RICE

(Vietnam)

The endless acres of rice-plantations in the rural villages of Vietnam!

BABY

(Vietnam)

A grandmother watches over the child while his parents work in the fields very early in the morning!

DRAGONFLY

(Vietnam)

I had a few hours to kill with no form of electricity or that sort of entertainment. What better to do but to track down some of the million dragonflies? :)

SLOW EVENINGS

(Italy)

A slowed down image of the cold somewhat empty streets of Italy, making it look much brighter than it really was!

HOLY LIGHT

(Italy)

Beams of sunlight perfectly falling upon the gold-plated cross.

VANDALIZED

(Italy)

Coming from the crowded, glossy and bright city of Hong Kong, these rough and dimly lit stations in Rome - complete with cold breeze, exposed pipes and grafitti - were quite a sight to me!

BENT

(Italy)

When a beautiful city slowly falls into sad decay from lack of maintanence and improper government spending.

LINED UP

(Italy)

The statues lining up seemed a lot prettier than the thousands of people lining up just off the frame of this photo to get into this place!

CAROUSEL

(Italy)

This plaza would've been slightly too dark if not for the magical glow from this carousel and the happy giggles of the kids on it.

VIEW

(Italy)

Just managed to catch this guy poking his head out of his third storey house for a smoke!

STEPS

(Italy)

I guess the wet cobblestone floor, the chilly air and the faint sound of the violin does make for a rather romantic date!

LONE SAIL

(Italy)

Off the coast of Cinque-Terre, the beautiful Italian countryside.

STACKS

(Italy)

Stacks of houses all built into an almost vertical cliff-side!

BLUE

(Italy)

I love the teal color of clear seas :) That's not something you get very much of in the big city!

WAVES

(Italy)

Capturing the waves coming in just as the sun began to set!

CONTRAST

(Italy)

The bottom half of the building was in the shadows whilst the top was bathed in healthy sunlight -- and the contrast was quite striking.

TEXTURE

(Italy)

Texturework from peeling paint!

VENICE

(Italy)

Quaint water-streets with cafes along the side....could only be Venice!

RED

(Italy)

Bright red buildings are rare elsewhere, but in Venice there's one every other block!

TOYS

(Italy)

The view from one of the towers really does make Italy seem like a giant toy-set!

JUMP ROPE

(Italy)

Here, the children still play together in the many open plazas, instead of fighting over the iPhone with Angry Birds.

GOAL

(Italy)

This kid was playing goalee for a game of soccer in the plaza.

COOKIES

(Italy)

Sweet cookiedough and nuts. MmmmmmMmmm.

JAM

(Italy)

Jam-filled pastry!

UMBRELLAS

(Italy)

A curious alley with many hanging umbrellas. How odd - and yet so pretty!

ROOFTOP

(Italy)

The intricate rooftops of the many churches.

PAID FOR

(Italy)

I guess he really did pay a lot for that kiss -- taken outside a Gucci store.

FREE BIKES

(Italy)

In a push for environmentally friendly lifestyles, they offer you free bikes for 30 minutes!

OLD PUBLIC HOUSING

(Hong Kong)

Old public housing in the poorer districts of Hong Kong.

FISHERMAN

(Hong Kong)

Love the backlighting and the frozen drops of water!

PAVILLION

(Japan)

A lone rest-pavillion at the end of a now-frozen lake.

BUTTERFLY

(Korea)

Caught this guy having his lunch on the flowers!

SPIRAL

(Korea)

An interesting stairway with skylight made for a great pattern!