Category: united nations
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Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum
I have had many dreams of my pass lives that feel so real while I’m having them that I cannot tell if I’m awake or sleeping. Those dreams are memories of pass lives stored in the subconscious part of the brain and they do not come out to the surface unless a person is under…
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Bayon
End of 12th century Jayavarman VII Buddhist. At the center of the last city of Angkor and perhaps a microcosm of the kingdom with representations of all the major divinities – Buddhist to the south and east, and Hindu to the north and west. 200 large faces adorn the 54 towers signifying the omnipresence of…
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Dubai Singing Fountain
This is the biggest and mightiest singing water fountain in the world. Like always, the UAE brakes another Guinness World Record with this one. The water in the fountain is used to cool down the air conditioning systems of nearby buildings specially for the Burj Khalifa skyscraper. The engineers found a dual purpose for all…
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Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque
“The White Mosque” Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. This is how the heavens look like when I have dreams about them. Is by far, the most beautiful mosque I have ever seen, and I have seen many. But they have a hidden treasure which cannot be shown on video nor photograph and that is the…
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Pokhara’s Paragliders
I spent around five months with these brave exceptional gentlemen in Pokhara, Nepal and they gave me full access to take whatever pictures and videos I wanted of them during the Global Pandemic. They remembered me the book, Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach which you could listen the audio book on YouTube in around…
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Hagia Sophia
While I was in Istanbul it snowed which is a very rare event in such a low hemisphere. I took the opportunity to make a “Mr. Snowman” so that I could take an original “Christmas” picture of Hagia Sophia during the holidays. Some of the pictures below depicts Hagia Sophia covered in snow and Mr.…
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Bat Chum
953 AD Rajendravarman II Buddhist. The first known Buddhist temple. Three brick sanctuaries with the main architectural elements in sandstone on a common moulded laterite base. Inscriptions give details of dedications to three Buddhist divinities and reveal the architect of the Eastern Mebon as its patron and builder. More at “The Angkor Survey“.
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Baphuon
Middle of 11th century Udayadityavarman II Hindu (Shiva). A three tiered temple mountain – the “impressive copper tower even higher than the tower of gold” (the Bayon) described by Tcheou Ta-Kouan, a Chinese diplomat visiting at the end of the 13th century. Probably the central temple of the fourth kingdom of Angkor. More at “The…
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Banteay Srei
967 AD Rajendravarman II Jayavarman V Hindu (Shiva) 25 kilometres to the north east of Angkor Thom. A jewel to which the nature of the material used – a finely textured rose coloured sandstone – is perfectly suited. Monumental size and architectural theme give way to a miniature scale and a dense and exquisite detail…
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Banteay Kdei
End of 12th century Jayavarman VII Buddhist temple of four enclosures, the outer measuring 700 by 500 metres, showing signs of at least two stages of construction in differing styles. Typical of Jayavarman VII, but in an advanced state of ruin. More at “The Angkor Survey“.
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Baksei Chamkrong
947 AD Hashavarman I Rajendravarman II Hindu (Shiva). A temple mountain set back in the trees at the base of Phnom Bakheng, in materials typical of the 10th century. A brick tower opening to the east and originally decorated with stucco moulding surmounts four diminishing tiers in laterite – the upper-most of which is moulded…