Month: June 2012
Floating markets are quite common in SE Asia. The women often load up their boats with fruits and vegetables that they’ve grown, and head out onto the river…
It was a blazing hot day and we were sitting at a little restaurant when this ox came running out of the field and plunged into this cool…
This perfect white sand beach was over two kilometres long. It’s a little walk from the main tourist beach, so much less frequented. On the day Manja and…
In hindsight it’s difficult to remember which temples these photos come from. This is from one of the many amazing complexes around Angkor Wat.
Trees overgrow these spectacular rock carvings on an ancient temple. Location: Ta Prohm, Siem Reap, Cambodia
The stone carvings at Angkor Wat are simply incredible and took many years of skilled carvers to complete. This carving has been touched by millions of hands because…
Vishnu, the popular Hindu deity, usually has four arms, but here in a small room to the right of the main entrance of Angkor Wat, this eight armed…
Our day began with an early morning bike ride out to the Bagan Archaeological Area was with the intent of finding a remote pagoda to climb to the…
This Burmese farmer was ploughing his fields in the blazing heat of the day. He stopped to take a break while we were there taking photos, and he…
The Bagan Archaeological Zone, in the Mandalay region of Burma, is home to thousands of these ancient buddhist temples and pagodas. Many of them were constructed between the…
This is a complex of carved caves that hold thousands of Buddha statues. The Buddhas are all carved in one piece and were carved simultaneously while the caves…
Visitors who make the climb up this viewing tower are rewarded with a birds eye view of pristine lakes and immaculately manicured Kandawgyi Botanical Gardens. Word has it…