the bicycle obsession
Do all photographers have a pet obsession? Your cat maybe? Or interesting windows? Or – i think this is a phase in every female photog life – pictures of the feet. After a few tens of thousands of photos I…
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photo gallery
I have finally decided to put a serious gallery plugin on this blog. Right now my photos are lost among a lot of posts, and I have no way to offer a professional look to my photography. After watching in…
Feedburner mistakes and some good news
When I moved the blog RSS feed from the standard WordPress solution to Feedburner I managed to create some problems. One of the old feed URL’s not only was not redirected to Feedburner, but it was redirecting to a very…
house cleaning operation
No, I did not clean my house nor prepare it for CouchSurfing (which I intend to do). Instead I did a pretty thorough cleanup on the blog. Most important thing is that I removed most of the broken links –…
the power of black&white
Black and white photography can be evocative, touching, even haunting. It is said that the best photographs are those that can cut all the clutter and convey a message, a story, in a minimum of elements. And reducing a photo…
why travelling is bad for you
I am thinking about this subject for a pretty long time. In a nutshell – is the effort, time, money invested in travel worth it in the end? A short list that should explain why travel is bad – plane…
the trip so far
I think I am around at the half of the trip (time does seem to fly…), so here are some quick thoughts of the trip so far. I arrived in Ciudad de Mexico – a huge great city, where I…
hablas Espanhol ?
New mid-year resolution: finally start to learn proper Spanish. It is clear that sooner or later I am going to come back to another Spanish speaking country, being either Spain proper or somewhere in South / Central America. I do…
up in the air
I’m writing this while passing the southern tip of Groenland. Im supposed to catch some sleep in order to accommodate to the new time zone, however the day has no intention of ending- and above the clouds it’s always sunny.…
happy birthday…to me and my blog
Well, doing a bit of cleaning around the blog I discovered that I started writing and posting photos exactly last year. First post – a ‘hello world’ kind of message – was posted on Jan 31, 2009. So, with a…
Hanoi
Following the last post – and as a sign of my re-found travel itch – here are some photos took last year in Vietnam. I spent only about 5 days in Vietnam, of which 3 were in Halong Bay (I…
beginning of spring ?
After a long period of freezing under the snow and quietly longing for the weather in Asia, it seems we are nearing spring. Finally. And so I start again to fret about new destinations, new travels, new adventures… Maybe I…
de casa noua
Nu, nu e (inca) vorba de mine in casa noua, desi o sa fie in curand un post si despre asta. Este vorba de relocarea “virtuala” a unei bune prietene, care acum are propriul domeniu si a shiny new WordPress.…
Bangkok
Bangkok is a very interesting city for a tourist. It is the gateway to Asia, so sooner or later everyone arrives here. Some will leave the city as quickly as possible, and some will stay longer. Besides the heat, air…
random thoughts on South-East Asia
I know some people already started to worry what’s with me – where are the posts, where are the pictures. Nothing happened – actually nothing bad happened. I’m enjoying this trip immensely, and I do not really find the time…
in the land of smiles – or the furnace that I learned to love
This is not going to be a post with lots of pictures. Actually none at all. I am writing this from an Internet cafe – and thus not photo editing and sharing. For that you have to wait a bit…
the last day in Paris
This Sunday I returned from the oh-too-short trip to Paris, and now I can post the last pictures from the “City of Lights”. I found it very unpleasant that the weather was great while I was in a meeting room…
promotions, websites, and other news
While I still haven’t processed the last batch of photos from the Helsinki trip (the ones from the Sveaborg / Suomenlinna island), I did browse the net and found a few interesting links and newsworthy items. The great news is…
Quechua 2seconds tent – my impressions
Last weekend I first took my new tent to the seaside, in Vama Veche. I bought it one month ago from Decathlon, and with the first occasion I tried it. Fortunately for me, yet unfortunately for testing the tent, the…
Manowar – metal ballads with sound problems
Manowar – final concert of Bestfest – started the show in force. Yet not long after the start one generator exploded. Quote from Manowar : did Metallica play in Romania ? Did their generators fail ? No – why? Because…