Click the first to enlarge. I'd been trapped by Japanese culture since I was a child. My father toke me to a tatami to learn Judo, not just in order to self-defence but, specially, to get the discipline and the proper behavior that Japanese martial arts teach. When I finally went …
Purificación
Pura Tirta Empul is one of the most sacred temples in Bali. Folks believe that god Indra made it hapen, so they are healing. The intense volcanic activity of Bali is responsible for this spring. Pura Tirta Empul es uno de los templos más sagrados de Bali. Los locales tienen la creencia de que estas …
Just pull
Wandering through Dali streets I met this boy who was preparing chinese food in a fast food stand. "Do you want to?" he told me. "Just pull". Perdiéndome por las calles de Dali tropecé con este chico, muy majo por cierto, que estaba preparando comida rápida china. ¿Quieres probar?" me dijo. "Tan solo estira" Location: Dali, Yunnan, …
Shangri La
Shangri la. Zhongdian, China.
Ancient arts, new technologies
I was visiting a traditional theater for an ethnic music performance in Dali, an old and beautiful city in Yunnan province, when it happened an electric shutdown. In a upper room I met a master of the art in traditional writting. He didn't give up and kept writting despite the darkness. He fixed the …
Gigantic
At the bottom of the gigantic standing Buddha (15m), the tallest on Sri Lanka, one of the stewards watches out the beautiful rock-cut Buddha figures in Buduruwagala. The name Buduruwagala is derived from the words for Buddha (Budu), images (ruva) and stone (gala) . The figures are thought to date from around the 10th century …
Ancient roots
Founded in the 3rd century B.C., Anuradhapura was a Ceylonese political and religious capital that flourished for 1,300 years and was abandoned after an invasion in 993. Hidden away in dense jungle for many years, the splendid site, with its palaces, monasteries and monuments, is now accessible once again. I was strongly surprised by the great …
The Bell
A smile of 90 t. Mingun. Near Mandalay. Myanmar.
Atolls
Maldives atolls. View from seaplane.
Tangalle
Tangalle Beach. South of Sri Lanka.
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