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Wat Phrayortkeo is a temple situated in the Fairfield area (Endensor Park) in Sydney in NSW. It is a Buddhist temple set up by the Lao community who have escaped the Communist take-over since 1975. This temple was built for Buddhists and non-Buddhists alike. It is a place where many Laotians come together to worship, to perform rituals and ceremonies and to celebrate different festivals. Most of all, it is a place to seek refuge in the Triple Gem – Taking refuge in the Buddha, the Dhamma (the Teachings of the Buddha) and the Sangha (the community of monks). Many seek a path out of suffering and they urge for an inner peace and solitude.
A bit of a recon trip looking for landmarks of significance in the local area. I found this great structure at Endensor Park.
Source: watphrayortkeo.org/about
1/365 This photo was taken around 4 in the afternoon at the great pyramids of Giza in Egypt...the sun and clouds were beautiful in the sky line
Mingyue Lay Buddhist Temple at Bonnyrigg is one of the largest Chinese Buddhist temples in the Southern Hemisphere.
As its name indicates, the Mingyue Lay Buddhist Temple is mainly run by lay
people and it is attended by Buddhists from Taiwan, Malaysia, Singapore and
Vietnam. Occasionally, monks or nuns are invited to conduct religious services.
The Temple's function goes beyond just religious services. Since its early days,
the Temple has performed major fund raising activities for humanitarian causes,
including floods and bush fires.
Another local temple / icon at Bonnyrigg. Source for info:
Dutch landscapes -
Harlingen is one of the oldest seaport cities in the Netherlands and the only Frisian port city. As early as the 12th century, canals were dug to trade at sea. Much of the trade took place with the Scandinavian countries and Baltic States. Wood, fish and salt are still widely shipped products.
Guess what: iPhoto identified two unknown faces in this shot... So there must have been some ghosts around...
Taken on my recent photowalk in downtown Austin with all my Flickr buddies...had a great time. It is hard to beat taking photos, talking with great people about photography, and a beautiful evening. We wandered around the edge of the lake (technically the Colorado River) for a bit and snapped a few. I also did this same scene in HDR, but feel like it didn't give me any benefits over this version, which is a single 5 second exposure at f/5.6. Sometimes the simple approach is the best, at least for me.
again looking at the body's support structure...now she needs a bit of bodywork to fill her out.......
thanks for looking in.....appreciated.....best bigger.....hope you have a Great Weekend
BLUE , MOSQUE, CAIRO,, IN EGYPT,, in citadel zone,, has characteristic blue wall architecture & decoration,, CANON EOS, CAIRO,, 2018
Bodiam Castle, East Sussex. One of my favourite locations.
Thanks for taking the time to view
Regards - Sez
The Paro Dzong("dzong" meaning "fort monastery"), shared between government offices and monks' quarters.
The Windmill and Yemin Moshe neighbourhood, in Jerusalem at sunset
Photo taken by Noam Chen for the Israeli Ministry of Tourism. Credit attribution requested for the photographer and for the Ministry of Tourism
Recoloring I did of a black and white photo of the George H. Hammond House, Detroit, MI. This one was on Howard Street. Hammond is the namesake of Hammond, IN and he founded a very large meatpacking company. This house is a monument to Second Empire. It was of course long ago torn down (somewhere from 1910-40 probably).
One strobe from camera right and above through small softbox, full CTO, triggered with Elinchrom Skyports, whitebalance shifted to incandescent.
Đà Lạt (Vietnamese pronunciation: [ɗâː làːt], or Dalat (pop. 206,105 as of 2009, of which 185,509 are urban inhabitants), is the capital of Lâm Đồng Province in Vietnam. The city is located 1,500 m above sea level on the Langbian Plateau in the southern parts of the Central Highlands region. In Vietnam, Da Lat is a popular tourist destination.
Da Lat's specific sights are pine wood (forming the name: "City of thousands of pine trees") with twisting roads and tree marigold (Vietnamese: dã quỳ) blossom in the winter. The city’s temperate weather stands in contrast to Vietnam's otherwise tropical climate. Mist covering the valleys almost year-round leads to its name "City of Eternal Spring".
Da Lat is also known as an area for scientific research in the fields of biotechnology and nuclear physics.
With its year-round cool weather, Da Lat supplies temperate agriculture products for all over Vietnam, for example: cabbage and cauliflower. Its flower industry produces two typical flowers: hydrangea (Vietnamese: cẩm tú cầu) and golden everlasting (Vietnamese: hoa bất tử). The confectionery industry offers a wide range of mứt, a kind of fruit preserve that closely resembles varenie, made from strawberry, mulberry, sweet potato, and/or rose.
NAME
According to some sources, the name derives from the acronym of the Latin phrase 'Dat Aliis Laetitiam Aliis Temperiem' ("It Gives Pleasure to Some, Freshness to Others"), which the French colonial government used in their official emblem of Đà Lạt. In reality, the name Da Lat derived from the language of the local ethnic group Lạt and its original meaning is "Stream of the Lạt", and the acronym above is in fact a backcronym.
HISTORY
During the 1890s, explorers in the area (including the noted bacteriologist Alexandre Yersin, protégé of the renowned French chemist Louis Pasteur), which was then part of the French colony of Cochinchina, asked the French governor-general, Paul Doumer, to create a resort center in the highlands. The governor agreed. The original intended site for the hill station was Dankia, but Étienne Tardif, a member of the road-building expedition of 1898-99, proposed the current site instead. In 1907, the first hotel was built. Urban planning was carried out by Ernest Hébrard.
