碉楼 Diaolou "The watchtower"

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December 3rd 2015

Published: April 25th 2017

For me these Diaolou or Watchtowers were a great discovery, to escape from the guangzhou hustle and bustle. The diaolou are fortified multi-storey towers, that were built by returning Chinese immigrants from North America and other parts of southeast Asia. The Diaolou were constructed at the beginning of the 20th century and there were more than 3,000 of these structures spread allover the place... Read Full Entry

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Marco

Travelphilosophy

I was born on September 12 1983 in an Italian town called Rimini, located in the Emilia-Romagna province along the northern east coast of the Adriatic sea. I lived there for a few years up to the age of 7 and I then moved with my family to my mother native town Brescia, where I grew up and spent my adolescence. This idea about travelling around the world came up in 2006, a bit for the curiosity to see places that I watched on TV, when I was a child, and also with the goal to change lifestyle, to face new challenges, meeting and communicate with people of different cultures and learning t... full info

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25th April 2017

RENanDREW
Ren & Andrew

Catching up...
Just catching up on your China blogs. It's lovely that you capture the quieter, calmer, and more traditional aspects of Chinese life...quite contrary to the popular view of what modern China is. I also like that your sepia and red toned photos match the tone of your blogs perfectly :)

26th April 2017

Travelphilosophy
Marco

Catching up
Hello, thanks for that, yes I love to see differences in my travels otherwise it would be very boring.I think it is hard to discover true China,nowadays but there is still something left if you dig a bit somewhere.I appreciate your comment RenAndrew..

27th April 2017

Dancing Dave
David Hooper

Diaolou
I believe you have captured it perfectly with your words Marcos, "When I see these old traditions, that are still kept in some parts of the world, I am always joyful to witness that certain traditions are not forgotten and there is still a bit of diversity in this more and more materialist and globalized world."

27th April 2017

Travelphilosophy
Marco

Diaolou
Hi Dave, I appreciate that you share my words! this makes me feel really happy. I tell you Dave that, next time I go back to Asia, I got inspired by a story written by a journalist called Viktor Zorza that, when he retired ,he went to live in a remote village in the Himalayas and he wrote an article for an UK newspaper telling every aspects of that village lifestyle to be known globally. I think this was a great idea and I would also like to lose myself somewhere in India where there are no signs of tourism and globalization and trying to write on my blog what I can see and understand about the life of those communities living in those hidden parts of the Himalayas and the world.. Thanks to appreciate my feelings Dave.

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