Tam Dao

I’ve neglected this blog so far in 2014. A combination of work, misguided priorities, and the fact I’ve been slightly daunted by the task of describing a one month tour of South East Asia through words, which will almost certainly not do it justice.

So, for now I’ve decided that I’ll let images tell the story. I took many, but here are 15 of my favourites and a selection which I hope do the places most justice. I chose five photos from Myanmar, Cambodia and Vietnam.

For a more comprehensive album of photos from the trip please follow this link;

http://www.flickr.com/photos/106865437@N03/sets/72157641803829505/

Myanmar

Shwedagon Pagoda, Yangon

Floating village community, Inle Lake

Roadside tea shop, Yangon

Sunrise and hot air balloon rides over Bagan

Kandawgyi Lake, Yangon

Cambodia

A quiet village road, just outside of Siem Reap

Sunrise over Angkor Wat, Siem Reap

One of the many faces of Angkor Wat, Siem Reap

Village home, Siem Reap

Choeung Ek Genocide Memorial Site, Phnom Penh

(This is the main memorial to mark the genocide that took place in Cambodia during the late 1970s. It is also a burial site for thousands of Cambodians who were victims of Pol Pot’s brutal Khymer Rouge regime, executed here at just one of the many sites across the country, which became known as the ‘Killing Fields’.)

Vietnam

Ho Chi Minh City

Da Lat hills, in the southern highlands.

Village road outside Thai Nguyen, northern Vietnam

Ho Chi Minh mausoleum, Hanoi

The northern hills of Tam Dao

It was an incredibly diverse and eye-opening trip. Once again South Asia completely failed to disappoint, and armed with a camera I feel like I saw so much in such a short space of time.

Here is a larger set of photos from the trip;

http://www.flickr.com/photos/106865437@N03/sets/72157641803829505/