A weekend in Madrid Part 1

Well ive just returned from a wonderfull weekend in Madrid :D. Drove up there for the weekend with my parents Friday morning, and i've just come back last night. Of course as any photographer would i took full advantage to spend a day shooting anything that moved...and things that didnt lol. Well ill be updating with another post further in the day, but for now you can check out the first batch of my madrid images here

Enjoy! :D

First Glance

First Glance
Originally uploaded by sbalani

Ahh Yes i've finally gotten around to uploading my Images of China. These unfortunately were all taken from my Sony Pocketcam. I was too scared that my SLR wouldnt come back accross the border. Well as you can see this was my first impression of China as i crossed in from Hong Kong. Certainly not what I was expecting thats for sure. Enjoy! you can view the rest of the images by clicking Here

Feria De Malaga

Its been a while since ive last done a post, something over two weeks i believe...well as usual time catches up to you and i now have a multitude of updates to do, one of which i will try and do everyday till its all uploaded. Today I am going to talk about the Feria De Malaga. Its an annual festival tradition which by my understanding began in 1491 to commenmorate the inclusion of the city under the Castille Crown. Also in 1887 the celebration of the 400th visit of the king to Malaga. Since there has continued to be a celebration in malaga every August, however today it is a representation of the city's personality. Bringing together every aspect of the spanish and andalucian lifestyle. During the day (no pictures unfortunately) People come together on the streets and dance, drink set up performances and of coruse vendors taking advantage and selling all sorts of souvenirs and trinkets. During the night the festivities move to the Feria grounds, where a carnaval has been set up. Here you can find plenty of rides to satisfy even the most daredevil Evel Knievel. Also in the feria there are what is called casetas hosted by the majority of the organizations in Malaga. Caseta's can be all sorts of things, from bars represented by different ethnic and traditional groups hosting performances, to campaigns set up by religious, political and studnet groups to further and express their causes. Finally there is the Area de la juventud, an area of Caseta's set aside for the youth, and set up by various clubs adn radio's to be makeshift clubs. And of course no feria would be complete withought alcohol :).

Thus enough talking and more viewing, below are some of the images i took during Feria