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Sunset point
Sunset point Sunsets are marketed as tourist attractions. In Luang Prabang, Phu Si hill in the middle of town is considered the perfect spot for observing the sunset. So towards the end of the day all tourists in Luang Prabang climb Phu Si hill with their phones and cameras poised. Watching the sun set becomes…
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Lines
Lines Roofs and cables in a quiet interplay of lines. Photo of the week: Wat Aphai, Luang Prabang, Laos 2020
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Shadow play
Shadow play The shadow of Wat Mai falls on a white wall.On the wall, framed: five small pictures of five people.Who are they?Why are their pictures put up?Is it in their loving memory?What was their fate?The text may tell, but I can’t read it. I find them touching, those five little portraits on the white…
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Gilded Buddha’s
Gilded Buddha’s These are a few of a whole series of Buddha statues inside Wat Mai Suwannaphumaham. The variety in their facial features is remarkable. Probably different individuals (local monks?) have served as models for the sculptors, with this lively diversity as a result. Photo of the week: Wat Mai Suwannaphumaham, Luang Prabang, Laos 2020
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The Outing
The Outing Ten Lao ladies at a visit to Wat Xieng Thong in Luang Prabang. Ten different dresses (sinhs) but all the same. Unity in diversity the Lao way. Photo of the week: Wat Xieng Thong, Luang Prabang, Laos 2020
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Cute couple
Cute couple Two lovers in a compromising embrace. The woman is on the alert for being caught in the act. Even though it’s almost 2000 years ago, the scene is timeless, and funny at that. Photo of the week: Roman mosaic, Villa Romana del casale, Piazza Armerina, Sicily, Italy 2000
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Spring
Spring A girl, naked, walking her dog, 2000 years ago. After my first surprise – a double surprise -, I saw that she doesn’t hold the leash. She has a flower in her hand. She is part of an enormous Roman mosaic (almost 25 m², late 2nd cent. CE), depicting in the middle the ‘Triumph…
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Singha
Singha Slender, fragile, strong. Over and above them you standbolt uprightconfidentmajestic. Singha. Photo of the week: Singha Beer Bar, Bangkok, Thailand 2019
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Fish meal pedicure
Fish meal pedicure Letting a shoal of hungry small fish nibble away dead skin from your feet and in addition having to pay for it! With free wifi as sweetener. Photos of the week: Massage parlour, China Town, Bangkok, Thailand 2019
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Amalgamation
Amalgamation A river – this side and that – shadows and lights fused in a nocturnal dream. Photo of the week: A restaurant and Wat Arun on two sides of the Chao Phraya River, Bangkok, Thailand 2019
καιρός remembered
… the right moment, position chosen, shoot …
καιρός remembered 