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Showing posts with label 2008 Travel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2008 Travel. Show all posts

December 31, 2008

New Year's Eve!



Fireworks at the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur

New Year's Dinner








Hasma (or Harsmar) is a Chinese dessert ingredient made from the dried fallopian tubes of the Asiatic Grass Frog ('Oviductus Ranae'). Hasma is often mistakenly described as toad or frog fat, since it is sometimes referred to as "toad oil" (Chinese: 蛤蟆油; pinyin: há mǎ yóu).






December 30, 2008

Angkor Wat: Airport







No clue what it symbolizes...








Goodbye, Cambodia!

December 28, 2008

December 25, 2008

Laos








Never again on my dime. One of the most boring places I've ever been to...

December 24, 2008

Yangoon Again








Strange city with empty skyscrapers...








People on streets..

December 23, 2008

Bagan: Day 2








A small Myanmar village near the Mount Popá








Mount Popa itself...








On top of the mountain..

Bagan: Day 2






December 22, 2008

Bagan: Day 1








At the local market









A city pagoda








A highly specialized wishing well :)



































A beautiful hotel in Bagan

December 21, 2008

Myanmar: Yangoon











The Streets of Yangoon












Shwedagon Pagoda... The place where everyone must be barefoot...Where the sensation of being in a very special place is almost palpable even to an atheist...











December 20, 2008

Bangkok




















Reclining Buddha with the feet of mother-of-pearl...













At the pagoda....











The less touristy side of Bangkok....





The corporate face of Bangkok

(c) 2008 Photos by Valera Meylis

November 30, 2008

Родная школа









Андрей Капцев и Лена Самойлова

October 21, 2008

Travel: Lisle, IL




tonight the skies in Lisle, IL...
Photos by Valera Meylis