Taken in December of 2013 in Kuala Lumpur.
Roasting chestnuts was always something I associated with the dead of winter in cold places like London, Chicago, or Budapest. Little did I know it has a big following in the tropics as well. It should be noted that this is–technically–the dead of winter, but in Kuala Lumpur the dead of winter is t-shirts-and-shorts weather.
Taken in December of 2014 in Budapest in the City Park (Városliget)
I watched this little dog carry this stick across Budapest’s City Park. He set it down once, or maybe twice, to regrip it in its teeth, but otherwise it kept trotting along. The stick was about 1.5 times the dog’s length and about the diameter of a woman’s wrist.
The expression goes, “Don’t bite off more than you can chew,” but I applaud that this puppy was willing to shoot for the stars.
Taken in October of 2013 in Delhi
The seven white, bulbous mini-domes in the top background of the bottom shot are the same as those at the top of the upper photo. Fortifications are built out in front of the gate to add a measure of security. There is no line-of-sight view of the gate from the front.
Taken in Kochi in July of 2014
Every once in a while, I see some graffiti that’s intriguing and / or evocative.
Taken in Vác in December of 2014
Taken in December of 2014 in Budapest
Terror Háza is a museum of the atrocities committed by the fascist and communist regimes in Hungary. It is housed in a building, Andrássy út 60, that was used by both those regimes for torture and imprisonment of dissenters.
Taken in November of 2013 at Hampi
This dead scorpion was sitting on some stonework at the Achyutaraya Temple.
Taken in the July of 2014 near Chamarajanagar.
Taken in Szentendre in December of 2014
Taken in December of 2014 in Pécs
The photo above and the photo below were taken at almost the same time (around dusk), but with some adjustments to the manual settings. (You can see the time continuity in the clouds above the hotel in the right half of the photo.) What a difference a few clicks make.
Tiger Riding for Beginners 