London in the future

Other people have imagined London in the future; covered in rice fields, shacks and palm trees surround Buckingham palace and a frozen River Thames... if you wish to send a postcard from the future, please follow the link below. 

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Wellington Arch - London

Old city of Dongola

One of the places where they camp in the Trip to Aswan.

Medieval ruins of the Makuria kingdom

Ancient pyramids of the kingdom of the Kushite

Camel milk

Just milked...

Mushrooms

These are the four types of mushrooms they collected in the Canadian forest.

Common Chanterelle

King Boletus

Corel mushroom

Cauliflower fungus

Cap Fréhel

La Lutte boarding point

Flour mill

I believe there is a large majority of Westerners that have forgotten that the flour comes from the cereal grains that must be grinded. Here you can find some drawing of the classical handmade flour mills.

This one is more modern, but for those who would like to be prepared for an eventual blackout, I think it is the perfect gift. 

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Harob

Harob is a cereal, its name in English is sorghum.

Te-saqwit

Embroidered cloth used to divide the tents in the Beja tribe camps.

The one in the photo is kept in the Metropolitan Museum of New York (USA).

Nubian musician playing the rababah

The rababah is a Bedouin instrument, greatly spread along the east of Africa and the Middle East.

If you want to listen to its sound you can play this concert of Nile musicians.

A jebena to brew coffee

Here some jebenas used in Eritrea, Ethiopia and Sudan to brew coffee

They are made out of clay so they have to be, somehow, protected during the trips. 

In Ethiopia they still have the preparing coffee ceremony. If any of you are interested, here you have a detailed explanation.

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Shisha

Nile barges