Shang Hai literally means “above the sea” and gave the name of this city. Shanghai is now the biggest city in the world with an astounding 24M inhabitants. Yet the city feels surprisingly spacious, modern and a nice place to live in. I probably was lucky to get a clear sky, I must say pollution…
Next stop in my Shanghai area trip after Hangzhou (see previous article), Suzhou. Suzhou also has a very ancient history dating back to 500 BC, it is sometimes known as the “Venice of the East”. God knows how many Venice there are in the world but basically every town with waterways is the Venice of something.…
The West Lake The heart of Hangzhou is its lake: the city is organised around it and it’s the traveler’s high point, which is well deserved: Around the lake is a relaxed lifestyle: Water Calligraphy (Did he want to highlight the impermanence of things and life ?), Tai Chi, Cycling, Boating,…
The time after the rain is always a moment of grace for photographers, the air acquires an incredible clarity. Added to that in this season in Hong Kong with all the clouds at ground level it makes for incredible colors and landscapes!
A change from usual posts – series of black & white pictures of Hong Kong, in a virtual exhibition 🙂
Different mood today; cold and damp weather, black & white inspiration
Chinese New Year is a particular moment in Hong Kong and in Asia in general, one of the only times in the year where shops close, where businesses slow down. In China, Chinese New Year is 3.6bn travels of people traveling back home to be with their family. In Hong Kong these few days are the…
It all starts in the forest through magnificent landscape as you can have in Hong Kong Going to the other side of the mountain reveals a different and more urban panorama West side, the famous IFC and ICC, standing tall with their 415m and 430m watching over Victoria Harbour East side is Quarry Bay with…
Chinese painting is rich with beautiful mountains and foggy landscapes, waterways and fields, and here was an opportunity to see the real thing: Guilin City Li River – on cruise to Yangshuo Notice the water buffalos on the foreground Phoenix tail bamboos on the Yulong river Yangshuo Dragon bridge
Guilin – 桂林 (or Gwai lam in Cantonese) is a region in China Guangxi province, a 1h flight from Hong Kong. Literally it means “the forest of osmanthus”, osmanthus being a tree that is very present in the region, its leaves and flowers being used to flavour tea or wine. Part of our trip to…
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