B-kites

zondag 11 april 2010

Motril

Villa Astrida, Motril is the private retreat of our Queen Fabiola. It was there that our king Baudouin passed away on July 31 1993, at the age of 63.
Kite aerial picture taken with a GoPro hanging 50m high under a Flowform Kite

Antwerp Harbor At 5°C

VZW SODIPA

Antwerp yacht club (close to Park Noord)

Binnenvaartstraat Kempisch dok

B-kites: Sodipa
B-kites: At 16h
B-kites: DeurganckdokAntw

erpen

Hoboken

KAP Oostende 2010

Some KAP pictures of the kite festival in Oostende

KAP Spain 2010

Castell de Quermanco Vilajuïga, Spain

42° 20' 24.44" N 3° 5' 31.84" E

Perelada Spain

42° 20' 17.78" N 3° 2' 52.68" E

GoPro view of Oostende

More pictures

At the extreme Western side of the Sea Promenade King Leopold II had a 390m long gallery constructed in 1906. This beautiful promenade with its white columns in Belle-Epoque style goes from the Royal Villa to the Wellington horse-racing tracks. The elegant gallery with its Toscan columns was built by the French architect Charles Girault. At the end of the gallery is a small but beautiful pavilion. It is known as the 'Venetian Gallery'.
The former royal villa, built by Leopold II but renovated after W.W.II by the architect Dugardijn, now harbors a luxurious hotel. Not far from here is the equestrian statue of Leopold II. ... more info at...

zaterdag 10 april 2010

Autumn 2011

Nele

Some more pictures

Spending an afternoon in Oostende taking pictures of the bunkers and the harbor.
One of these KAP pictures will be used in a billboard of http://www.vrijstaat-o.be/.
I am looking forward to see the result

KAP Siësta

N- Hotel Tudela
Took the time during the siësta to take out my equipment and made some pictures of the hotel 30 meter above street level

Breendonk Memorial

A symbol

Breendonk is only a dot on the gruesome map of concentration camps, but one which witnessed the same desire to annihilate the individual, which shared the same objective of enslaving and negating the human person.Between September 1940 and September 1944, around 3500 prisoners passed through Breendonk. The majesty of the site and its Dantesque appearance make it a symbol that perpetuates the memory of the suffering, the torture and the death of so many victims. Breendonk, although small in comparison with others, was nevertheless a camp that saw Nazi barbarity sink to its vilest depths. Continue reading: here

Fort Breendonk Brandstraat, 57 B-2830-Willebroek BELGIUM