June 21, 2004
Five Around the stuppa
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My first day in Nepal (~March 1994). We went to the Kathmandu stuppa - which you see from the plane on the way in. It's pretty big (and the plane isn't). People walk around the stuppa turning the prayer wheels (clockwise of course - always).
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June 20, 2004
Classic Japanese Garden
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Fujifilm is so green.
And that concludes my trip!
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Japanese Tree and Water
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Emperor's Tree
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We spend most of the time (after a delicious Sushi lunch in Shibuya) in the gardens of the Imperial palace.
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Shibuya, Tokyo
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On my way home I was fortunate to have a 12 hour layover at Narita. My step-brother was kind enough to give me a whirlwind tour of the city. Our first stop was Shibuya neighbourhood. It was a Sunday, so it was quiet.
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Rail ground

This is me looking at my feet as I sit on the platform at Porter Square waiting for the train. Taking a guess I think this would be the summer or 1994, possibly 1995.
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June 19, 2004
Hanoi City
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This is the view from tne hotel window. I think it's looking Northwest but I could be totally wrong. Soon we will be on our way to the airport.
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June 18, 2004
Hanoi Cyclist and Building
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Back in Hanoi. Penultimate day.
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Borobudur Relief
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Same trip - early 1994 (March by now, must be). Of course I have the classic covered buddhas shot, but any search on Borobudur will reveal one so I won't use up the bandwidth here.
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June 17, 2004
Ha Long Horizon
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Yes, I have now swum in the South China Sea.
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Lit Caves
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Any tour of HaLong would not be complete without a visit to the impressive but garishly lit caves. It would have been neater to discover them ourselves. If nothing else they were a welcome respit from the heat.
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Boat near Rock
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Yes, there at the bottom. It's a boat.
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HaLong Bay
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We drove several hours from Hanoi to enjoy a boat ride around HaLong Bay.
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Koala Bear
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I might also ask could I leave Australia without bringing home a picture of a Koala Bear.
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June 16, 2004
Hanoi Street
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Ducks, Pigs and Woman
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How could I leave Hanoi without this picture? Taken from a rickshaw.
Actually, they're probably chickens.
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Gum Trees
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Probably from teh same area as the last two - same role of film anyway. These were probably closer around the campsite.
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More Beach Rocks
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Probably the same beach as the last picture.
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June 15, 2004
Bamboo Grove
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We are out of the mountains now well on our way to Hanoi. Still several hours of driving to go though.
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Coc Ly Market
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Really this is just the start. It extends for some way in more or less a single line.
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Brown River enroute to Coc Ly
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This is a picture taken on our way to Coc Ly market. We left Bac Ha in the morning and this evening we will be back in Hanoi. We had to walk from about here because the road was too muddy from the rain.
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Australia Beach Rocks
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From early Feb. 1994 in Australia. I can't remember where it was taken (I'll have to look it up in my journal). It was probably on a camping trip, so maybe a several hour drive from Melbourne.
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June 14, 2004
Bac Ha Rice
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Bac Ha
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After arriving in Bac Ha we went for a walk in the surrounding hills. They were growing lots of plums. They are not in this picture though.
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Girl, Dog and Rice
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Leaving Sapa
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It rained yesterday so for the first time we had clear views! Unfortunately this is also the day we left Sapa and started our way out of the mountains.
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Around Canberra
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Since I haven't been climbing, due to an injury, I have been taking advantage of my scanner's negative scanning capability and digitizing old negatives. I thought I would upload some of these to break things up a bit.
This one is from my first trip to Asia, almost 11 years ago. The trip started with 5 weeks in Australia. My best guess is that this was taken around Canberra probably towards the end of Feb. 1994.
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June 13, 2004
Sapa Garden
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Walking back down through the garden. The rocks looked like good climbing but I didn't stop to try.
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Sapa
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After the village outing I walked through Sapa's flower garden to a look-out atop one of the surrounding hills. This shot is looking down at the garden that I came through and Sapa off to the right.
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Red Zyao
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Ta Phin (Red Zyao)
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We visited this village outside of Sapa. It looked like it was doing well, a lot of the houses looked new and well built. It seems that this is a stopping point for visitors from Sapa to go and see an authentic village and buy some nice needlework. From the moment we got there until we left we were circled by an entourage of chatting Red Zyao women eager to sell there goods. We promised we'd buy something but not until the end of the tour, a compromise that pleased everyone.
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June 12, 2004
Leaving the Hmong Village
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Bamboo over Stream
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Turning my back on the waterfall affords this view.
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Another Waterfall
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One of the features that Sapa has to offer is a nearby Hmong village. The walk through it takes you past this waterfall.
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Waterfall Outside Sapa
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We are enroute to Sapa, the main tourist destination of the area. For both foreign and Vietnamese tourists. Sapa is fairly high up and picturesque, and features a strong Black Hmong presence owing to the nearby village whose subsistance is now based on the tourism - like many of the villages around here.
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Rice Paddy with Irrigation Stream
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A lot of this hike was through rice paddies.
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Under an Umbrella
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Once we got past the dogs these two were happy enough to pose for a picture - Though the grandmother insisted on changing first.
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Green Tea
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This woman is harvesting some tea. No scones to be seen...
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Vietnamese Cow
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Taken on a hike originating from Phong Tho.
Boy did she jump when she heard the sound of the shutter.
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June 11, 2004
The Way We Came
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Looking back at the way we came. All those curves are why it would take a full day to travel 200km.
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Side of the Road
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Tree Over the Da (Red) River
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We stopped along the way to Phong Tho to take some pictures.
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Hill tribe on the Way to Phong Tho
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June 10, 2004
Vietnamese Vista
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Paddies from High
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If you look closely you can see a boy in the stream and a water buffalo hanging out.
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02:17 PM
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Vietnamese Mafioso
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This is a monument to the battle of Dien Bien Phu, this being the site of one of the Vietnamese artillery installments. The guy on the left, gregarious as he was, insisted that I take his picture. It was suggested later that he might be mafioso owing to the multiple tatoos along his arms, which you can't make out in this picture.
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Small Market
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This was a small market we stopped at somewhere between Son La and Dien Bien Phu. All the tribes around here have different costumes - the most distinctive aspect is usually the colourful headpiece.
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June 09, 2004
Bridge over River
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I may be mistaken about which river this was. I think it was the Black River or the Red River. (Though it looks like the Brown River).
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05:37 PM
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Vietnamese Jungle
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Hill Tribe Girls
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Sadly I do not know to which tribe these girls belong. There house was surrounded by Jackfruit trees. Seeing these unlikely tree-borne fruit reminded me of a conversation about what if watermelon's grew on trees.
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01:30 PM
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Bamboo forest
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We arrived in Hanoi last night. Today we are enroute to Son La in the mountains to the West North West of Hanoi (if I remember correctly). The climate and relatively low altitude mean the mountains are covered in jungle where they are not farmed. Most of the jungles are dotted with bursts of bamboo, but here we found, overlooking a few small rice paddies, a bamboo forest.
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June 08, 2004
Beng Mealea Entrance
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Tree in Beng Mealea
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Izzy at Beng Mealea
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Ivy on the Wall at Beng Mealea
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It's quite a drive out to Beng Mealea. Although there are really almost no reliefs at all, the jungle's presence gives an atmosphere that you can't find in the other temples. And instead of teh usual well groomed paths and walkways, the trail here climbs over fallen blocks and along the relatively steady walls of the temple that are still standing.
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June 07, 2004
Angkor Wat Corridor
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One last visit to Angkor Wat.
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Monestary near the Roluos Group
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We were told that this monestary, next to the Bakong temple, was built about 300 years ago. We spoke to an older monk. He was about 70 or so I think. There were an extrodinary number of butterflies.
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Eastern Preah Khan
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If I remember correctly, as we went down the Eastern passage of Preah Khan the temple became more and more overfrown by Jungle. I think fewer people head eastward.
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Preah Khan
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June 06, 2004
Bayoun's About To Close

