City Life vs. Island Life – Streets
Walking up the street in the Gothic District of Barcelona can make you feel like a salmon swimming upstream.
One of two main roads that cuts across the island of Ko Lanta. There are plenty of cars and trucks on the island but the main modes of transport are motorbikes and motorbike taxis with sidecars.
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City Life vs. Island Life – Trees
The American Elm trees of Central Park in Manhattan provide the perfect canopy hiding giant buildings just a block away.
Trees grow straight out of the limestone cliffs of Ko Ha. Ko Ha is a group of five (ha means five in Thai) small islands off the west coast of Ko Lanta.
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City Life vs. Island Life – Boats
King Alfonso XII sits on his horse watching people row rented boats around the lake at Madrid’s Parque del Buen Retiro.
Two squid boats anchor off of Ko Lanta during the day. The fishermen sleep during the day and fish for squid at night using the lights to attract the squid. During the night from the beaches of Ko Lanta you can see the lights of the squid boats dotting the horizon.
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City Life vs. Island Life – Bird’s Eye View
The signature 38 story Torre Agbar building stands out on the Barcelona skyline as you look toward the Mediterranean Sea.
Aitutaki, also traditionally known as Araura in the Cook Islands is famous for its turquoise central lagoon, uninhabited islands and palm-fringed beaches
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City Life vs. Island Life – Birds
Wild peacocks run the grounds of Palacio Real de Madrid.
A cock sits under a basket at a cock fighting farm on Ko Lanta.
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City Life vs. Island Life – At Work
Clean up crews race around Barcelona at all hours of the night cleaning up after street parties in the Gothic District. Barcelona, Spain
Thailand is the world’s largest exporter of natural rubber, and in 2010 rubber surpassed rice as Thailand’s top agricultural export. A strip of bark is cut from the rubber trees and then the sap drips down into a cup. Every five days the rubber is collected from the cups and a new strip of bark is cut.
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City Life vs. Island Life – Commuting
In Shanghai China, commuting from the outer sprawling towns usually requires a local train, then a major inter-city train, then an internal subway, followed by a short walk.
Ben, a fisherman on Ko Lanta, walks out to a long tail boat for a night of fishing. Each day Ben waits on the beach for his two fellow fisherman to pick him up. They then head out to sea and fish until the next morning.
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City Life vs. Island Life – Construction
Scaffolding between the towers of La Segrada Familia. This cathedral designed by Antoni Gaudi has been under construction for over a hundred years! Barcelona, Spain.
A couple of construction workers work on wooden scaffolding as they work on expanding a recycling plant in the center of Ko Lanta.
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City Life vs. Island Life – Airports
Skylights throughout the length of the airport drown you with natural light. Madrid, Spain.
The airport on Aitutaki in the Cook Islands is a small one story building. The airport was originally built by the U.S. and New Zealand during World War II.
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City Life vs. Island Life – Buildings
Apartment living in Barcelona would make you very familiar with your neighbors.
This building stands alone in the middle of a field on the island of Ko Lanta in southern Thailand.
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Same Same but Different – Sale & Sail
Colorful odds and ends laid out for sale to attract passerbys into the Mercado de San Miguel. Madrid, Spain.
A sailboat tries to outrace a tropical storm off the coast of Ko Lanta in southern Thailand.
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Same Same but Different – Lines
Zip lines carry daring adventurers across Justin Herman Plaza in San Francisco.
A cow walks down the side of the highway in Surin, Thailand.
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Same Same but Different – Closed Up and Close Up
A closed up door hides one of San Francisco speakeasy underground taverns.
A close up of the curls on the top of a Buddha statue.
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Same Same but Different – Row
A row of Jamon Iberica hangs for the choosing at Mercat St. Josef La Boqueria in Barcelona.
At the end of the day men row back to their village across the river from Monywa, Burma.
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Same Same but Different – Rock
An American rock and roll cover band puts on a performance on the streets of Barcelona, Spain. These guys played to a packed street until 4 am.
Rocks are piled high into stacks on a tiny uninhabited island near Ko Lipe in the south of Thailand. Some say that superstitious Thais stack rocks in this manner because if the rock piles stay standing for a long time that translates to a long life. Others explain that the stacks are meant to ward off ghosts and evil spirits.
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