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Travel and Photography | Chora Church | Kariye Muzesi
© 2012 Wazari Wazir | Chora Church | Kariye Muzesi Istanbul has more than its fair share of Byzantine monuments, but few are as drop-dead gorgeous as the Chora Church. The fact that it’s hidden away in the little-visited Western Districts of the city means that many visitors overlook it. The church was originally known as the Church of the Holy Saviour Outside the Walls, but what you see today is not the first church-outside-the-walls on this site. This one was built in the late 11th century, and underwent repairs, restructuring and conversion to a mosque in the succeeding centuries. Virtually all of the interior decoration dates from 1312 and…
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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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Once Upon a Time In The Himalaya | Adventure is Out There
© 2012 Wazari Wazir | Trekkers and Porters at Langtang National Park | Nepal Himalaya “So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation because they are conditioned to a life of security, conformity, and conservatism, all of which may appear to give one peace of mind, but in reality nothing is more dangerous to the adventurous spirit within a man than a secure future. The very basic core of a man’s living spirit is his passion for adventure. The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an…
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