Nick Hardcastle

I have moved my blog back here so that it is easier to maintain.

I am moving my blog back to http://nickhardcastle.wordpress.com/ as it is such a pain to keep on updating the files when I host the blog on my own website.

Crossing the Darcha River, Ladakh

I have added another SoundSlides: Zangskar Sumido to Chumik Nakhpo.

Thinking about going to Ladakh again this summer, I thought I would look up my journal from 2005. Here is chapter 5 as a SoundSlides presentation. Wish I had taken more photos at the time.

I guess that it could be a sign that the economy is slowing down here in Saudi Arabia. Kika, having failed to provide competition for Ikea is now all but closed, with its clearance 80% sale nearing an end. There are still a large number of unoccupied outlets in the huge Mall of Dhahran extension. In its new restaurant section, I think that only Tony Roma’s, Zing and PJ’s are open. A few days ago strange wooden structures appeared in the widest area of the mall. I had always assumed that this was for exhibitions and perhaps free standing stalls, but now they are turning it into a garden. A plastic garden. There is no natural light you see.

Mall of Dhahran - gardening project