Dutch dykes

This week’s set, features the waters of Amsterdam. It is the place of land below the sea. As a result, the Dutch are masters engineers at building dykes.

The top one is just brilliant. Would have been better if there was more light on the houses.

The bottom one, is just an angle of what a person should see, be and experience for self. One of the things that I do when I ‘tutor’ teenagers public speaking is that, I get them to stand on the table and read/speak. Or face the wall. It’s a totally different angle and feel that one usually underestimate and definitely not expect. Try it for yourself, the next time you’re on a river. Or take public speaking classes at home (have my picture on your computer, works better if you know I’m supervising).

Bottom most is one of the criteria of this weekly pictures post. Which is, not to show only pretty things. And this one does it well. Especially when it’s a picture of a foreign land, because I’m exhausted of listening people who speak poorly of their soil, and highly of others.

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*Photos by Safiah Durrah Hashim.