Two porters happily pose for a photograph at Ajmer Station in Rajasthan as they wait to load our heavy luggage onto the ‘Shatabdi Express’ bound for Delhi a sweltering and tiring eight hours away.
Tag: Asia
Foto Friday – The Great Wall of China, Mutianyu
Located in Huairou County about 45 miles from Beijing, the Mutianyu Great Wall enjoys a long history and is part of the glorious culture of China.Here the wall winds for 1.4 miles through lofty mountains and high ridges, many sections of which are made of granite.
Watchtowers are very densely placed along this section of the Wall with 22 in total along this small stretch alone.The unique structure makes the wall almost indestructible. It measures 23 to 26 feet high and four to five yards wide.
Amazingly we had the wall almost to ourselves to wander along which as anyone who has visited China will know is almost unheard of!
Adventures don’t come calling!
“…adventures don’t come calling like unexpected cousins calling from out of town. You have to go looking for them.” – unknown
Foto Friday – Dancers at the Angkor Wat Temple, Cambodia
During my tour of Indochina I visited the famous jungle ruins of Angkor Wat in Cambodia. Within many of the temple compounds you would come across these traditional Cambodian dance troupes (as seen in my above photograph. The dancers would perform – for a small fee of course – exotic routines for the discerning and weary western traveller, it was all good clean fun, even if it was all a bit touristy!
JAMES HANDLON 