Japan – Tokyo Trainscapes

Japan – Tokyo Trainscapes

In this post I’m sharing train-related images: Images that capture landscapes speeding by from within a bullet train from Kyoto to Tokyo. Then, reversing the viewpoint, a set of images looking at trains and tracks and associated scenes within Tokyo’s urban landscapes. Riding on a 

Japan – Kyoto Gardens

Japan – Kyoto Gardens

In my last post I shared photos of a variety of scenes from around Kyoto, a former capital of Japan that is known for its cultural heritage sites. In this post I’m sharing photos from visits to a number of Kyoto’s classical gardens. Most of 

Korea – Around Gyeongju

Korea – Around Gyeongju

Gyeongju, a city near the southeast coast of the Korean peninsula, was once the capital of Silla, a kingdom that existed for about a thousand years, from the 1st century BCE to the 10th century CE. In my previous post I shared photographs of a 

Korea – Gyeongju – Silla Tumuli

Korea – Gyeongju – Silla Tumuli

Geyongju, a city near the southeast coast of the Korean peninsula, was once the capital of Silla, a kingdom that existed for about a thousand years, from the 1st century BCE to the 10th century CE. Initially Silla was one of three kingdoms on the 

Cross Country – At Capitol Reef

Cross Country – At Capitol Reef

On my motorcycle ride across the country earlier this year I wasn’t able to stop and photograph as much as I had envisioned. I had less time for the trip than I had originally planned, and the daily planning required for selecting routes and making 

Costa Rica – Pasture Landscapes

Costa Rica – Pasture Landscapes

In last week’s post I shared photographs of remote beaches in Guanacaste Province, along the Pacific coast of northwestern Costa Rica. In this post I’m sharing images of pastures and fields just inland from the coast. The area is primarily low and flat, with modest 

Costa Rica – Coast

Costa Rica – Coast

Last week I shared photographs that I took of Volcán Poás early one morning at the beginning of a recent trip to Costa Rica. After taking my look at Poás I made my way from the mountainous region in the central part of the country 

Costa Rica – Volcán Poás

Costa Rica – Volcán Poás

I traveled to Costa Rica for a short trip earlier this month. Early one morning at the beginning of the trip I drove to Parque Nacional Volcán Poás, in central Costa Rica – not far from where I stayed in Alajuela for a couple of 

Himalayas – Above Nako

Himalayas – Above Nako

In my previous two posts I shared photographs from the small Himalayan village of Nako on the border of India and Tibet – one of our stops in a motorcycle tour through the Spiti Valley, high in the Himalayas in the Indian state of Himachal 

Bali – A Walk Along Rice Paddies in Ubud

Bali – A Walk Along Rice Paddies in Ubud

After two months of diving in Indonesia’s Komodo National Park for my Divemaster certification I leave Labuan Bajo, Flores and take a 1.5-hour flight on a prop plane to the island of Bali, where my return flights to the US will originate.  I’ll have an