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Back from China

Wednesday, June 16, 2010 Posted in China, Shanghai

Finally I’m back home! Spent 2.5 weeks hiking in China Mountains – Huangshan (Yellow Mountains), Wulingyuan (Zhangjiajie National park) and Longji (Longsheng country). Also spent a few days shooting karst hills near Yangshuo (Guilin) and a day in Guangzhou and Shanghai. I made this trip together with my friend, Ukrainian landscape and travel photographer Eugene...

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Tahoto Pagoda, Miyajima, Honshu, Japan

Friday, October 30, 2009 Posted in Japan, Miyajima

Built in 1523 by the priest Shukan, Tahoto is a pagoda with a height of 15.6 meters. Although constructed mainly in Japanese style, parts of the structure have Indian and Chinese architectural features. It presents the unique combination of a square shape on the lower level and a round shape on the upper level. More...

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