Category South East Asia
Sunday Photo – Buddha Gate, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
This gate is situated at the Royal Palace in the Cambodian capital. We visited in 2015 and really loved our time in this beautiful country now starting to bloom again after its tragic recent history.
Sunday Sunsets – The Mekong, Luang Prabang, Laos
I have been introduced to the Sunday Sunsets tribe who post a photo featuring a sunset on the first Sunday in the month. My favourite sunsets thus far have been in Luang Prabang. What do you think of my shots?
Labour Day Laos Style
Yesterday was Labour Day or International Workers Day throughout the world, a day to celebrate the lot of workers & to reflect on the fruits that their labours bring, whilst also honouring the rights of workers to divide their working day into three lots of eight hours, one for work, one for recreation and one […]
A-Z April Challenge (Cities Visited) – J for Jakarta
Jakarta Jakarta is the current capital of Indonesia, the largest Islamic state in the world. I say current because the capital will actually be moving to East Kalimantan on the island of Borneo. Why? Because Jakarta is sinking at the rate of around 25 centimetres every year. Situated on the Java Sea and with thirteen […]
Sunday Photos – Hoi An, Vietnam
I have just watched the episode of Great Asian Railway Journeys when the living Opal Fruit Michael Portillo visits the beautiful Vietnamese town of Hoi An. Nowadays the town is a tourist hotspot, uncomfortably so at times. Indeed Portillo asserts in blazing sunshine that it is akin to Venice in popularity. When I visited in […]
