by Jonathan Look | Apr 9, 2014 | Buildings, Cambodia, Photography, Travel
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...
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....
by Jonathan Look | Apr 2, 2014 | Nature, Objects, Photography, Travel, Vietnam
by Jonathan Look | Apr 1, 2014 | Art, Photography, Thailand, Travel
Bo Sang Umbrella Village is the most colorful of the craft villages surrounding Chiang Mai, Thailand. The techniques for making these umbrellas dates back from over a century ago when a monk, Phra In Tha, brought the knowledge back from Burma and taught the Thais how...
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...
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...
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...