Wednesday 31 March 2010

Danza de los Voladores

Mexico City

The Dance of the Flyers involves five men, they represent the five earthly directions: the four cardinal points and straight up, from earth to heaven. It consists of dance and the climbing of a 30 meter pole from which four of the five participants then launch themselves tied with ropes to descend to the ground. According to myth, the ritual was created to ask the gods to end a severe drought in pre-Hispanic times.

Monday 29 March 2010

Perseus and Friends

Loggia dei Lanzi (1382)
Piazza della Signoria, Florence, Italy

Friday 26 March 2010

Turquoise Waters

Yamdrok-tso Lake (4,488m), Tibet (China)
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Wednesday 24 March 2010

The Pisaq Ruins

Sacred Valley of the Incas (Urubamba River Valley), Peru

Monday 22 March 2010

Friday 19 March 2010

Wednesday 17 March 2010

Palace of Winds

Built in 1799 to enable the women of the court to watch street processions while remaining in a strict state of purdah(*)
Jaipur (Rajasthan), India
(*) Seclusion of Muslim women inside the home, and the general term for wearing a veil.

Monday 15 March 2010

Summer houses

A room with a view
All houses are built according to the architectural style of the south - Moorish influence (they have occupied part of the Iberian Peninsula until the 12th/13th centuries).
Carrapateira, Vicentine Coast, southwestern Portugal

Friday 12 March 2010

The Fantastic Jungle

Tortuguero National Park, Costa Rica
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Wednesday 10 March 2010

The Entertainer

Karlov Bridge, Prague, Czech Republic

Monday 8 March 2010

Life at the ghats

 
 
Pashupatinath, Nepal

Friday 5 March 2010

Reflections - Old & New

Plaza de Armas, Santiago, Chile

Wednesday 3 March 2010

Gold

Bangkok, Thailand

Monday 1 March 2010