Attribution : Yusuf Hashim
Image1 : Yusuf Hashim at one of his relaxed moments (April 2015)
Attribution: Yusuf Hashim
Image 2 Yusuf Hashim bubbling with enthusiasm (April 2015)Yusuf Hashim says:
I believe I can fly! A 70 year old Gandalf with 15 Grandkids leaping 3 meters into the air. High on sulphur fumes from fumaroles in the Namafjall Hvrir volcanic region in North Iceland.
This is the Modern Day Explorer #7
The Modern Day Explorer #6 (here)
M for The Man HimselfHank's buddy, Yusuf Hashim globe-trotter extraordinaire is just back from his most recent adventure in Iceland. His Photo-Safari outings with a dozen or so 'photo tourists' cover off-roads scenic locations. Hank earlier highlighted some of them (YH#1 YH#2 YH#3 YH#4 YH#5 YH#6)
Today it is the man himself with a sprinkling of earlier snapshots. Just a sampling of previous photos but more than enough to know how active and interesting a soul he is. One who is enjoying life to the fullest physically and able to withstand the vigor of a youngster at age 70!
Attribution: Yusuf Hashim
Image 3 Yusuf Hashim Crossing the Marker of the Tropic of Capricornat the Kalahari Desert' Namibia
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Image: 4 Rainbow over Route 40 in Western Argentina
Yusuf Hashim says:
The loneliest road in the world that I've driven through is Route 40 in Western Argentina, which stretches 5000 kilometers from La Quiaca in Jujuy Province in the north, to Rio Gallegos in Santa Cruz Province in the South. Running parallel to the Andes Mountains, its height at Rio Gallegos in the south is at sea level. It passes through 20 national parks, 18 major rivers, 27 passes in the Andes, and it reaches a height of 5000 meters or 16,404 feet at Abra del Acay in Salta. Mount Acongcagua, the highest mountain in the Americas, can be clearly seen about 120 km from In a 500 kilometers stretch in the sparsely populated south, we saw only 4 other vehicles apart from our own. And one of them was a car that had broken down, which our team mechanic helped to repair so that it could safely continue its journey northwards. Like in the Makgadigadi Pan in Botswana, and the Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia, there is great beauty in emptiness. I shot this rainbow through the windscreen of my car on Route 40 south of Patagonia.
(More of Yusuf Hashim) (here)
This was outstanding Hank, the write and those awesome photo;s
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Yvonne.
Mighty spry for a seventy year-old! And quite the adventurer.
ReplyDeleteThat stretch of road does sound lonely. Bet you have to take your own gas, as I can't imagine a gas station surviving. (Unless the road goes through a couple towns.)
Wow, he can jump high for a 70 year old or not. Sounds like one long arse road to travel too
ReplyDeleteWhat a spitit!!an example for all
ReplyDeleteWonderful post. Great photos, especially your first two, they are commanding forces of happiness and great gusto for life.
ReplyDeleteWhat a guy! And beautiful rainbow.
ReplyDeleteExploring ever inch of this planet and he looks happy doing it
ReplyDeleteIt sound like this man has had quite the adventurous life Hank.
ReplyDeleteThumbs up for his adventure.. and the Rainbow is Awesum
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J here, stopping by from the #atozchallenge
ReplyDeleteGreat post. I'm looking forward to more. Congratulations on making it past the first half.
@JLenniDorner
Those are amazing pictures!
wow what an interesting soul, thank you for this post and sharing Hank, what a buddy to have too, must be fun, and he's got the opportunity to sujud too at every corner of the world, because I've learned that tempat sujud can be our witness in the hereafter and so sometimes when I travel I think of this and I also wonder if anyone had sujud in that place in the history of man - what a blessing, what an opportunity
ReplyDeleteI must add, amazing pictures
ReplyDeleteawesome post Hank! Wow.
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