chinese taipei

long weekend in taiwan.. i expected something very much different from mainland china - a vibrant small country striving to
remain independent from its big brother - but if sb threw me out of a plane without telling where we are, I'd say
"i'm in mainland china".. taiwan turned out to be more than similar, perhaps except for full characters on street ads..

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autumn sales..


don't even remember the name if this temple, but looks pretty dramatic..


Chang Kai Shek was the man! Driving his bullet-proof Cadillac...


classic chinese scooter combo..


nyc style yellow cabs..


president's palace.. the previous tenant was recently arrested on corruption charges..

Borneo Underwater by Ritwik

A few pics taken by a good buddy Ritwik, an enthusiast of underwater photography..
We divided tasks so that I was covering the land and him the underwater world..
This way I even had a chance to be on a few pics!

A close meeting with a really big one..

A scene from Big Blue, but this time these guys came out safe..

I think that I was a turtle in the previous life..

And finally.. the jaws.. it's quite of an experience to find yourself underwater with a fish of almost your size, but a bit of a more evil look

mabulson square garden

how to kill time series: kl inter'l airport...

Ritwik and Luigi, two brave fellow divers with whom I had a chance to explore the waters
of mabul and sipadan.. superman clearly won the contest..

how to kill time on mabul?

1) jump from the nearest bldg..

2) smoke some shisha..

3) play with local kids..

4) go to a local wedding and get handsomely blitzed with Filipino rum..

1..2..3.. fight!

we are going to witness the most anticipated match for the heavy weight cock championship of the Mabul island...

...let's get ready to rumble!!!

discovering Borneo..

let's begin with some portraits.. it goes without saying, some of the most interesting people I've come across so far..
They seemed to love the lense and I tried to love them back by taking some shamelessly close shots..
in a few cases, clearly natural models..

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KL baby...

random selection from KL.. here we gooo.. i'm not a huge fan of skyscrapers but i was
truly impressed by Petronas Towers.. very striking piece of metal.. in just a few minutes
by cab you can get to pretty undeveloped areas and then it's even more impressive
(i admit i didn't really manage to capture that).. no doubt it must have looked like a
spaceship for some ppl in '94 when it was built..

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BIGman in malaysia

more pics from KL and full set from Borneo coming soooooon......

fighting with waves in Shek O...

Sunday afternoon.. dim sum for lunch and after 40min ride we reach the most crowded ever beach in shek o..
ratio: 5 expats to 500 locals...

Malamute.. chilling..

What the hell is this Malamute doing in the city where temp in the winter doesn't
go below av 17 degrees?

...streeets, crowds, smog...

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Cebu

After a few weeks of complete inactivity as a photographer, I'm back. This time a pretty decent set from a weekend trip to
Cebu in Philippines..

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Made in China

Ski jumping is a sport in which skiers go down an "inrun" with a take-off ramp (the jump),
attempting to fly as far as possible. In addition to the length that skiers jump, judges give
points for style. The skis used for ski jumping are wide and long (260 to 275 centimetres
(100 to 110 in)). Ski jumping is predominantly a winter sport, performed on snow, and is
part of the Winter Olympic Games, but can also be performed in summer on artificial
surfaces (porcelain or frost rail track on the inrun, plastic on the landing hill).

PKP/PL 06-2009

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