Dear All,
Looking back on the wrap-up, I found few pictures of the beginning of our trip. So I am adding ones from the beginning. I couldn't stop there so there are some additional photos from the end
of the trip!
Looking back on the wrap-up, I found few pictures of the beginning of our trip. So I am adding ones from the beginning. I couldn't stop there so there are some additional photos from the end
of the trip!
Imperial Palace gardens, Kyoto, Japan
The fruit trees are showing their first blooms of the year and the Japanese are delighted. It's a celebration with cell phone photos being emailed to the world!
Imperial Palace, Kyoto
The Japanese have great reverence for old things (and old people)
Imperial Palace, Kyoto
Kiyomizu Temple, Kyoto
Rokkakudo Temple, Kyoto
Daibutsu-den (Great Buddha Hall), Nara, Japan
Fushimi Inari Shrine, Kyoto, Japan
Ginkaku-Ji (The Silver Pavillion), Kyoto Japan
Bullet Train (Shinkansen) Bento box.
It was delicious!
Osaka Castle, Osaka, Japan
Airport--Bangkok, Thailand,
Chinatown in Bangkok, Thailand
This little area was tucked away behind the market stalls
Prow of Royal Barge
The Royal Barges Museum is tucked away just inside a canal across the river from the Grand Palace. It is one of the hardest places to find from land, as, naturally, royalty (and smart tourists) arrive by water.
Blue Elephant Cooking School, Bangkok
The Great Palace of Bangkok
Ayutthaya, Thailand
Founded around 1350, Ayutthaya became the second capital of Siam.
An amazing place with gigantic ruins. The dots on the ground at the far left are people
Ayutthaya
Vat Xieng Thong
Luang Prabang, Laos
Kuang Si Falls, outside of Luang Prabang, Laos
The Pak Ou caves overlook the Mekong River, north of Luang Prabang, Laos. The caves are noted for their miniature Buddha sculptures. This is the upper cave, Tham Theung
Vientaine, Laos
Ho Chi Ming City (Saigon), Vietnam
Crossing the street is a crazy dance of weaving in and out
Royal Palace, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Cambodian delicacy--deep fried tarantula
Beautiful Cambodian girl
İstiklal Caddessi or Istiklal Street is one of the most famous avenues in Istanbul, visited by nearly 3 million people in a single day over the course of weekends.
On May 31, 2013 Istanbul erupted in violence after protests against razing of Gezi Park across from Taksim Square.
Police chased demonstrators down nearby Istiklal Street, Istanbul’s famous and bustling pedestrian thoroughfare, past cafés and brand-name shops as storekeepers close their windows to keep out the tear gas.What started as a small sit-in to save a beloved local park has seen thousands of people take the streets in a broader protest against Prime Minister Erdogan.
We stayed at the Richman Istanbul Hotel on Istiklal Street on April 1, 2013 about two months before violence broke out in Turkey.
Istanbul
Wild cats in Turkey enjoy a special relationship with most Turks, who leave food and water for the felines. This is a market stall
Akdamar Island is the second by size of four islands in Lake Van, Eastern Anatolia Region, Turkey
It is home to a tenth century Armenian Cathedral church, known as the Cathedral Church of the Holy Cross (915-921), and was the seat of an Armenian Catholics from 1116 to 1895.
Van, Turkey
Erzurum, Turkey
Cappadocia is a region in Central Anatolia, in Turkey
Samandag, near the ancient city of Antioch
St Alexander Nevski Monumental Cathedral, Sofia, Bulgaria
Kilronan harbor, Inishmore, Ireland
Isle of Skye, Scotland
Rosie checks out the edge of the sheep path, lined with wool
The Parliament, Edinburg, Scotland.
I think these are whisky bottles, but they present the people represented by the parliament
Tallin, Estonia
The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia
Pavlovsk Palace, Pushkin, Russia
Helsinki, Finland
Lubeck, Germany
Skansen, Stockholm
Skansen is the first open air museum and zoo in Sweden and is located in Stockholm
View on the Arnarstapi-Hellnar trail, Iceland