Immortal Master Kong
A Photo Essay on Confucius’ tomb. The 2500-year-old burial grounds have been in service since 479 BCE for his descendants. It’s the oldest a
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James Tam 谭炳昌
- Apr 5, 2018
- 3 min
Blue Moon Nirvana 藍月涅槃
A few days ago, on my way to evening meditation at Dong Shan ( link to Shadows of Cave Mountain), I was captivated by the moon. It was a...
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James Tam
- Nov 4, 2017
- 5 min
Shadows of Cave Mountain
D o n g ~ ~ ~ The temple bell strikes at four-thirty as usual. Deep resonance impregnates predawn quietness, giving it life rather than...
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James Tam
- Mar 22, 2017
- 5 min
The New Face of Old Guangzhou 廣州的舊城新貌
Like most tourists, I prefer historical sites or “exotic” destinations when travelling, wishing to see something “different”. Since I...
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James Tam 谭炳昌
- Dec 16, 2016
- 4 min
Faces of Iceland 冰岛面貌
Photogenic Iceland has been exhaustedly covered. Every visitor to Iceland has taken a picture similar to this. Perhaps I'll focus more on...
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James Tam 谭炳昌
- Jul 29, 2016
- 3 min
Laos (4) - Abstract Vientiane 老撾（4）－ 包羅萬象
Vientiane has become a familiar name in the past few days because of the 49th ASEAN foreign ministers meeting. Lao’s capital Vientiane,...
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James Tam 谭炳昌
- Jul 17, 2016
- 2 min
Laos (3) - Beautiful Laos 老撾（3）－ 美麗的老撾
I'm still wondering if the two figures I saw at the magnificent Phapeng Falls are real or not 我到今天還懷疑 Phapeng 瀑布石頭上的人，是真是假 We entered...
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James Tam 谭炳昌
- Jul 7, 2016
- 4 min
Laos (2) - The Bombed People 老挝（2）－ 被疯狂轰炸的人民
Digging for the truth 發掘真相 Nothing much happened in the ensuing centuries; just the usual merging and splitting, rebellions and...
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James Tam 谭炳昌
- Jul 5, 2016
- 2 min
Laos (1) 老撾 （1）
Link to previous post: Xishuangbanna 链接到上一篇：西雙版納 I know it’s downright silly to attempt summarising a country’s history in a hundred...
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James Tam 谭炳昌
- Jun 7, 2016
- 7 min
Xishuangbanna (3) — Yourantai, a Swiss chalet in Jing Hong 悠然台 － 景洪的瑞士绿洲
Whoever has heard of a border city in Xishuangbanna called Jing Hong? Just short of half a million inhabitants, it’s neither here nor...
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James Tam 谭炳昌
- May 29, 2016
- 5 min
Xishuangbanna 西双版纳 (2) — Ancient Tea Mountains 古茶園
Dusk at Jing Mai Shan 景邁山暮色 Inside Jing-Mai Shan (Shan means Mountain) is one of the oldest natural tea plantations in Yunan Province...
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James Tam 谭炳昌
- May 23, 2016
- 4 min
Xishuangbanna and Laos (1) - Meng Zhe Market 西双版纳与老挝（1）－ 勐遮市场
These days, when travelling, I often feel a precocious sense of nostalgia. The photos that I take could become mini time-capsules much...
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James Tam 谭炳昌
- Mar 15, 2016
- 4 min
A Little Soho Story 蘇豪區的小故事
Ah! Soho! Sounds so Chinese. But the name originated in London, probably as hunting grounds for Henry Number Eight and friends. Nobody’s...
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James Tam 谭炳昌
- Aug 3, 2015
- 2 min
The Caucasus (4) －Faces of Georgia 高加索掠影-格魯吉亞的面目
要瞭解格魯吉亞的處境，失業率是個好參數。蘇聯瓦解後，格魯吉亞獨立，失業率狂飆至85%，社會動蕩了二十多年。現在比較安定，失業率降了下來，仍然停留在65%的懸崖邊上。導遊指出，格魯吉亞人的傳統本領是務農和打仗。現在人口只有三百多萬，要把本事擴大，經濟多元化，談何容易？美國，北...
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James Tam 谭炳昌
- Aug 3, 2015
- 4 min
The Caucasus (3) Faces of Armenia & Azerbaijan 高加索掠影（3）阿塞拜疆與亞美尼亞的面
A capella singer in a stone chamber at Garni, Armenia 在亚美尼亚古迹 Garni 石室清唱圣诗的歌手 我將阿塞拜疆與亞美尼亞兩個世仇放在一起，是對他們的一種友好祝願。早在一戰前，這兩族人一有機會便你插我眼珠，我咬你耳朵...
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James Tam 谭炳昌
- Jul 26, 2015
- 4 min
The Caucasus (2) — Religion 高加索掠影（2）－宗教
We are supposed to be tolerant of religion no matter how absurd it is; but religions have not been very tolerant of others. Throughout...
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James Tam 谭炳昌
- Jul 25, 2015
- 4 min
The Caucasus (1) — A Brief Intro 高加索掠影（1）－文明摇篮的面貌
A few months ago, I was still misspelling Caucasus as “Caucuses”. Now that I’ve visited Azerbaijan, Armenia, and Georgia for 18 days,...
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James Tam
- Jan 8, 2015
- 4 min
Beautiful North (4) Santa and Locusts Part (2) - Locusts
While I was in Levi, a South China Morning Post article reported that Chinese tourists in Lapland have increased dramatically in the past...
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James Tam
- Jan 7, 2015
- 2 min
Beautiful North (4) Santa and Locusts Part (1) - Lapland
This X’mas, we were part of a locust cloud in Santa’s homeland, warmly welcomed by the cool Finns. Before getting into all that, first a...
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James Tam 谭炳昌
- Aug 21, 2014
- 1 min
Beautiful North (3) - Finland Special Lights 美丽北国（3）－芬兰之光
Long time no see Finland. I saw light everywhere, gleaming, glinting, blazing, more dramatic than before, enchanting as usual. And thank...
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