Travel
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Istanbul | Al-Masjid al-Nabawi Replica
© 2012 Wazari Wazir | People Looking at The Replica of Al- Masjid Al-Nabawi Inside Blue Mosque (Sultan Ahmed Mosque) Istanbul Al-Masjid al-Nabawī (Arabic: اَلْمَسْجِد اَلنَّبَوِي ”Mosque of the Prophet”), often called the Prophet’s Mosque, is a mosque built by the Islamic Prophet Muhammad situated in the city of Medina. It is the second holiest site in Islam (the first being the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca). It was the second mosque built in history and is now one of the largest mosques in the world. After an expansion during the reign of al-Walid I, it also now incoporates the site of the final resting place of Muhammad and early Muslim leaders Abu Bakar and Umar. The site was originally adjacent to Muhammad’s house; he settled there after his Hijra (emigration) to Medina in 622. He…
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Travel and Photography | Why I Don’t Travel Alone?
© 2012 Nepal | Behind The Scene | Photograph of Me at Nepal Taken By Ahmad Shukri People travel for all kind of a reason, some do it because of their nature of work, they need to travel all over the world in order to fulfil their job specs. Some travel for leisure like a tourist. Some people like to visit modern country where there is modern buildings and great architecture. Some looking for more adventurous endeavour like trekking or climbing a mountain. First and foremost, I’m not really a travel photographer but I’m a photographer who like to travel. Travel photographers usually sell their travel pictures or they get…
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Travel Photography | Once Upon a Time at Eminönü | Istanbul Turkey
© 2012 Wazari Wazir | Once Upon a Time at Eminonu | Istanbul Eminönü is a former district of Istanbul in Turkey, now a neighbourhood of Fatih district. This is the heart of the walled city of Constantine, the focus of a history of incredible richness. Eminönü covers roughly the area on which the ancient Byzantium was built. The Galata Bridge crosses the Golden Horn into Eminönü and the mouth of the Bosphorus opens into the Marmara Sea. Up on the hill stands Topkapı Palace, the Blue Mosque (Sultanahmet Camii) and Hagia Sophia (Aya Sofya). Thus Eminönü is the main tourist destination in Istanbul. It was a part of the…
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Adventure is Out There | Explore, Dream, Discover | Nepal Himalaya
© 2012 Wazari Wazir | Langtang National Park | Nepal ”But Risks must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing. The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, is nothing. He may avoid suffering and sorrow, but he cannot learn, feel, change, grow or live. Chained by his servitude he is a slave who has forfeited all freedom. Only a person who risks is free. The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; and the realist adjusts the sails.” – William Arthur Ward – If someone ever ask me, why I did this, why I’m torturing myself trekking for a…
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Travel Photography | Once Upon a Time at Bamboo | Langtang Nepal
© 2012 Wazari Wazir | Simple Kitchen at Bamboo Hotel © 2012 Wazari Wazir | Our Five Star Hotel at Bamboo Just a quick post here, sharing what its look like at our five star hotel in Bamboo during our trekking in Langtang Valley. We stayed at basic room with no electricity, the light that you saw there inside the room comes from a small window overlooking a beautiful stream, late afternoon light, normally trekkers doesn’t stay here, they will go up straight to Lama Hotel, just one or two hours trekking from Bamboo, we stay here because it was getting dark and we don’t think we will make it…