THE CHURCH AT NIGHT

FIGURES IN 

THE SPIRE 

NIGHTTIME LIGHTS 

ON THE 

JAKARTA CATHEDRAL 

JAVA, INDONESIA 

Some diagrammatic representations 

of the Jakarta Cathedral, here 

NAVIGATING THE STREETS OF INDONESIA II

NIGHT TRAFFIC 

ON THE CURVE 

CENTRAL JAKARTA 

JAVA, INDONESIA 

NIGHT AND THE COLORS OF THE RIVER

NIGHT LIGHTS 

AND NIGHT COLORS 

ON THE RIVER HAN 

CONRAD SEOUL HOTEL AND THE 

INTERNATIONAL FINANCE CENTER (IFC) 

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA 

HUACA PUCLLANA, LIMA, PERU, AT NIGHT

A PYRAMID IN THE CITY

HUACA PUCLLANA

AT NIGHT

Lima, Peru

Huaca Pucllana is "a pre-Colombian adobe-mud ceremonial centre that takes you by surprise," wrote Mark Rowe in The Independent, "both with its staggering visual presence -- painstakingly precise brickwork furnished into the shape of a mini city -- and its location. You practically bump into it after turning the corner of a middle-class street." The shock is even greater at night, especially if you are riding in a car in the big city and this pyramid flooded with lights suddenly materializes, more ethereal than real (above). Could it be some kind of theme park? you wonder in the dark.

No, it is for real, and dates back to about 500 AD. There are a number of on-line resources for exploring different aspects of Huaca Pucllana, also known as Huaca Juliana. A good overall introduction, including to the history of the different peoples who have settled in this area, is to be found here. More is added, including a striking aerial photograph giving some sense of the scale of this huaca, or sacred place, here. For a young man's blog with a series of photographs focusing on the archaeological site, see here. For an up-close-and-personal look at the vertical bricks making up the pyramid complex, and a reminder that "you can chat up archaeologists and visit a museum displaying objects found in the excavations" -- and oh, yes, there is a "well-regarded onsite restaurant" too -- see here.

There are three websites to recommend which feature photographs of the contents of a couple of tombs and the mummies within. The tomb dating around 850 AD is discussed and illustrated here and here. And finally, the most striking photograph (no, not mine, unfortunately) -- of the mummified head of a pre-Incan Wari woman -- whose face bristles with character (and two "big, bright blue orbs in her eye sockets") is here.

A BAD DAY AT DOMODEDOVO. A BIT OF AN ANTIDOTE.

THE DARK SIDE

OF FLYING

THE GOOD DARK SIDE OF FLYING

THE PLEASURES OF HUMAN LIGHTS

FROM THE AIR --

HERE, FLYING OUT OF SAN FRANCISCO

"NIGHTLIGHTS"

THE BAD DARK SIDE OF FLYING

TODAY

THE CARNAGE AT DOMODEDOVO --

DOMODEDOVO AIRPORT, MOSCOW

GHOSTS OF TELEPHONE BOOTHS PAST

GHOSTS

OF

TELEPHONE BOOTHS

PAST

GREATER BOSTON

"THE SEVENTIES"

first in a series

More Telephone Booth Ghosts here

"NIGHT LIGHTS"

NIGHTLIGHTS: A TOWER BLOCK IN BLACK AND WHITE

NIGHTLIGHTS 

ARCHSTONE NORTH POINT 

CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS 

JULY 2010 

NIGHTLIGHTS: THREE GEMS OF THE BOSTON FINANCIAL DISTRICT

NIGHTLIGHTS

THREE GEMS OF

THE BOSTON FINANCIAL DISTRICT

NIGHTLIGHTS: WEST END PLACE

WEST END PLACE

150 STANIFORD STREET

BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS

July 2010

Another Arch with an intriguing pair of bystanders here

More NIGHTLIGHTS here and here

AFTERMATH OF AN EXTRAVAGANZA

AFTERMATH OF

AN EXTRAVAGANZA

TRAFFIC CONTROL IN CAMBRIDGE,

MASSACHUSETTS, AFTER THE 2010

FOURTH OF JULY CELEBRATIONS IN BOSTON

A state trooper was struck by a car while "directing

traffic in Cambridge following the Fourth of July

concert and fireworks display on the Esplanade,"

according to the Boston GLOBE. The officer is

recovering; an arrest was made and a DUI charge laid.

It is said that a half-a-million people attended the

Independence Day celebrations. Massive waves

of them appeared to be exiting on foot across the

Charles River from Boston to Cambridge, quite

a number carrying lawn chairs; one on crutches.

On the way in, when there was perhaps less police

supervision and control, many of the pedestrians

appeared to assume that their numbers and

destination made them Kings of the Road, and under

no compulsion to obey traffic lights; some of them

took reckless chances.

A salute to the management of half-a-million

comers and goers, and best wishes to Captain

Frank Hughes for a speedy recovery.

NIGHTLIGHTS

PERU PROSPERS: (SOME OF) THE REST OF THE WORLD TAKES NOTICE

PERU PROSPERS

LIMA, PERU, AT NIGHT

The World Bank flags the growth in Latin America as a whole, and the New York Times, for one, takes note, and gives Peru a special notice. This April, the Times said, its GDP rose 9.3 percent year-on-year.

As always, it has to be seen, who in Peru and how much of Peru prospers.

PERU SCENES

NIGHTLIGHTS