Journies of change

Movement is the key

  • Hong Kong’s ‘High Line Park’

    Hong Kong is forever in a flux; in a constant need to replenish and re-engage its outer casings. The latest, I visited it few days back, is the perky changeover of the former airport Kai Tak *and its surroundings. The runaway has been converted into a cruise terminal and the three levels no-trims attached building features passenger… Read more

  • Fei lai Feng, or ‘the Peak that Flew Hither’

    Fei lai Feng, or ‘the Peak that Flew Hither’, on way to Lingyin Temple, northwest of Hangzhou, is a limestone peak with caves, exquisite ancient Buddha statues set amidst verdant greenery and gurgling streams. The skill and graceful detailing of Buddha statues carved in various sizes and poses, especially of Maitreya or Laughing Buddh, are a pleasure to… Read more

  • The Water Trilogy

    Shanghai, Suzhou, Hangzhou….the picture-perfect water towns intrinsically tied to the Aqua around them shaping the interactions of their inhabitants with their geographical and historical landscapes. The three towns retain their personal identity fueled by a modern and industrialized persona. Shanghai, rain spattered and mysterious on that typhoonisque afternoon of September 2014 was out of step from… Read more