Ruins of Koh Ker, Cambodia
I recently went to Cambodia for probably the 7th time in three years. On these occasions, I usually travel there for work and do not always have the chance to visit the country. This time around a friend – fond of birding – organized a trip to the ruins of Koh Ker, a mere 3 hours drive from the national landmark Angkor Wat.
A great opportunity to try out our new cameras 
Prasat Phram
Koh Ker, on the Wikipedia Encyclopedia:
Koh Ker is an Angkorian site in northern Cambodia. 100 km northeast of Angkor itself, it was briefly the capital of the Khmer empire between 928 and 944 under king Jayavarman IV and his son Hasavarman II[...]. Here a vast number of temples were built under his reign, until his successor returned to the Angkor area about twenty years later.
The Koh Ker site is dominated by Prasat Thom, a 30 meter tall temple mountain raising high above the plain and the surrounding forest. Great views await the visitor at the end of an adventurous climb. Garuda, carved into the stone blocks, still guard the very top, although they are partially covered now.
Across the site of Koh Ker there are many prasat or tower sanctuaries. [...] Most of them are surrounded by libraries and enclosures, many also had moats. At that time, the roofs were still made of wood. Today, only the holes for the beams remain in the stone structures.
The site is still 3 hours away from Siem Reap[...]. This makes Koh Ker very attractive for anyone who would like to experience lonely temples partially overgrown by the forest and inhabited only by birds, calling to each other from the trees above.
from Flickr : “Moleskine 1″
Moleskine 1
. by Bob AuBuchon on Flickr
Now that I am finally working on a photo project, I purchased the Moleskine
I too ma a certified Moleskine owner, which makes me feel apart of a commercial community.
I hate the feeling
I love the notebook’s smell
Pages are too thin
Every book has its own story
From the Ho Chi Minh French library, I borrowed “L’île des gauchers” – which in English would make “The island if the left-handed” – by French writer Alexandre Jardin. I do not know if this novel is goor or not ; I haven’t read it yet.
L'île des gauchers
Whenever I pick-up a book at the library, one of the first page I read is the handwritten list of subscribers who read it already. The computerization of libraries force the lists to end around 2004, but still, it is nice to see how many times the book was picked up.
In this particular book, the second page caught my intention because it contains a personal note.
Ha quel chemin difficile mais la finalité est belle.
A mon p’tit Didou,
Tendrement,
Valé
From these words, multiple stories may be invented.
in Bruges (2008)
I was looking (cleaning the mess in my files actually) at some of the pictures I shot in Europe last year, and thought I could share here some of those taken in Bruges/Bruggen.
You should also check out the movie!
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- Le Petit Café – Home of the Bruggen Food Scam
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- The Belfroy of Grote Markt
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- in Bruges
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- in Bruges
From my favorites on Flickr: “Dry At Last (Cutting Room Floor)”
Dry At Last (Cutting Room Floor)
The one that didn’t quite make it, but i thought it was funny enough to post anyways
A long time favorite of mine 
of Diptychs and their working mechanics
I was recently going around the Web, taking a look at my blog(s), at Flickr and a couple of other websites.
On Flickr, I went through my groups and noticed one I’ve always liked : “Diptychs – two is better than one!” But in its ‘Pool’, I found a lot of inconsistency (in terms of visual impact) between the proposed works. On the same thought, I have noticed the Web is packed with “how-to” for Photoshop and the like, but not much words on the recipe that makes a great image, and in our particular case the diptych. So, here I expose some thoughts on what makes diptychs to work or not. It is just an attempt give some ideas and eventually inspire the readers. By no means I am in true science here, all come from personal observations.
Two Little Rides (by tubes. on Flickr)
