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Photo Friday: Wat Arun
Wat Arun, “Temple of the Dawn”, Bangkok
The Khmer-era Buddhist temple located on the banks of the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok celebrated its 200 birthday last year.
The temple’s more-than-a-mouthful complete name is Wat Arunratchawararam Ratchaworamahawihan. It can be climbed by purchasing a 20 baht ticket (about $0.60). Read more about its history here.
Photo Friday this week gives you an image taken in Cuzco (or Cusco), Peru. The photo was taken in an alley just off the Plaza des Armas in the city center. The walls you see here are original Inca construction dating back to the 14th century. So tightly do the wall’s stones fit together you couldn’t slip a piece paper between them if you tried. Not to mention the fact they’ve remained standing for 600 years with no mortar, a fair improbability if you think about it.
These type of walls, constructed with tightly fitted, sometimes multi-faceted stones, exist all over the city, throughout the region and across the ancient Inca empire. Industrious people, the Incas were. And they would’ve gotten away with it had it not been for those meddling Conquistadors. At least we still have the beautiful remnants of their work to admire.
Have a great weekend!
The Photo Friday feature returns with some darling little photos taken in a corner of the Provence region of France. Provence in its entirety covers the very southeast point of the hexagon that is France, from the Côte d’Azur to the southern Alps to the Rhône River at its western edge. Some of the most beautiful countryside in France is located here, with stunning and rocky hill-towns, rolling fields and a landscape that many believe is the most beautiful you’ll see anywhere.
The following photos come from my recent trip to the southwest portion of the region, Aix-en-Provence, and a few of the towns surrounding it. It was a honeymoon yes, or else perhaps, the honeyest moon of all!
Hope you enjoy!
The triumphant return of our Photo Friday feature comes today! Seven great shots by way of our Flickr group pool, AirTreks World Journey, spotlighting some of the greatest locations in world travel.
If you have any photos you’d like to contribute to the group please feel free to click here and join. We’d love to have you! We may even spot light some of your own photography in a future installment of this feature.
Have a great weekend!
After a long hiatus, our Photo Friday feature is back! Today we feature some amazing travel photography from AirTreks World Journey member Timido (aka The Shy Photographer).
Timido has traveled extensively around the world from central Asia, to South America, to Antarctica. His shots reveal his unending romance with travel, architecture and the natural world.
Enjoy!
This week’s selections highlight British outdoorsman James Myatt, aka nzbuu, and his shots while trekking in the Lake District of Northern England.
Enjoy!
Last week we brought you photos from the lush and tropical South Pacific taken by AirTreks’ dynamic exploring duo Daniel and Sara, perhaps to get you ready for the upcoming winter.
In that same spirit, and for the Southern Hemisphere’s approaching winter, this week’s selections highlight the Patagonia region of southern Chile and Argentina, again from Daniel and Sara.
Enjoy!
For those of us residing in the Northern Hemisphere, we’re rapidly approaching that chilliest of seasons. What better moment to relax on a Friday take the mind back to the warm and tropical.
This week’s photo selections focus on the South Pacific and are from our permanent pair of well-traveled staff sales consultants, Daniel and Sarah Gamber.
Their 2002 trip included a list of islands in the South Pacific. Here are some of the best shots. Keep an eye out next week for more photos from of their world travels.
Enjoy!
This week’s selections come from world traveler and AirTreks travel consultant Dave Lowe. More of his work can be seen on our Flickr group page. Or else join him on his website for more travel-related curiosities.
Happy Photo Friday!
This week’s selections come from AirTreks’ travel consultant Cassie, taken while on an extended trip in Northern India. More of Cassie’s work can be seen on her website: www.cassietregellas.com.
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