Tag Archives: People watching

A fire in Balvanera and other stories: a brief glimpse into Buenos Aires.

Posted on January 18, 2019 by awtytravels

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 | 18 Comments

Six Photos in Search of a Story.

Posted on December 13, 2018 by awtytravels

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 | 31 Comments

Beirut people watching.

Posted on June 23, 2018 by awtytravels

Humanity is the best spectacle, in this city where gated communities rub shoulders with bombed-out, charred shells. Pneumatically-enhanced bimbos and babes driving Dodge Camaros on one end of the spectrum and ragged Syrian children tapping on their rolled-up windows for … Continue reading →

Posted in Lebanon, Middle East | Tagged Art, Beirut, Corniche, Hamra, History, Mediterranean, Middle East, People, People watching, Phoenicia, Phoenicians, Sea, Street, Syria | 12 Comments

The whistling man of Registan.

Posted on April 15, 2018 by awtytravels

Denying it would be pointless, and I won’t: I am an unabashed Morricone fan and – the two go hand in hand, really – an Alessandroni devotee. Whilst I appreciate that Morricone’s fame is somehow a given, I’m aware that … Continue reading →

Posted in Asia, Central Asia, Uzbekistan | Tagged Architecture, Art, Asia, Bibi Khanum, Central Asia, Control, Freeloaders, Islam, Madrassah, Millyi Gvardiya, People watching, Police, Registan, Registon, Religion, Samarkand, Samarqand, Selfies, Shir Dor, Tamerlane, Tillya Kari, Timur, Tourism, Ulug Beg, Uzbekistan | 21 Comments

Singapore in technicolour.

Posted on December 1, 2017 by awtytravels

Expat life. If there is such a thing, my half-a-week in Singapore, was precisely that. No sybaritic luxury and champagne breakfast; rather, restaurants on the East shore park, coconuts, cab rides even to do one kilometre and the shuffle heat-aircon-heat-aircon-pool … Continue reading →

Posted in Asia, Singapore | Tagged Asia, City State, Expat, Heat, India, Little India, Murals, People, People watching, Portraits, Red dot, Singapore, Singapura, Street photography, Urban life, Urban photography | 8 Comments

The “Frontier School of Character”: Travels along the Pamir Highway Part III

Posted on July 2, 2017 by awtytravels

Murghab. “’Tis said to be the highest place in the world” Marco Polo Looking back, the handful of hours we spent on the road between Karakul and the Tajik town of Murghab were my favourite of the entire journey. It … Continue reading →

Posted in Asia, Tajikistan | Tagged Akbaital pass, Asia, Central Asia, China, Francis Younghusband, Gordon, Great Game, Ionov, Khorog, Kyrgyzstan, Lenin, Murghab, Nicholas II, Pamir, Pamir Gap, Pamir Highway, People watching, Photography, Tsar, USSR | 14 Comments

Chicago people watching.

Posted on January 27, 2017 by awtytravels

I have one camera – an old Olympus PEN – and two lenses. One long, and the other one a pancake. Yes, that’s as far as my technical knowledge will go and yes, two lenses is one set too many … Continue reading →

Posted in Americas, USA | Tagged Anish Kapoor, B&W, Black & White, Chicago, Cloud Gate, CTA, Great Lakes, Ice, Illinois, John Hancock, Lake, Loop, Michigan, Millenium Park, North Side, People, People watching, Photography, Skyscrapers, Street photography, The Bean, The L, United States, USA | 17 Comments

Zagreb people watching

Posted on September 11, 2015 by awtytravels

Sometimes, the places we least think about are those that leave the deepest impression, and this was the case with Zagreb. Of our errands through the Balkans, the Croatian capital was the only place I thought about as a stopover and … Continue reading →

Posted in Balkans, Croatia, Europe | Tagged Croatia, Europe, Mitteleuropa, People watching, Tram, Zagreb | 2 Comments

Bologna people watching

Posted on April 30, 2015 by awtytravels

People watching in Bologna was refreshing. Renowned for their frank, no-nonsense attitude, I found the Bolognese a nice, unassuming, welcoming bunch. Our permanence was short, but it gave me the distinct impression of a city fundamentally at ease with itself, … Continue reading →

Posted in Emilia Romagna, Europe, Italy | Tagged Bicycles, Bologna, Dogs, Fountain, Italia, Italy, Neptune, Nettuno, People, People watching, Photography, Street photography, Urban photography | 1 Comment