Taken in August of 2014 at Wat Mahathat in Ayutthaya
Taken near the famous head that is enveloped by a Strangler Fig on the grounds of Wat Mahathat temple. You may know this temple as one of the sites at with Jean Claude Van Damme’s Kickboxer movie was filmed, presented as a fictional location called Stone City.
Taken on October 3, 2014 in Mysore
I just got back from attending Dasara (a.k.a. Dussehra or Vijayadashami) festivities in Mysore. Dasara celebrates Rama’s victory over Ravana, as well as Durga’s defeat of Mahishasur. There was a flower show about a block from the palace, and this gazebo was the centerpiece. The bottom pick was part of the floor of the gazebo.
Taken March 4, 2014 in Cubbon Park.
If you’ve ever seen the kung-fu movie Curse of the Golden Flower, there’s a scene in the Forbidden City where these vivid yellow flowers fill the central courtyard. Cubbon Park is a little like that right now.The tree responsible is called the Tree of Gold (Tabebuia Argentea.) It’s a transplant from South America and has a relatively short blossoming season during which its flowers are thick as can be.
Taken on January 26, 2014 at Lal Bagh Gardens
Taken at the 2014 Republic Day Flower Show in Bangalore.
Taken on January 26, 2014 at Lal Bagh Botanical Gardens in Bangalore.
This looks like a waterless fountain, a fountain bursting with flowers.
Taken January 26, 2014 at Lal Bagh Gardens in Bangalore.
The Crystal Palace at Lal Bagh gardens, which is normally roped off and empty, has been packed brimming with flowers for the annual Republic Day Flower Show that ends today.
It would be slightly more enjoyable if security wasn’t threatening to wallop one with a stick if one loiters for a second. You can see it as many times as you can fit in a day, but you must keep moving along. It’s a one way flow, so if you don’t have the desire to go through twice (once on either side) I’d recommend going on the south side (farthest from the main entrance.) For some reason the crowd was about half on that side (probably because no one anticipated the layout would make you do two half loops instead of one full loop.) Why they did it, I have no idea, but the flowers were pretty.
Taken November 2, 2013 at Hampi.
The Hampi area is painted from a different palette than most of Karnataka. Instead of uniform green, the brownish-red of the boulders dominates, and, while green lines the spaces between the rock, the vivid yellow of these flowers decorate the base of many hills. Of course, there remain islands of green, in the form of corn fields, banana plantations, and palm groves.
Taken Sept 7, 2013 at Gandhi Bazaar
The background in this photo is the Hindu temple that is on the site of Tipu Sultan’s Palace, but which predates the Sultan’s Indo-Islamic teak structure. There is a simple but beautiful garden in between the palace and the temple that displays various flowering plants.
Taken on Caye Caulker in Belize
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