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Travel Photography | The Hitis of Patan | Stone Water Spout
© 2014 Wazari Wazir | Hitis of Patan | Stone Water Spout | Patan | Kathmandu | Nepal People wait in lines in the early afternoon are a daily ritual in the centre of the palace complex in Patan, Lalitpur. Water spouts are a natural alternative as water tankers find it difficult to navigate the narrow, crowded streets in Kathmandu’s historic district. If properly rehabilitated, the NGO Forum estimates water spouts could meet 10 per cent of the valley’s drinking water needs. Kathmandu valley depended on traditional water structures like stone spouts (hitis/dhunge dharas), ponds (pokhoris) and wells for their water supply until the middle of the nineteenth century when…
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MSMW Malaysia Social Media Week 2014 | Best Photography Blog
© 2014 Wazari Wazir | Group Photograph taken By My Wife During World Bloggers Social Media Awards 2014 at Kuala Lumpur © 2014 Wazari Wazir My Son HaiQal With The MSMW 2014 Trophy Frankly speaking I really don’t know how to write this post. To begin I got an email from the Social Media Week that my blog was nominated for Best Photography Blog, they didn’t tell me, who nominated it. Up Until now, I don’t know who nominated my blog, then the organiser Malaysia Social Media Chambers asked me to promote my blog and this event to get people voting for my blog. Actually I felt like a winner already even…
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Photography Tips | Using Camera Shutter Speed Creatively
© 2014 Wazari Wazir | A Buddhist Devotee Spins Prayer Wheel at Boudhanath Stupa | Kathmandu | 1/3 | f/10 | ISO 160 | 24 mm © 2014 Wazari Wazir | A Buddhist Devotee Spins Prayer Wheel at Boudhanath Stupa | Kathmandu | 1/30 | f/3.5 | ISO 320 | 24 mm “A Perfect Photo That is Empty of Any Feeling Will Never Equal a Blurred Photo Full of Emotion.” – Olivier Föllmi – Have you ever wondered why, even the most expensive camera or professional body camera have “Manual Control” or mode? Why they don’t have a simple Auto button, and let the camera do all the thinking, why…
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Travel | Go Confidently In The Direction Of Your Dreams
© 2014 Wazari Wazir | Mustard Field | Pokhara | Nepal “As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind. To make a deep physical path, we walk again and again. To make a deep mental path, we must think over and over the kind of thoughts we wish to dominate our lives.” – Henry David Thoreau – Tweet news and informationbusiness,health,entertainment,technology automotive,business,crime,health,life,politics,science,technology,travel
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Panduan Untuk Pelancong | Tips Memilih Beg Yang Sesuai
© 2012 Wazari Wazir | Backpackers at Pahar Ganj, Main Bazaar | New Delhi | India Mengapa “Pelancong”, mengapa tidak “Pengembara”? Antara perkara yang agak sukar bagi saya sebelum menulis blog ialah memilih tajuk yang sesuai dengan intipati artikel yang akan saya tulis. Saya memilih untuk menggunakan perkataan pelancong kerana tertarik dengan tulisan Agustinus Wibowo dalam bukunya berjajuk Titik Nol, sebenarnya kita semua adalah “pelancong”, mungkin ada yang akan mempertikaikan tentang ini tetapi baca dulu apa yang nak saya kongsikan. Memang ada benarnya apa yang Agustinus tu tulis, bagi saya dia menulis dengan nada bersahaja, mungkin sedikit sinis, sebabnya mudah, ke mana sahaja kita pergi terutamanya ke negara yang memerlukan…