Wadi Darbat Waterfall, 4th November, 2011

The heavy rains of Tropical Cyclone Keila have brought the biggest waterfalls in the Middle East to life again.

My American Road Trip

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6,000 miles and 26 states in 35 days.

Washington D.C.

My American Baseball Road Trip

The itinerary for my American baseball road trip:

June 18 Arrive Washington DC
June 19 Baltimore Orioles @ Washington Nationals
June 22 New York Yankees @ Cincinnati Reds
June 23 Philadelphia Phillies @ St Louis Cardinals
June 24 Toronto Blue Jays @ St Louis Cardinals
June 26 Chicago Cubs @ Kansas City Royals
June 27 Albuquerque Isotopes @ Iowa Cubs
June 28 LA Dodgers @ Minnesota Twins
June 29 LA Dodgers @ Minnesota Twins
June 30 Dyersville-Field of Dreams
July 2 Chicago White Sox @ Chicago Cubs
July 4 Arizona Diamondbacks @ Milwaukee Brewers
July 7 Lincoln Saltdogs @ Wichita Wingnuts
July 8 Omaha Storm Chasers @ Oklahoma Redhawks
July 10 Oakland Athletics @ Texas Rangers
July 11 Frisco Roughriders @ Arkansas Travelers
July 15 Washington Nationals @ Atlanta Braves
July 18 Cincinnati Reds @ Pittsburgh Pirates
July 20 Boston Red Sox @ Baltimore Orioles
July 21 Depart Washington DC

Total driving distance: 6,000 miles

Corner View - By the Sea

Jeju-do, South Korea

Grand Harbour, Malta

A Baseball Summer

I have always wanted to do it, and this summer I am finally going to: a baseball summer. Strange as it may seem for someone from England, but I have always been fascinated by the American summer and, more specifically, the love of baseball. As I have travelled around the world, I have found myself increasingly drawn to the baseball games on ESPN. Eventually, I made a special trip to Houston to take in my first MLB game: the Chicago Cubs @ Houston Astros. It was everything I'd expected, and more: a train running across the ballpark when there was a home run, and margaritas served in your seats. There's nothing like it in England. Even at the Royal Opera House, you have to collect your own drinks.

Well, to get back on track, this summer I am finally going to do my American baseball tour! Starting in Florida, I'm going to drive across America and take in about 10 mlb games in different cities. It's going to be a baseball summer.

Corner View - Time

The city of Cambridge has 19 sundials. There is even a book about them, 'Cambridge Sundials' by Alexis Brookes & Margaret Stanier, and a Cambridge Sundial Trail which you can walk around. This one, which has six faces, is above the Gate of Honour at Gonville & Caius College.

The obelisks of ancient Egypt from 3500 BC onwards were the first type of sundial, and the first instruments for telling the time. The Old Testament ( Isaiah 38:8 and II Kings 20:11) also describes a sundial, the Dial of Ahaz, from around 700 BC.

Sundials often have a motto inscribed beneath them:

'Let others tell of storms and showers; I mark only the sunny hours'

'Mach' es wie die Sonnenuhr: zähl' die heitren Stunden nur!' (Do like a sundial and count only the sunny hours!)