Inspired by the photos of a blogger friend, I would like to share some of the old snapshots of my last visit to Huang Shan, China, 12 years ago. I “worked” very hard to make it to the top of the mountain, but not as hard as some of the locals who made their living by carrying people and goods up and down the mountain.
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Bridge
What is a Bridge? What does it mean to you? What are the significant facts, histories, cultural heritage, and representation of the people in those places? To me, a bridge creates connection and communication.
Weekly Photo Challenge: Heritage — Dutch Clogs (Klompen)
This post is in response to the Weekly Photo Challenge: Heritage. During our recent trip to Amsterdam, we visited a clogs workshop. Take a look at these beautiful clogs. Don’t you want to bring a pair home? To wear or not to wear? That’s the question! Although clogs are worn in many cultures around the world: the Dutch, Japanese, Chinese, Swedes…
Visit to the Keukenhof Gardens, Netherlands: a unique and beautiful experience.
It was a unique and beautiful experience visiting Keukenhof, the most beautiful spring garden in the world. It is located near to Amsterdam, Holland. Very often in spring time, there are day trips available from Amsterdam. Public transportation is also very easy and convenient.
Asian Art Museum of San Francisco — Tomb Treasures, New Discoveries from the Han Dynasty
A new exhibition at Asian Art Museum in San Francisco: Tomb treasures newly discovered from the Han Dynasty of Ancient China, is a very interesting exhibition. If you travel to San Francisco between February and May 2017 do not miss this exhibition.
Weekly Photo Challenge: Rare (2)-Architecture Without Architects: Santorini, a Greek Island
This post is my second response to Weekly Photo Challenge: Rare. Please also see my first response: Weekly Photo Challenge: Rare –Architecture Without Architects: Telč, a City in Czech Republic, and my very old posts in another earlier Blog Exploring Turkey and Greece – Santorini. The four colorful pictures posted here were taken by my friend Link…
Weekly Photo Challenge: Rare –Architecture Without Architects: Telč, a City in Czech Republic
This post is in response to Weekly Photo Challenge: Rare I just bought a book named ” Architecture Without Architects.” By Bernard Rudofsky, Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1965. It is a very good book, providing a backdrop in understanding about Vernacular Architecture. It is easy-to-read with lots of B&W pictures. This book…
Weekly Photo Challenge: Pure
This post is in response to the Weekly Photo Challenge: Pure The SFMOMA has just reopened after three years of renovation. As a member of SFMOMA for many years, I am very excited of its new look and expansion. Due to work, I was only able to visit the museum twice on Thursday nights. Both visits were…
Weekly Photo Challenge : “Spare”
“Spare” in Mother Nature, can be experienced during my travels in South America.
Weekly Photo Challenge: Gathering
Weekly Photo Challenge: Gathering. This is the theme of this week. I found two travel photos to share. One of them shows a gathering of the actors after a show in Yunnan, China. The other one shows group of ladies all dressed up to celebrate a festival in Valencia, Spain. Both are pictures of fun…
Apsaras in the Art and Architecture of Cambodia
This post is inspired by a blogger friend Michael Lai. I had been hibernating and tonight I suddenly wanted to post something. Having seen Michael’s recent post on apsaras in Cambodia, I went back to my earlier post on this topic and found these. Angkor Wat is still one of my most favorite travel destinations….
Weekly Photo Challenge ” Vivid”: My trip to England, Wales and Scotland #1 The Rows!
We are now traveling in Europe. Today I learned something new. In the Chester City of England, we saw a number of buildings with a unique architectural design: ” the Rows”. These are half-timbered buildings with rows of shops in the ground and upper floor built around the 13th century. The patterns are vivid and sharp…
Weekly Photo Challenge: Converge — My Spain Trip #5 Montserrat
This post is in response to the Weekly Photo Challenge: Converge. “Photos are visual spaces where shapes and lines, objects, and people come together.” ~ Ben Huberman~ I really like this topic. To me, it is not only a photo challenge but a philosophical one. Let us look at these pictures I took at Montserrat, a multi-peaked…
Weekly Photo Challenge – Angular _My Spain Trip #4 -Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao
This post is in response to the Weekly Photo Challenge- Angular. The picture I posted here is the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, which I visited last month. The museum was designed by the American-Canadian architect Frank Gehry. From the Museum’s website: “Hailed as the most important structure of its time when it opened in 1997, Frank Gehry’s…
Weekly Photo Challenge: Cover Art (1): Santorini, to dream, to relax and explore.
This is in response to this Week’s Photo Challenge: http://dailypost.wordpress.com/dp_photo_challenge/cover-art/. There are so many choices in my mind! This is one of the pictures that came to my mind immediately: The cute island Santorini, in Greece. I did visit this beautiful island with family and friends, and published a book named Turkey and Greece Delights,…
My Spain Trip #3: Travel Theme Part IV – Market – Segovia. My picture framed for sale??
