Nr. 10, 2007, (c)RouteYou
Odos News-Flash
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HiptriptipTrip-advice of the month |
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The days get short and the air humid and cold. But the forest creates a great atmosphere at this time of the year. You want to experience this beauty? Check out the routes of the forest-group, or add your own forest route of your neighbourhood. |
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We also want to put Philip Daerden in the
spotlight because he won the RouteYou fluo-jacket award. Check out the route he created. You want to get one too? Create and share your route and get nominated with the RouteYou-award-fluo-jacket. |
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FarosRouteYou-groups in the spotlight |
  Essex, Audley End
in England from Morris's Country Seats (1880).
Source: Wikipedia
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The group we put in the spotlight this month is the South Essex Bike routes group of Meydieu.
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KnuggetsPast Route-knuggets |
 Houses at 2,6 million euro are as 'cheap' as 300 years ago Source Picture: Monumenten en Archeologie Amsterdam |
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Pytheas's ChoiceGlobespot of the month |
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Every month, we ask somebody to be a modern Pytheas and tell us something about the most amazing place they have ever experienced, and explain why this is!
Globespot of the month: Antilope Canyon, Arizona, USA
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Those who say that economists have no sense for
geologic beauty: check out the Pytheas of this month: Maria Demertzis! As a Greek, she lives in Amsterdam, married to a Belgian, has lived in Scotland, and visits Boston every year. Nevertheless, she hasn't picked her Pytheas spot in any of these places! If you want to read less about geologic beauty and more about her work in economics, check out her website. And if you scroll to the bottom of her site, you might see how the circle is closed! Maria, thank you for your story and your truly marvellous pictures. |
| The big parks in the US mid-west are the Mekka for the
big outdoor fans: Grand Canyon, Monument Valey, Bryce Canyon, Zion park
, Death Valey, Josemite Park . 3000km in two weeks, a hopeful reminder
that maybe we can avoid the "inconvenient truth" for just a little
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| And while "Grand" is constantly what these parks make
you think about,
amongst them there is Antilope;
a little unassuming canyon, discovered
by a shepherd not too long ago, when looking for his sheep which had
sought shelter in it, away from the burning Arizona sun. A formation of
20m high wavy sand-stones that attempts to mimic waves in a rough sea.
And yet the most impressive aspect of this little gem is how the light
pierces through its crevasse and makes it look different every minute
of the day, every day of the week. One blink and the playful light will
have moulded the floating sand into yet a different figment for your
imagination. The proud Indian settlement tribe will accompany you there and will explain which of the million imaginary sand sculptures you should try and capture in tiny little pixels. Walk through the sand path and allow yourself to be carried by the story they are telling as the light changes around every corner. And you can see how they are caught in the dilemma of wanting to commercialise on the one hand, but preserve the natural wonder of serenity, on the other. |
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| As images go, Antilope Canyon, has indeed earned a special place in our travel memories. |
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Check out the linked route.
Are you our next Pytheas of the Month? Tell us about the most amazing globe-spot you have ever experienced! Or alternatively, ask a friend who you think has a favourite globe-spot and would like to share it with the RouteYou community.
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Nadar's PicturePicture of the month |
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The picture of the month is of the
RouteYou-group GeoJones.
Check out their Cadzand route. |
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Gluring TuringThe Techy-spot |
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Every month, we nominate a more technical item here which is linked to RouteYou activities, directly or indirectly. We have named this item in honor of Alan Turing.
Plugin the routeviewer with some Javascript
As from now you can easily put your favorite route from RouteYou.com on your own website.
How
By following these 3 simple steps:- Browse to the route you want to place on your own website.
- copy the code from the text field indicated by the yellow rectangle in the screenshot.
- Paste this code in the HTML code of your own website at the place where the route viewer must come.
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