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| Pavements (IX) |
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Mosaic type. |
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| Pavements (VIII) |
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Long lines. |
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| Pavements (VII) |
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Just another example of size and orientation to create diverse patterns. |
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| Pavements (VI) |
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Different size and orientation to avoid uniformity while keeping straight lines. |
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| Pavements (V) |
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Different sizes and cuttings to draw shapes. |
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| Pavements (IV) |
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Different sizes and cuttings to draw shapes. |
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| Pavements (III) |
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Some pavements combine the same tiles or flagstones to create a pattern |
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| Pavements (II) |
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Pavement in Ulaanbaatar. |
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| Pavements |
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Ulaanbaatar looked like a work in progress when I arrived two months ago. Getting on a bus along the main street that stretches through the city from East to West for more than ten kilometres, the traveller can see construction activity on pavements, pipe lines, new buildings and reforms everywhere. It is the most magnificent buildings that draw our attention first, of course. There are plenty, some also under reform, some others waiting restoration, all of them diverse, showing a great diversity of shapes and styles. It was more recently, two weeks ago, walking around the centre and towards the mountains of the south of the city, that I could appreciate that what looks like a desire for diversity in buildings was also present in pavements. It looked like almost every street had different tiles or a different pattern. So, on my way for a day hike with a group of friends, I quickly took some pictures before we reached the unpaved road and slightly snow-covered paths to the mountain. |
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Still in time to begin to gather a new crop with a harvester, I started to pack to move as far from the Greenwich meridian as I have never ever traveled before. 115 degrees of longitude and four weeks after, here I am, learning (I have to teach too, though less often) about grammar and those subjects, I told you when I started to write this blog, that could be of interest to four or five people in the world, though the number could have increased slightly now we are one billion more.
I also wait for another new different cold winter to pass by. |
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Small pieces of land each time. Using a plow instead of a harvester both to prospect and harvest the crop of some more irregular areas. |
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Since the seeds were planted until the plants were full grown, it was rainy every single day. The plants grew healthy and the sun came, a month ago, when they were beginning to bloom. |
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