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Images tagged "asia"

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Quiet prayers in the extraordinary psychedelic interior of the Kali Kovil Temple, Trincomalee
The Registan at night
Kanden & Sanden; Fishermen near Dolphin Beach, Kalpitiya
Khiva, early morning

Sudhiva Vimala Darma - young monk at our local temple outside Dambulla
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Monk taking a photo in Polonaruwa
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Lalith Adikari - wonderful smiley lady with a shop in her living room...
Prayers at the tomb of fomer President, Islom Karimov
Lalith Adikari - wonderful smiley lady with a shop in her living room...
Mausoleum of the Prophet Mohamed's cousin, in the Shah-i Zinda

Prayers by the big Buddha, Polonaruwa
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Lokumenike - competing in a womens' coconut leaf weaving contest (don't ask..!) she came last ...
The Kalta Minor, Khiva

Lokumenike - womens' coconut leaf weaving contest she came last ...
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Fishermen on Uppuveli beach, pulling in the nets in the morning
Summer Mosque, Kunya Ark, Khiva

Fishermen on Uppuveli beach, pulling in the nets in the morning
Sher Dor Madrassa, Registan, Samarqand
Kiriba - mending fishing nets near Dolphin Beach
Small boy in the Registan

A quiet moment in the mad psychedelic interior of the Kali Kovil Temple, Trincomali
The Registan square at dawn - empty!
The Amazing Psychedelic ceiling of the Kali Kovil Temple in Trincomali
Khiva's near-empty streets at dawn

Askal making Kottu in Dambulla (delicious traditional Sri Lankan dish)
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Uppuveli beach - carrying some of the day's catch home or to market
Poi Kalyon Minor at night; Bukhara

Hungu, young fisherman, near Dolphin Beach
Local restaurant, Samarqand
Lovely Kamela - a wonderful cook who looked afrer us in Dambulla
The amazing golden ceiling of the Tilla Kari Madrassa, Registan, Samarqand

Abundance... Ella market
Inside the beautiful Hazrat Hizr Mosque
Washing day - somewhere between Kandy & Ella...
Natural dyed silk skeins drying; 'Khiva Silk Carpet Workshop'

The extraordinary psychedelic interior of the Kali Kovil Temple, Trincomali
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Banana market, Colombo
The Juma Mosque, Khiva

Perevan - mmending fishing nets, near Dolphin Beach Kalpitya
The Registan square at night
Ceiling of the Sri Muthumariamman Thevastanam temple
Bukhara

Hungu & Kanden - fishermen near Dolphin Beach, Kalpitiya
'Khiva Silk Carpet Workshop'
Ranji Ranjana - lovely woman selling sarongs & scarves on Uppuveli beach
The Shah-i Zinda

Candle offerings at the Temple of the Tooth, Kandy, evening 'Vesak' full moon puja for the Buddha's birthday
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Sarat - temple drummer at Mihintale Rajamaha Viharaya Temple
Tashkent metro

Choti Holi Hindu festival in Pussellawa
Details of the Sher Dor Madrassa, Registan square, Samarqand
Early morning 'Vesak' full moon puja for the Buddha's birthday in Weligama temple
Mausoleum interior, Shah-i Zinda

Dambulla cave temples - Big Buddha feet..
The Shah-i Zinda
Shah-i Zinda
Abundance! Ella market....

One of the domes of the Bibi Khanym Mausoleum, Samarqand
A guy I met selling chickens from his motorbike
Dusk view of Khiva
Fire eaters in Kandy

Detail of the interior of the Ulug Beg Madrassa, Bukhara
More Buddha feet! Dambulla cave temples
Ulug Beg Madrassa, Registan, Samarqand
Jayadana; Pussellawa

Weaving silk carpets with hand-dyed thread; the wonderful 'Khiva Silk Carpet Worksh
Amir Temur Mausoleum
The Registan at night
Pink & blue - women at the Ravana waterfall

Saydowa and Mariam, Amir Temur Mausoleum
Choti Holi Hindu festival in Pussellawa
Astonishing interior of the Amir Temur mausoleum
Theepika at her home near the Blue Lagoon, Nilaveli

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Family home near the Blue Lagoon, Nilaveli
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Women praying in the shade of prayer flags near the Sri Maha Bodhi

Summer Mosque, Kunya Ark
Prayers at the Mausoleum of Bakhauddin Naqshbandi
Bosith in his father's fruit & vegetable shop
Bukhara sunset

Offerings in a temple near the Sri Maha Bodhi, Anuradapura
Aerial view of Khiva at dusk
On the way to Ravana waterfall
Gulom Isaev; owner of wonderful suzani shop in Samarqand

Feruza, wife of Gulom Isaev embroidering suzani
Ruvanwelisaya stupa, Anuradapura
Couple photo shoot in the Registan, Samarqand
Abundance everywhere in this country!

