Tathagata

My first field test of my new Ag-DVX100b. I went to the Iwaya Kannon grounds near my house and shot around there for a few hours.

Vietnam, see through my eyes as I went on a Wilderness Travel adventure through Vietnam spring 2002. Starting in Hanoi, a thousand year old city that lies on the banks of the Red River and still retains much of its French colonial atmosphere. We visited Ho Chi Minhs tomb and surrounding grounds. We wended our way through the heavy traffic to visit the Turtle Shrine, the Chinese Shrine,…

Nothing too exciting but thought a few people might find it relaxing or interesting

Description Those who have visited Shinto (native religion of Japan) shrines in Japan may recall passing beneath one or more large gates (mon) at the entrance to the shrine complex. These distinctive structures are called torii in Japanese and are thought to mark the boundary between the secular world and the sanctified grounds of the shrine. In passing beneath a torii one is, in fact…