elegance & serenity

we wandered & waited for hours in the cold & rain for a glimpse of this beautiful Geisha in Gion, Japan

wander through temple gardens on a Sunday & you will likely catch a glimpse of number of Japanese weddings, Tokyo, Japan

beautiful Japanese ladies at temple, Tokyo, Japan

serene Japanese bride, Tokyo, Japan

wedding photos, Tokyo, Japan

Museum of Northern Peoples, Abashiri, Japan

lovely Japanese girls in Kimono, Tokyo, Japan

tradition meets technology, Tokyo, Japan

climbing to great heights, Otaru, Japan

browse through the gorgeous designs in the Ozu Washi paper shop, near-ish Mitsukoshi-mae station, Tokyo

on my must see list was a Ikebana display and i was lucky enough to catch a public exhibition at the Kyoto train station

tai chi with 'jian' (double edged swords), Shanghai, China

Magnolias, Suzhou, China

we traveled by local bus/es from Beijing and reached the Great Wall of China in Huanghuacheng in around 4 hours

the incredible view of the 'Dragons' teeth' from Old Man Peak, Guilin, China

we hiked approximately 20km through the winding Longji rice terraces outside of Guilin, China

Catherine's (the Great) Palace, Russia

inside the Hermitage, St Petersburg, Russia

water & ice, Lake Baikal, Russia

chatting at the edge of Lake Baikal, Russia

prayer time, Russia

gold detail around a church door inside the Kremlin, Moscow, Russia

golden crosses inside the Kremlin, Moscow, Russia

the magnificent mosaic tiling of St Petersburg Mosque, Russia

driving through the Austrian landscape on the way to Prague

lovely art nouveau architecture of  Secession, Vienna, Austria

vineyards overlooking the coast along the Cinque Terre, Italy

we spent a day in the lovely town of Siena, Italy

walking along the windy beaches of Essaouira, Morocco

Moroccan mosaic, Fes, Morocco

contemplating Essaouira, Morocco

Parisian elegance, France

Afro-Cuban beauty in Havana, Cuba