Author Archives: awtytravels
A fire in Balvanera and other stories: a brief glimpse into Buenos Aires.
Something is burning on Avenida Rivadavia. White smoke is rising in thick plumes from a shop on the south side of the road, cutting the perspective like a curtain hanging from the trees. Flames fan out intermittently and passers-by scatter, … Continue reading
Posted in Americas, Argentina
Tagged Amazonas, Andes, Argentina, Avenida Rivadavia, Balvanera, Buenos Aires, Café, Feira de San Telmo, Hummingbirds, Immigration, Latin America, Palermo, People, People watching, Plaza Dorrego, Policia, Policia de la ciudad, Porteño, San Telmo, Summer, Urban photography
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A story of emigration.
It is estimated that up to 25 million Argentinians have a full or partial Italian heritage. This is approximately 50% of the country’s population. The converse is also true: having an Argentine correlation is, in Italy, as widespread as hosting … Continue reading
Posted in Americas, Argentina
Tagged Argentina, Bogianen, Bouge pas, Buenos Aires, Ellis Island, Emigration, Europe, Italian emigration, Italy, Migraciones, Migration, Moròn, New World, New York, Piedmont, Transatlantic, Travel
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Uzbek football, Korean streets and the Games. A 2018 wrap-up.
The last trip of the year ended today. I crossed the crucial threshold somewhere between the Brazilian rainforest and the Atlantic, blissfully unaware of it as I slept in my airplane seat wrapped in one of those duvets that are … Continue reading
Posted in Asia, Central Asia, Kyrgyzstan, South Korea, Uzbekistan
Tagged 2018, 2018 retrospective, 2018 World Nomad Games, Beirut, Bukhara, Buxoro, Cholpon Ata, End of year, Football, Incheon, Korea, Kyrchyn, Kyrchyn Jailoo, Kyrgyzstan, Night, Seoul, South Korea, Sport, Uzbekistan, World Nomad Games
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Trans-Europa Express.
Italy >>>> >>>> Slovenia >>>> >>>> >>>> Hungary Doing it all tomorrow again. Can’t wait. Honest.
Six Photos in Search of a Story.
A picture is worth a thousand words, they say. Never let photos in the way of a good story, I say. Ask anyone who’d read Thubron or Robb, writers of books without as much as a picture, and ask them … Continue reading
Posted in Asia, South Korea
Tagged Admonition, Asia, Beer, Bukchon, Bukchon photographer, Calvino, Dress, Food, Hanok, Hanok village, Incheon, Incheon Free Economic Zone, Italo, Korea, Old men, Pensioners, People, People watching, Photography, Pirandello, Rain, Republic of Korea, ROK, Seoul, Silence, Six photos, South Korea, Street photography, Sun, Tourism, Travel, Urban photography
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The Merry Shopkeepers of Bukchon.
There’s a neighbourhood, in Seoul, called Bukchon. Traditional and small-towny in a city of tens of millions, it’s familiar to Instagrammers worldwide. Bukchon has many charms. There are windy hill roads and villas for which the term leafy has, undoubtedly, been coined. … Continue reading
Posted in Asia, South Korea
Tagged Art, Autumn, Autumn colour, B&W, Bukchon, Bukchon photographer, Fall, Hanok, Hanok village, Individually owned shops, Korea, Maple, People, Photography, project, Seoul, Shops, South Korea, Street art, Street photography, Tradition, Traditional houses, Villas, Woods
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Live fish and fried shrimp. Searching for dinner in Noryangjin.
The sun was setting over Yeongdeungpo. The sun was setting; lights on a legion of buildings were turning on and I couldn’t pronounce the name of the neighbourhood not even if it helped to save my bacon. Speaking of bacon, … Continue reading
Posted in Asia, South Korea
Tagged 7-11, Asia, City, city life, Crab, Dusk, Fish, Fish Market, Food, Fried, Korean cuisine, Live fish, Lotte, Lotteria, Molluscs, Night, Noryangjin, Noryangjin fish market, Overpass, Prostitutes, Prugio, Restaurant, Seoul, Shrimp, Snow crab, South Korea, Street food, Tsuijiki, Urban, Yeongdeungpo
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Sleepless in Seoul.
The idea for this post’s title has been respectfully pinched from this lovely Instagram account. The idea of jet-lag was so new to me that it took me an inordinate amount of time to come to the conclusion that what was … Continue reading
Posted in Asia, South Korea
Tagged Asia, Central Park, city life, Composite mode, Composite photography, DJ Krush, Downtempo, Incheon, Incheon Free Economic Zone, Jet Lag, Korea, LEED, Lights, Mu getsu, Multiple exposure, Night photography, Northeast Asia Trade Tower, Olympus, Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark III, Posco Tower-Songdo, Republic of Korea, ROK, Seoul, Skyscraper, Songdo International Business District, Songdo International City, South Korea
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Autumn in the Heath.
If you’re familiar with the idiosyncrasies of English society, you’ll undoubtedly have encountered the odd phenomenon that, every time a major football tournament pops up, grips the entire nation. Chanting “Football’s coming home”, the entire England – from Hadrian’s Wall … Continue reading
“You’d be home by now.”
People in Lebanon spend more than 16% of [their] individual productive time in traffic. Urban Transport Development Project – World Bank For six months, straddling a winter and early summer of a few years ago, I tried commuting to work … Continue reading
Posted in Lebanon, Middle East
Tagged Beirut, Bicycle, Bike, Bike to work, Burn fat, Cars, Chain effect, Commuting, Congestion, Jolly Waggoner, Lebanon, Murales, Murals, No Oil, Peddling, Pollution, Public transport, Spray art, Street art, Traffic, Tube, World Bank
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