Vancouver's festival of lights: fireworks over False Creek

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Spain rocks purple spirals,
smiley faces,
hearts pierced with arrows
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my first batik! (nirvana studio, ubud, bali)

my teacher's Ubud studio: www.nirvananaku.com

embroidery: young urban indonesian male art form (denpasar, bali)

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dude with killer skillz
embroiders "young weezy" on
a black baseball cap
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daily offering ingredients (payangan market, bali)

balinese cooking class (payangan village, near ubud)

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this is the way tempeh
is meant to be eaten!
so so delicious
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(tempeh chunks grilled over a coconut husk barbecue with peanut sate,
tempeh deep fried in coconut oil and braised with lemongrass, kefir
lime, chili, veg bouillon and coconut milk, tofu kare -curry- and a
vegetable salad with fern tips and sprouts)
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pura taman ayun (garden temple, mengwi, bali)

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rice terraces (near jatiluwih, bali)

early morning swim? (villa sabandari, ubud, bali)

daily offerings (sanur, bali, indonesia)

heaven on earth (villa sabandari, ubud, bali)

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a rainy june day
enjoying afternoon tea
over the rice fields
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indonesian oolong
with fresh apple crumble
white herons glide by
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freshness of washed earth
mingles with plumeria
this perfect moment
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ass-skin gelatin (hu qing yu chinese pharmacy, hangzhou, china)

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take two of these
and call me in the morning
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highly decorated high-rises (chongqing, china)

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sichuan art students
paint several city blocks
incredible designs
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chinese propaganda-graffiti: then and now (chongqing, china)

haba snow mountain from tiger leaping gorge, china

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hike, eat mountain farm food
play angry birds at night
what more would i want?
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french kids trek in chucks
we come in technical gear
naxi wear sandals
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this motley crew
converges on the mountain
to enjoy fresh mint tea
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po po hanging out on a cliff at tiger leaping gorge, china

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naxi grandma chills
mid-day on a cliff over
the world's steepest gorge
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jade dragon mountain at the black reflection lake in lijiang, china

grass is napping in lijiang (yunnan province, china)

lijiang old town (yunnan province, china)

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a beautiful dog
languidly watches the crowds
of tourists pass by
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chinese noods!

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who knew you could buy
chinese noods for 4 bucks
at the siem reap airport
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khmer cooking class at le tigre de papier, siem reap, cambodia

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the wonderful smells
of lemongrass, kefir lime
mix with coconut
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