This is a very rough first video from a shrine in Singapore. Â We happened by during an evening ceremony. Â I had no idea at the time and still do not know what exactly was going on. Â It was fascinating and the sound was amazing.
• Friday, July 31st, 2009Â Â Finally catching up with ourselves so I thought a few random images from our first couple of weeks would be a good post.
• Friday, July 31st, 2009OK, some long awaited food images. Â Impossible to describe all of the great meals we have had and the experiences that have gone with them. Â Nevermind that Ho Chi Minh is having his revenge on my gut right now and I am limited to rice and bananas.
• Wednesday, July 29th, 2009While cruising down the Mekong after visiting elephants, a number of local villages and the Buddha Cave, we ended up inadvertently in an international game of comparing scars and injuries with our guide. Â We noticed a small scar above his eye and he told us it was a shaving accident when he was studying to [...]
• Wednesday, July 29th, 2009Stepping back a week or so, back to Singapore. Â I thought I would post a group of images from one of the oldest remaining cemeteries in Singapore. Â Many of the old cemetaries are being moved or destroyed because of development. Â This one, called Bukit (meaning hill) Brown (being the former colonial owner of the property) [...]
• Friday, July 17th, 2009I am finding it very hard to set aside time to edit and post images. Â So, my postings may lag a few weeks behind where we actually are on our trip. Â There is just way too much to see and do. Â We are in Luang Prabang, Laos right now and its is an amazing town/small [...]
• Monday, July 13th, 2009Welcome to Asia! OK, so my blog is off to a slow start. Â Our trip to Southeast Asia however is not! Â We arrived in Singapore to a warm welcome from one of Jeanne’s old friends, Rachel. Â She kindly found a very posh condo for us to stay in (see image below) and played holiday with [...]
• Friday, July 10th, 2009