Bangkok is a megacity, with a population of over 9 million, and a metropolitan area population of more than 17 million. About a quarter of Thailand’s total population lives in the metropolitan area, making Bangkok a major cultural and economic center. On my visit to …
Kyoto, considered Japan’s cultural center, is in the south-central region of Honshu, Japan’s largest island. The city is a little over 2 hours from Tokyo on the Shinkansen, Japan’s bullet train, and less than an hour from Osaka and Kobe. It has a large number …
The small Belgian city of Bruges (Brugge) has a compact historic center that retains the authentic fabric and character of the Middle Ages. The city is located on the flat plain of the Flanders countryside and is connected by river to the North Sea, just …
A few years ago I visited Paris with a medium-format film camera and a heavy-duty tripod. The Fuji GX680 is somewhat of a beast to carry around outdoors, but, like a large-format camera, its lens is connected with a flexible bellows that allows it to …