Bittersweet Kandy

Kandy – the old capital of the empire era in Sri Lanka is a very crowded city,. It is located in a central and lies on a plateau. The city is full of traffic; buses, pedestrians, trains are everywhere.

You may see all about life of the Sri Lanka’s people here.

A street in Kandy, on a side are many vans and tuk tuks

Full of tuk tuks, cars, buses

An alley up and down, with many pedestrians

Outside the most sacred and original Temple of the Tooth

Lighting and praying

Colourful flowers to be sold, people will wear them as a necklace or bring in the temple

Kandy Lake, take a walk around to discover the city and have some best panorama view

A local ceremony

Kandy, 2018

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Stormy Manila

There are many news floating around that the situation of Manila and some regions in the Philipines now is messy. So decided to stay right in the middle of Malate and Ermita – the truely old Manila city. Those are regions of workers, outcasts, gangs, prostitution…

But finally I founded out that they are very interesting places to discover, and quite safe honestly (if you know how to be safe as a stranger). I could walk around and took living photos with my Leica or phone normally. In the morning you can walk through Manila bay. Sometimes you can see the polices are trying to catch thieves or smt like that, even a hear-alike gun sound ( or sounds from the construction site near that as the reception told me).

A man was standing on Manila bay walk, before an incoming tropical storm

Malate by night – a family in their dinner

That’s really an econo room

Manila, October 2017

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Night on the street

Every big city will have many night life aspects. I have met a lot of people sleeping, living on the street.

Somewhere in the center of KL, 3rd April 2017

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Men was sleeping in front of the entrance to Maybank tower at late night, one is reading a newspaper.

A bus station, every couch can be usedEvery step is a bed, with newspapers are draps

Some are old or middle ages men

You can meet them in front of any antique houses, any corners

Morning in Taipei

A very early time in Taipei, nobody on the street. I love this city, very fun, modernized and super clean, should spend more time to enjoy it next trip. This corner is very near my hotel and the main station, I woke up early to go to Taroko Park.

Taipei, 16th October 2016

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