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It’s been a while since I updated the AsiaDreaming blog, we spent a very happy six months wandering across Asia and after returning to Australia and getting back into the work routine I haven’t had the time or inclination to … Continue reading
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That’s it, the dream is over. We head back home shortly, back to the daily grind, back to the deadlines, the bills and the stress. But before we go we have one last lap around the steamy old streets of … Continue reading
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It’s funny how photography can mirror your moods and feelings when you let it. We’re nearing the end of our South East Asian sojourn and our heads are starting to tilt towards home. Less thoughts about the amazing places around … Continue reading
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Three days in Luang Prabang just doesn’t seem enough somehow, it’s the kind of languid lazy Sunday afternoon town that you feel happy to fritter away doing nothing much at all. After a few days a soporific calm seems to … Continue reading
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We’ve arrived in the little Lao town of Luang Prabang and are blown away, it’s the most delightful and picturesque little place you could ever hope to imagine. Wedged onto a tiny little strip of land between the Mekong and … Continue reading
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It’s our last day in Vietnam and time to move on again, this time Laos is calling. We’ve enjoyed our time here a lot, we’ve had some great food and met many wonderful people, we’ve seen rain and a little … Continue reading
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One of the best things about traveling is that every now and then you get the opportunity to meet people who are so delicious you just want to wrap them up and take them home. We’ve booked a bicycle riding … Continue reading
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We arrived in Hoi An with the weather still against us, huge black clouds pushed across the sky by gusty winds are the order of the day. The first night the heavens really open up and dump enough water to … Continue reading
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So, Phu Quoc, what can we say, it’s a wash-out and we’ve decided to pack up and get out. We’re going to fly out and up north to the hilltop town of Dalat. It’s a two flight, four hour trip … Continue reading
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As a special birthday treat we climbed aboard a Vietnam Air flight and headed two hours south down to the bottom of Vietnam and off the coast to the little island of Phu Quoc. It’s long been a destination we’d … Continue reading
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With just a couple of days to fill in while we see a bit of Ho Chi Minh City we decide that a quick blast into the mystical Mekong Delta will be just the way to fill in a day. … Continue reading
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After we arrived in Saigon and had knocked around for a day or two we started to look for something with a bit of an edge to it, a way to see something of this large, busy and sprawling city. … Continue reading
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Our very brief stay in India is drawing to a close and we’re preparing to make our way onwards to Vietnam. There’s been many highlights for us here. The people, the scenery and the food have all been great. We … Continue reading
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Yesterday we posted some of our first photos taken in India, black and white and a bit gloomy and moody. It’s such a colorful place and not in the slightest bit gloomy so we’ve decided to put up a few … Continue reading
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India, the mother of all travel destinations, if you haven’t seen it, you wouldn’t believe it. ——————————————————————————————————————————- All photos copyright Ross Duncan: rossduncan@mail.com ——————————————————————————————————————————
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A few short hours west of Bangkok and stretching lazily along the River Kwai lies the beautiful little town of Kanchanaburi. Beautiful but with a terrible past. In 1942 prisoners of war and forced Asian laborers at work on the … Continue reading
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For anybody interested in the story of Buddha, he and the Bodhi tree are entwined together in a story that has echoed down through the centuries, both wrapped around each other, forever joined. Not far from Bangkok is the ancient … Continue reading
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The windows are down and the breeze is causing havoc, hats are being blown around and papers are flapping in the warm breeze, we’re on-board the stopping all stations, Hua Hin to Bangkok special, and it’s taking us north through … Continue reading
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We’re in the coastal city of Hua Hin for a few days, enjoying the coastal town, the population is 50,000. And several dogs. —————————————————————————————————————————– All photos copyright Ross Duncan: rossduncan@mail.com —————————————————————————————————————————–
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The one thing we didn’t think we’d ever be doing during our stint in Thailand is visiting a vineyard. Who would have thought that here we are, sitting on a terrace enjoying the view and sipping away on some nice … Continue reading
