All articles filed in South East Asia
Thailand, Cambodia
An Artist in Ice
and dominating the arrangement is a huge beautifully carved Ice Bird, the wings almost translucent, the neck an opaque white and the wings poised as though to take flight. In a few hours it will have dissolved into a puddle.
Read MoreChallenge your Camera: Steps and Stairs.
Steps and Stairs Challenge linked to Dr. B’s challenge at Dr. B’s Challenge your Camera. What better place to start Steps and Stairs with than The Spanish Steps in Rome. Still in Italy, it’s a steep walk to the top of the amphitheatre in Verona during the Opera Festival there but that’s where the budget…
Read MoreSilent Sunday
Silent Sunday: Thai Beach
Early morning on the beach at Thailand at one of the many shrines along the water. Local people come here to leave offerings to the Lord Buddha, in the form of lotus flowers, small portions of cooked rice, fruit and water.
Read More10-Day Travel Photo Challenge
Thanks to my namesake Marie, at Hops, Skips and Jumps for the nomination. The Travel Challenge involves posting one favourite travel picture for each day and nominating another ten blogger – That’s 10 days, 10 travel pictures, 10 nominations, and 0 explanations! Some of my favourites you may have seen before but I’ll do my…
Read MoreOne Word Sunday: History
Linked to One Word Sunday here. In January 2004 the grandson of the then King of Thailand, King Bhumibol, was killed in the tsunami that swept through much of S.E. Asia. Born Bhumi Jensen in 1983, he was the son of the King’s eldest daughter, Princess Ubolratana Rajakanya and her former American husband Peter Jensen. He…
Read MoreSilent Sunday: Hua Hin, Thailand
SILENT SUNDAY: KHAO SOK NATIONAL PARK, THAILAND.
It actually was a Sunday and the silence was all enveloping, as was the humidity. I had to turn back after half an hour as I couldn’t cope with the perspiration dripping into my eyes, the mozzies, the dampness all around me and the general feeling of too much growth and things rotting. It was…
Read MoreSilent Sunday
After the rain in Hua Hin, Thailand.
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