The French endowed the city with villas and boulevards, and its Swiss charms remain today. Hébrard included the requisite health complex, golf course, parks, schools, and homes but no industry. The legacy of boarding schools where children from the whole of Indochina were taught by French priests, nuns, and expatriates still existed as late as 1969. In 1929, the Christian and Missionary Alliance established a school (Dalat International School) for Canadian and American children of missionaries serving in south-east Asia. In 1965, the school moved to Bangkok, Thailand; then in 1966 to the Cameron Highlands in Malaysia and then, in June 1971, moved to its present location in Georgetown, Malaysia. There were seminaries of Jesuits (such as Pius X Pontifical College) and other orders. The elite Vietnamese National Military Academy graduated its first class of future leaders in 1950. There was an aviation school at Cam Ly Airport.
During World War II, Đà Lạt was the capital of the Federation of Indochina, from 1939 to 1945.
In the mid-1950s, the Vietnamese Scout Association established their national training grounds at Đà Lạt.
The only major involvement Da Lat had during the Vietnam War was within the 1968 Tet Offensive. Fierce battles raged from January 31 to February 9, 1968. Most of the fighting took place between the South Vietnamese MP units stationed in Đà Lạt and the Việt Cộng (VC) forces. American MPs were also involved in the fighting and suffered several KIAs during a rocket attack on their compound. Defeats and victories alternated between the two during the sporadic-yet-intense battles. However, the South Vietnamese MPs were eventually able to regain control of Đà Lạt. It is stated that around 200 VC were killed-in-action (KIAs) during this battle. Although South Vietnamese MP forces were known to have significantly fewer KIAs, their injured list grew steadily throughout the engagement because of periods of low supplies and support. What ultimately saved the South Vietnamese MPs was the fact that they held strong defensive positions throughout Đà Lạt from the beginning to the end of the battles.
GEOGRAPHY
Đà Lạt is located 1,500 m (4,900 ft) above sea level on the Langbian Plateau in the southern parts of the Central Highlands (in Vietnamese, Tây Nguyên). The constructed Xuan Huong Lake - measuring 5 square kilometres - is located in central Đà Lạt and, following repair work, the lake is completely filled as of October 2011.
GEOLOGY
Đà Lạt is a source area for pyroxene from the Australasian strewnfield.
ADMINISTRATIVE
Đà Lạt is divided into 12 wards which are numbered 1 to 12, and 4 communes: Ta Nung, Xuan Truong, Xuan Tho and Tram Hanh.
CLIMATE
Da Lat features a subtropical highland climate under the Köppen climate classification (Cwb) and is mostly mild year round.
Da Lat's year-round temperate weather, standing in contrast to central & southern Vietnam’s otherwise-tropical climate, has led it to be nicknamed the “City of eternal spring”. The average temperature is 14 °C - 23 °C. The highest temperature ever in Da Lat was 31.5 °C, and the lowest was −0.6 °C. Mist covers the adjoining valleys almost year-round. Its temperate climate also makes it ideal for agriculture. Indeed, Da Lat is renowned for its orchids, roses, vegetables, and fruits. There are nascent wine-making and flower-growing industries in the region.
There are two separate seasons in Da Lat. The rainy season lasts from May to October, and the dry season is from November to April. The average annual precipitation is 1.770mm.
ARCHITECTUE
The architecture of Đà Lạt is dominated by the style of the French colonial period. Đà Lạt Railway Station, built in 1938, was designed in the Art Deco architectural style by French architects Moncet and Reveron, although it incorporates the high, pointed roofs characteristic of the Cao Nguyen communal buildings of Vietnam’s Central Highlands. The three gables represent an art deco version of Normandy’s Trouville-Deauville Station. The station’s unique design - with its roofs, arching ceiling, and coloured glass windows - earned it recognition as a national historical monument in 2001. They designed the Lycée Yersin, which opened in 1927. The Dominion of Mary Church and Convent, home to Roman Catholic nuns of the Mission of Charity, were built in 1938 with a similar pointed-roof style.Of particular note is the unconventional architecture of the Hằng Nga guesthouse, popularly known as the “Crazy House”. Described as a “fairy tale house”, its overall design resembles a giant banyan tree, incorporating sculptured design elements representing natural forms such as animals, mushrooms, spider webs and caves. Its architecture, consisting of complex, organic, non-rectilinear shapes, has been described as expressionist. Its creator, Vietnamese architect Dang Viet Nga (also known as Hằng Nga), who holds a PhD in architecture from Moscow State University, has acknowledged the inspiration of Catalan Spanish architect Antoni Gaudí in the building’s design. Visitors have variously drawn parallels between the guesthouse and the works of artists such as Salvador Dalí and Walt Disney. Since its opening in 1990, the building has gained recognition for its unique architecture, having been highlighted in numerous guidebooks and listed as one of the world’s ten most “bizarre” buildings in the Chinese People’s Daily. While superficially amusing, the compound is let down by the construction debris and household refuse behind the facades, and the lack of attention to safety issues.
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS
PARTNERSHIP CITIES
Dalat has special partnership relations with:
Canada Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Thailand Chiang Mai, Thailand
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