Old Courthouse |
Atlantis, The Palm |
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Interior of the rotunda of the Old St. Louis County Courthouse. This used to be the tallest building in St. Louis from 1864 to 1894 and now is part of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial.
More about the Old Courthouse here
Uploaded on Nov. 16, 2009
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Pink Carpet |
Top of Sky-Biru |
Sakura in Himeji |
Helena over a beautiful carpet of sakura petals. Just snother out of the over one-thousand cherry-blossoms around Himeji Castle, in Himeji.
Uploaded on April 26, 2009
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This shot was taken from the observatory at the top of the Sky Building, in Umeda. More about this building in this Wikipedia article.
Uploaded on June 28, 2009
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Just one out of the over one-thousand cherry-blossoms around Himeji Castle, in Himeji.
Uploaded on April 13, 2009
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Street to Tsutenkaku Tower |
Hall of Hotel Ramada Dubai |
Pagoda at Kiyomizu-dera |
This is the street which leads the way towards the Tsutenkaku tower, home of the popular BiliKen, in Osaka. The tower and the site have a very interesting story, which is better explained here.
Uploaded on Jan. 24, 2009
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This is the hall inside of hotel Ramada, where we stayed for two days in our trip to Dubai. This is a 4-star hotel and hotel service is really good. This hotel is located very near Burjuman Mall, close to the older part of the town.
Uploaded on Jan. 23, 2009
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Gateway Arch |
Pounding mochi |
Sunset |
Behold the amazing Gateway Arch, iconic monument of the city of St. Louis. The colossal structure with its shiny stainless steel skin stands 192m tall and 192m wide being the tallest monument of the US. Designed in 1947 by Eero Saarinen and Hannskarl Bandel and build between 1963 and 1965 this is the tallest habitable structure in the state of Missouri.
More about the arch here.
Uploaded on Nov. 19, 2009
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Sunset near Osaka Kaiyukan, the world largest aquarium (8 bits tone mapping of HDR from a three shot bracketing of +2EV and -2EV)
Uploaded on Nov. 4, 2008
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Tour Boat |
Akashi Kaikyo Bridge |
Through the Glass |
The Aqualiner is a river cruise ship on the Okawa and Neyagawa River in Osaka.
Uploaded on Nov. 11, 2008
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Located in Japan and finished in 1998, the Akashi-Kaikyō Bridge is the world's longest suspension bridge (length of the center span is 1,991 metres). It connects Kobe to Awaji Island. More about the bridge in this Wikipedia article.
Uploaded on Aug. 21, 2009
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This is how I see the world.
Uploaded on Nov. 7, 2008
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Big Mirror |
Fishing Crane |
Water Fountain |
This is an amazing building I could see from this boat tour. If someone has any idea what it is please send me a message so that I can describe it here.
Uploaded on Nov. 22, 2008
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This crane seemed to be teaching a very interested pigeon friend how to fish. Picture taken at the Parcao, in Moinhos de Vento, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Uploaded on Jan. 24, 2009
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This type of bamboo water fountains is typically found in Japanese temples and shrines. The one depicted here is at the Byodo-in temple in Kyoto (the one stamped on the 10 yen coins).
Uploaded on Oct. 30, 2008
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