New Year's Eve!
Fireworks at the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur
things about this world that seem to matter... Life is too absurd to take it seriously. Laugh and be laughed at - that's my motto. то, что меня привлекает в этом мире... Жизнь слишком абсурдна, чтобы её воспринимать всерьёз... Смейся над всем и пусть смеются над тобой - вот мой девиз! Valera Meylis, aka Валерий Мамедалиев
Hasma (or Harsmar) is a Chinese dessert ingredient made from the dried fallopian tubes of the Asiatic Grass Frog ('Oviductus Ranae'). Hasma is often mistakenly described as toad or frog fat, since it is sometimes referred to as "toad oil" (Chinese: 蛤蟆油; pinyin: há mǎ yóu).
A small Myanmar village near the Mount Popá
Mount Popa itself...
On top of the mountain..
At the local market
A city pagoda
A highly specialized wishing well :)
A beautiful hotel in Bagan
The Streets of Yangoon
Shwedagon Pagoda... The place where everyone must be barefoot...Where the sensation of being in a very special place is almost palpable even to an atheist...
Reclining Buddha with the feet of mother-of-pearl...
At the pagoda....
The less touristy side of Bangkok....
The corporate face of Bangkok
(c) 2008 Photos by Valera Meylis