Bagan (formerly Pagan), Myanmar by photographer, Lisa de Araujo. This week, my family leaves for an eight-day visit to Myanmar. The last time I ventured to this long-isolated country, it was called Burma, and I had recently graduated from college. That was twenty-eight years ago, and I was traveling to Asia for the first time to […]
SE Asia
Photo Friday: Tropical Leaves
I’ve been having fun taking close-up photos of leaves, which in the tropics can often be the size of a car door. I love the color and contour, which are so different from those I find at home in the Northwest United States. Here are a few more:
Longevity fruit
Longevity comes up a lot in Asian culture. Noodles are perhaps the best known symbol of long life; you don’t have to live in China long before you learn not to cut them on your birthday for fear of shortening your time on earth. I always found the symbol of longevity intriguing, and […]