History

Ponta Delgada: A City Built on Stone and Sea

Byrienk July 23, 2025July 30, 2025

I was supprised to learn that not many of my peers were familiar with the Azores when I told them I was travelling there. Before the summer hits, it is truly an amazing place, a rich history, beautiful nature and friendly people. In the middle of the Atlantic, where volcanic cliffs drop into restless waves,…

History | South Africa

Ponte City

Byrienk July 12, 2025July 30, 2025

Beneath layers of bright branding, the cylindrical tower in Hillbrow informally known as the “Vodacom tower” has become an emblem of Johannesburg’s complex urban history. Once envisioned as a modern high‑rise, it degraded into a derelict symbol of neglect, squatting, and folklore. Among the stories it now carries: that of bodies found in the building’s…