Petra Acrobat

this guy was totally nuts but it was an amazing show !!! :D
Petra, Jordan, Monastery Temple

Petra

Petra
Originally uploaded by The Albanian.

Blue Moon ...

Blue Moon ...
Originally uploaded by The Albanian.

Blue moon
You saw me standing alone
Without a dream in my heart
Without a love of my own
Blue moon
You know just what I was there for
You heard me saying a prayer for
Someone I really could care for

And then there suddenly appeared before me
The only one my arms will hold
I heard somebody whisper please adore me
And when I looked to the moon it turned to gold

Blue moon
Now Im no longer alone
Without a dream in my heart
Without a love of my own

And then there suddenly appeared before me
The only one my arms will ever hold
I heard somebody whisper please adore me
And when I looked the moon had turned to gold

Blue moon
Now Im no longer alone
Without a dream in my heart
Without a love of my own

Blue moon
Now Im no longer alone
Without a dream in my heart
Without a love of my own

By Ella Fitzgerald

never without a mate

never without a mate
Originally uploaded by eyespycottcase.

Mr Walker, again ...

Mr Walker, again ...
Originally uploaded by The Albanian.

wadi rum 05

wadi rum 05
Originally uploaded by The Albanian.

Jordan, April 2007

wadi rum 04 bw

wadi rum 04 bw
Originally uploaded by The Albanian.

The color version is here
http://filani.blogspot.com/2007/05/wadi-rum-04.html

A weekend trip I did on 04 to 05 May in Wadi Rum, together with Marco Rogia, his son and two of his friends.

The big eye is on the rocks

The big eye is on the rocks
Originally uploaded by The Albanian.

Wadi Rum desert, Jordan

Wadi Rum 2007

Wadi Rum 2007
Originally uploaded by The Albanian.

Buna

Buna
Originally uploaded by The Albanian.

Buna

A fisherman on a boat, Buna (also Bojana) river, near the delta to the Adriatic Sea. Ulqin (Ulcinj) Monte Negro

Another kind of paradise

Another kind of paradise
Originally uploaded by The Albanian.

Oh, you gotta see the
'Another kind of paradise' On Black

Erawan Waterfall is the largest and most beautiful waterfall in the western region of Thailand, located on the bank of Kwai Yai River in Khao Salop (Erawan) National Park.


Si-iigh, I just wanted to stay there for the rest of my days, , :),:(
This is where it is BTW
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanchanaburi_Province

Laamu, Gaadhoo - Maldives

Laamu, Gaadhoo - Maldives
Originally uploaded by The Albanian.

June 2006,
the reality was much more wonderful

Bentota beach

Bentota beach
Originally uploaded by The Albanian.

Frederico Garcia Lorca
THE UNFAITHFUL WIFE
(river replaced with beach)


I took her to the beach
Believing she was a virgin
But she had a husband.

It was the night of Saint James and almost as promised
The street lamps extinguished as the crickets lit up
In the far corners I touched her sleeping nipples,
And suddenly they opened to me
Like a hyacinth branch.

The starch of her taffeta
Sounded in my ear like silk scratched by ten knives.
Without silver light on their crowns the trees had grown,
And an horizon of dogs barked very far from the river.

Beyond raspberry bushes, rushes and thorn shrubs,
Under her matted hair I hollowed out the mud.
I took off my tie.
She dropped her dress.
I unbuckled my gunbelt
She let fall her four laces.
Neither white petals nor snails have skin so fine
Nor moonlit crystals shine with her brilliance.

Her thighs escaped me like surprised fish,
Half filled with embers, half filled with ice.
That night I ran—best runner of all the roads,
Mounted on a pearly steed, neither saddle nor bridle.

As a man I can not tell the things she told me
Light of understanding makes me prudent.
Dirty with sand and with kisses
I took her away from the beach
The swords of the lilies flailed in the breezes.

I behaved as befit me, a genuine gypsy
I gave her a sewing basket of straw-colored silk
I refused to fall in love with her because she has a husband.
She said she was virgin when I took her to the beach.

Tiger temple

Tiger temple 2
Originally uploaded by The Albanian.

Thirsty squirrel

Thirsty squirrel
Originally uploaded by The Albanian.

This was taken in Sri Lanka and the striped squirrels are a common sight here around. This one turned to be very human-friendly and didn't mind to join us in our picnic. He jumped on the glass after he tried this:



and this:


:)

Landscapes

Sunset
Blue Waters hotel in Waduwa, near Colombo Sri Lanka.

I am not a sunset freak but sunsets in Sri Lanka are so surreal and adorable"


Kandy, Sri Lanka. As seen from the Amaya Hills Hotel


Another kind of paradise

Oh, you gotta see the
'Another kind of paradise' On Black

Erawan Waterfall is the largest and most beautiful waterfall in the western region of Thailand, located on the bank of Kwai Yai River in Khao Salop (Erawan) National Park.
Si-iigh, I just wanted to stay there for the rest of my days, , :),:(
This is where it is BTW
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanchanaburi_Province


The Alchemist
Wadi Rum, Jordan. Just the way I saw it. March 2004.

Women

I like the way you walk
Fashion show in Colombo, Sri Lanka



Sounds of Silence
Kanchanaburi waterfalls Thailand

Portraits ...

Liquid portrait



My Da Vinci code

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My popular photographs

Below is a selection of the more popular ones or my own preference.


London, August 2004


Male, Maldives


The boy, the snake and the monkey


Baby hedgehog


Tiger temple


The old man and the ...


Sri Lanka - Behind the wave of violence is peace..."

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