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Category Archives: Asia

Painted ceiling in Bundi Fort, India

Decorative Ceilings from the North of India

March 10, 2020by Albatz Travel Adventures 3 Comments

In northern India it is always worth it to point the camera up! Glamorous lighting fixture descends from a glass mosaic ceiling in a Delhi temple, India.Decorative ceiling of the […]

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Cee's Fun Foto Challenge, India
Bundi Fort looking spectacular in the evening light

The Fort Up on the Hill Above Bundi in India

February 28, 2020by Albatz Travel Adventures 1 Comment

It was late afternoon when we made our way up to the fort on top of the hill. A guide hanging around told us that the fort was closed for […]

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A Photo a Week Challenge, India
Hawker Food in Singapore's Market

Telok Ayer Market, a Victorian Hawker Food Court in Singapore

February 18, 2020by Albatz Travel Adventures 3 Comments

Telok Ayer Market is a hawker food court from the Victorian era, and conveniently near Singapore’s central business district. Sambal green beans (top) and char kway teow with chicken (bottom), two of […]

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Cee's Fun Foto Challenge, Singapore
Tea Plantation in the Cameron Highlands of Malaysia

Boh Tea Plantation in the Cameron Highlands of Malaysia

January 27, 2020by Albatz Travel Adventures 1 Comment

When we rented the motorcycle in Tanah Rata, the woman told us to go to the Boh Tea Estate, telling us, “It’s not the biggest but it is the prettiest.” The plantation was quite […]

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Malaysia
Noodles for Pho, the famous beef noodle soup from Vietnam

Different Types of Noodles in Vietnam

January 23, 2020by Albatz Travel Adventures 1 Comment

In our cooking class in Hoi An we learned of the many types of noodles that go into Vietnamese food. Cau Lao Noodles in the Market in Hoi An.  Cau […]

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Vietnam, Vietnamese Food
A monitor lizard crawling across the sidewalk at the Dusit Palace in Bangkok, Thailand

Creepy Monitor Lizards

November 13, 2019by Albatz Travel Adventures 6 Comments

Over the years reptilian creatures have been slithering their way into my art work making me think that maybe it’s time to feature a few – this time the Monitor […]

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Asia, Lens-Artists Photo Challenge, Malaysia, Thailand
Decorative ceramic mosaic wall in TuDuc's royal tomb in Hue, Vietnam

Textures of the Royal Tombs of Hue in Vietnam

October 25, 2019by Albatz Travel Adventures 3 Comments

A trip to the Royal Tombs of Hue in Vietnam. Decayed metal. Decayed metal. Metal door.  Mischievous puppy. Painted wood panel. Graffiti on rust-coloured walls in TuDuc’s royal tomb.More graffiti on rust-coloured […]

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Cee's Fun Foto Challenge, Vietnam
Worshipping Buddha in Sukothai, Thailand

Worship in the East

April 18, 2019by Albatz Travel Adventures 3 Comments

Worship in the East. The profoundly Buddhist people of Myanmar has worshippers making a circumnavigation of the Golden Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon.  Golden deities in a Chinese temple in Singapore. […]

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Asia, Collections from Around the World
The geometric patterns of Fatehpur Sikri and the BabyTaj collaged in the photo app Photoshop Express

Geometric Patterns on Agra’s Mughal Architecture

March 5, 2019by Albatz Travel Adventures 3 Comments

The primary restriction on Islamic architecture in this part of India is that there be no images of people or animals. That leaves floral motifs, Arabic script and geometric patterns. […]

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Architecture, Cee's Fun Foto Challenge, India
Richly painted ceiling on a wall at Akbar's Mausoleum in Agra, India

Inside Akbar’s Mughal Mausoleum in Agra, India

March 2, 2019by Albatz Travel Adventures 7 Comments

In India of the late 1500s, Akbar the Great* commissioned three magnificent examples of Indo-Islamic architecture: the walled city of Fatehpur Sikri near Agra, his father Humayun’s tomb in Delhi and finally […]

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Architecture, India, Lens-Artists Photo Challenge

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