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/11442/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=11442 https://bkpk.me/11442/#comments Tue, 04 Feb 2014 17:45:19 +0000 Zara http://bkpk.me/?p=11442
Selling vegetables at the market in India seems to be a tough job. No wonder this fellow in today’s photo decided to take a nap while his colleague would do all the work at a subji stall in Sarojni Market, New Delhi. Markets in India tend to be as busy ... more »]]> https://bkpk.me/11442/feed/ 2 https://bkpk.me/china-haggling-tips-for-dummies/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=china-haggling-tips-for-dummies https://bkpk.me/china-haggling-tips-for-dummies/#comments Fri, 22 Nov 2013 05:17:28 +0000 Agness Walewinder http://bkpk.me/?p=10383
Whether you like it or not, haggling is a big part of daily life in China. Whether it’s for a cab fare, bus ticket, street food or even clothes in local stores, you just cannot get away without being able to haggle. The good news is that Chinese are not ... more »]]> https://bkpk.me/china-haggling-tips-for-dummies/feed/ 11 https://bkpk.me/the-pig-that-says-moo/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-pig-that-says-moo https://bkpk.me/the-pig-that-says-moo/#comments Thu, 21 Nov 2013 17:10:28 +0000 Zara http://bkpk.me/?p=10336
In Thailand, staple dishes in restaurant menus often offer the possibility of adding chicken, pork, beef or seafood – this tends to happen with foods like stir-fried noodles, for example. If you want to eat some of those preparations in street stalls and smaller businesses, chances are there are no ... more »]]> https://bkpk.me/the-pig-that-says-moo/feed/ 10 https://bkpk.me/smell-the-flowers/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=smell-the-flowers https://bkpk.me/smell-the-flowers/#comments Mon, 02 Sep 2013 14:03:23 +0000 Zara http://bkpk.me/?p=9422
One might think that cliches are a basic way of generalizing and even categorizing people. But if cliches exist, it must be for a reason. While traveling, we observe a lot of those cliches that happen to be true: Chinese people tend to travel in big groups and carry great ... more »]]> https://bkpk.me/smell-the-flowers/feed/ 0 https://bkpk.me/only-in-hong-kong/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=only-in-hong-kong https://bkpk.me/only-in-hong-kong/#comments Fri, 19 Jul 2013 20:41:43 +0000 Ashray http://bkpk.me/?p=8886
While in Hong Kong we took a walk through the night market at Temple Street. The open air flea market at Temple Street is quite interesting. First of all, it’s a night market which makes it quite unusual (aren’t flea markets early morning or afternoon affairs ?). Then, you walk ... more »]]> https://bkpk.me/only-in-hong-kong/feed/ 0 https://bkpk.me/cotton-candy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cotton-candy https://bkpk.me/cotton-candy/#comments Thu, 28 Mar 2013 17:23:37 +0000 Zara http://bkpk.me/?p=6458
There is something sad about the moment when this photo was taken. We were walking close to the sea in Puducherry and there was a public event taking place. Loud music was playing and people were generally having fun. We approached the crowd to see what was going on: there ... more »]]> https://bkpk.me/cotton-candy/feed/ 0 https://bkpk.me/singapore-is-b-a-n-a-n-a-s/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=singapore-is-b-a-n-a-n-a-s https://bkpk.me/singapore-is-b-a-n-a-n-a-s/#comments Tue, 12 Jun 2012 04:17:32 +0000 Zara http://bkpk.me/?p=2826
Singapore is a feast for the senses! This is the kind of city where you don’t need to have a specific plan to keep you entertained. Just walk around soaking up the contrasts between traditional and modern, and that will induce some thinking about where things come from and where ... more »]]> https://bkpk.me/singapore-is-b-a-n-a-n-a-s/feed/ 0