Boun Ok Pansa, Vientaine
October 16th, 2014 — 7:26am
Here’s a quick black and white snapped in a Vientiane temple during prayers to mark Boun Ok Pansa, the end of rainy season retreat.
Category: Travel
Fresh Markets in Vientiane
October 2nd, 2014 — 8:55am
The fresh markets of Vientiane are colourful, chaotic and full of characters. Shoppers, and photographers, are spoiled for choice and there are many markets to explore. Most open either in the early morning and are done by 11 a.m. or in the late afternoon and stay until dusk. Of course there are also several markets
Filleting Fish in Yangon
September 23rd, 2014 — 9:45am
Well before daybreak, young girls in Yangon are working hard filleting a haul of freshwater fish from the Ayeyarwady River.
Jaew – Lao Dips & Relishes
September 22nd, 2014 — 5:50am
A couple of weeks ago, I promised Madam Pla Daek another post about Lao food. I’ve been extremely busy though with lots of traveling, so apologies for the delay but here you go…I hope these images get your craving Lao food and heading for the kitchen. In Laos cuisine there are numerous jaew, dips and relishes
Wet Weekend in Chanthaburi
September 22nd, 2014 — 4:26am
I recently spent a rain-soaked weekend in the eastern Thai town of Chanthaburi. It’s a pleasant provincial town with more than its fair share of beautiful old buildings which were built by Vietnamese immigrants in the 1920s. Most visitors to Thailand pass through without stopping, en route to nearby Trat, the ferry point for
Soup Seller, Phnom Penh
August 23rd, 2014 — 7:31am
A soup seller with her earthenware pot wrapped in lotus leaves sitting in a side street waiting for customers.
A Journey of Remembrance
August 21st, 2014 — 8:13am
The history of Australia and Thailand are inextricably linked by one of the darkest moments of World War II, the construction of the infamous Thai-Burma Railway. Just before dusk in the provincial capital of Kanchanaburi, hoards of day trippers pose for photographs at the Bridge on the River Kwai. Others wait patiently for night to
Eat Local
August 21st, 2014 — 5:51am
I love my neighbourhood. I have a choice of half a dozen fresh markets in the immediate area and many more if I care to travel just a little further. Every day around 5:30 I take a stroll down to one of them and make the difficult decision of what to buy for my
Thailand’s Forgotten Heritage
August 20th, 2014 — 12:07pm
Nakhom Phanom is a lovely little town pushed up against the Mekong in Thailand’s upper northeast and opposite the equally characterful Tha Kaek on the Lao side of the river. Although I have been to Tha Kaek many times in the last few years, it is almost two decades since I visited Nakhon Phanom.