Out my hotel window in Taiwan this heavy vehicle sat on top of a nearby building aiding in the demolition of the building.
Heavy Vehicle on Top of Building as it is Demolished
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Old Man and Young Boy
Photo by Bill Hunter, taken in China, 1982. He was teaching summer courses on statistics and industrial engineering in China before China was still mostly closed to foreigners. After the courses he took a week or two vacation to visit a China few foreigners had seen to that point. See more photos of China in 1982.
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Unmade Stone Temple in Siem Reap
When I was visiting Siem Reap there were numerous locations where work was going on to put temples back together. That included less know smaller temples but even Ta Prohm had quite a bit of stones being arranged to rebuild parts of the temple complex.
Related: Leper King Terrace, Angkor Thom, Siem Reap, Cambodia – Banyon Tree Overgrowing Temple, Siem Reap, Cambodia – Bayon Temple, Siem Reap, Cambodia
Reclining Buddha at Wat Pho, Bangkok, Thailand
The Reclining Buddha statue at Wat Pho is 15 meters tall and 46 meters long. The statue and the building that houses it were created in 1832.
Related: Statues, Grand Palace, Bangkok, Thailand – National Museum of Korea in Seoul – Borobudur in Java, Indonesia – Getting An Early Start Traveling Around the World in Bangkok, Thailand
Wedding Photo Shoot – Hoi An, Vietnam
Wedding photo shoot with the Japanese Bridge in the background, Hoi An, Vietnam. Hoi An has a very touristy but still nice and picturesque old town (it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site). The bridge dates to the 16th or 17th century.
Related: Rice Drying on the Street, Hoi An, Vietnam – Temple of Literature (Văn Miếu – Quốc Tử Giám, 文廟) Hanoi, Vietnam – Circumhorizontal Arc (Fire Rainbow) in Hoi An, Vietnam
Wat Mai Suwannapumaram, Luang Prabang, Laos
Bridge over River, Yangshuo, China
Stone bridge over river (that I was rafting down) in Yangshuo, China.
Related: Beautiful View of Limestone Karsts in Yangshuo, China – Pink lotus flower in Yangshuo, China – Stone Bridge at the Confucius Temple in Jianshui, China
Beach, Bako National Park
Purple Orchid
Purple orchid at the Singapore Orchid Garden
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Snails, Tanjung Piai National Park, Malaysia
Snails in Tanjung Piai National Park, Malaysia on the floor of a mangrove swamp.
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