tanah lot | bali
macksville | new south wales - prior to white settlement the area is thought to have been occupied by the Kumbaingeri or Ngamba Aborigines. Census in 2006 confirmed a population of 2650 which included 144 indigenous persons.
queenstown | new zealand - the mountains were allegedly named The Remarkables because they are one of only two mountain ranges in the world which run directly north to south.
dubrovnik | croatia - walking the Dubrovnik city walls at dusk is an experience and sight that is not easily forgotten. With the sea of perfect rooftops it was hard to imagine that this was once a place of war.
sayam | thailand is a kingdom, with most recorded reigns in the world. koh samui island of great natural beauty holds 40,000 full-time inhabitants, 90% of whom are buddhist.

The Mekong Delta in Viet Nam is farmed intensively and has little natural vegetation left. Forest cover is less than 10%. In the Central Highlands of Viet Nam, forest cover was reduced from over 95% in the 1950s to around 50% in the mid 1990

Buddhism in Cambodia.
In Cambodia, there is an unusual effort underway by Buddhist monks to replant forests devastated by war and clearing by loggers.
This is important to them for both religious and environmental reasons. The monks, like others, believe that trees may help counter the effects of climate change.
While in New York, I realised how important it was to go back to basics and see and photograph the simple things in a simple way.
