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 #Food  #Imprints of the Past  #Plovdiv  

Karaburun and Izmir

02.08.2012, 16:15 #Turkey  #Izmir  #Karaburun  

Istanbul

30.07.2012, 16:11 #Istanbul  #Food  #Turkey  

Skopje

26.07.2012, 16:04 #Islam  #Skopje  #Christianity and Jesuists  

Sofia

26.07.2012, 15:59 #Sofia  #Bulgaria  

Qiang people of Wenchuan

Holga 120 GCFN / Kodak Portra 160

26.07.2012, 01:16 #Trh  #China  #Qiang people  

Vienna is Balkans

24.07.2012, 15:55 #Vienna  #Austria  #Art  

Russia

Lomo LC-A / Kodak 100

17.07.2012, 16:41 #Russia  #Analog  

Im in the Czech Republic

10.07.2012, 16:50 #Tábor  #Czech Republic  #Třebíč  

Red Danba

Holga 120 GCFN / Kodak (dia)

10.07.2012, 00:39 #Tibetan buddhism  #China  #Sichuan  

Circles and rectangles from Fujian

Holga 120 GCFN / Kodak 100

04.07.2012, 17:28 #China  #Hukeng  #Guangdong  

Yi traditions in Xichang

Holga 120 GCFN / Kodak 100

27.06.2012, 12:47 #Yi (and Nuosu) people  #Sichuan  #Liangshan  

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 #Imprints of the Past  #Analog  #Guangdong  

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 #Analog  #Hui people  #Imprints of the Past  

Tea'n'trees of Southern China

Holga 120 GCFN / Kodak 100

02.06.2012, 18:20 #Mountains  #Xiacheng  #Dudong  
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