Tag: snow
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The power of the unexpected
It only takes something like an unexpected snow fall to make at least half a city of 25 million like Shanghai smile 🙂
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Day 15~ June 15th~ Xinjiang
To play where only earth, air, water and fire are your toys, to be chased by the wind, to chase the butterflies, to be tickled by the rays of the sun, and to become best friends with the planet you live on… There could be no playground more ideal, and there could be no…
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Day 14~ June 14th~ Xinjiang
Dignity, the respect of self, living with total agreement and settlement to one’s self selected principles… These are some of the impressions I took with me from Xinjiang and its people. They are custodians of some qualities that are very rapidly becoming lost to our modern world. To be able to go back to basics,…
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Day 10~ June 10th~ Xinjiang
They say when something is far from your eyes it is also far from your heart and mind… I wonder about our lives in this century so often and how much of our lives are spent in boxes both inside our minds and inside our homes. All we have to do to be awed by…
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Day Three Hundred Forty One, December 29, 2011
The morning after a snowstorm, when all is still… Is it the color white? The purity of the snow? The softness of the crystal blanket? What is it that forces us into a humble silence and a deep state of contemplation? Is it the fact that a new canvas is set and all the past…
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Day Three Hundred Thirty Eight, December 26, 2011
La Chapelle d-Abondance, a tiny village, population 700 something, located in the region of Rhône-Alpes in France was our home for 4 cozy nights. Nothing like a snow covered small village to bring all dreams of winter wonderland into reality. The soft snow, the smell of burning wood and roasting marshmallows, the powder sugar covered trees, and…
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Day One Hundred Twelve, May 14, 2011
Karakol, a breath taking lake where Tajik people live at about 3500 meters above sea level along the Karkoram highway in Xinjiang, North Western China. The lake freezes completely in the winter time when the area sees blistering temperatures. While driving and visiting this area, it really feels like an extremely harsh place to live,…
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Day One Hundred Nine, May 11, 2011
Today was a day of planes, airports, cars and more airports. I traveled over flatlands, grasslands, rivers, snow capped mountains, deserts and finally arrived at night in Kashgar after a few hours break in Urumqi. The first odd thing you meet in this place is that the locals, 70% Uyghur and other minorities, follow their…