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Aksel

Joined Atlas Obscura in 2018

Travelled & worked in 5 continents. Drove by 4x4 from UlanBataar Mongolia back home to The Netherlands, via Pamir Highway and Turkmenistan. Also explored a dozen African countries overland.

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The rock paintings seen on the 1000 Ugandan shilling note.

Kumi, Uganda

Nyero Rock Paintings

Six rock shelters covered in abstract art created by ancient Ugandan tribes.

Semliki Safari Lodge

Bughendera, Uganda

Semliki Safari Lodge

Nestled in Uganda's Semliki Valley Wildlife Reserve, is a one-of-a-kind safari lodge.

Making Eshabwe from Ankole Cow Milk with Bahima Tribe, Igongo Cultural Center

Mbarara, Uganda

Igongo Cultural Centre

One of the most detailed and historically accurate collections of Ugandan artifacts depicting Bahima tribal history, culture, and daily life.

Cast of Laetoli footprints Olduvai Gorge museum

Ngorongoro, Tanzania

Laetoli Footprints

Human ancestor’s 3.6 million year-old footprints.

The sand dunes.

Ngorongoro, Tanzania

Shifting Sand Dunes

These strange piles of magnetized volcanic ash travel across the desert about 50 feet per year.

Neuhaus Chocolate Shop

Brussels, Belgium

Neuhaus Chocolate Shop

The original shop where the iconic Belgian praline was invented.

Abbeye de Cluny

Cluny, France

Abbaye de Cluny (Cluny Abbey)

One of the most powerful religious centers in the Middle Ages, dubbed the founder of Western monasticism.

This "little French girl" is a Porto icon.

Porto, Portugal

A Regaleira

The original version of Porto's most famous sandwich is just as good here as it was a century ago.

The 15th century Larabanga Mosque.

Larabanga, Ghana

Larabanga Mosque

The first mosque in Ghana is known as the "Mecca of West Africa."

Barack Obama visited the castle in 2009.

Cape Coast, Ghana

Cape Coast Castle

Where thousands of slaves passed through the "Door of No Return."

Sword of Okomfo Anokye

Kumasi, Ghana

Sword of Okomfo Anokye

On the grounds of a hospital in Ghana, a legendary sword said to have been plunged into the earth hundreds of years ago.

Grand Mosque of Agadez

Agadez, Niger

Grand Mosque of Agadez

The tallest mud-brick structure in the world has been standing since the 1500s.

Baan Dam (Black House)

Chiang Rai, Thailand

Baan Dam (Black House)

Where an entire elephant skeleton, a snakeskin table runner, and thousands of animal remains become art.

Wat Pho Reclining Buddha

Bangkok, Thailand

Wat Pho Reclining Buddha

Striking, enormous gold-plated sculpture of Buddha installed in the 19th century.

Getting out of the Devil's pool. The other exit is to climb up the rocks to the viewer's left.

Victoria Falls, Zambia

Devil's Swimming Pool

The world's highest and most dangerous infinity pool lies at the precipice of Victoria Falls.

Gateway to Hell

Buxton, England

Eldon Hole

A peaceful Elves-fairytale landscape hides an evil scar, a chasm so dark and daunting that for centuries it was believed to be the gateway to hell.

The crossing in summertime

Tajikistan

Longest Road Through No Man’s Land

The Pamir Highway between Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan takes a mere hour driving through a stretch of No Man’s Land.

Billionth Barrel Monument.

Seria, Brunei

Billionth Barrel Monument

A monument built to commemorate the billionth barrel of oil extracted from the Seria oil field in Brunei.

(Flickr/rwoan)

Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei

Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddin Mosque

A symbol of Islam in oil-rich Brunei.

Kampong Ayer.

Kampung Lupak Luas, Brunei

Kampong Ayer

Ferdinand Magellan dubbed the world's largest water village the "Venice of the East."

Pemuteran Biorock

Pemuteran, Indonesia

Pemuteran Biorock

A unique project to help restore coral reefs in Bali.

The stone temples tower over the surrounding landscape.

Kecamatan Prambanan, Indonesia

Prambanan

This massive complex is made up of hundreds of smaller temples that date back to the ninth century.

Borobudur

Magelang, Indonesia

Borobudur

Hundreds of Buddhas in a re-discovered Indonesian temple.

Piet Hein Statue

Rotterdam, Netherlands

Piet Hein Statue

A memorial to the Netherlands' most famous privateer.

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