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Pantai Cenang is one of Langkawu's most popular beaches among tourists and locals. It's well known not for its postcard sunsets and a long soft sand beach great for swimming.

Snap de la semaine: Pantai Cenang, Langkawi

Pantai Cenang is one of Langkawi’s most popular beaches among tourists and locals. It’s well known not for delightful sunsets and a long soft sand beach great for swimming.

Daniel | Jul 27, 2010 | Comments 3
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The grounds of Bangkok's Grand Palace are large enough to spend an afternoon if you really want to see it all, totalling over 200 acres and more than 100 buildings. That's a lot of photographs—so make sure your camera's fully charged! The buildings and grounds are beautifully manicured and the temples within the complex are some of the most stunning in the Kingdom.

Snap de la semaine: Grand Palace, Bangkok

Kathryn and Daniel will post a ‘Snap de la semaine’ irregulary, but at a rate of one per week. It is an original photo not otherwise on the site—it might be fresh from our camera, a new scan of some old film, a product of our fooling around with Photoshop, or a file from the [...]

Daniel | Jul 19, 2010 | Comments 0
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The ordination hall on the grounds of the Grand Palace in Bangkok. Built between 1783 and 1785, it is just one of the many temples within the Grand Palace complex. Its exterior is finished in colored mirror tiles and gilt carving. The eaves are lined with bronze bells which tinkle in the slightest breeze.

Snap de la semaine: Ordination Hall, Bangkok

Built between 1783 and 1785, the Ordination Hall is just one of the many temples within the Grand Palace complex.

Daniel | Jul 07, 2010 | Comments 3
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The Taj Mahal is a mausoleum located in Agra, India, built by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his favorite wife, Mumtaz Mahal. Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore once described the Taj Mahal as 'a teardrop in the face of eternity.' The principal mausoleum was completed in 1648 and the surrounding buildings and garden were finished five years later.

Snap de la semaine: The Taj Mahal

Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore once described the Taj Mahal as ‘a teardrop in the face of eternity.’ The principal mausoleum was completed in 1648 and the surrounding buildings and garden were finished five years later.

Daniel | Jun 23, 2010 | Comments 7
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Ha Long Bay (literally meaning 'Descending Dragon Bay' owing to its thousands of limestone karsts) is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a popular travel destination, located in Northern Vietnam, not too far from Hanoi.

Snap de la semaine: Ha Long Bay, Vietnam

Ha Long Bay is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a popular travel destination, located in Northern Vietnam, not too far from Hanoi.

Daniel | Jun 09, 2010 | Comments 3
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An overturned boat in the region of Trinity Bight, Newfoundland. Trinity Bight comprises the communities of English Harbour, Champney's Arm, Port Rexton, Trinity, Goose Cove, Dunfield, Trouty, and Bonaventure. These communities are beautiful—colonial culture brightened by the simple yet buoyant palette of Atlantic colours: the grey sea, the blue sky, the emerald hills.

Snap de la semaine: Trinity Bight, Newfoundland

An overturned boat in the region of Trinity Bight, Newfoundland. These communities are beautiful—colonial culture brightened by the simple yet buoyant palette of Atlantic colours: the grey sea, the blue sky, the emerald hills.

