Duncan MacDonald
Jakarta 17 September 2016
Shinta coffee shop North Bridge Shinta Frank Tait North Bridge Edinburgh
Frank Tait (known in Scotland as Errol), who runs his own Maintenance business in Jakarta, (www.maintama.com)
was visiting family in North Berwick, and kindly acted as our guide.
Edinburgh Festival
Frank Shinta Edinburgh Festival
Adam Smith Edinburgh Alexander The Great & Bucephalus
Adam Smith was a Scottish moral philosopher, pioneer of political economy & key figure in the Scottish Enlightenment. He is best known for his classic works including The Wealth of Nations, which is considered the first modern work of economics - Died: 1790 Edinburgh.
Shinta Frank Edinburgh Church
Edinburgh Church Duncan Robert Louis Stevenson
R.L. Stevenson was a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist and travel writer.
His most famous works are: Treasure Island, Kidnapped and The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde - Died: 1894 in Samoa.
John Knox Edinburgh Church
John Knox was a Scottish minister, theologian and writer, considered the founder of the Presbyterian Church of Scotland - Died: 1572 in Edinburgh.
Festival Piper Stationary Cyclist Invisable Man Yoda Best of all - Middle East Balancing Act
Frank Shinta Edinburgh Castle
The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo venue Shinta Frank Edinburgh Tattoo venue
The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo is an annual series of Military tattoos performed by British Armed Forces, Commonwealth and International military bands, and display teams on the esplanade of Edinburgh Castle. The event takes place annually throughout August as part of the Edinburgh Festival.
Frank Shinta The Elephant House Edinburgh
The Elephant House (opened in 1995), gained fame after best selling author J.K. Rowlings admitted writing much of her early Harry Potter novels in the back room overlooking Edinburgh Castle. Rowlings used a typewriter. Her fist book was published in 1997, after being rejected by twelve publishing houses. The Harry Potter series have sold over 400 million copies, to become the best selling book series in history.
Edinburgh Museum Frank Shinta
Shinta James Watt Edinburgh Museum The Lewis Chess Set
James Watt was a Scottish inventor, mechanical engineer, and chemist who improved
on Thomas Newcomen's 1712 steam engine with his Watt steam engine in 1781,
which was fundamental to the changes brought by the Industrial Revolution to the
rest of the world. Died: 1819 Handsworth, England age 83.
The Lewis Chess Pieces were discovered in Uig Bay, Isle of Lewis in 1831.
There were enough for at least four complete chess sets.
Before being
buried for safe-keeping they were probably destined for sale to the lords
of the Western Isles. They had already crossed the North Sea and were
probably made in Trondheim, Norway from Walrus ivory and whales'
teeth in the 12th century
England
Jedburgh 