2 + 9 Settembre

I couldn't post photos this two week 'cause the connection eas really weak.

Not is a little bit better here, so i'm going to post tow pics already showed in my facebook photo page,

one per missed week, about Jakarta and JogJakarta.

THE ROOSTER BREEDER

- Jogjakarta -

Jogjakarta, or Jogja for everybody, is a little Jakarta, also called the Sexy City from some citizens of it. The same Givanese soul, that can look like more dangerous, more "bad" here, but is just appareances. Nice people you can find in the deep veins close the river.

This is a rooster breeder. Here the roosters are wild for nature, always with a scary

sight, and i can be cynic telling this, but the are incredibly tasty...

A PERFECT MOMENT

- Jakarta -

I do not konw if this was a photography perfect moment, all I know is that was perfect around me and

 in that really moment, this "cab" just was passing by full of children smailing and shouting for us, just because a foreginer are there. 

Batavia, the historical old city of Jakarta, now is an area inside the city that reflect the soul of this country. The people in Giava are really nice and smily. Different from what i'll find in Bali when the souls of the people was broken by Dollar God brought it teher from tan hi-level turism.

Jakarta is different, Jakarta is real

29 Agosto

SO RICH SO POOR
- kuala lumpur - 

Kuala Lumpur was not a nice place for me. I've also wrote it in my blog stories,

it's a city that already oretend to be western, without having anything at all of western.

It's not an amazing wonderful skyscraper to make you western. The petronas tower are the 5th highest skyscraper in the world, but the city is one of the most dirty i've ever seen, you will hard find a taxi (teksi) that want to use the meter, they really love to stole you money without any kind of shame (at least in west the stole your proble, but in a smart way...). The only to things i loved of this town was the petronas, the batu caves, and my hostel, because i've found two nice friend. Actually now i'm in Jakarta flying toward Yojgiakarta in an amazing couchsurfing experience. Trust me Indonesia is another world! Jakarta do not want to be western, Jakarta can be not so beautiful, but is jakarta, with its own soul.

I made a reportage of this town, the picture that you can see is the first one. You can see all of them (not so many) here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gianlucacasaccia/sets/72157627570129212/

25 Agosto.

YOU'RE THE REASON I'M LEAVING
- Phuket -

This is the sea now in thailand, or better the only sea i've found during my trip. It's always raining and

when i've changed location (two times) the say to me: "It was nice 'till two days ago" (utt two days ago it wasn't nice, just cloudy instead of rainy). So i've decided to leave for coming back later, when the sun will shine on this reign's jewels.

19 Agosto

MOOAY THAI
-  hua hin -

Go to Thailand and doesn't see this show as far as i'm concerned is foolish!

Also 'cause i was a fan of Muay Thai (I practized it for two years).

The Hua hin Muay Thai Garden is amazing: Little, dirty and so cool. It's really the place where i wanted to go to see this show. If you are interested to see more shoot of that night (it was my first time in a garden, so few photo are decent, see here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gianlucacasaccia/sets/72157627490244644/

See ou next week for a beautifull picture of this amazing conuntry.

12 Agosto

THE HARBOUR

- hong kong -

I have litterally to say goodbye to Hong Kong. So i've chosed to do this with my last shot on this town.

I was looking for a coloured sunset, but the day was quite cloudy and the sun was covered, so it will be an HDR (hi-dynamic range) photo to let our go away form this amazing beloved city. A view of the port from the International Commerce Center, the 4th highest skyscraper in this poor world (to be honest in HK the world doesn't see so poor.. :) ).  See you from thailand folks. Next destination Hua Hin.

8 Agosto

HAVE U NEVER SEEN A PANDA?
- hong kong -

Usually i only post photos of the week on monday, but today there is an exeption cause i cannot wait one week to post this, and it cannot be my final photo for Hong Kong so... After a life viewing cartoons, stickers, pelouches, toys, bags, everything with a panda shape

finally i've seen one of them. A real one. It was a wonderfull experience. It's so funny and nice, it's an amazing animal, it seems human sometimes, in some behaviour of its. Eating bamboo it's like it was laughing of joy. I'm really happy i could enjoy this spectacular animal before leaving china. I'm moving at the end of the week to Thailnd. It will be "Travel 2.0"...

26 Luglio

BABEL
- dubai -

The Burj Khalifa od Dubai is the highest scayscraper in the world. The highest thing never built up from the mankind, it's the real babel tower. 829 meter are something really impressive and when you are at its bottom you cannot understand the powerfull of this mountain (think a hill start  to be a mountain at 600m), because the prospective tricks you at all. You should be very far to seee its magnificent or be at the top or on a chopter. It's unbelivable, u can understan something seeing the few others skyscrapers close to HIM. They looks like little normal building. It will be the first for loooong time, someone says forever, but forever is a stupid word. 

15 luglio

Sorry for the late. I'm going to post the shoot of missing week. This really week will be the one going to miss.

CANNED GAS

- hong kong -

In most of the kitchen of this town the gas is missing. Usually tehy use the electricity instead the gas, at least for private house.  So you can see around the city a lot of bikers with this kind of bicycle "pimped up" for this job. This happen also because the gas is not very requested for this people. They love to go for dining outside, and the kitchens are often a little corner to warm up your take away food or to boil instant noodles. We know the prices are different, and to have a dine outside can be cheap almost like having one at youre place. 

10 Luglio

LEI YUE MUN Seafood District
- hong kong -

There is an amazing village in Hong Kong, is Lei Yue Mun, is considered just a district (a seafood one) of course, but is a real village, with the house, a market, playgrouds and temple. Is a village of fishermans and if u go is a thing very easy to understand. Easy life inside, ruins everywhere, boats and the signs of the sea everywhere. Here a particoular angle for a fisherman boxer.

If you like it you can see my complete reportage at this link: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gianlucacasaccia/sets/72157627045803635/

3 Luglio

ABERDEEN PORT (Hong Kong Tsai)
- hong kong -

This is just a fisherman between big fishing boat in Aberdeen Port. I made a little reportage here (you can see it on flikr at http://www.flickr.com/photos/gianlucacasaccia/sets/72157627069241078/).

I choose this foto because i loved aberdden port. This is the real hong kong. Why?

Because Since the "Ming Dynasty" was the real name of this vilalge that in chinese means "porfumed port.  During the firsts years of XIX century, the name of the village was confused with the name of the whole isalnd by the foreigner travellers landed here. When they discovered the mistake, some years later, was too late because Hong Kong by now was the common name used fot the island, so in 1845 the vilalge took tha name of Hamilton Gordon, IV conte di Aberdeen, secretary of state of war and colonies.

By the way, if you go to hong kong i suggest to take one of the little boat and make a tour around the port, it'is no an amazing adventure, but it's nice and u can take good picture and it's quite cheap. Something different form the big sascrapers and the monasters. Don't forget to see my reportage if you like photos!!!! See you the next week