I was inspired by my blogger friend Michael Lai’s recent post on Dor Dor’s picture in the art gallery. How can I do something similar with just my iPad since I am still traveling? Well, here ‘s the result! My picture of the big flower sculpture “Puppy” by Jeff Koons, taken at the Guggenheim Museum…
Travel Theme: Market ( PART III) : Seafood Market in Bilbao, Spain. My Spain Trip # 2
We are now in Bilbao, a very interesting city to me primarily due to the Guggenheim Museum. But I found something very special this morning: the seafood market which was a bonus , making this morning’s city tour even more interesting. Take a look at all the fresh fish, shrimps, olives, herbs….and chicken feet! What?…
Travel Theme: Market (part II) : Jamon (Spanish ham)
Traveling in Spain right now. Hello from Barcelona ! Can’t help adding these to my MARKET collections! Yum!
Weekly Photo Challenge: Humanity
This is in response to Thirdeyemom’s Photo Challenge: Humanity. I have followed Thirdeyemom’s blog for a while, primarily of her “humanity” approach. I did not travel as much, but like Thirdeyemom, I love to study different cultures and connections with people. For the purpose of this Challenge, I reviewed my travel websites and my blogs….
My fourth book has just been published: Turkey and Greece Delights
Turkey and Gre… Istanbul, Cappadoc… By Denise Lau, Link Lee Book Preview I co-authored this one with my friend Link who may be the next Ansel Adams! This book also has an ebook version. Download it for free now. We will charge when we post it on iBookstore in future. Most of the contents of…
The biggest prayer wheel is in Shangrila, Yunnan.
Prayer Wheel in Shangrila, Yunnan, it is the biggest in the world, “turned” by groups of dedicated Buddhists. This is a short post in response to fellow blogger: Retireediary’s recent post. http://retireediary.wordpress.com/2014/04/23/weekly-photo-challenge-on-top-of-temple-roof-inner-mongolia/#comments
Buddha Faces at Angor Wat, Cambodia
Please read this post and my previous posts on Angkor Wat, if you are interested in this subject.
Weekly Photo Challenge: “Inside” – Inside the Marcipan Museum in Szentendre, Hungary
This post is in response to the Weekly Photo Challenge: Inside. These photos were taken inside the Marcipan Museum in Szentendre, Hungary. We were on our way to Budapest, the capital city of Hungary, and stopped by this little town which was quite attractive to tourists. Szentendre is a riverside town in Pest county,Hungary, near the capital city Budapest. It…
Inner Mongolia – How does it look like living in a yurt?
This post is in response to the readers of Retireediary’s recent post Inner Mongolia and Shanxi . His pictures of the Yurts have attracted many readers who are curious how the inside looks like. I had visited Inner Mongolia few years ago. My friend Link’s pictures are nice and include the inside look of the yurts where we…
My Eastern Europe trip #3 – Black Madonna of Czestochowa, Poland
The above picture is from the Wikimedia Commons When we left Warsaw on the way to Krakow, we went to Czestochowa, a place of worship visited by millions of tourists and worshipers every year. The reason why it attracted so many visitors is because of the Black Madonna of Częstochowa (Polish: Czarna Madonna or Matka Boska Częstochowska, also known as Our Lady of…
Highlights of my recent trip to Eastern Europe
Dear family and friends: Happy New Year! To wish you all a happy new year, I created this video with highlights of some of my photos taken in Eastern Europe. I did not have much time to write about this trip on my blogs, but hope that you would like the video and the music…
I just published my second book: Angkor Wat, Cambodia
Angkor Wat, Cambodia by Denise | Make Your Own Book Dear friends: Please join me to appreciate the architectural wonder of Angkor Wat, and the beautiful art and culture of the Cambodian people. Sincerely, Denise
Eastern Europe 2013 #2 – St. Mary’s Altar, Krakow, Poland
If you ask me what impressed me most during this trip, without hesitation, I would say ” St. Mary’s Altar.” It is called Altarpiece of Veit Stoss, at St. Mary’s Basilica in Krakow, Poland. The altarpiece was carved between 1477 and 1489 by the Bavarian sculptor Veit Stoss. If you google this title, all you can see…
Weekly Photo Challenge: Infinite – Budapest by Night, My Eastern Europe Trip 2013 #1
This post is in response to the Weekly Photo Challenge: Infinite. This is also #1 post of my Eastern Europe Trip of 2013. This trip was my second Eastern Europe Trip. My first one in 2009 was a more adventurous one with my best friend. We traveled by train and walked a lot. This time I…
Picasso’s Three Paintings of Women in MOMA
Originally posted on falling in love….with arts:
This was my fourth visit to MOMA, on October 7, 2013. I went with my family to Eastern Europe for two weeks and then ended in New York City where we stayed for a few days. We shopped, ate (a lot) and visited the museums. We only…
My Notebook 