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Starting our Inle Lake Boat Trip at Sunrise

Weekly Photo Challenge: Threshold of a New Adventure

April 4, 2014by Albatz Travel Adventures 13 Comments

Getting on a boat at sunrise, about to head off to the town at the end of Inle Lake. On the threshold of a new adventure. The anticipation of what we might […]

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Myanmar, Photo Challenges, Weekly Photo Challenge
Mexican Purple Water Lily

Violet Waterlilies

February 15, 2014by Albatz Travel Adventures Leave a comment

I always think waterlilies should be pink but here are some violet ones… The first waterlily is from Mexico, the second from Vietnam and the last one from Thailand. The […]

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Asia, Photo Challenges
Dali figure in an art gallery in Bangkok

Covered with Bugs

February 5, 2014by Albatz Travel Adventures 5 Comments

This figure in a Bangkok Art Gallery is extremely Daliesque; squeamishly, squirmily(?) covered with bugs. And then reality, the Scorpion Lady in Pattaya, also a figure covered with bugs!And a […]

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Thailand, Weekly Photo Challenge
the Next Morning

Camping in Banff in the Middle of May

February 3, 2014by Albatz Travel Adventures Leave a comment

Camping in Banff in the Middle of May. The morning after we crawl out of the tent to this! The night before, two o’clock in the morning and I finally find […]

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Word a Week Photograph Challenge: Undulate

January 28, 2014by Albatz Travel Adventures 3 Comments

Ripples in water, undulating images, reflecting floating homes in Vancouver and Victoria. The corrugated metal siding of a floating home reflects in Vancouver harbour at Granville Island. The yellow fence […]

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Photo Challenges, Weekly Photo Challenge, Western USA & Canada
sacred cow waiting at Jaisalmer door

Word a Week Challenge: Sacred Cow Waiting at the Door

January 15, 2014by Albatz Travel Adventures 3 Comments

Every day this sacred cow would come and wait at the door for a chapati handout. All over Rajasthan I saw cows like this waiting at doorways. They reminded me […]

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India, Weekly Photo Challenge

Paint the Town Yellow in Hoi An, Vietnam

January 11, 2014by Albatz Travel Adventures 2 Comments

Why do some towns have almost every building painted the same colour? Take Hoi An in Vietnam for instance. Almost every building in the town is painted yellow. Why? Was […]

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Photo Challenges, Vietnam, Weekly Photo Challenge

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