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Bangkok backstreet

admin — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 06:27:34 +0000

Bangkok Backstreet

Scotland

admin — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 17:00:06 +0000

Nothing Fancy, but here are some Scotish glens, bens, lochs, crochs and bogs… Hope you enjoy the pics as much as I enjoyed roaming the countryside….

Old Man Of Storr, Isle Of Skye

Loch Etive

Glen Etive from Loch Etive shore

Near Loch Lomond

Tory Island revisited….

admin — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:12:35 +0000

Tory Island, Ireland – Images by Guido Van Damme

Tory Island

admin — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 20:31:32 +0000

Ten years ago I spend a few days on Tory Island, a small island north of county Donegal, Ireland. Tory Island is a remote island with two villages, East town and West Town, and has about 250 inhabitants. Staying on this island was an experience that kept intriguing me, although I never had the chance to go back… After my divorce I couldn’t find the negatives from my trip anymore, I considered them lost forever. Until today! I found the negs on the bottom of a box full of stuff I wanted to throw out. Happy me! I started scanning immediately!
Here is a preview of the series, more to come!

Buddha beheaded…

admin — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 21:17:18 +0000

I came across this beheaded Buddha statue on a shrine build in a huge tree during a trekking on the Shan Plateau. To me, this picture became very symbolic. Myanmar leaves a very dubious impression to many visitors. It is a very religious country, its people practice what should be the most peaceful religion on the planet, yet its government oppresses the people with an iron fist…
Buddha beheaded.

Dawn in Bago

admin — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 20:50:12 +0000

Looking through the window of my 5 dollar hotel, after waking up in a strange and busy city, after a hot night in a small room full of mosquitoes and a noisy gecko, with no electricity to power the air-conditioning, in a too small bed, on a mattress with a big hole in the middle, and thinking how wonderful life can be while travelling. It was a relatively cool, slightly foggy dawn and everyday life in Bago started to come alive in front of my eyes. People and pigeons… Motorcycles and trucks…

People’s Desire: propaganda

admin — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 20:29:29 +0000

During my visit in Myanmar I stumbled upon a sign near the entrance of a military domain in the centre of the ancient capitol Mandalay. On the billboard I read the magical words: “People’s Desire”. The sign is located on a major intersection and every day thousands of people pass the sign without looking at it. Maybe because it is written in English and most Burmese hardly speak any English. The sign is definitely meant for the Western tourists on their way from the old Royal Palace to Mandalay Hill…
The message is clear:
* Oppose those relying on external elements, acting as stooges, holding negative views
* Oppose those trying to jeopardize stability of the State and the progress of the nation
* Oppose Foreign nations interfering in internal affairs of the state
* Crush all internal en external destructive elements as the common enemy
I wonder if this really is the desire of the Burmese people…

Children of the Golden Land

admin — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 15:22:22 +0000

Myanmar in Black ‘n White 2

admin — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 14:56:31 +0000

Praying monk at Swhedagon Pagoda, Yangon

Sule Pagoda road, Yangon

Praying in Yangon.

Market in Chinatown, Yangon

Shading the harsh son with umbrela’s in Yangon

DVD shop in Yangon.

Dog in Mandalay.
Bago traffic

Monks studying in Bago

Teenagers at Kyaik-htiyo

Boy in Mandalay

Bagan

Black ‘n White Myanmar

admin — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 12:36:40 +0000

Monk at Swhedagon Pagoda, Yangon

Kyaik-htiyo-pagoda Golden Rock

Yangon Busstation

Yangon Teashop

Bus in Yangon, in front of a colonial building

Monk in a bus, Yangon

Inside a Yangon bus

Fisherman at Inlay lake

Girl in Mandalay

Children at the Swhedagon pagoda, Yangon

Women preparing foot for the monks, Bago

Village near Inlay lake