When I visited Chiang Rai during my first visit to Thailand, I made the mistake of not visiting the famous "White Temple". I didn't know a lot about it at the time apart from the fact that it was all white, and I was feeling pretty "templed out", so I didn't bother to make the [...]
Today's travel photo is of some bruschette with fresh tomato and basil in Sorrento, Italy. The one thing that I wish I took more photos of when I was in Italy is the amazing food that I ate. I guess the food was usually so good that it was gone before I could even get [...]
I stood at the immigration point in Huay Xai, Laos, looking across the swift flowing muddy waters of the Mekong River. On the other side was Thailand, my destination. This would be the last time that I would cross the Mekong on this trip. As I stood there waiting for the boat to arrive to [...]
Today's travel photo is of the view of the Cameron Valley Tea Estate in the Cameron Highlands, Malaysia. Although it is possible to visit the tea plantations on a tour, or even make your own way on the local transport, we decided to walk to the Cameron Valley Tea Estate from Tanah Rata, located about [...]
Today's travel photo is of some amazing ceiling art inside the tomb of Emperor Khai Dinh in Hue, Vietnam. Of the three tombs that I visited near Hue, the tomb of Emperor Khai Dinh was by far the most impressive and elaborate. The architecture is magnificent, but it was the details that really impressed me. [...]
Today's travel photo is a shot of the CBD at sunset in Sydney, Australia. I took this photo from the Opera House, where you can get amazing views of the city and Sydney Cove. We waited here while the sun went down in the west, turning the clouds above into different shades of pink, orange [...]
Today's travel photo is of a silvery ocean at sunset on the island of Koh Phangan, Thailand. Koh Phangan is a great place to see the sunset over the sea if you're on the eastern side of the thin stretch of land that makes up Southern Thailand. I took this photo from the beach just [...]
Today's travel photo is of a lioness patiently watching a herd of zebras on the grassy plains of Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania. It is amazing how well the lions blend in with the grass, and although some of the zebras seemed aware that there was something there, most continued to graze, oblivious to the fact that [...]
Luang Prabang is one of those places that I can just keep returning to over and over again. When I first visited the city a couple of years ago, I was absolutely pulled in by its old town. The picturesque little streets lined with a mix of old French and Asian style buildings made for [...]
Today's travel photo is of a man on his trishaw talking to some people on the street outside of a Chinese Temple in George Town, Malaysia. This is a fairly typical scene in George Town, on the island of Penang. Trishaws are still quite common and aren't a bad way to get around the city [...]
