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Chiang Saen, Chiang Rai province - Thailand
The Golden Triangle is one of Asia's two main opium-producing areas. It is an area of around 950,000 square kilometres that overlaps the mountains of three countries of Southeast Asia: Myanmar, Laos and Thailand.
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~~ Bharatpur sanctuary is home to several migratory birds including many species of sarus cranes, pelicans, geese, grey heron, ducks, eagles, brown long eared bat, hawks, shanks, stints, garganey teal, wagtails, warblers, wheatears, flycatchers, buntings, larks, pipits and others. The last time the sanctuary played a perfect host for the migratory birds was in 2008, which was following a good rain. In 2009, the water crisis took its toll on the sanctuary with both the monsoonal breeding birds and the migratory birds giving it a complete skip. When the level of water in the water-bodies of the sanctuary is quite low, only small birds opt to come down to the sanctuary. Large birds like pelican, crane and others are not sighted. (From an old article of times of india)
City Palace, Jaipur, India.
Jaipur, the land of Rajahs, Rajputs, and the capital of a relatively new kingdom, is a colorful city that has been under siege many times throughout its history and took on some of the most brutal attacks. This included invasions from the Pathans, the Mughals, the Marathas and even the British and the French. Ironically, a relative peace was brought to this war-torn city via a rare treaty in which it would function as a Princely State during the British Raj. The then Rajah opened his arms to the British by saying, “Having learnt a good deal about the uprightness and amiable qualities of the Governor-General and other English men, I am anxious to open friendly relations with them.” The Rajahs remained loyal to the British, so much so that when the Prince of Wales and Queen Victoria visited Jaipur in 1876 on a tour, the entire city was painted pink. Even today, the city is characteristically pink and is called the Pink City. The affluence of this small Princely State is hinted at by the presence of two huge sterling silver water vessels used by the Rajah to carry holy Ganges River water from Banaras when he travelled to England. The sufferings of the Rajputs, however, due to the affluence of a few, the number of wars and invasions, as well as the droughts and famine they have lived through are largely forgotten by history. Instead, now they are known for their bravery, colorful photogenic turbans, and best of all their folksy desert music.
Today Jaipur, as a part of the golden triangle, is a most important tourist destination in India and is the gateway to one of the most photogenic states in India – Rajasthan.
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One of the stops on the golden triangle tour is the crater of the volcano Kerið. The crater was formed when the magma suddenly disappeared and the crater collapsed.
Again my wife posing for me.
The incline railroad up Mt. Washington (formerly known as "Coal Hill") that offers spectacular views of Pittsburgh's Golden Triangle downtown district and the confluence of the Allegheny and the Monongahela Rivers.
The old Pennsylvania Station building has been renovated and turned into condominiums; the rotunda provides a most interesting entrance.
On the morning of November 14, 2012, for reasons pertaining to bureaucracy and procrastination, i was forced to make a hurried trip out of Thailand and into Laos through a less common border crossing in the Golden Triangle region between these two countries. Due to my own technical error and the stubbornness of a particular Laos policy, I was anticipating obstruction in achieving my goal (I also thought perhaps there would be tigers and opium cartels and Kalashnikovs). Instead all I found was a well-rutted tourist trail of drunken idiot backpackers and the parasitic (though friendly) locals that make a living by exploiting them (and, in this case, me).
This is the unplanned documentation of seven days bound to this unpleasantness, and the attempt to take street pictures that make no mention of the aforementioned unpleasantness.
[disclaimer: this may lose the thread pretty quickly and just degenerate into a "Attempts at SP/PJ while in Laos" series.]
Conceptual artist Lawrence Weiner's outdoor work, AS TO BE IN PLAIN SIGHT, was installed on the south wall of the Denver Art Museum's North Building on June 1, 2010.
Panorama of Pittsburgh, PA. This image is 19 frames stitched together and it is 110" x 13.8" x 300ppi. Depending on intended use you could enlarge at least 300% probably as much as 500% (or maybe even more) to get to approx (30ft x 3.5ft @ 300%) or ( 46ft x 6ft @ 500%)
hello fellas., its 1.36am in Malaysia right now and i just done processing this picture. taken with notorious vedd few days ago at the Traders Hotel famous Skybar during blue hour. it was my first visit to the bar and i really like the cozy atmosphere there and the awesome view it provides. super awesome. i would like to give another shot there, maybe mid-year when the sun set view is somewhere directly behind the two towers :)
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this is a digitally blended image. consists of 5 exposures. and its shot on my daugthers pillow. yes. pillow as a "bean bag" because no tripod is allowed up there. in fact, they wont allow any 3 legged device that can hold a camera on it.
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Description: 2014-06-11: It has been a while since I revisited the Symphony lake by KLCC. Waking up late but to a clear morning, I made my way to the famous Symphony Lake. Arriving on location, the sky was already began to be lighten by the sun's light over the horizon. Alhamdulillah, I was lucky to able to setup my camera and shot a sequence of images for a time lapse session. This image was the 16th of 337 images I took. Feel free to visit my profile below for the time lapse version later.
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Burma/Myanmar. Portrait of Akha woman wearing a beautiful headdress.
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Girl from the Karen Long Neck Hill Tribe Village, Thailand.
There are various Karen Long Neck villages located between Chiang Mai and the Golden Triangle - that overlaps the mountains of three countries of Southeast Asia: Myanmar, Laos and Thailand.
The Karen are a tribal group who have historically lived in the hills on the Myanmar side of the Thai border. Best recognized for their elongated necks, the Karen women wear heavy brass rings around their necks, forearms, and shins. There are still around 40,000 Karen members today, but thousands have had to flee Burma over the decades due to political unrest. Fleeing to Thailand was a very safe choice for many, but the ones that came are largely illegal immigrants and did not have options for gaining Thai citizenship. But now they are eligible for Thailand citizenship according to the information given by our tour guide.
On one hand it is beautiful they have been able to keep their traditions alive and on the other it is a struggle to balance the new world with the old. While it may seem that the Karen women have unusually long necks, their traditional brass rings actually smash their shoulders and rib cages down just making their necks seem longer. Each time a woman adds a ring to her neck she is fitted with a new neck piece that coils around and around.
The biggest reason why the Karen women put themselves though the neck lengthening routine is simply tradition. While there are some of the women that need to stick with the tradition to make money since they are refugees, there are some of the woman that do it just to hold onto their heritage. In the early days of the Long Necks, the practice of the brass rings was started not just for beauty, but also to protect against tigers attacking their tribe frequently.
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