Daily Photo – Suzhou Garden
No trip to China is complete without a trip to a Suzhou garden or two (or three, or four, or... you get where I'm going).
No trip to China is complete without a trip to a Suzhou garden or two (or three, or four, or... you get where I'm going).
Much like KL, parts of the old city were being torn down to be replaced though there was still plenty of character in the surviving streets as future postings will show. What stands out to me in this photo are the colors of the old buildings and the drab grey concrete of (most) of the new high-rises replacing them.
Order a print of this photo So yesterday's photo was looking at old Ghadames from the outside in. Apart from the shadow of the palm tree there's little to indicate…
The two bridges in this view span the river at Carter Road. The blue bridge is active and carries the road traffic. The rusting bridge in front of it carried one of the railway spurs that used to serve the industrial area known locally as The Flats.
This is a shot of the rear of the hotel. I like the strong lines in the architecture here. Since I like saturated colors, I've upped the saturation in this image. People familiar with the building will recognize the colors as being more muted in real life.