All Posts Tagged Tag: ‘houses’
Kang village – Iran
The old stepped village of Kang is about 30 km from Mashhad, within and climbing above a scenic river valley.
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Lijiashan village – cave houses of China
Amid the western mountains of Shanxi province in China is the remote and ancient cave-house village of Lijiashan, perched high above the Yellow River.
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Hakka villages of Yongding – China
Deep within Fujian Province are the stunning traditional villages of the Hakka people, famed for constructing these huge, walled villages known as Tulou.
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Tengzueg Shrine, Tongo Hills – Ghana
Tengzueg Shrine @ Tongo Hills, Ghana: I visited this area over two days with my local guide Rashid, meeting the King and his son, and later drinking beer and smoking joints in this surreal landscape … where the local people believe in the spirit world and offer chicken sacrifices in a sacred cave in the rocks above the village …
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Photos – Togo: With walls built of wet clay and straw – that sets hard as concrete – these 17th century fortified houses in the Tamberma Valley were built to defend against slave-hunting raiders …
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Sanaa – Yemen
In the truest of all Arabian Nights visions is the beautiful, historical, magical city of old Sanaá …
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Shibam – Yemen
Shibam, Yemen: the ancient, towering mud houses known as the “Manhattan of the Desert” …
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