Saturday, March 6, 2010

Images from Asia February


The Tori Passage at the Fushimi Shrine in Kyoto, Japan .The columns
symbolize Inari the god of wealth. Each passage has been donated by
a Japanese business. Photo: FlickR User Stéfan / Creative Commons.




Dhaka (Bangladesh) traffic has been called one of the 7 wonders of
the modern world. To be fair, this is a street adjacent to New Mar-
ket and isn’t really a normal traffic road. For example, rickshaws
are prohibited. Bangladesh has been promoting the use of natural
gas (CNG) for over a decade resulting in significant reduction in
smog. Photo & Text: FlickR User: joiseyshowaa / Creative Com-
mons.



Two Babas at Bashantapur, Kathmandu waiting for tourists to bestow a blessing onto them. Locals call these Babas commercial Babas as they only approach foreigners for a blessing. Many have left their jobs as they can make more money putting on the garment of a Baba every day posing for photographs with tourists and giving flowers. These two have been depicted in multiple travel guides as their career has been spanning over a decade. Photo: FlickR User ilkerender / Creative Commons


Citizens walk in the blossoming river bank park in Chengdu,
capital of southwest China’s Sichuan Province, Feb. 25, 2010.
Flowers bloom as the temperature rises in Chengdu.(Xinhua/
Jiang Hongjing)

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