Taken in the summer of 2008 in the Beijing Military Museum
DAILY PHOTO: The Red Wall
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DAILY PHOTO: Kochi Street Goats
Taken July 7, 2014 in Kochi
On your visit to Kochi (Cochin) you’ll note a different mix of fauna than elsewhere in India. Urban bovines are rare, but roving flocks of goats roam the streets. Also, cats are much more prominent than in doggie-dominant Bangalore. I suspect the latter has to do with the large amounts of seafood that comes ashore here.
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DAILY PHOTO: The Writer’s Bookstore
Taken in the summer of 2011.
My favorite store in Hungary. This bookstore is located at the corner of Andrássy út and Liszt Ferenc Tér in Pest.
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DAILY PHOTO: Under-Canopy Art Market
Taken on July 20, 2014 at the Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath in Bangalore
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DAILY PHOTO: Royal Palace Chedi
Taken in October of 2012 in Phnom Penh
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DAILY PHOTO: Seurasaarenselkä
Taken in the summer of 2011 in Helsinki.
To the West of Helsinki there’s a large inlet from the Gulf of Finland that’s studded with small islands. This photo was taken in that area.
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DAILY PHOTO: Backwaters Public Transportation
Taken on July 4, 2014 in Kerala
This is the equivalent of a city bus in the Keralan Backwaters. These boats are loaded with people and cruise from pier to pier, picking up and dropping off local passengers. The houseboats give them a wide berth as they tool about much more quickly. However, because they make frequent stops, we were in a leapfrog match up with them in which we would pass them at the dock and then they’d pass us in motion, and so on.
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DAILY PHOTO: Chain Bridge
Taken in the summer of 2011
This bridge is one of Budapest’s iconic sites.
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DAILY PHOTO: Getting One’s Symbols Crossed
Taken on July 7, 2014 in Kochi (Cochin.)
Centuries before the Nazis hijacked the swastik “twisted cross” emblem, it was part of Hindu, Jain, and Buddhist iconography. Throughout South Asia, the symbol generally expresses a wish for well-being (the word “swastik” literally means “well-being” in Sanskrit.) Of course, there are specific religious meanings that vary with the belief system that is utilizing the symbol.
One has to remember this when one is in a Jewish neighborhood in South Asia–such as this one in Kochi–because, otherwise, the prominent swastikas can be disconcerting given the Nazi’s inexplicable expropriation of this symbol.
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DAILY PHOTO: Flamingo Flower and Lady’s Eardrops
Taken on July 6, 2014 in Munnar.
Taken on July 6, 2014 in Munnar.
Tiger Riding for Beginners 