Kampung Budaya, album

And before departure, another album finished. Almost there now, ready for new photos.

Some of the photos of this one I've already shown earlier. See this post for some explanation.

Click here for the album with some 15 photos.

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Beijing bird...

Trained bird flying off to pick up coins...
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Was that it?

So, was that it about Beijing?

No, there were two more days. We just walked the center a bit, stumbled upon a big lake with lots of cafes and restaurants, wandered through little Russia, got cheated by a fortune teller and met this fellow, who was flying a kite, using the contraption on his belly.

Flying a kite over the center of Beijing...
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The amazing thing was that the kite was (an educated guess) at least 200 or 300 meters up in the sky, almost invisible due to the haze. That in itself wasn't too amazing, it was quite windy that day, but he was flying the thing smack in the center of Beijing.

I was wondering what would happen if the kite would unexpectedly come down, with 300 meters of line draped over the city center...

The line...
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He was very proud of the machine on his belly, needed to tell us how much he had paid for it, and was very happy to pose for a good shot.

There's one more album to come, with photos of those two days.

Beijing album VI - The Great Wall

The Great Wall... was a great day. Nice sunny weather, apart from the omnipresent dust in the air, which makes the views very hazy. I insisted on going a bit later in the day, because the light is much nicer in the afternoon, especially around 4 or 5. That worked out pretty well.

Take a look here at some 28 photos...

Visitors from China will have trouble with these albums, since the used domain is blocked there. They can click here, but will have to click around more to get to the bigger versions of the photos.

Cambodia album IV - Angkor Wat

And the last album of Cambodia finished.

Click here to view this album, most about Angkor Wat, a huge temple near Siem Reap, and one of the reasons Siem Reap is so popular amongst tourists.

One day of the whole trip is actually missing, the 25th of December. I was down that day with food poisoning. The steak was most likely too raw... tasted fine, but a few hours later I was oozing from all openings. Took me a day to recover, so the 25th is missing.

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Siem Reap Cambodia, album III

And the third album of Cambodia finished.

Click here to view the album of the third day.

Making all these albums turned out to take more time than I thought, but I'm almost done now. There's one more coming about Cambodia, and then I'll finish up China, the Great Wall album. After that some smaller ones of Borneo, Sarawak - Kuching and Kampung Budaya.

Next trip early August will be Phnom Penh, Cambodia. I know most people voted for Tokyo, but besides very expensive it can also be 40 degrees there in August. I decided to postpone that one, possibly to early next year, cause I don't want to rush a visit to Tokyo and limit it to only a few days, nor do I want to sweat through it like a pig.

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Siem Reap Cambodia, album II

And here's the second album of Cambodia.

Click here to view the album of the second day.

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Siem Reap Cambodia, album I

And here's the first of Cambodia.

This was a trip in 2006, but I didn't get around earlier to turn them into something proper. I've published these photos before, but they're resized, I made a better selection and did some more thorough post production on some.

Click here to view the album of the first day.

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