Ho Tram Sunset

Turtle Temple

Sunday Grooming

at the market

Some oddities from the road to Ha Long

Ha Long Bay

Hanoi doorways

Wet Season Clouds over Saigon

Some clouds over the dusk sky in the last few days. Straight from the camera, no editing and the colour cange is over around 30 minutes.





Two days earlier as an electrical storm passed.

Quy Nhon

Travels with Martin, Kate and Andrew

We set off from Saigon, heading towards Yunnan via Laos in early July. Buddha seemed to chase us (or maybe we were chasing him). We ate well, saw a lot, walked alot, talked a lot and I cracked the shits but gave up smoking as we entered China, the land where every man smokes. My beard has got greyer. The next couple of entries will try and highlight the trip in stages

Frescos from Temples in Luang Prabang

Some beautiful frescoes in a state of disrepair in the neglected temples of Luang Prabang. We felt a little guilty about taking photos but they maybe gone completely soon unless restoration plans are put in place. The narrative paintings impressed me most within the Buddhist compounds that we visited. Funny naive cartoons and depictions of excessive violence. All of this and reading particularly about Tibetan Buddhism throws up lots of question about the "incarnate Dalai Lama". A lovely bloke I'm sure, but also the reincarnated military leader of Tibet.

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