Below: fishing nets, Kompong Kleang, Tonle Sap Lake near Siem Reap, Cambodia and a grasshopper perched on an infants back. No one freaked out when the grasshopper landed on the child, and a few moments later, the mother casually removed the grasshopper with her hand. Further below, a Khmer man wearing a traditional Kroma (Cambodian […]
Archive | 2010
Angkor Wat, Siem Reap, Cambodia
I don’t have much time because we are sitting here eating breakfast at our hotel, the Pavillon Indochine, eating breakfast. Today we go out to the Tonle Sap for a boat ride and then later to seldom visited Beng Melea temple, but I wanted to post some pictures from yesterday. We visited the well known, […]
Mostly Monks, Luang Prang
It’s our free day in Luang Prang and I could have slept in, but it’s just to hard to resist another 6:30 am parade of monks, so most of us are up and out the door by 6:15. Today, I thought I would try for something different in terms of my images. Choosing a low […]
Luang Prabang, Laos
Last night we arrived at the boat dock in Luang Prabang at around 5:30 pm. Our two day river trip allowed us the opportunity to sit back, relax and discuss photography, share images and enjoy the sights and sounds of the Mekong river. On of our last stops along the way was the amazing Pok […]
LensFlare 35 Interview
Just for your information, I was interviewed by LensFlare35 last month, the interview is now available here if you’re interested. We are off to Luang Prabang today….I gotta’ get down to the boat dock….cheers, Karl
Mid Way Along the Mekong River
I can’t believe that I’m blogging from Pak Beng! Check it out on any map, Pak Beng is the middle of nowhere, yet our hotel has internet access…this is amazing. Today we left Thailand and traveled on a private boat for about 7 hours. Pak Beng is our midway stop before arriving in Luang Prabang […]
Long Neck Tribe and the Burmese Border
Today we visited a long neck tribe about one and a half hours away from our hotel. Along the way we stopped to photograph some workers in a rice field, pulling up seedlings and replanting them. The action was fast and furious. Everyone got some great, up close images, and no one fell into the […]
Golden Triangle Tranquility
Today we left the hustle and bustle of Bangkok, flew to Chaing Rai and drove north to the small, tranquil town of Bon Sop Ruak. This is the area known as the Golden Triangle, where Burma, Laos and Thailand all converge, with the Mekong and Ruak rivers separating the three countries. Once know for it’s […]
Tuk Tuks and Thai Boxing
Our photo tour is moving along nicely, although traffic here in Bangkok is terrible. After leaving Wat Pho we spend nearly two hours in traffic to cover the 3 kilometers back to our hotel! The streets are full of cars, trucks, motorbikes and the ubiquitous Thai Tuk Tuk. In the above photo, I panned […]
Bangkok Thailand
I’m in Bangkok leading the first of two back to back 2010 Thailand, Laos, Cambodia Photo Tours which I lead annually for Jim Cline Photo Tours. Check out this link for the full itinerary of our tour. Today we started our tour with a visit to some salt drying areas along the roadside en route […]
