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by Jonathan Look | Apr 7, 2014 | Adventure, Thailand, Travel
Monkeys at the Lopburi Monkey Temple (Updated: July 2018) I had never heard of the Thailand Monkey Temple (Phra Prang Sam Yot) in Lopburi, Thailand until just before I visited and I didn’t really expect to find something so unusual in this otherwise seemingly ordinary...
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by Jonathan Look | Apr 4, 2014 | Adventure, Bhutan, People, Photography, Travel
I took early retirement not only for the travel and have some adventures, but to pursue my passions of writing and photography. I have always liked telling stories and putting a light on other people’s lives by capturing the moment and making environmental portraits....
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by Jonathan Look | Mar 31, 2014 | Adventure, Bhutan, People, Photography, Travel
Dancers in Traditional Costume at Bhutan Nomad Festival Why Bhutan in February? One of our reasons for wanting to go to on our Bhutan trip in February was to see the annual Nomad Festival. Every year nomadic herders from Bhutan’s Himalayan frontiers and nearby...
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by Jonathan Look | Mar 27, 2014 | Adventure, Food, Street Food, Travel, Vietnam
Bun Cha just gives me that warm, at home, feeling wherever I am in the world. When I arrived in Hanoi, Vietnam it was cloudy and cold. It was one of those days when just you want some comfort food. Fortunately finding good food among the old French colonial buildings...
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by Jonathan Look | Mar 24, 2014 | Adventure, Cambodia, Travel
Aboard the Bamboo Train in Bammambang A Classic Rail Journey? Lonely Planet says riding the Bamboo Train in Battambang, Cambodia is, “one of the world’s all-time classic rail journeys.” Um, maybe. I have been on a lot of train trips and I guess I really don’t...
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by Jonathan Look | Mar 23, 2014 | Adventure, Cambodia, Retirement, Travel
Why Cycle Angkor Wat? The Angkor Wat complex near Siem Reap, Cambodia is a massive collection of over 1,000 temples ranging in scale from the legendary Angkor Wat to nondescript piles of brick rubble being quickly being lost to the ages. At its peak over a thousand...
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by Jonathan Look | Mar 21, 2014 | Adventure, Thailand, Travel
Ko Phi-Phi Don island, just a short ferry ride from Krabi, Thailand is one of those places you dream about. Before I retired I was only aware through books and magazines that such places as this existed. Tropical breezes, white sand beaches, inviting warm waters and...
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by Jonathan Look | Mar 14, 2014 | Adventure, Bhutan, Food, Travel
I pride myself on being the type of person that will try anything almost once. Over the years I have found that most people’s tastes are tailored to suit their own prejudices and often run contrary to my reality. Unless I really respect the person’s opinion or I know...
