Blogs from Asia - page 14776

What up!! Time goes by so quick, it's been ages since we last updated our blog and so much has happenend! Ok so we left chiang mai and got the bus upto to chiang rai. We were stopping in what used to be an old school house, the old couple running it were really friendly, the old guy especially, he had a few words of wisdom to give us every time he saw us.... and they had a whole army of sausage dogs running around the place....the first night we went out for a walk then when we came back to the room a gecko ran out from under the bed and up the wall, Frauke totally freaked out, her face was a picture!!!! I like them now though! We booked a trekking tour... well it ... read more

So we have been in Malaysia for about 5 days. Time flys when you are lost in a foreign country! Its hot and crazy, just the way I like it. Kuala Lumpur is an amazing city. If the people here operated on karma they should expect very good things to happen to them in the future. Everyone here has been so amazing. If people see that we are lost, they ask us what we are looking for. We have had one person drive us to the tourist office, we have had a cab driver give us his phone card for free when ours wasn't working. People seem so keen to help out one another. And they always seem happy! They smile and say hi to each other. They say sorry to each other at the drop ... read more

Hello, Laura - We went on a day trip today to a canal town called Suzhou, an hour long train ride from Shanghai. Had a bit of a palava (yet again!) at the train station, and once more could only get 1st class tickets at an inconvenient time! I swear they are just trying to con us out of out money. We planned to spend a full day there but could only get a train that got us in at 1pm so it was a bit of a flying visit. We walked around a very nice traditional garden, that is on the World Heritage List. It was called 'the Master of the Nets Garden' (see pictures). It was very serene, apart from the obnoxiously loud tour guides that sort of ruined the atmosphere (one even had ... read more

Chamba, Hari Rai Temple Shri Hari Rai temple (Vishnu temple) is located near Chaugan gate. The temple is in shikhara style built in stone. The image of worship is Vaikuntha form of Vishnu having three faces-human, boar and lion. The bronze image of the deity is in superb execution. Stylistically the image is certainly of earlier date than the second half of the 11th century A.D. The central figure of the image, with a pronounced well-modelled chest and waist, is clad in dhoti with prominent but stylised folds, arrayed artistically. The fixture is elegantly decked in beaded anklets with pendants, bracelets, finger-rings, armlets with diamond-shaped central pieces, a beaded garland, an elaborate necklace with pendants, flower-shaped kundals and mukut (crown). The hair is arranged in coiled locks falling on shoulders and back. The eyes are laid ... read more