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cuba 2001 :

china/tibet 2007 - people and places :

china/tibet 2007 - people and places

a stroll through Lijiang : Old Town of Lijiang, in the remarkable Yunnan-province, in the Southwest of China is famous for its Naxi-culture. The Naxi-minority descends from Tibetan nomads. They have a matriarchal family tradition and an over 1000 years old script. This script consists of pictograms, and is kept alive. There is also a Naxi-orchestra: old men that play traditional Chinese music on antique instruments, unique for China.
Lijiang has an ingenious ancient network of waterways, that is supplied by the mountain springs. Via canals the houses in town are connected to this network.
The cobbled streets, bridges and houses add to the picturesque picture of this ancient town.
also check : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lijiang_City

a stroll through Lijiang

LHASA-TIBET, a day in the barkhor : the barkhor in lhasa is a circular street surrounding the 7th-century jorkhan temple, the spiritual epicenter of tibet.
it is lined with shops and homes, most featuring the stone construction, trapezoidal shapes and black-outlined windows of traditional tibetan architecture.

people from all over tibet walk around the barkhor in prayer: monks and nuns in maroon robes; khampa horsemen with long knives; nomads clad in sheepskin robes.

here are some impressions of a day in the life of the barkhor - stay tuned, there will be more !!!

LHASA-TIBET, a day in the barkhor

Qingcheng Mountain Days : Qingcheng Mountain (Qingchengshan) is one of the ancient cradles of Daoism. The mountain has numerous Daoist temples
and sites along the paths to its peak. The area is green all year round and is known for its secluded tranquility.

Most of the photographs were taken halfway up the mountain in the Tianshi Cave (Tianshi Dong) the temple
and school of Zhang Daolin, a famous Daoist master who taught here and contributed greatly to spreading Daoism in China.

The present Tianshi Cave buildings were built in the 18th through the 20th century, at the end of the Qing Dynasty (1644 to 1911).

It is reputed as "Dong Tian Fu Di" (which means wonderful mountain and happy place), "the fairyland on earth".

The tranquility of Mt. Qingcheng being just right for the quiet mentality pursued by the Daoists.
Lu You, a great poet in Song Dynasty, composed a lot of works in Mt. Qingcheng.
His verses: Clouds, like peaks of mountains, rising up in the north Mountains, like green waves, flowing to the east -
are a true portrayal of Mt.Qingcheng

update: The area of Mt.Qingchen was hard hit in the earthquake.
At the moment we don't know how hard the complex was hit and which parts were damaged.

Qingcheng Mountain Days

china+tibet 2007 - some people - more to come :

china+tibet 2007 - some people - more to come

burgundy, may 2004 : patti's birthday in france
also see :
http://www.planetware.com/burgundy/dijon-region-f-bourg-bur.htm

burgundy, may 2004

a day in budapest - january 2007 : january 10th jens took me on a road trip to budapest.
the captions for the pictures are a work in progress ;-)

a day in budapest - january 2007

alsace, may 2004 : patti's birthday in france

alsace, may 2004

hawaii 2004 :

sougia, crete 2005 : sougia revisited - 30 years after we lived there

sougia, crete 2005

a balloon ride : hot air ballooning with cindy+stephanie+wally and an ultralight flying by, october 2006.
most pictures by wally

british columbia 2005

salt point state park, november 2006 : BIM's birthday

salt point state park, november 2006

Şanlıurfa, Turkey : Şanlıurfa, on the great plains of high mesopotamia in south eastern turkey has a history that goes back more than 7,000 years. tradition relates that abraham was born in a cave near the area where the Mevlid Halil Mosque now stands.

this gallery is under construction, lot more pictures to come.
come back again soon !!!

find more details about Şanlıurfa here : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanli_Urfa
and here : http://www.allaboutturkey.com/urfa.htm

Şanlıurfa, Turkey

Beijing :

BEIJING - FORBIDDEN CITY :

BEIJING - FORBIDDEN CITY

Updated: Aug 06, 2007 8:57am PST

china+tibet 2007 - some transportation - more to come :

china+tibet 2007 - some transportation - more to come

december days in san francisco :

december days in san francisco

quiet days in port orchard :

quiet days in port orchard

greece 2005 : under construction

under construction

Updated: Nov 25, 2006 11:44am PST

SeaRanch 2008 : http://travel.nytimes.com/2008/12/14/travel/14SeaRanch.html?8td&emc=tda1

eastern sierras in the fall

yosemite october 2008 :

yosemite october 2008

samta cruz vacation 2009 : click on the slideshow button on the right, lean back and enjoy...

samta cruz vacation 2009

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