Colorful rectangular pieces of cloth, often found strung along mountain ridges and peaks, top of temples, monasteries or stupas; high in the Himalayas, bless the surrounding countryside.

Traditionally, they come in sets of five colors, representing the five elements or the five pure lights: blue symbolizes the sky and space, white the air and wind, red the fire, green the water, and yellow the earth.

According to traditional Tibetan medicine, health and harmony are achieved through the balance of the five elements.

Around Manang, Annapurna Circuit (4000 mts), Nepal.

Symbolizing the transition from the profane to the sacred, these Japanese traditional gates are commonly found at the entrance of a Shinto shrine - worship places  - 

Torii were traditionally made from wood or stone, usually either unpainted or vermilion color with a black upper lintel; and categorized into a few major groups. The Hachiman torii (shown in the picture) are dedicated to Hachiman, the Kami of war.

Shinto - indigenous faith and Japan's major religion alongside Buddhism - gods are called Kami, being sacred spirits which take the form of nature things, such as wind, rain, mountains, trees and fertility. Humans may become Kami after they die and are revered by their families as ancestral Kami.

Tokyo, Japan.

At 5.000 meters over the sea level, there are no sounds, but the wind. The sky is pure, and it's deep blue color contrasts with the smooth texture of the pale snow that crown some of the tallest peaks on earth.

Due to the first sun rays, air becomes warmer and rises, just before cooling down at high altitude and pressure; leading to this cloud's mattress to be born.

When you wake up early in the morning, you may feel flabbergasted by this stunning scenery, that only nature can reward you with.

Thorung La Pass, Annapurna Circuit (5000 mts), Nepal.

Almost five different tones of vivid green rice plants dye the hill's slopes, terraces shape, of outer Ubud .

During Monsoon rainfall, terraces prevent the nutrients from being washed away; while water floods each level, for rice to grow.

Ubud, Bali, Indonesia.

It's still early. Trees stand still and a mirror-like pond evidences that not even the wind woken up yet. The punctual morning sun rises the mist that roam the trail; minutes before the first kids, riding borrowed old rusty bicycles, head to school.

Hidden in the inner Cambodia, this village still rests, just waiting for the start of a new day.

Bakkot Village, Cambodia.