Japan is everything you want. Japan is tradition, with young girls dress-up with kimono, or Maiko with their white painted face and red lipstick walking in an almost timeless Kyoto, visiting the temples and attending ceremonies. Japan is the most fashionist people in the world and transparent umbrella, maybe because you can see and be seen everything and everybody. Japan is shy workers that speak to you only with the eyes.
Thaipusam hits you in the stomach, fills your senses with colors, sounds and harsh images, giving you thoughts about faith and worships. It is one of the most important Hindu festival celebrated by the Tamil community in honor of Lord Murugan, god of war, lord of the dance, brother of Lord Ganesha, son of Shiva and Parvati, the goddess of love, fertility and devotion. During the celebration of Thaipusam there is a physical and emotional engagement like I never seen before. It is observed on the full moon day in the 10th month of Tamil calendar (between January and February). The […]
It was supposed to be Siem Reap instead was Phnom Penh, which was a nice surprise. Big public gardens, a riverside with high palms, full of bar, pub, restaurants and a vivid night life, an amazing sky where you can lose your eyes. For the first time we saw a match of khmer kickboxing and a girl sniffing glue. There are markets everywhere, people sell everything they have, keeping hands and mind busy. Once again I asked myself if I was born in those countries like Cambodia, what local people think about tourists, which are their dreams, if they have […]
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