange. English, not maori, is the language of the majority of people in New Zealand. Places such as Mount Cook (the highest mountain in New Zealand) should keep its English name. But the politicians have other ideas.
A peaceful summer scene for the photo today…another triumph for the Fuji X-E1 camera. Taken as a jpeg photo and cropped to produce this pleasing image.
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Political correctness – something is wrong here.
Thought for the day…”Why does a round pizza come in a square box?”
“If electricity comes from electrons, then does morality come from morons”
If you have visited Sweden recently then you will have seen the large numbers of refugees and asylum seekers in the cities and in the train and bus stations. Whilst normal tourists need to apply for a Schengen visa to enter, it appears now that the borders to Europe are open to all, and without limit. Swedish Television has now issued instructions to it’s staff that they are not to use the words ‘immigrant’, ‘black skinned’, ‘dark’ or ‘African origin’ for fear of insulting people. The use of words such as ‘white skinned’ is still allowed though. Is that fair? Is it not discrimination?? Even worse is that anyone accused of racism by an immigrant is not going to be allowed time on TV or radio to defend themselves. And whilst people in Sweden have had to put their names on waiting lists for sometimes several years in order to get public housing, asylum seekers are being put into housing quickly. Across the border in Norway, asylum seekers are housed in hotels (at public expense) and are given a daily living allowance, whilst Norwegian people have to pay to stay in hotels and are taxed on the priviledge. Is that fair?
The photo today comes from the lakeside town of Pembroke Wanaka, on the South Island of New Zealand. A typical morning view of the lake from near the town centre.
and another photo from the archives….window cleaning in Ljublana, Slovenia
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They are taking over….already
Thought for the day…”I will go anywhere as long as it is forward” (David Livingstone).
” A negative mind will never give you a postive life”.
More worrying news, this time from China. The official Chinese news sources are reporting that in Dongguan, a factory there is replacing its workforce of 1800 workers with a new factory which is based on robots. The new factory will employ just 200 workers, so around 1600 workers will lose their jobs to robots (that is about 90% of the factory’s workforce). And when you consider things like self check-outs in supermarkets (=lost cashier jobs), automatic check-in at airports (= lost agent jobs) and automatic check in at hotels (=lost reception jobs) then the future looks bleak. If you look at the videos of car production, then you can see how redundant that a human being can become. So if the trend continues, then what are all the displaced people going to do for work? A good question. Technological unemployment is coming faster than we realize.
Off to Seoul, Korea for the photo today, and a busy street market.
and another photo from the archives….the ultimate Swiss army knife…
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Two from Oslo, Norway
Thought for the day…”Pretty words are not always true, and true words are not always pretty”.
“You cannot live a positive life with a negative mind”.
Think of Scandinavia and you probably think of countries with high standards, countries that are clean and also countries that are fairly well-ordered. So when you mention Norway, and the capital, Oslo, you do not tend to think of a city with problems. Two of the big problems there are hard drugs and also gypsies. What is also surprising is that this happens not just in the suburbs, but in the very heart of the city. Just a few steps from the main train and bus stations (and sometimes even inside these) are people openly dealing in drugs, even during the daytime. Drug use is also very obvious in the city centre, yet the police seem to do little about it. It is not just the ‘soft’ drugs but the serious ones like heroin as well. Around 250 people die each year in Norway from heroin overdoes. And it is very obvious who is using these hard drugs too. Add to that a huge problem with begging gypsies and it makes the city centre of Oslo far from pleasant. Last summer gypsies were even setting up camp in the main squares and parks, then lighting fires to cook on. Now they are plagueing the city streets, begging in shop doorways and street corners. Add to that the explosion of grafitti in Oslo, and the city that tourists discover on arriving is far different from the city that they expected.
Staying in Oslo for the photo today…..a colourful corner shop.
And another photo from the archives…..a perfect autumn morning in Geilo, Norway……
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Finals to land – Not the Quality Resort Hotel, Norefjell.
Thought for the day…” Doing things right is not as important as doing the right things.”
” The past is to improve yourself, and the future is to prove yourself”.
Another photo to prove that you do not need an expensive camera to get a good photo. Many modern ‘compact’ cameras offer great zooms (the new ones go up to an extreme 60X zoom!) , but even a 20X zoom will get you a photo like this. Good light and also a high shutter speed will give great results. Even though the aircraft was moving at around 260 km/h at this point, the high shutter speed of 1/2000th has given a good, sharp photo. Once again, the Panasonic Lumix camera has done well !!
