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      • Portugal
      • Spain
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      • Switzerland
      • Ukraine
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      • Africa
        • Botswana
        • Cape Verde
        • Gambia
        • Kenya
        • Morocco
        • Namibia
        • Senegal
        • Tanzania
        • Zimbabwe
      • Americas
        • Belize
        • Canada
        • Chile
          • Rapa Nui
        • Costa Rica
        • Ecuador
          • Galapagos Islands
        • Guatemala
        • Jamaica
        • USA
          • New Mexico
          • New York City
          • Washington State
      • Asia
        • DPRK
        • India
          • Kerala
          • Rajasthan
        • Indochina
          • Cambodia
          • Laos
          • Vietnam
        • Japan
        • Nepal
        • Oman
        • Syria
        • United Arab Emirates
        • Uzbekistan
  • Themes
    • Architecture
    • Art
      • Crafts
      • Street art
    • Colour
    • Dark tourism
    • Eco-tourism
    • Food & drink
    • Gardens
    • History
      • Ruins
      • War
    • Landscape
      • Coast & seascapes
      • Deserts
      • Mountains
      • Rivers
    • Nature and wildlife
      • Animals
      • Birds
      • Plants
        • Flowers
        • Trees, forests and woodland
    • People
      • Culture & tradition
      • Street photography
    • Travel in general
  • Photo galleries
    • Themed galleries
    • Travel galleries
  • Postcards from the road
  • Challenges
    • Photography challenges
      • Just One Person
      • Lens-Artists
      • Mid-week Monochrome
      • Monochrome Madness
      • One Word Sunday
      • Photographing Public Art
      • Pick a Word
      • Squares
      • Sunday Stills
      • The Changing Seasons
      • Words of Wisdom
      • Cee’s challenges
        • CBWC
        • CFFC
        • CMMC
    • General challenges
      • Monday walks
      • Writers’ Quotes Wednesday
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        • The Friendly Friday Challenge: how to join in
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      • Thursday Doors
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  • Cambodia,  Culture & tradition,  Food & drink,  Just One Person

    Lunch with Mr Noon and his family

    January 13, 2023 / 26 Comments
    A man with a young girl on his shoulders

    Of course the main reason to visit Siem Reap is to see the temples of Angkor. But it’s possible to get ‘templed out’ so it’s good that there are alternative activities and places to explore between temple visits.

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    Stone ruin surrounded by trees

    Gallery: Ta Prohm, Angkor’s Royal Monastery

    October 7, 2021
    Pink bike helmet with Pinkie logo

    Gallery: motorbike ‘art’ in South East Asia

    December 27, 2021
    People walking by wide river lined with palm trees

    A Sunday evening by the Tonle Sap, Phnom Penh

    April 8, 2021
  • Cambodia,  Friendly Friday,  Photographic techniques

    Friendly Friday Challenge: think about your viewpoint

    July 1, 2022 / 49 Comments
    Header image with two small photos

    Before photographing your subject, it’s worth taking time to think about where you will shoot it from. Our viewpoint has a massive impact on the composition of our photo, and as a result it can greatly affect the message that the shot conveys. As well as shooting from eye level, consider photographing from high above, down at ground level, from the side, from the back, from a long way away, from very close up, and so on.

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    Banner with photo of two women in yellow dresses

    Friendly Friday: meet some wedding guests in Cambodia

    October 8, 2021
    Man frying insects at a food stall

    Exploring the street food of Phnom Penh

    April 3, 2021
    Man seated in front of poster of himself

    Meeting a survivor of S-21, Tuol Sleng

    February 24, 2021
  • Cambodia,  Dark tourism,  War

    The Killing Fields of Cambodia

    June 23, 2022 / 64 Comments
    Ornamental gate

    This post contains images and descriptions that some may find disturbing. The Killing Fields of Choeung Ek are not a place that everyone would choose to visit, despite being firmly on the tourist trail in Phnom Penh. But this is part of the recent history of Cambodia, still vivid in the memories of its older generation, and if they can't run away from that past then arguably nor should we.

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    Pink bike helmet with Pinkie logo

    Gallery: motorbike ‘art’ in South East Asia

    December 27, 2021
    Close-up of fried tarantulas

    Gallery: fancy a snack in Spider Town?

    April 30, 2021
    Man seated in front of poster of himself

    Meeting a survivor of S-21, Tuol Sleng

    February 24, 2021
  • Cambodia,  Street photography,  Travel galleries

    Gallery: Psar Thmei, Phnom Penh’s Central Market

    February 13, 2022 / 36 Comments
    Group of people sitting on blue plastic stools in a market

    There’s little I enjoy more when travelling than a visit to a local market. Large or small there is always plenty to see, and therefore to photograph. And you can gain great insights into the way of life in the country. What do local people eat? How do they dress? How indeed do they shop?

