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The Wildest Russia – Altai

Kuba — Wed, 25 Mar 2020 16:56:39 +0000

Greenland Ice Trip

Kuba — Mon, 18 Apr 2016 10:02:00 +0000

March 2016, a bicycle journey through frozen Greenland

Colours & Shades of Cuba

Kuba — Thu, 18 Feb 2016 22:25:50 +0000

Two Faces of Iran

Kuba — Thu, 30 Jul 2015 11:43:54 +0000

The pictures were shot in 2012, in last year of president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad rule. The electoral victory of new Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in 2013 has improved Iran’s relations with other countries. I made 2-month travel across countries of Central Asia, Iran, and Kurdish territories of Turkey and Iraq. Among these countries Iran turned out to be most democratic state (comparable with Turkey). I had unique opportunity to explore different faces of the country, both ultra-Islamic and very liberal. The pictures from the demonstration in Isfahan are good example. I went there from my friend’s home, who was living ultra liberal lifestyle, even comparing to the West. They were really afraid I can get hurt during the rally. It turned out to be completely wrong. Whole impressive rally looked more like a picnic, with lots of attractions for kids (giant fire among them). All government workers, students, teachers, soldiers, etc. are supposed to be there and scream slogans like “death to Israel”. However, many of them were saying privately “I love America”.

All photographs were taken with Nikon D7000, using various lenses.

It was my third journey to this part of Asia, and third encounter with Persian nations (they live also in Tajikistan and Afghanistan). I learned Afghan variation of Farsi (Persian) language – Dari, what enabled me simple communication with locals. The language itself turned out to be pretty easy – it’s Indo-European, so it’s more similar to Western languages than e.g. Hungarian. Not only the speech, but also culture and attitude make Iranians very close to us. If we only reject stereotypes, religion and politics it turns out we’re basically the same. Only Persians smile a lot more often!

Zodobyć niezdobyte / Climbing the unclimbed

Kuba — Sun, 25 Jan 2015 13:32:35 +0000

Fotografie z próby zdobycia Labuche Kang III. O tej wyprawie możesz poczytać TU.

Women of Asia

Kuba — Tue, 07 Oct 2014 14:31:42 +0000

Kobiety Afganistanu, 2010

Bajkał / Baikal

Kuba — Mon, 07 Oct 2013 14:40:42 +0000

Bajkał, Lodowa wycieczka rowerowa 2013.

Cycling trip through frozen Baikal lake (deepes lake on Earth, 7th large) in Russian Syberia.

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Afghanistan

Kuba — Mon, 07 Oct 2013 14:39:37 +0000

Afganistan

Góry / Mountains

Kuba — Mon, 07 Oct 2013 14:36:09 +0000

Buzkashi

Kuba — Mon, 07 Oct 2013 14:33:50 +0000

Buzkashi (literally „goat dragging” in Persian) or kokpar is the Central Asian sport in which horse-mounted players attempt to drag a goat or calf carcass toward a goal. It is the national sport of Kyrgyzstan, where it is called „Kok Boru”. Traditionally, games could last for several days, but in its more regulated tournament version it has a limited match time.