On the street in India

I wanted to use the title that the Sartorialist always uses... only this is literally just a street between Taj Mahal and Delhi.

It shows pollution and dust at its best, as it is only an hour after the Taj Mahal picture was taken as we were approaching Delhi. I thought it looked quite artistic.

Taj Mahal

People say Taj Mahal is either a little too small or absolutely beautiful. For me it was monumentally hot. While walking towards the main palace, I almost stopped breathing at all - from the heat. My heartbeat and breathing became completely irregular. It was probably the first time I ever walked in 45 degrees of heat.


I am actually only realizing now how beautiful it was. While I was walking there, I was just wondering how Indians stay so calm in this much heat, and how do women manage to dress up so beautifully in such a torturous environment?

While my brain was completely fried, I'm so glad that at least my camera was working properly. The gradation of the white and the near-white is perfection...

Delhi

It's for real. Kids really do play in the ruins from the middle ages in India, and they are so picturusque! In fact, Indian people in general are very extremely beautiful against the background of the somewhat chaotic and desolate city scape... I wonder why that is.

Pulau Seribu

I went diving to one of the Thousand Islands (Pulau Seribu) near Jakarta. It's an hour or so boat ride from Ancol, a dirty port in the northern Jakarta. It's unimaginable how these islands are world's apart from the city of Jakarta. It is like the Galapagos Islands, left back in time and in modesty...

Siem Reap - Angkor Wat

Siem Reap - Angkor Tom