This gazebo was made a long time ago. It is probably more than 70 years. Bali carvings are carved on all four pillars. This is usually used as a rice granary (on the top), and the lower part is used as a place to sit and rest.
I’ve been on the road for the past few weeks. Just got back from Hong Kong and Macau on a family holiday, then off to Shenzhen and Dongguan for about a week for work. Look out for my posts on these fascinating cities. But first, back to hometown Kuching. It’s been a while. Kuching is [...]
Airspace Rebooted from ItoWorld on Vimeo. We all knew that Europe’s flight patterns were frozen while Iceland’s volcano spew out its ashes, but this video actually depicts how quiet the airspace was. Watch the date in the left corner of the screen to see the flight patterns “reboot,” creating gorgeous streaks of light. [ItoWorld.com, via [...]
The May-June issue of American Express’ Departures magazine features the work of photographer Hans Silvester, a German photographer, who documents the extraordinary body painting of the Surma and Mursi peoples of the Omo Valley in southern Ethiopia. The Surma and Mursi tribes are body painters. They paint their bodies with natural pigments made from the [...]
If you are heading to Chiang Mai, don’t miss a visit to Veranda – The High Resort. It is the latest luxury resort in Chiang Mai, and also the most breath-taking. Veranda is located on a valley slope in Hang Dong, about 30 min drive from the old town. Clear vistas of the beautiful mountains [...]
