Photographs from Around the World
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Laos - Gibbon Experience
I met up with Ofir and Robin on the boat to Luang Prabang and when we stopped in Pak Beng for the night the three of us went to dinner …
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Laos - Luang Prabang and around
I was planning to go into Laos make a quick trip to Luang Prabang and come back with a renewed Thai visa. As it turned out I spent two months …
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Thailand - Doi Inthanon National Park
Doi Inthanon is the highest point and Thailand. It’s about a two hour motorbike ride from Chang Mai, but well worth the effort. From the base at 800m to the …
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Thailand Mae Sa Botantical Gardens
The Mae Sa Valley is about half an hour by motorbike from Chang Mai and about halfway up the valley is a massive botanical garden curated by the Queen of …
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Thailand Chang Mai
Chang Mai is in northern Thailand somewhat near the Burmese border. It has something like 300 wats, but Wat Umong is by far the best. Umong is set back in …
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Bangkok Misc
The Baiyoke Sky Hotel, is, as it proudly proclaims to anyone who will listen, the tallest hotel in the world—not building mind you, I believe that honor goes to the …
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Thailand Bangkok Wat Pho
Wat Pho is home of the reclining Buddha. Its also the largest and oldest wat in Bangkok. The Reclining Buddha is forty-six metres long and fifteen metres high — huge …
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Thailand- Bangkok, Wat Phra Kaew
Wat Phra Kaew, better known as the temple of the emerald Buddha and a part of the larger Grand Palace, is generally considered the most important temple in Thailand.
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Nepal - Sarangkot
Sarangkot is one of the foothills above Pokhara from which there are fantastic views of the Annapurna range of the Himalayas. It was too late in the season to actually …
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Pokhara, Nepal
From Kathmandu I took a four hour bus ride up to Pokhara a small lake town at the base of the Annapurna Range. Pokhara was one of the most beautiful …
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Swayambhunath / Pashupatinath, Kathmandu, Nepal
Swayambhunath — I have no idea how you pronounce that, which is why everyone refers to it as the monkey temple since a fairly large group of monkeys has been …
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Durbar Square, Kathmandu, Nepal
Durbar Square (durbar means palace) is a collection of various pagodas, temples and the old palace of the King of Nepal. The palace itself no longer houses the King, but …
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Agra Fort / Taj Mahal
When I first planned my travel route through India I was woefully ignorant. I tried to see too much too fast. I don’t regret anything and I loved India, but …
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Jaisalmer, India
Jaisalmer is in the middle of the Great Thar Desert, which stretch across northeastern India and up into Pakistan. I arrived in Jaisalmer at about 5 AM to what has …
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Majestic Fort, Jodhpur, India
Meherangarh, or the Majestic Fort as it’s known in English overlooks Jodhpur India. As its English name indicates, it is indeed perched majestically atop the only hill around, and seems …
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Jagdish Temple, Bagore-ki-Haveli & Shilpogram
The Jagdish Temple, the oldest and largest temple in Udaipur was just behind my guesthouse. It has some amazing relief carvings. Other photos in this set are from Bagore-ki-Haveli, which …
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Monsoon Palace
On the hill on the far side of the lake Udaipur, India is the Monsoon Palace. If I remember right this was the summer palace of the King. It’s currently …
