To preserve healthy body and mind, I need to be constantly on the move. Right now I oscillate between two completely different landscapes - Cool Mountains and Hong Kong. Acting as excellent storytellers, the spirits of past and present still haunt these places and write their texts into minds of locals.

Plovdiv

09.08.2012, 16:19 #Bulgaria  #Plovdiv  #Food  

Karaburun and Izmir

02.08.2012, 16:15 #Turkey  #Izmir  #Karaburun  

Istanbul

30.07.2012, 16:11 #Food  #Islam  #Turkey  

Skopje

26.07.2012, 16:04 #Christianity and Jesuists  #Imprints of the Past  #Skopje  

Sofia

26.07.2012, 15:59 #Sofia  #Bulgaria  

Qiang people of Wenchuan

Holga 120 GCFN / Kodak Portra 160

26.07.2012, 01:16 #A'er  #Statues and temples  #Qiang people  

Vienna is Balkans

24.07.2012, 15:55 #Austria  #Vienna  #Art  

Russia

Lomo LC-A / Kodak 100

17.07.2012, 16:41 #Analog  #Russia  

Im in the Czech Republic

10.07.2012, 16:50 #Food  #Břeclav  #Tábor  

Red Danba

Holga 120 GCFN / Kodak (dia)

10.07.2012, 00:39 #Qiang people  #Tibetan buddhism  #Imprints of the Past  

Circles and rectangles from Fujian

Holga 120 GCFN / Kodak 100

04.07.2012, 17:28 #Hakka people  #Imprints of the Past  #Analog  

Yi traditions in Xichang

Holga 120 GCFN / Kodak 100

27.06.2012, 12:47 #Bimo and suni  #Xichang  #Trh  

Qi

One of small shrines in the streets of Guangdong city of Chaozhou 潮州. Holga 120 GCFN / Kodak 100

21.06.2012, 01:37 #Analog  #Guangdong  #Chaozhou  

The Birth of Chinese Sufism

Druopta Efekta / Kodak Portra 160; Here lies the founder of chinese sufism - Hodja Abdallah (华哲·阿卜董拉希, died at the end of 17th century). Snapped at Langzhong city, Baba si mosque - more pics here.

11.06.2012, 02:31 #Hui people  #Langzhong  #China  

Tea'n'trees of Southern China

Holga 120 GCFN / Kodak 100

02.06.2012, 18:20 #Guangdong  #Dudong  #Heizhugou  
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