Daniel | May 19, 2010 | Comments 2
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In South Korea, food is generally available from street carts during the day, where customers eat standing beside the cart or have their food wrapped up to take home. At night, streets are filled with small tents that sell inexpensive food, drinks and alcohol. It is a wonderland of deliciousness.In South Korea, food is generally available from street carts during the day, where customers eat standing beside the cart or have their food wrapped up to take home. At night, streets are filled with small tents that sell inexpensive food, drinks and alcohol. It is a wonderland of deliciousness.In South Korea, food is generally available from street carts during the day, where customers eat standing beside the cart or have their food wrapped up to take home. At night, streets are filled with small tents that sell inexpensive food, drinks and alcohol. It is a wonderland of deliciousness.In South Korea, food is generally available from street carts during the day, where customers eat standing beside the cart or have their food wrapped up to take home. At night, streets are filled with small tents that sell inexpensive food, drinks and alcohol. It is a wonderland of deliciousness.In South Korea, food is generally available from street carts during the day, where customers eat standing beside the cart or have their food wrapped up to take home. At night, streets are filled with small tents that sell inexpensive food, drinks and alcohol. It is a wonderland of deliciousness.In South Korea, food is generally available from street carts during the day, where customers eat standing beside the cart or have their food wrapped up to take home. At night, streets are filled with small tents that sell inexpensive food, drinks and alcohol. It is a wonderland of deliciousness.In South Korea, food is generally available from street carts during the day, where customers eat standing beside the cart or have their food wrapped up to take home. At night, streets are filled with small tents that sell inexpensive food, drinks and alcohol. It is a wonderland of deliciousness.In South Korea, food is generally available from street carts during the day, where customers eat standing beside the cart or have their food wrapped up to take home. At night, streets are filled with small tents that sell inexpensive food, drinks and alcohol. It is a wonderland of deliciousness.In South Korea, food is generally available from street carts during the day, where customers eat standing beside the cart or have their food wrapped up to take home. At night, streets are filled with small tents that sell inexpensive food, drinks and alcohol. It is a wonderland of deliciousness.In South Korea, food is generally available from street carts during the day, where customers eat standing beside the cart or have their food wrapped up to take home. At night, streets are filled with small tents that sell inexpensive food, drinks and alcohol. It is a wonderland of deliciousness.In South Korea, food is generally available from street carts during the day, where customers eat standing beside the cart or have their food wrapped up to take home. At night, streets are filled with small tents that sell inexpensive food, drinks and alcohol. It is a wonderland of deliciousness.In South Korea, food is generally available from street carts during the day, where customers eat standing beside the cart or have their food wrapped up to take home. At night, streets are filled with small tents that sell inexpensive food, drinks and alcohol. It is a wonderland of deliciousness.In South Korea, food is generally available from street carts during the day, where customers eat standing beside the cart or have their food wrapped up to take home. At night, streets are filled with small tents that sell inexpensive food, drinks and alcohol. It is a wonderland of deliciousness.In South Korea, food is generally available from street carts during the day, where customers eat standing beside the cart or have their food wrapped up to take home. At night, streets are filled with small tents that sell inexpensive food, drinks and alcohol. It is a wonderland of deliciousness.In South Korea, food is generally available from street carts during the day, where customers eat standing beside the cart or have their food wrapped up to take home. At night, streets are filled with small tents that sell inexpensive food, drinks and alcohol. It is a wonderland of deliciousness.In South Korea, food is generally available from street carts during the day, where customers eat standing beside the cart or have their food wrapped up to take home. At night, streets are filled with small tents that sell inexpensive food, drinks and alcohol. It is a wonderland of deliciousness.In South Korea, food is generally available from street carts during the day, where customers eat standing beside the cart or have their food wrapped up to take home. At night, streets are filled with small tents that sell inexpensive food, drinks and alcohol. It is a wonderland of deliciousness.In South Korea, food is generally available from street carts during the day, where customers eat standing beside the cart or have their food wrapped up to take home. At night, streets are filled with small tents that sell inexpensive food, drinks and alcohol. It is a wonderland of deliciousness.In South Korea, food is generally available from street carts during the day, where customers eat standing beside the cart or have their food wrapped up to take home. At night, streets are filled with small tents that sell inexpensive food, drinks and alcohol. It is a wonderland of deliciousness.In South Korea, food is generally available from street carts during the day, where customers eat standing beside the cart or have their food wrapped up to take home. At night, streets are filled with small tents that sell inexpensive food, drinks and alcohol. It is a wonderland of deliciousness.

Snap de la semaine: Street food, Gwangju

In South Korea, food is generally available from street carts during the day, where customers eat standing beside the cart or have their food wrapped up to take home. At night, streets are filled with small tents that sell inexpensive food, drinks and alcohol.

Daniel | Jan 28, 2010 | Comments 3
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Along the Green Point Coastal trail, which follows the old winter mail road along the coast between Baker's Brook and Green Point. The long cobble beach, small ponds, and coastal tuckamore provide a pleasant variety of habitats.

Snap de la semaine: Gros Morne National Park

Gros Morne Park—the long cobble beach, small ponds, and coastal tuckamore provide a pleasant variety of habitats.

Daniel | Jan 21, 2010 | Comments 5
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Situated on more than 1,000 feet of white sand beach that makes -up Bahia

Snap de la semaine: Riviera Maya

The Azul Sensatori is situated on more than 1,000 feet of white sand beach that makes up Bahia Petempich, just outside of Puerto Morelos in the Mayan Riviera.

