Tag Archives: Cityscape
To the last city.
No, that’s a misnomer. Tashkent was, if anything, Uzbekistan’s first city, at least in the modern sense of the term. First one to be occupied by the Russians, first one to be reached by a railroad, first to host all … Continue reading
Posted in Central Asia, Uzbekistan
Tagged Asia, Central Asia, Christianity, City, Cityscape, Cycling, Earthquake, Food, G55 AMG, Hotel Uzbekistan, Islam, Islam Karimov, Karimov, Kazakhstan, Korean, Kosmonavtlar, Lenin, Marx, Mercedes, Mirobod, Soviet, Soviet Union, Street photography, Urban photography, USSR, Uzbek Koreans, Uzbekistan
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The future smells of pork noodles.
Five hours in the world’s largest city. Twenty-four million inhabitants, three times and change the size of Luxembourg, and all I’ve got is five hours to dip my toe in this behemoth of a pool. I walk out of Pudong … Continue reading
Posted in Asia, China
Tagged 118th floor, 430 km/h, Asia, Blade Runner, Cantonese, China, Cityscape, CTU, Hebrew, Highrises, Hutong, Jing Mao tower, Lando Calrissian, London, Longyang, Luxembourg, Maglev, Mao, Megacity, Noodles, Observatory, People's Republic of China, Pork, PRC, Pudong, River, Selfie, Selfie Sticks, Shanghai, Shanghai Tower, Shanghai World Financial Center, Shard, Skyscrapers, Soy sauce, Spanish, Supertall, Sweet sour, Vertu, World's fastest lift, World's fastest train, Zoolander
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Moroccan people watching
I love sitting back and watching a city going by, its citizens minding their own businesses. It feels like being a silent observer, one of those grey men that Michael Ende wrote about in Momo, just without the cigar and the … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Morocco, Random memories
Tagged Africa, Cityscape, Marrakech, Morocco, People, Photography, Street photography
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