Bali Hai

The cotton wool clouds, the fine grains of black volcanic sands, the clean sea waters - one can just lie on the beach and while the time away with a tan beneath the balmy tropical sun...

Osaka - At First Light

Osaka, Honshu, Japan Winter, December 2013 It was sunrise. From the plane, you watch as a sliver of light blue creeps up over the horizon. The pale blue slowly lightens to a pale orange, before gradually darkening to a deeper rich peach hue. On the ground below, a lighted metropolis slowly awakes. Buiilding lights flicker on as street lights dim... Osaka (大阪 Ōsaka) is a city in the Kansai region of Japan's main island of Honshu, the...