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by Jonathan Look | Jul 24, 2014 | Adventure, On My Mind, Philosophy, Travel
I often hear from people who say they wish they could do world travel more but they don’t. They know there are thousands of reasons to travel and thousands of places in the world to see, but they stick pretty close to home. Most of them, are fully capable of devoting...
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by Jonathan Look | Jul 19, 2014 | Adventure, Buddhism, Cambodia, Nature, People, Photography, Travel
The Cambodia flower, the lotus flower is one of the most plentiful flowers in Cambodia. Everywhere you travel in SE Asia you will find them in lakes, ponds, canals and even in roadside ditches. The flower is not only beautiful, the lotus flower has symbolic meaning in...
by Jonathan Look | Jul 9, 2014 | Buddhism, Buildings, People, Photography, Thailand, Travel
Fifteen kilometers from Chiang Mai, Thailand is one of the country’s most sacred temples, Wat Phra That Doi Suthep, usually known simply as Doi Suthep, a name it shares with the 1,676-meter tall granite mountain that the temple towers over the city from. At night the...
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by Jonathan Look | Jul 2, 2014 | Buddhism, Buildings, Photography, Thailand, Travel
Photos of Wat Arun Temple in Bangkok Wat Arun Temple the “Temple of Dawn” in Bangkok is one of Thailand’s most famous Buddhist temples. Located on the west bank of the Chao Phraya River Wat Arun is probably best known to visitors of Thailand because...
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by Jonathan Look | Jun 26, 2014 | Adventure, Bhutan, Buddhism, People, Photography, Travel
I love making these shots. Sarah and I were traveling with our guides on our adventure through a village in central Bhutan and we stopped for some water and a little respite from the constantly winding mountain roads. I was getting a bit fidgety because it was only...
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by Jonathan Look | Jun 17, 2014 | Bhutan, Buddhism, Buildings, Photography, Travel
Tashichho Dzong (Thimpu Temple) on the western bank of the Wang Chu River in Thimpu, Bhutan has been the seat of Bhutan’s civil government since the country united with the creation of a monarchy in 1907. The original Dzong (or temple) was constructed in 1216 with...
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by Jonathan Look | Jun 17, 2014 | Buddhism, Cambodia, People, Photography, Travel
Wat Bo in Siem Reap, Cambodia is one of my favorite places to photograph. Upon entering the grounds there is just a sense of decompression and peace. The main temple is usually locked but the guy sitting here, the pagoda elder, has always been happy to unlock it and...
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by Jonathan Look | Jun 7, 2014 | Adventure, Minimalism, On My Mind, Philosophy, Retirement
[pullquote]”A man is rich in proportion to the number of things which he can afford to let alone.” – Henry David Thoreau[/pullquote] There are all kinds of minimalism and minimalist philosophies. Some people believe that in order to be a minimalist...
