During the winter 2013, my good friend and teacher in the business of Photography, Michael Chia, takes me on one of his journey around Asia. In a month, we cross the country from East to West. Landing in Shangai for a few days to travel with super modern trains to lousy buses, scooters, carts to reach up to Lijiang at the feet of the Himalaya...

 

Gobsmacked by the beauty of the country, the kindness of the peolple, this other world we speak so much about but ignore much about... The Empire in the Middle, where the sun rises...