I LOVE NATURE, Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka

Colombo

Kandy

I jumped in the Indian Ocean. It was the first time that my feet had been immersed in that cold and big sea, I was so excited! 

People were very similar to Indians, calm and living quietly, with a very strong religious presence and friendly culture. 

Everything was colorful, from the tropical fruits to the awesome, relaxing and enchanting sunset, with the contrast from the white clouds in the blue sky during hot and sunny days.

I’ve been to the tea plantation, the Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic and the Elephant orphanage. Amazing people, an experience that left me a sign, a beautiful memory.

LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL! 

- Typical Houses in Sri Lanka 

- Sunset Sri Lanka 

- Sri Lanka... those beaches make me remember how sometimes I'm unconscious also in the same time I feel protected from someone/something... I need to be more careful.

- Indian Ocean, Sri Lanka 

- Magic Sunset on the rocks, Sri Lanka

- Elephant orphanage 

- Sri Lanka 

- GREEN, Peaceful natural and eternal, Sri Lanka  

- Tea plantation, that's My World 

- Me waiting for the boat for the trip, I was so Happy and excited :)

- Me and my lovely Mother Nature 

Paris!

France

Paris

Paris is one of the most romantic cities in the world.

I spent a week in the wonderful and sophisticated Paris. Walking through the Parisian streets was a wonderful sensation, everything was so peaceful, the walls of the buildings and structures were like paintings. My life felt like a movie; in a couple of days, I’d seen the most famous and beautiful places in the city of Paris.

- Notre Dame

- Montmartre 

- Paris

-Mouline Rouge

- Paris 

- Alley in Paris

- Tour Eiffel 

- Tour Eiffel

London

Regno Unito

Londra

Everyone said something good about this country, like how it’s one of the best in the world… In the beginning, I didn’t believe it. I didn’t want to go. Once I changed my mind, I prepared my luggage and I left my country. I wanted to stay no more than 2 months… I stayed there for 9!

What can I say?

The city of a thousand colors, this is the first nickname I gave to London. I thought I was back in China sometimes, or in New Delhi when I smelled Indian cuisine. I felt like I could be in Lebanon, with so many people walking by in the clothing I saw back in Beirut. People were as friendly as the unmistakably nice Turks, and Italians made me feel like I was in a street back home in Milan. Everywhere, I could feel the presence and influence of the Senegalese, the Argentines, the Peruvians and who knows? Probably loads more ethnies! 

It was nice to see all these people doing all different types of jobs, which is really different from my country; black Woman working as a taxi driver, people from the Sikh religion in a suit and tie, an Asian woman teaching in a school, kids with burkas, so many different kinds of couples… Color and style ran without any rules, everyone can express themselves! I felt something different, orginal but still together, something I’d I never felt before.

Every day was an adventure. When I went out of my house, I didn’t know what could happen during the day. The city of a thousand surprises, the city that has what yoy want when you want it; museums, parks and libraries…suitable for everyone.

The weather was the only thing I didn’t like, the sun is vital for me!

- Big Ben London 

- San Paul Church

- Vartry Road London 

- Camdem Town River 

- Night in London 

- London 

- Hasting South UK

- middle of the world Greenwich

. . .

Lebano

Beirut

This was the first country with a strong Muslim presence that I’d ever seen.

Everything grows fast and has an Occidental influence. I was only there for a short period. Sadly, what I found in a majority were men who didn’t respect women. The differences between Europe and this country are obvious.

I experienced a hearty cuisine and also witnessed a great faith in Christianity religion.

I keep a wonderful memory of the panoramas that I’ve seen there; snow-capped mountains and a blue sea, buildings still affected by the war that just ended. Lebanon had a strange atmosphere. Not freedom, unfortunately.

Khatem Al Anbiyaa Moschea a  Beirut

-Beirut 

- Jesus Christ, Beirut 

- Beirut 

- Beirut 

-yahoo in the withe snow

- Snow Beirut 

-Wonderful and Peaceful day, Beirut 

- A country with traces of war

- Fear in the streets

- Wonderful sunset, Beirut 

Turkey, smile, if I think about it

Turkey 

Istanbul

Ankara

These people, whom I was told later are known as the people of courtesy, definitely surprised me with their big smiles and mutual care. Turkey is an extremely hospitable country. And the food! So many different kinds, from cakes to bread,  everything so delicious. As I said, a very pleasant surprise.

Churches and Mosques were my destinations.

-Fishing in Bosforo river 

- Bosforo river 

-.. it was like a house of fairy tales 

-City Center Istanbul 

- Mosque Kocatepe, Ankara  

-Mosque Istanbul 

- art in the street of the markets Istanbul, Love it  

Plastic City

Cina

Shanghai

I have to say that the impression you get from a country is affected by your personal feeling in that period of your life.

- Wonderful parks in this noisy city ,  an oasis of pleasure and My Loved Nature

After India, I decided to go in China, Shanghai; the people, the lifestyle, the costumes, the high building, the smell and the atmosphere reminded me that I was far from my country.

-Sunset between walls 

- Shanghai Jade's Temple 

I still remember the empty eyes that I felt from them, I didn’t feel any passion.

Shanghai is the largest city by population of China and the largest city by population in the world. The city that never sleeps, so many people, always. Although even during the nighttime, I never felt frightened or insecure, it felt like a really safe city.

China is timeless, people are always running. This city is too busy for me!  

- miniature Shanghai, EXAGGERATED 

-The skyline of Pudong

Unfortunately, I didn’t see so many places there, I need to go back. I would like to see the real China, the China from the books with a big tradition, with the costumes and the unusual homes.

- Shanghai, part of old China 

- Painting on the wall 

This is another chapter that I need to catch again.