Cambodian Rice Noodle Soup with Blood Tofu

by Jonathan Look | Jul 21, 2014 | Adventure, Cambodia, Food, Street Food, Travel

When it comes to street food sometimes things are not what they appear to be. At other times things taste far better than they sound; for instance, blood tofu. Last summer I went on a tour and street food adventure in Cambodia with my friend Pin Vannak. I knew I was...

Photo: Lotus Flower Harvest in Cambodia

by Jonathan Look | Jul 19, 2014 | Adventure, Buddhism, Cambodia, Nature, People, Photography, Travel

A Man Harvests Purple Lotus Flowers near Angkor Wat in Cambodia 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...

Sarah’s Thai Spa Adventure

by Sarah Wilson | Jul 15, 2014 | Adventure, Thailand, Travel

I love Thai massage, no not that happy ending kind of massage but the fabulous traditional, sometimes painful, slightly tortuous massage that’s like doing yoga but without the effort. I never need much of an excuse to have a massage, oh look I have an hour free...

Ngapali Beach on the Bay of Bengal

by Jonathan Look | Jul 15, 2014 | Adventure, Myanmar, Retirement, Travel

I had mixed feelings about going to Ngapali Beach on the west coast of Myanmar. The guidebooks said that it was the most popular beach in Burma and I am not a big fan of busy. I had talked to people, that hadn’t been there, that said it was crowded and overpriced so...

Heaven and Hell

by Jonathan Look | Jul 1, 2014 | Adventure, Retirement, Running, Thailand, Travel

I don’t know why but one July day in Houston, Texas in 2002 I got it in my mind that I wanted to run a marathon. I had never been a serious runner; I wasn’t in particularly good shape at the time and I wasn’t looking to take my fitness to some lofty “next level”. I...

Photo: Scene From a Bhutanese Village

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...

Images of a Myanmar Fishing Village

by Jonathan Look | Jun 24, 2014 | Adventure, Myanmar, People, Photography, Travel

I am always fascinated by people lives in various countries around the world.  Before I made the photo essay of the seaweed farmers of Lembongan Island, Indonesia I had an opportunity travel to the small Myanmar fishing village of Jate Taw on the Bay of Bengal near...

The Fishermen of Inle Lake, Myanmar

by Jonathan Look | Jun 14, 2014 | Adventure, Myanmar, People, Photography, Travel

Inle Lake Fisherman in Myanmar When you see a photograph or a travel story about Inle Lake, Myanmar it usually is, or includes, a photo like this one – a basket fisherman setting his fish traps in the setting (or rising) sun. Just the image of a hardworking, solitary...