Morocco evening
As night falls, the lights go on in Taddert’s main street. There’s an air of expectancy as everyone waits for the cars and busses to arrive.
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Morocco cycling
From the summit of Tizi n’Tichka we took the backroad down to Aït Benhaddou. The route is staggeringly beautiful, especially the contrast between the oasis valley floor and the surrounding mountains.
Morocco – view
Taroudant comes alive in the evening, when the heat has subsided. From our hotel roof, we sat for hours watching the view below.
Thailand parade
For Loi Krathong, the Thai place floating baskets in water. But first they had to get to the lake. They paraded all of the way there.
Royal barges
Thais were gathered on the river banks, waiting for something. But we couldn’t find out what.
Then the Royal barge procession began.
Kerala backwaters
Our tour boat glided slowly through the backwaters of Kerala.
We gazed out over palm trees, canoes and life along the canal banks.
Temple festival
The fairs are so much fun!
Everybody gets into the swing of things as they parade around the temple.
Buddhist procession
That morning locals emptied sacks full of flower pedals on the red carpet. It stretched for miles, through the whole town.
Annapurna trek
The sanctuary hike passes through traditional villages, terraced farmland and ends at Annapurna base camp with a fantastic view of the Himalayas.
Traffic chaos
After waking up, we looked out our hotel window to view the traffic chaos which we soon would be pedaling… through…
Hypnotic
Staring at the ceiling while music from the neighbouring karaoke bar slowly ‘serenaded’ us to sleep. And we weren’t the… only… ones
Street theatre
What was he mixing? We have no idea. But it was an entertaining piece of street theatre that he performed.
Chance encounter
When you meet a sacred elephant, just give the handler a bit of change. In return, he’ll thank you and… pray for your safe journey.
Dhaka
Dhaka’s population is out on the streets, all 17 million of them. And they’re all doing something; buying, selling, going… every which way. In the mornings, we were eager to head out, to see everything. But by evening, we were happy to be back in the peace and quiet of our hotel room.
Rocket boat
We left Dhaka while the sun set, heading downriver to Khulna. The following morning we woke up to see the… river covered in mist. A serene, calm landscape that was in total contrast to the chaos of Dhaka.