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Buyukada
Ik woon nu bijna 2 jaar op Buyukada. Hier een foto van het contrast wat mij hier zo enorm boeit. Er zijn maar weinig plekken op de wereld waar je zo in de natuur kunt wonen en je toch middenin een wereldstad zit. Het heeft een magistrale sfeer die ik nog nergens anders zag en ik heb toch aardig wat reizen gemaakt. Dat heeft wel als uniek nadeel dat je minder graag op vakantie gaat, merk ik. Nou ja, dit zie je ook nergens anders…
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- Hello!: you have a poor perception. Clearly you do not have the depth of a brain to understand the message of this movie. The movie shows more than...
- Ryan Seymour: Why are there so many people who are convinced down to their very core that movies such as the Batman films and other pop culture...
- Daydreamer: In de filosofie zijn er meerdere ‘soorten’ idealisme, dat is maar net of je de filosofie van Kant volgt, of die van Plato,...
- Little Sunshine: Native Amerikaanse Indianen hebben geen Shamanen in hun Cultuur, maar Heilige Mensen en Medicijnmensen. Het is een woord afkomstig...
- Mcan: Prachtig! Ik vind het allen al heerlijk om daar te fietsen.. laat staan me hele leven daar nog door te brengen….
- Anthony Struth: You quoted Mark Twain to attack the dark knight because of its unrealistic genre (comic book) I find that strongly hypocritical...
- Martijn Benders: Well, Zfree, if being wealthy is a good enough reason to be attacked by stooges then any sort of structure becomes impossible....
- zfree: Oh those pirates mindlessly attacking the wealthy super-nationals out for a cruise dumping toxic waste in their waters and over-fishing...
- Martijn Benders: There’s probably international laws that prohibit firing on the mothership. I know the dutch navy cant even fire guns at the...
- Tim Michigan USA: Yes, you make some good points. There is something missing to this story, and to the story in general of fighting these pirates....
- Martijn Benders: Well yes, they should have done something about this problem a long time ago. Who ever heard of any empire paying pirates huge...
- FB: The stupid pirates had a pretty good gig but now they have monumentally misjudged their power and have sealed their fate. They can expect to be...
- Martijn Benders: Yes, but also competent enough to at least lead that country for fourty years. Thats not a schoolbook definition of madness, but...
- Compay: >That is the possibility that he is genuinely insane. He looks like an exhibitionist bag lady, like one of those awkward looking...
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Maar je moet natuurlijk ook niet in de stad zitten om te wachten tot de vogelzwermen eens in topologische curiosum gaan vliegen. Daar hebben we in dit land de waddenzee voor.
Istanboel heeft onofficieel al een 21 miljoen inwoners, hoewel dit wel natte vingerwerk is. De stad verdubbelt elke 15 jaar zo’n beetje van omvang. Ik vraag me af of dat houdbaar is op termijn – lijkt me niet…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istanbul#Demographics
en verder mijn beperkte brein natuurlijk maar ja
Dus: 7 jaar na 2000 = 3,5 miljoen extra inwoners alleen al door migratie. Daarnaast heb je nog de geboortes die exponentieel zijn. In 25 jaar is de stad vervdrievoudigd maar dit was een exponentiele groei, dus logischerwijze kun je zeggen dat dit inmiddels op vervier of vijfvoudigd zit, dan krijg je 25:4 = per 6 jaar een 50% toename..
Vreemd overigens dat deze van een amerikaanse universiteit afkomstige gegevens beweert dat 60% van de huizen hier kraakpanden zijn…
Wij (4 mensen) zijn op zoek naar een niet te duur pension op Buyukada of een van de andere Prinsen Eilanden. Kunt u ons daar wellicht bij helpen met een goede tip?
Bij voorbaat hartelijk dank,
Tom en Ursula.
Ik woon in Belgie als een buitenlandse kunstenaares. ik kom uit Turkije-Buyukada. En mis heel veel van mijn ijland . Ik mis klanken van de meeuwen,zee,zon en van alles.
Als kunstenaares vind ik in Belgie niks verbazend. Zo koud land and zo koud mensen en ze zijn heel racist. Binen kort ga ik terug naar mijn ijland wonen.
Ik hoop u wont daar graag.
Dat is ook precies de reden dat ik verhuisde. Een vreselijke sfeer, helemaal verpest de laatste 10 jaar door hele domme mensen die denken dat je cultuur kunt bezitten, alsof het een stukje land is. Geloof mij maar dat je veel beter hier kunt wonen, waar mensen nog beschaafd met elkaar omgaan. En ja er is niks op deze wereld wat te vergelijken is met Buyukada…..
Groetjes,
Martijn