Category Archives: Photowalk

Photowalk: Cebu City Carbon Market 1

The Carbon Market is the oldest and biggest farmer’s market in Cebu City, located in the central Visayas region of the Philippines. Now over a hundred years old, the market was used to be the old Cebu Railway’s depot of coal. That is how the market got its name. The Carbon Market, known to be [...]

Photowalk: Ginza, Shinbashi, and Akihabara 102

I met up with my friend Esa (aka @esa_raditya) last Sunday for a short photo walk. We walked from Ginza then down to Shinbashi, and hopped onto the Yamanote Line to Akihabara, where I also met Fernando (aka @HelloNavi) for the first time.
Also on that day, I met my photo and geek friends Jose (aka [...]

Korea — Day 3 Part 1: Deoksugung Palace & Namsangol Hanok Village 19

Day 3.
Deoksugung, also known as Gyeongun-gung, Deoksugung Palace, or Deoksu Palace, is a walled compound of palaces that was inhabited by various Korean royalties until the Japanese occupation of Korea around the turn of the 20th century. — Wikipedia

Korea — Day 2 Part 3: Chungmuro Subway Station 4

This is the coolest station I’ve seen in Seoul Metro. It feels like you’re in a cave.
Chungmuro Station is a station on the Seoul Subway Line 3 and Line 4. Both the Line 3 and 4 platforms are located in Chungmuro-4-ga, Jung-gu, Seoul. This station is named after the road under which it passes, in [...]

Korea — Day 2 Part 1: Seongnam Moran Market 47

2010 April 29th.
I was planning to go to Gwangjang Market just in downtown Seoul, but I got a tip from someone working in the guest house (where I am staying), that the biggest market in Korea is taking place on this day. The market, which has over 1200 merchants coming from all over Korea, [...]