• Adventure,  Travel

    Nepal | Langtang | Road Less Traveled | The Road Not Taken

    © 2012 Wazari Wazir | Langtang National Park | Nepal The Road Not Taken Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, as just as fair, And having perhaps the better claim Because it was grassy and wanted wear, Though as for that the passing there Had worn them really about the same, And both that morning equally lay In leaves no step had trodden black. Oh, I marked the first for another day! Yet knowing how…

  • Adventure,  Art,  Travel

    Travel and Photography | Istanbul | Yeni Camii | The New Mosque

    © 2012 Wazari Wazir | Yeni Camii | The New Mosque | Istanbul The Yeni Camii, The New Mosque or Mosque of the Valide Sultan (Turkish: ‘Yeni Cami, Yeni Valide Camii’) is an Ottoman imperial mosque located in the Eminönü district of Istanbul, Turkey. It is situated on the Golden Horn at the southern end of the Galata Bridge. It is one of the best-known sights of Istanbul. The construction of the mosque first began in 1597. It was ordered by Safiye Sultan, who was the wife of Sultan Murad III. The original architect was Davut Ağa, an apprentice to the great Mimar Sinan. However, Davut Aga died in 1599…

  • Adventure,  Art,  Travel

    Into The Wild | Langtang National Park | Nepal Himalaya

    © 2012 Wazari Wazir | Langtang Valley | Langtang National Park | Nepal “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 endlessly changing…

  • Art,  Travel

    Travel and Photography | Istanbul | Grand Bazaar On Instagram

    © 2012 Wazari Wazir | Grand Bazaar Istanbul | Photograph Taken With iPhone | Edited With Instagram The Grand Bazaar is located inside the walled city of Istanbul, in the district of Fatih and in the neighborhood (Turkish: Mahalle) bearing the same name (“Kapalıçarşı”). It stretches roughly from west to east between the mosques of Beyazit and of Nuruosmaniye. The Bazaar can easily be reached from Sultanahmet and Sirkeci by tram ( Line “T1”, tram stop “Beyazıt-Kapalıçarşı”). The construction of the future Grand Bazaar’s core started during the winter of 1455/56, shortly after the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople. Sultan Mehmet II had an edifice erected devoted to the trading of…

  • Adventure,  Travel

    Fotografi Kembara | Istanbul Aku Datang | Spice Bazaar | Istanbul Turkey

    © 2012 Wazari Wazir | Spice Bazaar | Istanbul | Turkey Antara tarikan utama di Istanbul Selain daripada Masjid Biru dan Muzium Aya Sofya ialah Grand Bazaar dan Spice Bazaar ataupun Pasar Rempah yang terletak di Eminönü, Spice Bazaar ini terletak tidak jauh dari Yeni Camii ataupun lebih dikenali dengan The New Mosque, jangan pula kita keliru dengan nama “New Mosque” ini, walaupun namanya ialah “Masjid Baru, namun usia masjid ini melebihi empat ratus tahun. Spice Bazaar ialah bazaar kedua terbesar selepas Grand Bazaar, ianya dibina sekitar tahun 1660. Terletak di Eminönü, sekiranya anda menginap di hotel sekitar Sultanahmet, maka untuk ke Eminönü anda boleh memilih untuk berjalan kaki (lebih kurang 30 minit dari…