Archive for the ‘temple’ Category
22nd Nov 09.
Morning trip to Sonargaon village with Stein.
We intended to get there well before 7am so that we could scout out a vantage point to watch and photograph the sunrise. A slight delay, but we still got there in time to watch the sky turn magenta at pre-dawn to a grey pink at dawn [...]
The first image is Wat Phra Kaew [Temple of the Emerald Buddha] as viewed from the Grand Palace grounds, the 2nd is a building at the Grand Palace. The “emerald” Buddha is actually made from jade/jasper and not emerald….. The others photographs are from Wat Pho [famous for the massive Reclining Buddha which is 15 mtrs [...]
Thai Flickr Meet – June 5th 2008 at Bangkok. A trip on the Chaopraya River past Wat Arun ~ a visit to the Museum of Siam ~ then to Pak Khlong Talat [flower market] ~ and finally a few beers and look at Wat Arun at night. Thanks to all the great people I met [...]
A trip to Sonargaon, around 30 KM from Dhaka city…. the ancient Capital now in ruins. Like a ghost town, the homeless living in abandoned buildings. Buildings that were probably majestic and stately at one time, now crumbling in neglect, robbed of their ornate carved doors and windows, full of rubbish and the homeless… pathetic [...]
The limestone Batu Caves just outside Kuala Lumpur Malaysia, the Hindu temples established in 1891 though the caves are 60 to 100 million years old. A [new] statue of Lord Murugan – standing 42 mtrs high- with 272 steps leading up to the upper entrance. There is another cave opening a bit below the upper [...]
Forbidden City
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Lama Temple
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Yak giving rides at Kufri
Thick forest at Chail
Jacaranda
Nag temple on the road from Kufri to Chail
The PWD Rest House at Chail
Local carpenter’s sign-board, funny!
Bridge at Sadhoopul, constructed 1904 by Jessop of Calcutta.
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Horse Chestnut tree and The Chapel,Â
Bishop Cotton School Shimla.
Stained glass Chapel window at sunset.
The “Dhobi” from my childhood days at school… old and [...]
