Top Three Holiday Photos

[Bindibuys]

Mount Sinai, Egypt (Ten Commandments not found)



The Old Cataract Hotel, Aswan


Doha

Post automatically merged: Apr 21, 2020

Last for the night...
Kathmandu 2018

 

[Bindibuys]

System automatically merged my last 2 posts, different holidays.

 

[JohnM]

2013. Patagonia (Pushing uphill in Patagonia and chilling in Antarctica).

Torres del Paine, Chile.



Perito Merino glacier, Argentina. Note the (large) boat in front of it.



Fitz Roy backdrop to El Chalten, Argentina.

 

[Noel Mugavin]

Japan 2016, Lake Kawaguchiko

 

[Noel Mugavin]

Canada/US 2015

Lake Louise


National Hall, Reagan National Airport



Beale St, Memphis

 

[JohnM]

2013. Antarctica (Pushing uphill in Patagonia and chilling in Antarctica).

Just chillin', camping out overnight (sensational listening to the cracking ice), the 7-continent lot (the ship's signal flag is for 7). There was a great bunch of well-travelled younger people (praise be ) on my voyage on a small 100-pax ship. We had a blast.

 

[JohnM]

2013. Antarctica cont.

When you have a sunny day, why not have a barbie on the back deck at lunchtime?

 

[JohnM]

Just three more for Antarctica.

 

[craven morehead]

Made it to the top of the Sani Pass and now entering Lesotho 2019



A very casual affair



Multi agency building

 

[JohnM]

2013. Saint Martin.

 

[Julesmac]

some very talented photographers here

 

[SuePa]

Bhutan 2018

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Bindibuys, my curiosity has the better of me!
Please give some background on this one?

 

[AIRwin]

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I really need a holiday if I'm seeing what I'm seeing...

 

[VPS]

I really need a holiday if I'm seeing what I'm seeing...

I saw that the other day and has happened again. I'm on Chrome but refreshing it seems to help

 

[wanttoknow]

We had a holiday in Botswana, one of the best holidays we have ever taken. Unfortunately we didn’t take a camera when we first travelled 40 years ago.

 

[SeatBackForward]

Bindibuys, my curiosity has the better of me!
Please give some background on this one?

I'll jump in, the "lingam" is a key association with Lord Shiva in Hindu culture and is sometimes represented in phallic form

Lingam - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[ajf]

Darwin

 

[Bindibuys]

I wondered if anyone would "question" that photo LOL.
So google
Garden of Phallus (Wangchuk Chenmoi Dümra)
Within the living museum of Simply Bhutan in the country’s capital of Thimphu, you’ll find a garden rather unique in its flora.
Phalluses are not an uncommon sight in Bhutan. The symbol is meant to bring good luck, promote fertility and harmony, and ward off evil spirits. They’re painted in and on buildings, displayed on the headgear of Atsaras (masked clowns), and even used as scarecrows. A traditional housewarming ritual involves hoisting a basket of wooden phalluses onto the roof on the new home.
The symbols date back to the 15th century, when the eccentric Buddhist teacher Drukpa Kunley, known as the “Divine Madman,” popularized the symbol when he brought Buddhism to Bhutan (showcased by his “cough-focused monastery,” Chimi Lhakhang).
The Garden of Phallus is found in Simply Bhutan, a museum, restaurant, and photography studio built to resemble a Bhutanese village. Larger-than-life phallus statues mingle with plants in front of a mural which features several hanging smiling faces whose noses look an awful lot like, well, we’ll let you guess what they look like.

 

[Bindibuys]

Also look at Lobesa Village in Bhutan. We did not get there, but the village atmosphere is based on Phallus's.

 

[TheRealTMA]

2013. Antarctica (Pushing uphill in Patagonia and chilling in Antarctica).

Just chillin', camping out overnight (sensational listening to the cracking ice), the 7-continent lot (the ship's signal flag is for 7). There was a great bunch of well-travelled younger people (praise be ) on my voyage on a small 100-pax ship. We had a blast.

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Ah John, just another one of your nudie beaches??