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    People walking by wide river lined with palm trees

    A Sunday evening by the Tonle Sap, Phnom Penh

    April 8, 2021
    A man with a young girl on his shoulders

    Lunch with Mr Noon and his family

    January 13, 2023
    Red lantern, blue wall, green shutters

    2020: my (pandemic) year in review

    January 3, 2021
  • Cambodia,  Laos,  Photographing Public Art

    Gallery: motorbike ‘art’ in South East Asia

    December 27, 2021 / 18 Comments
    Pink bike helmet with Pinkie logo

    From time to time while travelling I find myself taking photos on a theme, even if I hadn’t intended to when I set out. In Cuenca and Tallinn it was doors; in New Mexico it was Harley Davidson motorbikes. And in Indochina it was not only the motorbikes but the bike helmets.

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    Close-up of fried tarantulas

    Gallery: fancy a snack in Spider Town?

    April 30, 2021
    Group of people sitting on blue plastic stools in a market

    Gallery: Psar Thmei, Phnom Penh’s Central Market

    February 13, 2022
    Man seated in front of poster of himself

    Meeting a survivor of S-21, Tuol Sleng

    February 24, 2021
  • Cambodia,  Culture & tradition,  Friendly Friday

    Friendly Friday: meet some wedding guests in Cambodia

    October 8, 2021 / 27 Comments
    Banner with photo of two women in yellow dresses

    As we got out of the car we could hear loud music coming from a house just down the road, and equally loud talking on a microphone. It drew us, inevitably, to investigate, and we were very glad that we did so. In the second of my Friendly Friday ‘Meet …’ challenges I would like to take you to a wedding in a small village near Siem Reap, Cambodia.

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    People walking by wide river lined with palm trees

    A Sunday evening by the Tonle Sap, Phnom Penh

    April 8, 2021
    Header image with two small photos

    Friendly Friday Challenge: think about your viewpoint

    July 1, 2022
    White window shutter and green leaves

    Eating out with a conscience in Indochina

    April 17, 2021
  • Cambodia,  Ruins,  Squares,  Travel galleries

    Gallery: Ta Prohm, Angkor’s Royal Monastery

    October 7, 2021 / 28 Comments
    Stone ruin surrounded by trees

    In a clearing in the jungles of Angkor the Buddhist king King Jayavarman VII built a monastery, Rajavihara, meaning ‘Royal Monastery’. We know it today as Ta Prohm. Here lived more than 12,500 people, including 18 high priests and 615 dancers. The temple was wealthy, amassing riches such as gold, pearls and silks.

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    Header image with two small photos

    Friendly Friday Challenge: think about your viewpoint

    July 1, 2022
    Ornamental gate

    The Killing Fields of Cambodia

    June 23, 2022
    Man seated in front of poster of himself

    Meeting a survivor of S-21, Tuol Sleng

    February 24, 2021
  • Cambodia,  Friendly Friday,  Laos,  Travel galleries,  Vietnam

    Gallery: getting up close and personal

    September 24, 2021 / 31 Comments
    Hand holding knife and straw shavings

    Like many photographers, I shoot quite a lot of images of flowers and that’s the first thing I think of when asked to showcase macro photography (which technically-speaking I don’t do) or close-up photography (which I do a lot). After that, my next thought will be insects. And I already have a few posts here on those lines. So what to do when Amanda asks for close ups and macros for this week’s Friendly Friday Challenge? The following photos are all taken from my travel archives, specifically my early 2020…

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    Ornamental gate

    The Killing Fields of Cambodia

    June 23, 2022
    Man seated in front of poster of himself

    Meeting a survivor of S-21, Tuol Sleng

    February 24, 2021
    A man with a young girl on his shoulders

    Lunch with Mr Noon and his family

    January 13, 2023
  • Cambodia,  Food & drink,  Friday’s Foods of the World,  Travel galleries

    Gallery: fancy a snack in Spider Town?

    April 30, 2021 / 20 Comments
    Close-up of fried tarantulas

    About an hour’s drive north of Phnom Penh lies the small market town of Skun. Normally a town like this would attract little attention from passing tourists, eager to reach the wonders of Angkor beyond. But Skun’s market has a treat in store; although that depends perhaps on your appetite for the unusual.

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    Header image with two small photos

    Friendly Friday Challenge: think about your viewpoint

    July 1, 2022
    Ornamental gate

    The Killing Fields of Cambodia

    June 23, 2022
    A man with a young girl on his shoulders

    Lunch with Mr Noon and his family

    January 13, 2023
  • Cambodia,  Food & drink,  Friday’s Foods of the World,  Vietnam

    Eating out with a conscience in Indochina

    April 17, 2021 / 22 Comments
    White window shutter and green leaves

    Eating out is undoubtedly one of the great pleasures of a holiday. Sampling the local cuisine; relaxing over a drink at the end of a busy day; enjoying the ambience of a well-run restaurant with perhaps a great view of the landscape or bustling city streets. But eating out is also a luxury in which relatively few in the world are able to indulge.

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    Hand holding knife and straw shavings

    Gallery: getting up close and personal

    September 24, 2021
    Ornamental gate

    The Killing Fields of Cambodia

    June 23, 2022
    Close-up of fried tarantulas

    Gallery: fancy a snack in Spider Town?

    April 30, 2021
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Okavango elephants
Blue glacier edge
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On the road to Dyrholaey
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Flamingo (Jersey Zoo)
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In Hoi An, Vietnam
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Lake Atitlan
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Street in Lucca, rainy day – edited

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