The Big Buddha, on Lantau Island, sits at the top of a long flight of steps. The first to greet you as you catch your breath after the climb, are two […]
And the views were good. Though I’m sure the avian crowd had food, not beauty, in mind. This 240m-long crossing, the Khor Al Batah Bridge, links two suburbs of Sur. […]
Любовь зла, полюбишь и козла Lyubov’ zla, polyubish’ i kozla I’m trying to pull my Russian back out of extinction, so that I can use it on a couple of […]
Come burrow with me! I’m back to the topic of BBC’s Race Across the World: the second checkpoint in the show was Baku, so I thought I’d show you around […]
– This 52-storey building was the tallest building in Hong Kong, in fact the first true skyscraper, when it was built in 1973. It has since been dwarfed by many, […]
I just couldn’t resist bringing some more reflections from Muscat. Their wonderfully polished floors provide a wonderful double view of the stunning architecture in this city. I was in photographic […]
The Jin Mao Tower is 420.5 metres tall and is home to offices in the lower part, plus the Grand Hyatt Shanghai hotel at the top. The hotel is best known […]
