http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/randomk/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from randomk en-us Sun, 27 Dec 2009 19:59:36 +0000 Sun, 27 Dec 2009 19:59:36 +0000 Laemset InnnbspAsia raquonbspThailand raquonbspKo Samui By randomkJuly 20th 2007 I know Ko Samui is over covered over developed and probably over as a destination of value in many people's minds but i just wanted to share a slice of it thats pretty idylic even if it is a hotelresort. Down on the south coast there is a beautiful little hotelresortvillage called the Laemset Inn lon g http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/South-West-Thailand/Ko-Samui/blog-183342.html There seems to be a bit of confusion about Ping AnLong ShengLongji at least in my mind. I was'nt truly sure about where i was when i was viewing the rice terraces....was I in Ping An still Was this Longsheng or was it Longji I was looking at No signposts that i could see no big maps in the hotel maybe i just wasnt looking hard enough. Anyway it harldy seems to matter to me now it was all http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Guangxi/Ping-An/blog-74754.html I have been taking photographs since the early 1970's but have always been a little lazy when it comes to technical knowhow. Last year though i began using a Nikon D70 as my work camera. After a while I began to play with the shutter speed and aperture settings just to see what happened. Now I have bought my own Digital SLR and intend to use it as a tool to help me get to know China a little be http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Beijing/Shunyi/blog-68031.html Visitors to Beijing will quite understandably hightail their way to the major sites of interests as soon as they get off the plane. The Forbidden City Tiananmen Square Temple of Heaven and the Great Wall and so on. These places whilst spectacular and popular will only give you a certain perspective on this immense and complex city. In the meantime like in any metropolis life carries on unaba http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Beijing/Shunyi/Baixinzhang/blog-68051.html