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After a week or so on Koh Phangan we eagerly caught the ferry further up the gulf of Thailand to the smaller island of Koh Tao. We’d been looking forward to visiting this island, after hearing lots of really good … Continue reading
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There’s a very funny scene in an old Pink Panther movie starring Peter Sellers as the bumbling Inspector Clouseau. You can find it on youtube here. I was reminded of it while taking these photos yesterday, luckily I didn’t get … Continue reading
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She’s Japanese, not that you can tell from looking at her, she’s also small, and, dare we say, cute, she hasn’t been around much, and but for a few little tell tale signs of approaching middle age, pretty hard to … Continue reading
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There’s a small plastic paddle boat slowly making its way from the shore towards us, on board, a wiry little nugget of a man, he’s all muscle, tattoos and happy white toothed smile. We’re sitting, becalmed, in the bay of … Continue reading
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Just up the beach from us on Koh Samui is a small cove, we’ve taken to walking up there every evening, towards dusk, and seeing what’s blown in with the tide, I’m not sure why this little cove attracts so … Continue reading
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A  week or so has gone by in the small southern town of Au Nang and it’s seems about right to move on, we’ve boarded a mini bus and headed north-east, across the Thai mainland and on towards the heady … Continue reading
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Shhhhh, we’re going to let you in on a little secret, but first you must promise not to tell anyone, ever, it’ll get ruined if you do, you see, down a little dead-end street in Ao Nang, past a few … Continue reading
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We’ve been in Ao Nang for a couple of days now, and it’s a really beautiful place, great beaches, and some amazing scenery, but I’m not finding it particularly photogenic for some reason, in fact it’s a bit of a … Continue reading
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A few years ago, on a previous trip to Northern Thailand we went on an elephant trek, our first time and we really enjoyed it, even having the funny experience of a hat being blown off and another elephant bringing … Continue reading
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We’ve decided to move on from Phuket after a pretty short stay,to be honest it wasn’t really what we’d thought it would be and all the development and tacky bars are not what we’re looking for. It takes all kinds, … Continue reading
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It’s a quiet day in Phuket, we don’t have anything planned and the beach is too choppy for a swim, so, instead, we decided to try our hand at another cooking school. We did one in Sarawak a few weeks … Continue reading
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The beach near where we are staying is a long crescent moon shaped bay with lots of activity all along it’s length. Plenty of people spending the day catching up on their tans and generally chilling out. But, being the … Continue reading
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It’s not very 007 of us, sitting in the back of a minibus, white knuckled and  trying to stifle a schoolgirl style squeal as we race across southern Phuket. And race is the correct term here, our driver, picking us … Continue reading
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This will be our last random photos of the day from George Town, a morning stroll in the dawn light to take in the last few memories before we head off to Thailand and see what comes next. We’ve been … Continue reading
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Nasi Lemak, Mee Goreng, Assam Laksa, otak-otak, just whisper their names and try not to conjure up visions of South East Asia, hot days, hot nights, thunder storms, humidity, incense, spices and mysterious cafes full of mysterious people. We’ve been … Continue reading
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Standing guard over the residents of George Town for the past 127 years is the grand old dame of Penang, the Eastern and Orient Hotel, fondly referred to as the E & O. A self described 5 star hotel, it’s … Continue reading
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There’s no excuse for these, other than I like the look of them. I’ve had my eye on them over the past week or so after noticing one on the corner near the little house we’re staying in (number 7) … Continue reading
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Wandering around George Town throws up a visual feast on a daily basis, every corner seems to have a built-in photo opportunity, here’s a couple from the last day or so around town. ———————————– ——————————————————————————————————————————- All photos copyright Ross Duncan: … Continue reading
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We’ve arrived in Kuala Lumpur, KL to the locals, the capital of Malaysia and a bustling, busy little place of around 1.6 million souls. Combine a bit of Singapore with a bit of Bangkok, throw in a lot of it’s … Continue reading
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We hopped aboard the express train from Butterworth to Kuala Lumpur, it’s an early morning start for the six hour ride, along the way the line passes through urban settings, virgin rainforest and plenty of palm tree plantations as well. … Continue reading
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