Montreux area_2

this area is know for its high number of marmots, stay tuned for tomorrow’s post!

Chateau de Chillon

Among the best-preserved medieval castles in Europe, is in Veytaux, only about 3km south of Montreux, your first glimpse of the castle is unforgettable – an elegant, turreted pile jutting out into the water, framed by trees and the craggy mountains. You could easily spend a half-day soaking up the atmosphere.

Welcome back Geneva

for the ones who do not know yet, i am working again in Geneva, till september in the same company as before. this is a picture

blog moved at www.thousandwords.ch

as of today the blog is hosted at the new domain www.thousandwords.ch/blog this will have no impact in the way you see it nor on your subscription. also you can have a look at the new layout of the photo-website at www.thousandwords.ch/photos (the old address will be automatically redirected to the new one) i know […]

Lausanne

after living there for almost 7 months, i finally had time to photograph it when i had a special trip there to unregister, very nice little town, now that i will live there again, i hope to visit the Olympics museum and see the promenade, which i heard is really really great

Lausanne_2

inside the Notre Damme from Lausanne, really beautiful church

Lausanne_3

sweet summer times

in this cold times let’s take a look to what’s laying ahead of us… while i was in Bern (swiss capital) waiting to get the visa for Laos i’ve seen these kids having a heck of a fun, needles to say i took lots of pictures and i had to come second day again as […]

sweet summer times _2

sweet summer times _3

Noon star

Lausanne_1

after living there for almost 7 months, i finally had time to photograph it when i had a special trip there to unregister, very nice little town, now that i will live there again, i hope to visit the Olympics museum and see the promenade, which i heard is really really great

Ferris wheel

last picture during the EM in Zürich. i wanted for long time to get a picture like this, and took even longer to find a properly lit ferris…

Unique tram

during the EM this little tram was going back and forth as a regular line, till in one evening i realized there is a fridge (actually 3) in the tram, so i jumped in it, took the picture and of course i couldn’t help myself in joining the coke side of life

Zürich during EM_1

my absolute picture of those weeks, nothing much to say, just that i took it after RO-FR and for those who do not speak german EM: Europäische Meisterschaft – european championship

Zürich during EM_2

to be honest i was quite impressed how the whole European Championship has been contained to only few isolated areas of the town (same in basel, bern, geneva). outside these areas you actually could go without even knowing a huge event is taking place. custom laser projections on Gross Münster were my favorites of Zürich […]

Zürich during EM_3

as i was staying behind the tripod, having a cigarette and waiting for the next slide to be projected, i started chatting with the dude responsible with the content being projected, obviously the best place to photograph them was right next to the “laser machine”, and this is how for the last time during the […]

traffic in Bangkok _2

i might say tipical asian traffic jam. with this picture i conclude the asia trip in the summer, obviously these were just a glimplse of what i saw during the 3 weeks i’ve been there. feel free to take a look at all of them here starting with tomorrow i will post pictures from Switzerland […]

traffic in Bangkok

taken from another traisha this picture illustrates the most annoying group of persons in ASIA, the traisha-drivers, they will always always always ask you if you need a taxi, they’re cheap and they would drive you anywhere you want, even routes like Bangkok-Bucharest are possible, at least they claim so…

golden temple

the golden temple in Chang Mai, really nice, but filled with tourist wich won’t respect the silence of a temple, some were talking very loud during prayers, and lots of flashes…not me!

guidance

in order to have your prayer listen to you must offer as many sacrifices as possible (in this case coins, mearly nickels/rappens/bani/cents), and what a better way than under the warming guidance of mother…

seeking protection

these demons are really really impressive, about 5m tall, vivid colors, one could just stare at them for dozens of minutes in a row

contemplation

up in the temple of Chang Mai, while i was disappointed due to the clouds ruining the sunset i got a glimpse of this separated terrace and its scholar

wonders of the modern world

can you imagine working for the electricity company, you answer a home call, and when you reach the client’s premises you see THIS is the electric distribution panel?!

evening rituals

throughout the country in the after the dusk you can see people everywhere sacrificing money (cheap photocopies) and other “valuables”, regardless of the weather or the development in front of your porch, like this man

meeshoo

has everyone seen Mulan?! 😉 leaving that on aside, i really liked this setup in front of the One Pillar Pagoda in Hanoi, a really beautiful, small pagoda

rice water-puppets

one of the nicest things to see in Hanoi. these water-puppets are made of rice, so their usage is quite limited, each 3 months a new set needs to be done. the stage consists in a “huge” swimming pool, the shows illustrating different episodes of the vietnamese life throughout the year

Ha Long Bay

probably the nicest thing Vietnam has to offer after Sapa (which was unaccessible due to the massive land-slides), being of course a World Heritage Site. the vietnamese were pretty disapointed it didnt make on the list of the 7 Wonders of the Modern World. i must admit it was funny to see ad-posters promoting it as the […]

Buddha park

 only few km from Vinentiane (Lao’s capital), most probably the most important site to visit in the area, besides the shooting range in Vientiane, it consists in an interesting collection of statues from Buddhism and Hindu religions, most of them are on average of about 2m high but some are really impressive, as the huge […]

Rural landscape

absolutely my favorite picture from this autumn’s asia trip. i have seen the location from the bus so second day i skipped the group activity, tubing, rented a motorcycle, figured it out how to change the gears, and here i was driving for about  1 1/2 hrs to this great place. i had to run through the paddy-field, which […]

Long way to go…

Tobe honest I didn’t get it why was she brooming when there was abs no house in the nearby…

Lao kids

Lao childhood

Lao priest

one of my favorites from Laos, 100% natural light, no post processing, we were heading towards the boat to leave that little village when I saw him through a broken window, didn’t have the guts to do it, but in the end, turned around, opened the wooden door, smiling I pointed to the camera and here I […]

launch date 16th December

Trift Glacier, one of the most spectacular places I’ve ever seen. It took me about 1hr to find this sweet spot, it would’ve been great to have either a parachute or climbing rope with me…