https://bkpk.me Piggy-back ride with A&Z Sun, 26 Jun 2022 18:39:07 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 https://bkpk.me/traditional-modern-in-hong-kong/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=traditional-modern-in-hong-kong https://bkpk.me/traditional-modern-in-hong-kong/#comments Thu, 09 Oct 2014 17:45:22 +0000 Ashray http://bkpk.me/?p=13821
Hong Kong as an extremely interesting city. It has a very rich cultural history as it was first part of the Chinese empire, then the British, then the Japanese, then again the British, and finally somewhere in the middle (at the moment a special administrative region of China) which they ... more »]]> https://bkpk.me/traditional-modern-in-hong-kong/feed/ 4 https://bkpk.me/a-500-year-old-tree/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-500-year-old-tree https://bkpk.me/a-500-year-old-tree/#comments Sun, 09 Feb 2014 21:43:14 +0000 Ashray http://bkpk.me/?p=11503
One of the highlights of our drive down Highway 101 was a detour that we took through Redwood National Park in California. On our way down from Florence to Eureka, we ended up stopping many times to take pictures with these massive giants! The California redwoods are so old and ... more »]]> https://bkpk.me/a-500-year-old-tree/feed/ 3 https://bkpk.me/9-meters-tall-900-years-old/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=9-meters-tall-900-years-old https://bkpk.me/9-meters-tall-900-years-old/#comments Wed, 07 Nov 2012 08:17:40 +0000 Ashray http://bkpk.me/?p=5237
These giant cactii in the Uyuni salt plains grow at 1cm per year. This particular specimen is about 9m tall. That means it’s over 900 years old! It’s amazing that these plants can live for so long in such harsh conditions. High altitude, burning UV rays, low oxygen levels, extremely ... more »]]> https://bkpk.me/9-meters-tall-900-years-old/feed/ 2