Category Archives: Asia

Durbar Boys – Streetkids in Kathmandu #2

Beside what I wrote in my previous blog, there was one good thing I have witnessed. Two of the kids I have been following are now off the street and staying at a shelter for more than a year. Twelve kids live in the house outside Kathmandu with a local man named Samrat who runs...

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Little thought in Singapore

Just came back to Mumbai after spending several days in Singapore. It’s a great city – clean, organized, convenient and of course, it offers a great variety of Asian food. It’s quite the opposite from crowded, congested and chaotic Mumbai and I appreciated some “easy” time to take a break. Although it’s a comfortable city to stay,...

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Afghanistan by iphone

  Yes I know, it’s iphone. These days, almost everyone, including professional photographers like us, make pictures with iphone. Because of that reason, I have been trying to avoid it for long time but while I was in Afghanistan, one of my photographer friends got me into it. I have to admit that I am...

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The 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attack

It’s 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attack.  It all started then. Because of the attack, U.S troops were sent to Afghanistan to hunt down Osama Bin Laden and Al Qaeda. Ten years has past since, and although they killed Bin Laden, the troops are still on the ground fighting against different “enemies”. Since I got to Afghanistan...

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くま - NYではこれから911のセレモニーが始まります。
10年前、あの時に実際の現場で見ていたものは・・・・・・・・・

No news is good news? – quiet embed in Afghanistan

  Just came back to Kabul after spending a week with the U.S. Army near the eastern border of Pakistan. The timing wasn’t quite ideal because the week fell over Eid, a Muslim holiday marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan. Most of the Afghan army soldiers and police officers were taking a break...

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