I am sure it does feel surreal being at the site of the future airport

very intereting about bougainville... hey I was wondering, do you ever read about "micronations" and things like that?

@anoutsider Of course I did, I love micronations! When you get through all the UN countries you've made your homework, you know dependent and disputed territories, you're well informed, but micronations are the quirky realm of history that gets me humbled, there's so many stories of a bunch of people that wanted to make their own thing on a plot of land ^^

yes :) I had not thought about dependent and disputed territories. They are also very interesting to learn about

So cool to read your featured geographical places. FYI Spanish-language wikipedia states the name Tarifa comes from the isle of Tarif, whose name came from this guy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarif_ibn_Malik.

I never thought of missing a desk but it's true I do not use one at home. Also that is a remarkably bland building for an art museum LOL

Something you may have already read about: https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/03/11/uzbekistan-ends-systemic-forced-labor-civil-society-says

Finally! This infamous cotton harvest was ridiculous