by Jonathan Look | Jun 2, 2014 | Buddhism, Cambodia, Photography, Travel
Located in the heart of Siem Reap, 16th Century Wat Bo is one of the oldest Buddhist temples in Cambodia. I love going to these places just to watch and get a glimpse of this very different style of life. Still an active temple, Wat Bo is expanding and undergoing some...
by Jonathan Look | Apr 11, 2014 | Adventure, Arizona, Bali, Buildings, California, Cambodia, Indonesia, Landscape, Nature, People, Photography, Retirement, Texas, Thailand, Travel, United States
Last year I did a post called my “Top 12 Photos of 2012”. 2012 was an amazing year for me with many changes; many improvements and a few challenges. I intended to do a “Top 13 of 2013” but after going through the over 11,000 images I made in...
by Jonathan Look | Apr 9, 2014 | Buildings, Cambodia, Photography, Travel
by Jonathan Look | Mar 24, 2014 | Adventure, Cambodia, Travel
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 know what makes a journey a classic. Their...
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...
by Jonathan Look | Jan 6, 2014 | Adventure, Cambodia, Minimalism, Retirement, Travel
In the past, I always considered myself a fairly knowledgeable person. Before I retired to travel and adventure around the world you could never have convinced me but now, I know, I know only a small fraction of anything about anything. I have always loved the beach....
by Jonathan Look | Sep 13, 2013 | Adventure, Buddhism, Cambodia, Travel
You can’t think of Cambodia without thinking of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Angkor Wat including the Angkor complex. The very name stirs up romantic images of 19th-century explorers hacking their way through thick jungle and stumbling upon an ancient lost city or...