We rushed back to Bayoun at the very end of the day. It almost entirely empty. These are some temple attendents chatting before they close up for the night.
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Bantey Srei

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Angkor Wat Dancer

This is the sexiest relief dancer ever.
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03:40 PM
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Angkor Wat in the Morning

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June 05, 2004
Classic Ta Phrom

How can I resist the classic To Phrom shot?
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Structure in Angkor Tom

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Water at Angkor Tom

This was walking north of Bayoun still within Angkor Tom.
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Bayoun Temple at Angkor Tom

We arrived at Siem Reap this morning and went out to see some temples. This is the famous Bayoun temple with all the faces on all the towers. For a better picture check out the national geographic one.
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June 04, 2004
Kirirom River

The water level was a little low at this time of year. Off to either side, just beneath the canopy of leaves, are little huts for sitting in while you picnic. They line the length of the water on either side a few layers deep.
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Kirirom Jungle

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Kirirom View

Today we went to Kirirom National Park. We mannaged to miss most to of the rain.
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June 03, 2004
Killing Fields

We went out to the killing fields. The series of excavated pits was not as evocative as Tuol Sleng, though there is this pile of skulls in the middle of the site, and occasional groups of bones at the base of trees and such. It is a far cry from a happy place.
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04:43 PM
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Little Boy in Phnom Penh Alley

This little boy desperately wanted me to take his picture. He had an empty 500ml water bottle and he kicked it against the wall to show how strong he was. He danced through the alley. I took a shot of him - more posed than this one - but I like this one better.
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More Phnom Penh Market

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Flowers in Phnom Penh

This is on the outside of the big market in Phnom Penh.
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June 02, 2004
Thatch huts on Stilts in Kompong Chhnang
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Tonle Sap in Kompong Chhnang
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Kompong Chhnang Building
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Running in Kompong Chhnang
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One of the main streets of the picturesque fishing town of Kompong Chhnang
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Oudong Fan Girl
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From the top of Oudong Penh, the old capital, looking out across the Cambodian countryside. The little girl in the picture, against all protest, fanned me during my visit.
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June 01, 2004
Tuol Sleng

This was one of the rooms at the museum, when it was a prison it was used for torture.
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05:17 PM
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Tuol Sleng Victims

These were some of the pictures of the prisoners kept at Tuol Sleng. The place used to be a school. It was converted to a prison by the Khmer Rouge where these people were kept and tortured until they were executed. It is now a museum. For most of my visit I felt slightly nauseous.
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04:44 PM
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View from Izzy's

This is the view from Izzy's balcony in Phnom Penh.
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11:36 AM
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Phnom Penh Street

Walking to the market (in the background) on my first morning in Phnom Penh
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