Kopan We set out on an hour long trek to the Kopan Monastery, north of the ancient Buddhist town of Boudhanath. The air was clean and fresh and the view across the valley was truly magical. A tranquil oasis where the Buddhist story is perfectly captured in the story of Siddhartha displayed in the magnificent …
Setting out on our Travel Adventure to Nepal A trip to Nepal in November 2014 proved to be very special and inspirational. In order to preserve these great memories, I would like to share some of these moments with you. I also intend using my photos as inspiration to create new paintings and I hope that you will …
More impressions of Nepal : Coach travel No matter how tired, or how long the journey was, I could not permit myself to sleep on the coach. I would prop myself by the window, camera at the ready and all because – the Nepalese countryside had a hypnotic effect on me – I feared I might …
Nepal Fundraiser – Wrapping it all up! Nepal Fundraiser – Raffle Winner Following on from the recent Nepal fundraising event, we have a raffle winner. A total of €500 was raised to support Nepal and I would like to thank everyone once again for supporting this event.
Travel Adventure Nepal – Chitwan National Park – Day 1 Continuing on with my tale of beautiful Nepal, we set off for Chitwan National Park, where we would spend the next three days. Established in 1973, Chitwan National Park is the first national park in Nepal and was granted the status of World Heritage Site in 1984. …
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Miniature Oil paintings Having just come back from a trip to the west coast of Ireland and in particular the very beautiful Co. Clare, my mind was racing with images and photographs of subject matter for painting. The Loop Head Peninsula is where the River Shannon opens out to the Atlantic Ocean. Next stop – …
Stairway to Heaven and Angkor Wat, Cambodia I can’t believe it is nearly a year since our exciting trip to Cambodia and Vietnam. We flew into Siem Reap, the gateway to Angkor – the land of the awesome Angkor Wat temples. When I think of Angkor Wat, I think of the centuries-old conflict between the Siamese …
Having just returned from a truly amazing trip to Cambodia and Vietnam, I would like to invite you to share with me some of the magic that we encountered along the way. We arrived In Siem Reap, Cambodia which is the base for exploring the fabled temples of Angkor, the ancient capital of the …
Having just returned from a truly amazing trip to Cambodia and Vietnam, I would like to invite you to share with me some of the magic that we encountered along the way. We arrived In Siem Reap, Cambodia which is the base for exploring the fabled temples of Angkor, the ancient capital of the Khmer …
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