علاء الدي

always less than a thousand words, but oh that it could have been a thousand and one nights. this lamp adorned the entrance to our room - not a cave - in siem reap at the delightful golden banana. i will return to magical siem reap in the future.

ວຽງຈັນ

looking up through buddha at pha that luang, the great golden stupa representing both buddhism and symbolising lao nationalism in its capital vientiane. could've done with a lick of fresh paint if you ask me. no disrespect intended.

serenity now

mossy trees, misty rain, still waters of dove lake, cradle mountain location, not a single person to be in seen, complete natural serenity. these are more than a few of my favourite things.

protect old growth

a grand old dame in the tahune region in south eastern tasmania.

a different study of kamasutra

mands and i are involved in a constant quest to source excellent indian food the world over. we have experienced a great degree of success, and have found the top 3 restaurants abroad in some of the most unlikely places, this photo features the exquisite kamasutra in siem reap. the other 2 were in hoi an, vietnam, and amsterdam, netherlands. nothing like a hot aloo palak and some buttery garlic naan. haven't made it to india yet ironically.

a fairly impressive nightlight

i wonder if everyone else with their bedroom looking out on this sparkling glittering view falls asleep every night with the curtains wide open like we did. i couldn't keep my eyes off it.

2 tall buildings in a single lens

two gleaming towering twin towers of steel dominating the KL vista both day and night from both ground and sky. truly a modern architectural and engineering marvel. our hotel room at the renaissance looked right out onto them for spectacular night views.

just one more

one of my favourite photos from one of my favourite days in our trip to vietnam. dragon on the roof of one of the majestic royal tombs beside the perfume river outside of hue. i promise no more dragons. for now.

stone dragon

a grand dragon bannister on a set of stairs leading up to another vietiane wat, which was chockers full of buddhas. there is a plethora of buddhas and wats in laos. by the end of an extended trip it has you thinking that there is possibly an over-saturation, similar to that of churches and museums in europe. i wonder if there is an equivalent in australia - that has tourists going "oh here we go, another - ".

wooden dragon

i'm 'dragon' out the dragon theme a bit. boom boom. this wooden carving was in the wat which was featured in the previous post. so wat? i just like dragons, and i'm providing some context. that's wat.