Daniel | Dec 07, 2009 | Comments 7
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Snap de la semaine: Chichen Itza, Yucatan

Snap de la semaine: Chichen Itza, Yucatan

A shot of El Castillo, the most famous of the ruins of Chichen Itza—a site, built by the Maya civilization and located in the northern center of the Yucatán Peninsula, in present-day Mexico.

Daniel | Dec 03, 2009 | Comments 4
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In the market on Insadong-gil, a street which is connected to a multitude of alleys that lead deeper into the district. At one time it was the largest market for antiques and artworks in Korea. Korean masks have a long tradition, with use in a variety of contexts. They were used in war, on both soldiers and their horses; ceremonially, for burial rites in jade and bronze and for shamanistic ceremonies to drive away evil spirits; to remember the faces of great historical figures in death masks; and in the arts, particularly in ritual dances, courtly, and theatrical plays.

Snap de la semaine: Insadong, Seoul

In the market on Insadong-gil, a street which is connected to a multitude of alleys that lead deeper into the district. At one time it was the largest market for antiques and artworks in Korea.

Daniel | Oct 02, 2009 | Comments 7
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Snap de la semaine: City Palace, Jaipur

Snap de la semaine: City Palace, Jaipur

The City Palace in Jaipur was built in the early 18th century. The different Mahals of the palace are decorated with pillars, arches, Mehrabs and grills which feature beautiful inlay works.

Daniel | Sep 24, 2009 | Comments 4
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Snap de la semaine: Thai Buddha, Bangkok

Snap de la semaine: Thai Buddha, Bangkok

An interpretation of a Thai Buddha from the Sukhothai period. Interpretations during this period depict a Buddha that is elegant, with a sinuous body and a slender, oval face, emphasizing the spiritual aspect of the Buddha by omitting anatomical details.

Daniel | Sep 17, 2009 | Comments 0
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Snap de la semaine: Temple of the Reclining Buddha

Snap de la semaine: Temple of the Reclining Buddha

Wat Pho (The Temple of the Reclining Buddha) is one of the largest and oldest wat in Bangkok and is home to more than one thousand Buddha images, as well as one of the largest single Buddha statues in Thailand: the Reclining Buddha!

Daniel | Sep 11, 2009 | Comments 5
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Snap de la semaine: Sainte-Marie Among the Hurons, Ontario

Snap de la semaine: Sainte-Marie Among the Hurons, Ontario

Herbs drying in a reconstructed longhouse at Sainte-Marie Among the Hurons, a French Jesuit settlement that existed from 1639 to 1649 near modern Midland, Ontario.

Daniel | Sep 01, 2009 | Comments 2
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Ginseng root at Namdaemun Market in Seoul. Namdaemun means 'Great South Gate,' and was the main southern gate to the old city. The market is one of the oldest continually running markets in South Korea. The streets in which the market is located were built in a time when cars were not prevalent, so the market itself is inaccessible by car.

Snap de la semaine: Namdaemun Market, Seoul

Ginseng root at Namdaemun Market in Seoul, South Korea. Namdaemun means ‘Great South Gate,’ and was the main southern gate to the old city. The market is one of the oldest continually running markets in South Korea.

Daniel | Jul 30, 2009 | Comments 0
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Snap de la semaine: Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh

Snap de la semaine: Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh

Water taxi driver nearby Varanasi’s ‘Old City’—a quarter full of crowded narrow winding lanes that are flanked on other side by by roadside shops and an immeasurable number of temples.

Daniel | Jul 23, 2009 | Comments 0
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Snap de la semaine: Broom Point, Newfoundland

Snap de la semaine: Broom Point, Newfoundland

This week’s ‘Snap de la semaine’ is of the Mudge family boathouse in Broom Point, Newfoundland. The three Mudge brothers and their families fished from the site from 1941 until 1975, when they sold the property to Gros Morne National Park.

Kathryn | Jul 18, 2009 | Comments 4
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Snap de la semaine: July 11, 2009

Snap de la semaine: July 11, 2009

A longboat at anchor rests in the sand at low tide in Loh Dalum Bay, Koh Phi Phi, Thailand. This picture was taken just a few months before the tsunami in 2004. We’ve forgetten the name of the resort in back.

Daniel | Jul 11, 2009 | Comments 2
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