A set of glittery, bejewelled Eiffel towers at the back of a pickup truck – where else would you expect such a sight except possibly in Jaipur, the city of gems? We had just entered …
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Flying kites – sunset fun in Jaipur
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Down to earth
Down to earth - a hot air ballon landing on farmlands near Jaipur, Rajasthan
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Up up and away
Quite a few people in villages outside Jaipur in Rajasthan, India, had two hot air balloons flying very low over their homes on a chilly February morning and I was in one of them. This …
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Sunrise at Wat Phou
The guide came to pick us up at 4:30 am and it was so dark that it was actually difficult to find the way from our bungalow to the reception area where he was waiting. …
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Hidden gems
After a rather long drive on pot-holed roads covered in red dust, we got out of the car in the middle of a rubber plantation, but it looked as though the whole plantation was scarred, …
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Halong Bay mist
Everything on the ship was wet, but it wasn’t raining, it was just so incredibly misty. Together with some 20 people I had just boarded the Dragon’s Pearl junk for an overnight cruise in Halong …
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The embroidering ladies in Sapa
“Come sit down with us”, said the lady with a warm smile (the one looking at the camera in the photo here below). Rather, that’s what I concluded that she said since she gesticulated to …
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Old times coming alive
I passed under the railway in Old Hanoi and turned left, and suddenly I was no longer in a normal busy street but in an unusual busy street: quite a few people were dressed up, …
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Who can say no to happy water?
We stopped in a small village near Ha Giang in northern Vietnam for no other reason than to see if there was anyone around who would invite us in so that I could get some …
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No! said the wood carver
I knew it would be a failure, but still I wanted to try to make a small wood carving, Balinese style. I had a private lesson with a very experienced wood carver in Ubud, and …
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