During the last week I’ve progressively updated AlphaHutte’s look & feel. I’ve tried to make it as clean and minimal as possible: few captions, no graphics, extremely simple typography, black and white. The idea is to bring the focus on the actual content and above all emphasize photos (now the only colored content of the site). For that matter, the new layout accommodates both text and photo posts: something of an hybrid between a traditional blog and a photoblog. More »

Finally, after a long delay (sorry for that!), here is the third and last part of the story about my trip along the Chinese Silk Road. If you missed the previous two parts you can read them here and here. Like for the other parts, be sure to have a look at the small gallery at the end of the post.

After Lanzhou and a glimpse of Tibet in Xiahe, the trip continued through the Hexi Corridor: historically, the strategic passage to get into China from central Asia. More »