Oman – Haunting beauty

Towns against the bare hills. A strange light. Looked beautiful.

Oman – Salalah – Job’s Tomb

This was Job’s tomb (although there is another one somewhere else).

Orchids at Burton Agnes

Orchids are amazing. I particularly like those aerial roots! Burton Agnes Hall was a great setting for them!

A walk around Phuket!

Not much I like better than mooching round in a different land, absorbing the culture and checking out the sights of the sites.

Architecture, art, people, culture and strange different things to look at. Markets are good!

Holm Dale – Yorkshire.

We set off in the morning sunshine to walk down Holm Dale, past Harper Dale, up Horse Dale to Huggate for a pint and some lunch.

Phuket – Wat Chalong Temple

We teamed up with a couple of friends and headed off into the interior. First stop was the Wat Chalong Temple. Incredibly ornate. Had a thing about elephants.

There was a firecracker resonator that scared the shit out of us. It went off unexpectedly making a deafening racket as if someone was throwing grenades in our ears! There wouldn’t be many evil spirits left around after that!!

Even as a devout atheist Buddhism has a great appeal to me. We got married in a Buddhist temple.

Thailand – Phuket

We approached the tropical paradise of Phuket in the early morning. The sky was blue. Felt fabulous. We were off to explore.

The place seemed to consist of a number of emerald green islands lush with vegetation. On a distant hill, we spied a giant Buddha.

We had to check that out!!

Farewell to Sri Lanka!!

We had a last wander before disappearing into the sunset!

Sri Lanka – walking through the streets of Colombo

When you are in a foreign country everything is exotic.

Sri Lanka – Another day in Colombo – the city and people

A fascinating place to drive round!! More Tuk Tuks and architecture!!