Other Recent Articles

post thumbnail

Tokyo Street Fashion and the Fashion Police #1

click above for a larger image
Everyone wants to be a musician in Tokyo. That means the area around Tokyo’s School of Music is always swarming with wanna-be-musicians looking for a lucky break. This GUY was the absolute worst singer I’ve ever heard. His sense of fashion is as bad as his singing.
He sure knows how [...]

29Apr2008 | Carrie Marshall | 0 comments | Continued
post thumbnail

Road Block

click above for a larger image
A Bolivian road block, the only thing needed are more cowbells. San Borja, Bolivia.
Editor’s note: EP is proud to welcome photographer Ron Dubin to its line up. See more of Ron’s work at his site or on his blog.

28Apr2008 | Ron Dubin | 0 comments | Continued
post thumbnail

Mourning in the Thai Kingdom

click above for a larger image
Mourners cross to Thailand’s Grand Palace to remember HRH Princess Galyani Vadhana, who died after a long battle with cancer, January 2, 2008. HM King Bhumibol declared 100 days of mourning for the princess. Buses arrive at Bangkok’s Grand Palace each day, carrying black-clad Thais to pay their final respects [...]

28Apr2008 | Martin Fallon | 0 comments | Continued
post thumbnail

Sanzhi: An Abandoned Development

As you travel east from Danshui along the number 2 highway that runs along the north coast of Taiwan, you come to the small town of Sanzhi (三芝). Just before arriving in Sanzhi (三芝), there’s an interesting site hugging the shoreline - an abandoned hotel/apartment complex that looks like somewhere ET might call home. I [...]

22Apr2008 | Craig Ferguson | 6 comments | Continued
post thumbnail

The Tale of the Busted Busker

As I was waiting to meet friends for lunch I wandered to Sea World (hai shang shi jie). No, there are no killer whales or dolphins. Sea World is Shenzhen’s expat hang-out, an outdoor mallish area of international restaurants and shops. The centerpiece of Sea World is an old French-built cruise ship (seized for narcotics [...]

16Apr2008 | S. Peer | 0 comments | Continued
post thumbnail

Classroom Broken-hearted

Jim, or Jimbo as I nicknamed him, was a lot like a ferret, after consuming a gallon of nicotine-lace Red Bull. He was everywhere all at once, dancing around the classroom, rummaging through my desk, the king of the overzealous nuisance. We had spent eight months together, one period a day, five days a week, [...]

14Apr2008 | S. Peer | 1 comment | Continued
post thumbnail

A Morning at Guangxiao Si

Guangxiao Si, the Bright Filial Piety Temple is one the oldest in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province’s capital. History places the first temple buildings on the site during the 4th century, before mighty Guangzhou was a city. The compound is significant because Hui Neng, of the Zen Buddhist sect, was a novice at the temple during the [...]

13Apr2008 | S. Peer | 1 comment | Continued
post thumbnail

Lost in the Crowd

A young monk in Chiang Mai, Thailand, walks down a busy street, oblivious to the world around him. It is tradition for each male to become a monk. Most serve for a period of three months during their teenage years.

12Apr2008 | S. Peer | 0 comments | Continued
post thumbnail

Little Dragon on the Water

A statute of Bruce Lee, 李小龍 (Li Xiao Long, or Li Small Dragon), graces the Avenue of the Stars, in Kowloon, Hong Kong. The world-famous martial artist was immortalized with a 2.5 metre bronze statue in the waterfront park in 2005. The statue, now an extremely popular tourist attraction, was financed by the Hong Kong [...]

10Apr2008 | S. Peer | 0 comments | Continued
post thumbnail

Hong Kong Prayers

Prayers at the Tin Hau Temple, Hong Kong Island.
The Tin Hau Temple in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong is more than 200 years old. It celebrates Tin Hau, the taoist Goddess of the Sea, revered in Asia by sailors and fisherman. The temple can be found at the MTR stop of the same name and has [...]

9Apr2008 | S. Peer | 0 comments | Continued
post thumbnail

Chinese Gridlock

I spent an hour and a half sitting in the back of a taxi on a recent Saturday afternoon. It wasn’t by choice. The entire trip should have taken 30 minutes. I found myself mired a mile from home, watching the meter click over every three minutes, adding more jiao to my fare. Why? Three [...]

8Apr2008 | S. Peer | 0 comments | Continued
Newer Entries