Category : Nona Hora

A Street Vendor. Hanoi, Vietnam

I continue the Celebration of the Memographer.com’s 9-Year Anniversary with the series of my favorite street photography captures. It would be no Travel Photo Journal without these living street photography memos. Life is Life! Click on image to view full size. gmeanm3r

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Thailand. The Land of 1000 Smiles

From the scale of the World to the Countries, to the Cities, to the Streets, to the People, to the Faces, to the Eyes, to the Souls… We continue celebrating the 9th Anniversary of my Travel Photo Journal  Memographer.com with another post of the Memographer’s Street Portrait Photography. Click on image to view full size. gmeanm3r

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Mystery of Easter Island

Today, July 14th, is Memographer.com’s anniversary day. Nine years ago, I launched WordPress version of my Travel Photo Journal. It’s been an amazing time of happy travels around the world, meeting beautiful people, and having fun. I had visited Southeast Asia, Europe, North and South Americas. I am very thankful for these years of my life and would like to …

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2nd European Games 2019. Minsk, Belarus

Congrats to Memographer.com! Today this travel photo journal is celebrating its 8th Anniversary! I am back from my EuroTrip 2019 (Minsk, Belarus & Amsterdam, Netherlands) and excited to open the photo series. The trip, by the way, was fun. In June-July, Minsk was hosting the 2nd European Games. So its streets and venues were full of activities related to the …

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Lisbon, Portugal

Dedicated to the Love of my life and amazing travel companion. Happy Birthday! Closing the EuroTrip 2018 photo series with my favorite subject of people watching and street photography. ***Just FYI, Lisbon locals have two nicknames: ‘Lisboetas’ and ‘Alfacinhas’. Baixa in downtown Lisbon is the city’s main shopping and banking district with tiled buildings, pastry shops and tailors. The baroque …

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Lisbon, Portugal

Selected another set of mobile photos taken in Lisbon (Portuguese: Lisboa), the capital and the largest city of Portugal. ***Just FYI, Lisbon’s estimated population is 500,000 within its administrative limits. Its urban area extends beyond the city’s administrative limits with a population of around 2.8 million people, being the 11th-most populous urban area in the European Union. Lisbon wasn’t always …

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I can see Gibraltar from here!

Here is another set of mobile pictures taken during my morning runs in Estepona, Spain. The first photo set is here – Estepona Seaside Promenade One morning when the horizon wasn’t too foggy, I was surprised to see the Rock of Gibraltar. ***Just FYI, The Rock of Gibraltar is a 426m-high limestone ridge. Gibraltar is a British Overseas Territory and …

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Lisbon, Portugal

No, I will not share my shopping experience here, it’s still a photo post [smile]. However, the introductions might be helpful: While in Lisbon, I really enjoyed the Portuguese Azulejos, a form of painted tin-glazed ceramic tilework, one of the world’s great decorative art traditions. Azulejos are found on the interior and exterior of churches, houses, schools, restaurants, subway stations, …

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Lisbon, Portugal

The Lisbon tram is not an attraction, even though, it looks like one [smile]. It is a public transport, currently comprises six urban lines. I was very excited to take a few rides around the city. Do it when in Lisbon, it’s fun! Here is the ‘Part 2’ of my mobile photography subject “Lisbon Trams”, view the first set of …

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Lisbon, Portugal

Dedicated to my sister and her 50th Birthday. A legend tells that Lisbon was born between seven hills. The São Jorge is the highest hill in town crowned by the Saint George Castle, where the village that originated Lisbon was founded. The other six hills: São Vicente, São Roque, Santo André, Santa Catarina, Chagas, and Sant’Ana. Each hill hosts iconic …

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Estepona Seaside Promenade

While beaching in Estepona, a resort town on the Costa del Sol in southern Spain, I had a few morning runs by the Paseo Marítimo de Estepona, a paved 2-mile long palm-lined promenade along the Alboran Sea waterfront, next to Playa de la Rada beach. I have to admit, those runs were the most enjoyable runs I have ever had, …

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Lisbon, Portugal

Even though there are new tram tracks in Atlanta (the “Downtown Loop”), I really miss the look of classic rail vehicles and sound of tramways. While in Lisbon, I tried not to miss any opportunity to photo-hunt beautiful Lisbon Trams [smile]. ***Just FYI, The first tramway in Lisbon entered service 145 years ago (on 17 November 1873), as a horsecar …

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