Re: Postcards from Glorantha

From: Madeleine Eid <eid_at_maddye.demon.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 23:23:20 +0100


I've always thought that there's got to be a place for the Lotus Temple in Delhi somewhere in Glorantha -

http://www-physics.lbl.gov/~mdobbs/logbooks/1993_Asia_D/ASIA-67.jpg or
http://students.washington.edu/gba/images/Study%20Tours/India/Delhi-Lotus%20Temple.JPG or
http://www.hotelsofnewdelhi.com/images/tours-of-new-delhi/north-india-golden-triangle-tour/delhi-lotus-temple.jpg

Darjiin, maybe? Perhaps something from Fonrit?

TTFN Maddy E

>Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 21:38:42 +0400
>From: Michael & Susan O'Brien <mrmob_at_emirates.net.ae>
>Subject: Re: Postcards from Glorantha
>To: glorantha_at_rpglist.org
>Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.20050517205356.0243de78_at_mail.emirates.net.ae>
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>At 11:00 AM 5/17/2005 +0000, you wrote:
> >Can you post a link to a pic of said cultural centre, sounds like a great
>Gloranthan postcard!!!
>
>Here you go, I found a okayish photo of it on a Swedish expat's
>website. The Sun Dome Temple/Women's Cultural Centre is out on the
>breakwater*, so this shot looks back at the city of Abu Dhabi. Amazing to
>think 40 years ago Abu Dhabi largely consisted of huts made out of palm
>leaves clustered around the Ruler's Fort, which is just down the street
>from where I live (my building is almost directly behind the big flag pole
>in the pic):
>http://hem.passagen.se/hakefjorden/View%20AD%203.JPG
>
>*for another postcard pic - just as the Kralori Emperor Godunya builds his
>monumental bridges to show his mastery over the Suam Chow
>- here they're really into breakwaters and extending into the Gulf: check
>out how the 65km long Dubai coastline being extended by some **800**
>kilometers!:
>http://www.gulf-news.com/Articles/BusinessNF.asp?ArticleID=163851
>and
>http://www.gowealthy.com/realestate/dubai/dubaiwaterfront/
>
>
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