The route of the day was as such: Tabriz – Julfa – Meghri, the lone point of border crossing between Iran and Armenia. It posed a few challenges, as very, very few people speak English in this little-visited province of Iran called East Azerbaijan. As you can tell from the name, it’s the domain of…
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The Story of a Photo – The Future Is Bright
I visited Cat Ba Island roughly a year ago, before the world as we know if changed in 2020 and travel industry went to hell. It was a routine trip from Hanoi, where I was basing myself at that time, just for a few days. Cat Ba is the largest island in Ha Long Bay…
The Story of a Photo – Flying in the Rain (Philippines)
I ended up in Tacloban, perhaps one of the least touristy cities in the Philippines, as the southern gateway to the island of Samar, which in itself is not exactly on the main traveler circuit of the country. Suffice to say, this is a gritty city, the one that endured a tragic fate back in…
Photographing Markets
Recently, on a trip to Vietnam, I visited a large market in Ho Chi Minh City called Binh Tay. It is not very central, it is located in the bustling district of Cholon, yet it had its fair share of foreigners with cameras. When I walked in, I was surprised how clean it was, and…
The Story of a Photo – Going Home (Vietnam)
The main cave of Phong Nha Ke Bang National Park in Vietnam is a spectacular underground river, meandering through gorgeous stalactites and stalagmites. The main pathway to the cave is on a boat, and in the local tradition, all the boats are rowed by women. It’s not an easy job – the boats are quite…
The Story of a Photo – Ticketless (India)
The Silchar-Lumding route in Assam is only about 250 km in length, yet the scheduled night train journey between the two towns is about 7 hours. In reality, it took around 11 hours total, with lengthy stops in-between. As the only foreigner on the train and indeed, at the train stations at both ends, I…