New shoes

I had been walking for hours and miles in the streets of Gdansk.. my legs were tired and my feet were numb, when i found that bench and decided to take a break...

She came out of nowhere.
She had just bought a new pair of shoes and she just had to try them on.
She sat right next to me without even noticing i was there.

And a minute later she was gone.

Sunrise

It's hard to review all this on my own and resist the temptation to share some of it with you!

Amongst the images I have kept in my mind during the whole trip, there was this spectacular sunrise on the Baikal lake... we had been up all night, starting with a bonfire and a bit of vodka to keep us warm, then later chatting by the stove..
when we began to see the sky turn to a lighter shade of blue, we went out for a walk by the lake.. it was freezing cold and it was hard just to keep my hands on my camera... but what a sight!

poor little Tatiana was walking around in her slippers, wrapped up in her bright orange hood and a blanket to keep from freezing.. i thought of using my fisheye lens and a bit of fill-in flash to add to the surreal atmosphere!

Travelling with a guitar..

To all those who've kept asking me if it wasn't too cumbersome to travel with a guitar, my response fits in the image below... there's nothing like a guitar to break communication barriers when language is not an option!

inside a "ger", in Mongolia