The Portuguese government is trying to sell TAP Airline, as part of its attempts to raise much needed funds. It has already sold the airports operations to a French company, but a recent bid by a Brazilian company for the airline fell through. The airline has huge debts and also a reputation for poor service.
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Finals to land – Not the Quality Spa Resort Hotel, Norefjell.
Thought for the day….” He who has never made a mistake has never made a discovery”.
” The walls around you do not define the wealth within you”.
Did you see the story from Brazil about a man in Sao Paulo who has buried a Bentley Continental Flying Spur car in his garden for his afterlife. The 62 year old businessman got the idea from the pharaohs in Egypt, and he plans to use it after his death. The car is worth around USD 400 000.
Finals to land for the photo today…..and an Airbus A320 of the Portuguese airline TAP seen here about to land in Funchal on the island of Madeira. The landing speed will be around 120-140 knots (depending on the weight), or about 220km/h. The airline is based in Lisbon. The number of complaints online about this airline show that it has problems, with onboard service being the biggest area of complaint. The airline is owned by the Portuguese government, who are now trying to sell it to raise much needed funds.
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Tranquility – Not the Quality Spa Resort Hotel, Norefjell.
Thought for the day….” Success is not measured by money, awards or medals. It is measured by the difference between what you CAN achieve and what you actually achieve”.
“You only live once, so do not hesitate. you will miss your chance”.
Amusing story in the news at the moment about the Indian army, who thought that they had been subject to 329 spy missions by Chinese drones. It was found that the sightings were not actually Chinese drones on spy missions, but were in fact the planets Jupiter and Venus. Whilst I would like to visit India, the crazy procedure for obtaining a TOURIST visa has put me off, along with the time and cost to obtain it. The Indian government should realize that tourists bring money and foreign exchange to the country, so they should make it EASY for tourists to travel there, not make it an expensive hassle. Easy decision for me though, until it is quick and easy to get a visa then I will not go there.
An early morning photo of the hills of Norway for the photo today, and a peaceful scene. Norway has 3 languages, Bokmal Norwegian (the main language), Nynorsk (mainly in the west parts of Norway) and Sami (mainly in the far north of Norway). There are more Norwegian descendants living in the USA than people living in Norway (6 million descendants in the USA and around 5 million people in Norway). As in Sweden and Finland, you can only buy alcohol (above 3.5%) in the government operated shops, called Vinmonopolet in Norway. That said, when you see the prices for alcohol in Norway, then you may well decide not to buy. Norway is also home to the largest glacier in Europe (Josteldalsbreen)
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Photo of the Day Thursday 20th June 2013 – Not the Quality Spa Resort Hotel, Norefjell.
Thought for the day….”Never interrupt someone doing what you said couldn’t be done.” Amelia Earhart.
“Beware of little expenses. A small leak will sink a great ship.”
A nice photo of the lake at Iseltwald, Switzerland today on an early autumn day. Switzerland has a wonderful system where citizens can (if they can raise 50 000 signatures) ask for a national vote on any law that they do not like. There are 26 cantons in Switzerland, which function like small states. One record that Switzerland holds is for the world’s longest staircase, which has 11 674 steps, alongside the Niesenbahn funicular. Zurich often comes tops in the list of most liveable cities in the world, although Geneva also scores highly. It also has the second highest life expectancy in the world (Japan is top). The highest mountain is the Monte Rosa (Dufourspitze) at 4634m, although the Matterhorn is more famous. It is said that Patek Philippe invented the world’s first wristwatch in 1868. And Switzerland is also the home of the world’s best chocolate !!
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Photo of the Day Sunday 19th May 2013 – Not the Quality Spa Resort Hotel Norefjell.
Thought for the day…” Follow your heart, but take your brain with you”
“If Something is important then you will find a way, if not then you will find an excuse”. ” One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar”
On the news we read that the European Union is to give Mali (AFRICA, so not part of the EU) 520 MILLION euros to help it rebuild. Could this be the same EU that is struggling with financial problems in places like Cyprus, Greece, Italy and Spain? Could this be the same EU that is now forcing people to wait so long for operations that some of them die? Could this be the same EU that is cutting jobs, benefits and reducing the living standards of its citizens? What is the EU doing giving EU taxpayers money to Mali anyway? The EU has severe financial problems so cannot afford to give away money that it does not have. It is an insult to every tax-payer in the EU. It is just another example of how bad the EU has got, especially with the severe hardships that some of its citizens are now facing. Politicians have a lot to answer for, but I bet that the EU politicians will get away with this.
And with that, I will end with a photo of a monkey. Very appropriate.
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