Tag: green
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Finding Solace by the Sea: My Emirates Reflection
This is my fifth visit to the Emirates, and every time I leave, I carry with me a lingering thought: something feels incomplete. For years, I’ve felt the subtle call of the Persian Gulf, its turquoise waters whispering to me, yet I never made the time to step into its waters. It’s strange how life…
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A Glance That Speaks: Portraits from the Spice Souk
“A Glance That Speaks: Portraits from the Spice Souk” The afternoon unfolded in the vibrant and aromatic lanes of the old Spice Souk in Dubai, where every corner brims with life and texture. After the bustling exchanges of saffron, cardamom, and frankincense, I was on my way back to the boat crossing when I found…
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To Long For Belonging
Land has this mysterious way of pulling at your soul, of beckoning you home, and for our young daughter, this land is Germany. The longer we expatriate in China, the mightier that tug. She dreams of the family, the colors, the fresh air, the sounds and smells of a land she feels a strong belonging to despite…
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Day 14~ December 14th~ Guilin
Despite China being the largest rice producer in the world, the process of cultivation and harvesting remains extremely labor intensive with very little automation. It is people working to feed people, just as it was perhaps meant to be.
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Day 8~ December 8th~ Guilin
To find inspiration is to live that much closer to the truth~ woman on her way to work~ Yangshuo~ Guilin
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Day 2~ December 2nd~ Guilin
Of all the significant issues in the world, nothing strikes as more crucial than that of the future of our children. It is them who will inherit our planet in its current state, and it is they who will have to cope with the changes that are onsetting. How do we handle the very fine…
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Day 1~ October 1st~ Yunnan
Yunnan, a place the clouds and the mists favor, a place that moderate weather loves to stay around in, a place that has more than 25 colorful minority groups calling it home, a place of breathtaking beauty, this will be the subject of the next 31 days of photos. The origin of the name Yunnan…
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Day 14~ September 14th~ Tuscany
~Curiosity thrives behind half open windows~ Lucca~ Toscana
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Day 2~ September 2nd~ Tuscany
Like all art lovers, I have dreamt of the first time I would lay eyes on Florence. I read, I researched, I gazed at art, I dove into the renaissance, its music, its glorious artists, its astounding architecture, and I thought what I would finally meet would be so awe inspiring. But Florence exceded my…