Wat Arun, in Bangkok, is more amazing temple than garden – and we’ll show you more of its astonishing ceramic surfaces in future posts. But this time we’re concentrating on the greenery and lovely lilies and other smaller wonders to be found around the temple grounds when one has time for a leisurely exploration. Big shout-out to friend & former colleague Pamela, who recommended this.
Above, four images looking out from various window’s in KL’s remarkable Museum of Islamic Art, which I visited 5 weeks ago & have only now shown you for the first time. There’ll be a bit more; but visitors to KL take note: this museum’s a must visit! Below: some doors which look like windows at the lovely planetarium complex in the Botanic Gardens, which we have shown you before :-).
I have an embarrassment of riches in terms of Amsterdam canal photos waiting to be shared, including above and several below from a lovely canal cruise Sam & I decided to do between the matinee and evening concerts on the last day of the Mahler Festival back in May, and a few taken during Barbara’s visit just before Sam arrived…then a few more from just my usual wanders by foot or bike around this lovely city where the days are becoming painfully, noticeably, shorter as we’re now within three weeks of the next equinox 😦
With apologies, I’m throwing another big post at you – all the remaining shots from a short visit I managed to squeeze in to Chiang Mai during a short workshop-related visit to Bangkok back in March. It was such a pleasure to finally see some of the historical temples and other parts of this city I’d often heard of but never been to :-). This partially destroyed older temple shown a few times below was the original location of the Emerald Buddha, prior to his relocation to Bangkok around the time of the earthquake that partially destroyed this temple – if I recall correctly….
(so much world, so little time....) 