Rosa - shawl seller in the bazaar, Samarqand
Full moon 'Vesak' puja for the Buddha's birthday at the Temple of the tooth, Kandy
The Juma Mosque, Khiva
Nandaveti at the Temple of the tooth, Kandy

Ismail Samani Mausoleum; the oldest islamic monument in Bukhara
Trincomalee
Detail inside Ismail Samani Mausoleum; the oldest islamic monument in Bukhara
Fish shops in Trincomalee

Tripe and trotters, Samarqand bazaar
Walawahangunawawe Uparathana Thero
Velvet and bling, Samarqand...
Seetha Ranjani; near the Ruvanwelisaya stupa, Anuradapura

Tea!
We call them umbrellas.....!
Making ikat, Bukhara
Ruvanwelisaya stupa, Anuradapura

Kalyon Mosque, Bukhara
Aukuna Buddha temple
Nigora; Suzani maker, Bukhara
Some of the 500 arhats (I think)

Nozima Ruziyeva; Master suzani maker, Bukhara
Maata - tea plantation somewhere near Kandy
Tashkent metro
Bosith & his grandmother Pinchi Amma

Pahlavan Mahmoud Mausoleum, Khiva
Fabulous fruit & veg shop; Habarana, near Dambulla
Ikat and old tiles
Asoka Kumati Herath & Pathma Nilanthi Rakasinha - near the Ruvanwelisaya stupa, Anuradapura

Summer Mosque, Kunya Ark
Decorating a lovely small roadside Hindu temple for the Choti Holi festival
Tach-Kaouli Palace courtyard, Khiva
Ghana Guruge - near the Ruvanwelisaya stupa, Anuradapura

Wedding photos at the Registan
Dambulla cave temples
Another view of Khiva - with pylons!
Dambulla cave temples

Ayaz Qala - ancient desert fortress in the Kyzylkum Desert
Dambulla cave temples
Plov - the national Uzbek dish!
Dambulla cave temples

Yulduz and her beautiful pottery, Bukhara
Nargiza weaving a silk carpet
Mohira making suzani
Lasini in her parents' shop - Highland Milk Bar; Dambulla

Roadside café on the way to the desert
Sleeping Buddha on Pidurangala hill
Malahat and Jonabeg
Same sleeping buddha from the feet end...

Jonabeg and Parizoda in their family café
Schoolchildren coming from their Sunday class at a temple near Sighiriya
Dungelek village
Sarat & Chataranga: temple drummers at Mihintale Rajamaha Viharaya Temple

Sunset at yurt camp
I didn't manage to get his name; I think he is the owner of this roadside bar selling 'curd' - delicious home-made yoghourt
Detail of yurt interior, Kyzylkum Desert
Shop in Trincomalee

Uzbek camel, Kyzylkum desert
Dinah & Abece; Pigeon Island, Nilaveli
Dana and Mirket; Aidar Yurt Camp
Sunrise & fishermen pulling in the nets on Nilaveli beach

Desert stars....
Sunrise & fishermen pulling in the nets on Nilaveli beach
Black mountains...
Fatima & Karim; pulling the nets in on Nilaveli beach

Beetroot dumplings...
Sudarsen & his daughter Sudarseni
Temple of the Tooth, full moon puja ('Vesak') for the Buddha's birthday
Bisomenike & Nyanawati; Temple of the Tooth, Kandy

Blue Lagoon, Nilaveli
Rihanna & her son Asab; Blue Lagoon, Nilaveli
Konneswaram Kovil HIndu temple; Trincomalee
Sunit - at Buddhist Saturday school at Aukuna temple

Somewhere on the road....
Mihintale Rajamaha Viharaya temple
Anuradapura
Sellaraj: making delicious rotis & wadis by the side of the road

Monks, Anuradapura

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