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by Jonathan Look | Oct 28, 2013 | Adventure, Landscape, Objects, People, Photography, Retirement
I came across this peaceful scene while visiting Hoi An, Vietnam. The water was calm, the light was perfect and fortunately, there weren’t many crowds to spoil the shot. Good photography is a skill but sometimes you have to point your camera at beautiful...
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by Jonathan Look | Sep 9, 2013 | Adventure, Buddhism, Photography
Water Blessing at Angkor Wat Water blessings are a traditional Cambodian Buddhist practice that dates back to ancient times. The offering of holy water symbolizes the cultivation of the virtues of calmness, clarity, and purity of our body, speech, and mind. This water...
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by Jonathan Look | Jun 26, 2013 | Adventure, Art, Cambodia, Objects, People, Photography, Retirement, Travel
Every year giant puppets take over the streets of Siem Reap, Cambodia. Huge glowing figures up to 100 feet long, prowl the streets proudly held aloft by the local children that helped create them. The Giant Puppet Project is a community arts project, which provides an...
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by Jonathan Look | Jun 16, 2013 | Adventure, Buddhism, Photography, Retirement
With decent white sand beaches and affordable accommodation Sihanoukville, Cambodia has developed a reputation as a good place to soak up sun during the day and party the night away. One of the things I never expected to find was Buddhist monks swimming and enjoying...
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by Jonathan Look | Jun 6, 2013 | Adventure, People, Photography, Thailand, Travel
Songkran Chiang Mai 2013 T. S. Eliot said, “April is the cruelest month” and, although I am sure he wasn’t talking about Songkran in Chiang Mai, Thailand, April is the most sweltering month here in Southeast Asia with temperatures often rising to over 100 degrees...
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by Jonathan Look | Jun 2, 2013 | Adventure, Asia, Buddhism, Cambodia, People, Photography
In February, by coincidence, I was in Phnom Penh during the ceremonies surrounding the cremation of former Cambodian King Norodom Sihanouk. I had never been to this vibrant city with a tragic past before so I was just wandering the esplanade along the Mekong River and...
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by Jonathan Look | Jun 1, 2013 | Adventure, Buddhism, People, Photography
Getting a Sak Yant Tattoo at Wat Bang Phra Temple From the outside, Wat Bang Phra, the tattoo temple, looks pretty much like other wats, or monastery temples, in the greater Bangkok area. Beautiful? Yes. But, uniquely so? Not really. What makes Wat Bang Phra unique is...
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by Jonathan Look | May 24, 2013 | Adventure, Travel, Video, Vietnam
One of My Cameramen in Vietnam It is definitely a crazy world. Last month when I was in Hue, Vietnam I was selected – more accurately picked randomly from a crowd – to be put on what is apparently a hit South Korean television show; Barefoot Friends. I...
