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Travel Photography | Nepal | Can I Take Your Photograph, Please?
© 2014 Wazari Wazir | Once Upon a Time in Nepal I simply could not resist photographing them, the light was so wonderful. I’m sure, I will be haunted by this moment if I didn’t get the shot, well, at least I should try to ask them. Photographing strangers, isn’t easy, nobody ever said it was. Actually I just about to leave this place, heading back to our van for the next destination when I struck at this place. Actually at first I was drawn by the lighting, then I saw a great moment. I brace myself asking them, whether I can take their photograph, not a single words uttered by…
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Travel Photography Tips | Don’t Forget To Try Slow Shutter Speed
© 2014 Wazari Wazir | A Buddhist Devotee Spins Prayer Wheel at Boudhanath Stupa | Kathmandu | Nepal In photography sometimes we need to use fast shutter speed to freeze motion or actions, but sometimes, depending on certain situation to give our photograph to have a sense of speed we need to use a slow shutter speed, so that those who will see the photograph, knows that there is movement taking place. The photograph above were taken at Boudhanath Stupa in Kathmandu, there is a large prayer wheel where Buddhist devotee spins the wheel as they walk around it. I spent more than half an hour here, experimenting with various…
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Travel Bookstore in Thamel Kathmandu | Nepal Book Depot
© 2014 Wazari Wazir | Nepal Book Depot | Thamel Kathmandu If you were looking for great travel book, especially about The Himalaya, Tibet, India and Nepal, then this Nepal Book Depot is one of the best place to visit. You can haggle a bit about the price here and what surprise me more is that, some of the books here are very hard to find even on Amazon website, quite rare and the price area reasonably cheap, especially if I compared it to my home country in Kuala Lumpur or even on Amazon. © 2014 Wazari Wazir | Nepal Book Depot | Thamel Kathmandu I just bought three books…
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Al-Madina Halal Foods | Thamel | Kathmandu Nepal
© 2014 Wazari Wazir | A Group Photograph In Front of New Building of Al-Madina Halal Foods Restaurant © 2014 Wazari Wazir | Al-Madina Halal Foods Restaurant | Thamel | Kathmandu Sometimes Muslim travellers find it difficult to find a Halal Foods in Kathmandu but no worry, there is quite a few good Muslim or Halal Restaurant here around Thamel Kathmandu. Among others is Anatolia Restaurant which serves Nepali, Indian, Turkish & Chinese cuisines that can be found in Thamel Chowk area, and my favourite is Al-Madina Halal Foods, which is also located somewhere around Thamel Chowk, in the same row as Annapurna Guest House . So if you have trouble looking for…
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Travel and Photography | Postcard From Kathmandu | Boudhanath Stupa
© 2013 Wazari Wazir | Boudhanath Stupa | Kathmandu | Nepal Boudhanath (Devnagari: बौद्धनाथ) (also called Boudha, Bouddhanath or Baudhanath or the Khāsa Caitya) is one of the holiest Buddhist sites in Kathmandu (Yambu), Nepal. It is known as Khāsti in Nepal Bhasa Jyarung Khasyor in Tamang language or as Bauddha by modern speakers of Nepali. Located about 11 km (6.8 mi) from the centre and northeastern outskirts of Kathmandu, the stupa’s massive mandala makes it one of the largest spherical stupas in Nepal. The Buddhist stupa of Boudhanath dominates the skyline. The ancient Stupa is one of the largest in the world. The influx of large populations of refugees…