http://www.caboose.org.uk What Kevin's up to Sat, 28 Jun 2008 13:26:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I like maps, I can spend hours looking at them. I've also played around a bit with making maps (the Kaduna bus map, for example). This evening I've been playing with Google Earth and Google Maps, set off when I noticed that the coverage of Kaduna had gone from uselessly ... http://www.caboose.org.uk/archives/2008/06/27/playing-with-maps-again/ The second edition of the Bradt guide to Nigeria is finally out, complete with my updates to the northern section and seventeen of my pictures (unfortunately the cover photo isn't one of mine). My copy should be on its way to me now, I'm really looking forward to seeing my photos ... http://www.caboose.org.uk/archives/2008/05/07/published/ It's only taken me more than seven weeks but, at long last, here are some pictures of my apartment in Linköping. In the last few weeks I've been looking for my next apartment. The people I'm subletting from are coming back from Denmark in ... http://www.caboose.org.uk/archives/2008/04/27/my-apartment/ The BBC has a good "In pictures" story on children scavenging the rubbish heaps of Kano. Andrew Walker has been busy recently, producing some good varied Nigerian coverage. The lake he mentions is this one: it looks much nicer at sunset! By the way, I'm still intending to post some pictures of ... http://www.caboose.org.uk/archives/2008/04/10/scavengers-in-kano/ Over the past week I've been combining catching up with my family with packing up all my possessions and shipping them off to Sweden (using Seven Seas). Today I followed them, flying out to Linköping via Copenhagen. I'm renting a furnished apartment until August, so that I can take my ... http://www.caboose.org.uk/archives/2008/03/07/moved-to-sweden/ I'm currently waiting until 2255 (local time) so that I can check in online for my Singapore to London flight tomorrow. I'm hoping that if I check in early enough I can choose a decent seat, although BA seem to hold back some of the more desireable ones. The overnight ... http://www.caboose.org.uk/archives/2008/02/24/leaving-the-philippines/ After a cold week up in the mountains I needed somewhere warm to relax and worked out that I could get to San Fernando (La Union province) without too much difficulty. The guidebook mentioned that there were some nice beaches nearby. So after a long day on cramped buses I ... http://www.caboose.org.uk/archives/2008/02/24/relaxing-by-the-sea/ From the airport in Manila I took a (very expensive) taxi straight to the Victory Liner bus terminal and caught the bus to Baguio. Baguio's an interesting place, once the American summer capital of the Philippines it has pleasant peaceful areas as well as the jeepney-clogged, grimy, polluted areas. It ... http://www.caboose.org.uk/archives/2008/02/20/into-the-mountains/ I'm currently in Sagada, in the mountains to the northeast of Manila. I probably won't get a chance to upload pictures until I'm back in Manila, around the 23rd. http://www.caboose.org.uk/archives/2008/02/15/travelling-in-northern-luzon/ After Vigan I had the long bus ride back to Manila, another night at Friendly's Guesthouse and then boarded a disturbingly rattly old 737 for the Air Philippines flight to Cagayan de Oro city, Marebec's hometown. The approach to the runway at CdO was especially interesting, with the plan ... http://www.caboose.org.uk/archives/2008/02/11/visiting-marebec/