The Ancient Grave Mounds of South Korea

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It was not so much a soft rain as a mizzle – more than a mist, softer than a drizzle. Under its gentle touch the giant grass mounds had turned luminescent. Haunting pipe music floated on the air.

I felt I had strolled from South Korea into Rohan. The setting lacked only warriors riding their horses through the flowing grasses. Under the mounds, taller than the trees, lay royal graves from the Shilla Kingdom (57 BC – 935 AD), a dynasty which ruled most of the Korean Peninsular for nearly 1000 years.

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An Early Morning Walk in Prague

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Bohemia. Such a romantic name. And Prague lives up to it, even when it’s early morning and only 3 degrees. Although it was spring, the morning was bitterly cold. The sun had barely risen, yet already people were setting off to work, rugged up against the cold. When most sensible people would still be warm in bed, I set out with the aim of photographing the Charles Bridge before it became swamped with tourists.

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The Bicycles of Vietnam

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I’ve been told the secret to crossing the road in Vietnam is to be a stone rolling in a stream. Walk neither fast nor slow, just keep a constant speed, and the waters will part around you.

Only the waters are made of motorbikes and bicycles, with the occasional wave of a truck or bus. Road rules seem as optional as the lanes, more guidelines than reality. Personally, I choose following an elderly lady into the maelstrom rather than impersonate a hapless stone. These ladies have seen it all, and step off the sidewalk without hesitation into the sea of chaos, always reaching the other side safely.

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