A modern Ningbo History Museum and other sites of note
The Qingming holidays was spent with a pleasant 2.5 hour drive to Ningbo, a trip that would otherwise have taken 4 hours if not for the never-ending Hangzhou…
Travels
The bazaars of kyrgyzstan (part 3): light and shadows
Kyrgyzstan’s street bazaars are awashed in a dizzying array of colors – the vintage hues of the former Soviet Union cling onto the infrastructure, the blaring contrast of…
The bazaars of Kyrgyzstan (part 2): food
This is a continuation of my series on Kyrgyzstan’s trade bazaars, as part of my 3-weeks in Central Asia last October. In my last post, I talked about…
The bazaars of Kyrgyzstan (part 1): layout and structure
(Editor note: It seems that I did not notice the lower resolution when exporting the photos, will sort that tonight. Please bear with me. Resolution sorted, selection of photos altered slightly)…
A review of 2011 (part four)
Well, this concludes the roundup of my review of 2011. Here’s to a fresh start for the New Year with the promise of more discoveries, new insights, better…
A review of 2011 (part three)
This is the third installment of my review of 2011. Picking a favorite story from each month is difficult. All posts take time, including research, photo editing and writing…
A review of 2011 (part two)
It’s the second day of 2012. How are you doing on your long list of resolutions? This is the second portion of my review of 2011, a list…
Happy New Year! and 2011 in review (part one)
In the tradition of pensive reflection of the past year, I present to you the blog’s “2011 in Review”. Below is the first of four installments rounding up my favorite…
Bucolic Landscapes of Kyrgyzstan
I’ve missed this space terribly, dear readers and I hope you can forgive me for the prolong neglect. Sometimes, a short pause can slip into limbo and descend…
Travelling in Central Asia … be right back
The Toktogul Reservoir in central Kyrgyzstan. Taken on a 10-hour journey by car from Bishkek south to the country’s second largest city of Osh. In case you’ve been…