By Carrie on January 17, 2009
The Japanese are experts at urban landscaping, and one of their most superb examples is Kyoto’s Golden Pavilion, also known as Kinkaku-ji, formally known as Rokuon-ji or “Deer Garden Temple”.
Posted in Features, Japan Travel Guide, Travel Advice | Tagged Architecture, Cultural Travel, Islands, Japan Travel Guide, Photography, Temples, Things to Do in Japan, Travel Advice, Travel Japan, Travel Photography |
By Carrie on October 10, 2008
The wedding is quickly approaching. With so much to do and so little time left, I’ve been hard-pressed to find time to blog. I’ve been trying to work ahead to get some posts ready for the seven weeks that we are on the road. Whenever people find out that I have a blog, the first question [...]
Posted in Blog | Tagged Animals, Books, China Travel Guide, Cultural Travel, ESL - Advice for ESL Teachers, Games, Harajuku, Ho Chi Minh City, Osaka, People, Shoes, Students, Temples, Vietnam Travel Guide, Women |
By Carrie on August 28, 2008
One of my favorite photos from Japan is of these colorful little temple dolls. We found them at the last station in a temple 6.3km from the top of Mt. Fuji. Although the weather refused to cooperate with us that day, we still had a great time exploring the area despite the fact that the [...]
Posted in Japan Travel Guide, Photography | Tagged Japan Travel Guide, Mountains, Photography, Temples |
By Carrie on July 20, 2008
Imagine miles of bare, unspoiled golden beaches. Imagine a place that is unpolluted. No garbage litters the white coral and sand beaches of Penghu. There are no flagrant displays of commercialism or hordes of camera-toting tourists here. In some places, you can still walk down to the water’s edge to search for raw, fresh oysters [...]
Posted in Taiwan Travel Guide | Tagged Asia, Beaches, China Travel Guide, Islands, Journal, Penghu, Photo Essay, Photography, Taiwan Travel Guide, Temples, Travel Advice, Travel Journal |
By Carrie on February 17, 2008
A three meter long footprint of Buddha on Phu Si Hill in Luang Prabang, Laos.
Posted in Laos Travel Guide | Tagged Buddhism, Luang Prabang, Photo Moment, Photography, Temples, Travel Advice, Travel Photography |
By Carrie on February 10, 2008
High up in the mountains of Northern Laos, the ancient royal capital of Luang Prabang is something out of a traveler’s dream. Learn more about this ancient capital of Laos…
Posted in Laos Travel Guide | Tagged Asia, Laos Travel Guide, Luang Prabang, Photo Essay, Temples, Travel Photography |
By Carrie on January 27, 2008
One of the many wonderful things about Luang Prabang is its proximity to everything. A traveler doesn’t need to look far to find things to do in this beautiful little town.
Posted in Laos Travel Guide | Tagged Asia, Laos Travel Guide, Luang Prabang, Photo Essay, Temples, Travel Photography |
By Carrie on December 16, 2007
After three days of scrambling over the ruins of Angkor’s ancient temples we set off on the next leg of our journey through Cambodia. We decided to continue our journey through Cambodia by land, despite having a rather rough entry into the country at the Aranyaprathet/Poipet border crossing. Land borders always make the best travel [...]
Posted in Cambodia Travel Guide, Travel Advice | Tagged Cambodia Travel Guide, People, Photo Essay, Temples, Travel Journal, Travel Scams |
By Carrie on September 17, 2007
With my three day pass to Angkor Wat. It’s almost impossible to post pictures of Angkor Wat. There are millions of images of Angkor available on the web and none of them really do it any justice. Angkor is indescribable…but I’m going to give it a try. The best part of the day to [...]
Posted in Cambodia Travel Guide, Travel Advice | Tagged Angkor Wat, Architecture, Cambodia Travel Guide, Cultural Travel, Nature, Parks, People, Reflections, Ruins, Temples, Travel Advice, Travel Journal |
By Carrie on July 28, 2007
Wat Intharawihan, also known as the Temple of the Standing Buddha is on Wisut Kasat Road on the northern edge of Banglamphu in Bangkok, Thailand. This temple is known for a huge standing Buddha image called Luang Pho To. The gold Buddha image towers 100 feet in the air. It’s over 10 meters wide and [...]
Posted in Thailand Travel Guide, Travel Advice | Tagged Bangkok, Buddhism, Photo Essay, Temples |
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