Dizin is the major Iranian ski resort. Located about 1h30 minutes from Tehran it is known to be a fairly "liberal" place, where youngsters go to escape the city's mayhem.
Category Archives: Landscape
Cameron Highlands under the Rain
People say the Cameron Highlands are the "switzerland of Malaysia", and it is somehow true. It actually looks like a run down 60s version of a swiss resort, only with a slightly more "tropical" twist
Akha Village tea plantation (Thailand)
We entered Thailand by the northern border, and first spent a few days in tthe city of Chiang Rai. The most interesting activity there is trekking in the mountains nearby, home of many different ethnic groups, including the Akha tribe. One really rewarding option is to arrange sleeping over at the Akha Hill House, located in a little authentic akha village an hour away from Chiang Rai. The scenery is stunning, and you can walk by organic tea plantations run by the Akha's themselves
Lao P.D.R. (Please don’t rush)
For anybody coming from Vietnam - and especially scam capital Hanoi - Laos is just amazingly peaceful. Vientiane, the capital, actually feels more like a village, or let's say a very very small city.
Vietnam on the Road
These ones were taken in various locations all across Vietnam. Beach sunrise pictures are from the resort of Mui Ne - a surreal little town a couple of hours north of Saigon welcoming all kinds of soviet oligarchs, where restaurant menus are written in Russian … Read More →
Bahala Na!
A set of shots from the island of Palawan in the Philippines. Great beaches, great people, and nothing to worry about.
Waiting for the sun
Le soleil illumine le plateau de Cali, tandis que des nuages restent accumulés sur les flancs de la Cordillera Occidental surplombant la ville.
A Woman and a Donkey
A bit cliché, but the almost caricatural image of this very typical westernized upper class Tehrani woman in the middle of the rural inland of Iran is somehow striking