28. July 2001 11:11 by Rene Pallesen 0 Comments Photo Gallery 28. July 2001 11:11 by Rene Pallesen | 0 Comments Tweetphoto gallerySharePhoto GalleryI have placed photos here - those I could not fit on the respective webpages. SchwedagonMandalayMarionetVolleyballCreated: 3 Nov 2001
28. July 2001 10:52 by Rene Pallesen 0 Comments South East Asia ( 24 July ~ 24 August 2001 ) . . . 28. July 2001 10:52 by Rene Pallesen | 0 Comments Tweetsouth east asia 24 july 24 august 2001ShareI initially made plans to explore Burma and then make my way across the border into western China at Burma's only border crossing up north. I had not made any definite plans wanted to play it by ear... but in the end my trip consisted of Thailand, Cambodia and restricted areas to Burma. I was away for a total of 5 weeks and must admit that parts of my trip really frustrated me - there were many restrictions in Burma and being in Bangkok at times stressed me because of all the tourists and crowds. I really only went to Cambodia to see the magnificent Angkor Wat - actually I really did enjoy being there. I think my most enjoyable part of the trip was the days I had climbing on the secluded areas of Krabi. Burma(23 Jul ~ 5 Aug)Cambodia(6 ~ 10 Aug)Thailand
28. July 2001 10:51 by Rene Pallesen 0 Comments Monkeys . . . 28. July 2001 10:51 by Rene Pallesen | 0 Comments TweetmonkeysShareThere were quite a lot of monkeys at Mt Popa. The photo above in the middle, shows monkeys that look like they are playing around. They are actually fighting monkeys and can be very dangerous because they bite and also snatch things from you. They were rather oblivious to me being there, until the flash on my camera went off. Then their attention was on me and they were ready to attack. I adopted the “monkey mentality” - avoid eye contact and move away backwards - the only way to stop the monkeys from attacking is to not look at them.
28. July 2001 10:50 by Rene Pallesen 0 Comments Burma Up North (continued) . . . 28. July 2001 10:50 by Rene Pallesen | 0 Comments Tweetburma up north continuedShare Whilst I was up north, I watched a rather interesting game of volleyball. I have never seen such dexterity and agility amongst the players! It was amazing to see how flexible these guys were.
28. July 2001 10:50 by Rene Pallesen 0 Comments Mt Popa . . . 28. July 2001 10:50 by Rene Pallesen | 0 Comments Tweetmt popaShareThere is a monastry on Mt Popa - a hill located 50km away from Bagan. When I was there, it was a cloudy day. I ran into a woman selling petrified wood - quite silly really, considering the place was covered with it. They must think tourists are stupid! *laugh* I managed to pick up a couple of small pieces to take back with me. As you can see, there are stacks of them around. And no... this is not a tombstone. This is actually a road sign. You would be surprised how big some of these pieces are - this piece below was actually about a metre long and 40cm wide. Actually what I found interesting were the toilets in Burma. My girlfriend tells me that squatting over a toilet is quite common in Asia. In many of the city areas, they would have toilets as we know them, and they would also have a carved hole in the ground, on which either side, one places their feet on. Toilets in the rural area are more crude than that - a hole leading into a gaping pit. However, what I found interesting about these toilets were that recycled running water was used to wash away any excrement. The water is first used for washing one self and then used in the toilets. As there were a few toilet cubicles a row, sometimes you would see the excrement from a toilet uphill go beneath you! *laugh* Very clever and environmental system, I think! Trying to grab a snooze... *smile* Like Schweddagon, most of this is real gold as well. And yes, there is a monkey sitting near my head. If you click to the next page, you will see that I have taken a series of photos of the monkeys.
28. July 2001 10:49 by Rene Pallesen 0 Comments Puppet Show . . . 28. July 2001 10:49 by Rene Pallesen | 0 Comments Tweetpuppet showShare I saw the most interesting puppet show, known as the “Mandalay Marionettes” There were 2 or 3 puppeteers out the front, with a live band of musicians. Unfortunately, it was more of a show for the tourists, rather than the locals. It cost 1,000 chats or US$2 per show.
28. July 2001 10:49 by Rene Pallesen 0 Comments Burma Up North . . . 28. July 2001 10:49 by Rene Pallesen | 0 Comments Tweetburma up northShare I decided take a 20-hour train-ride to Myitkyinã *laugh* it took 20-hours to get there by train because there was only one track. It was definitely faster to run next to the train than to travel in it! We had to wait for the oncoming train to return before we could travel north. At one point, we crossed a bridge that was so rickety that I thought it would collapse any moment! Locals working in the rice fields. Locals using water-buffaloes to plough rice fields. The train travelled along the Jrrawaddy River. It would have been nice if I was able to travel to Mandalay via a riverboat down the Jrrawaddy River. It was amazing to find out that people live “on” these lakes, by building houses on stilts. This sort of housing is quite common in many parts of Asia, especially areas where monsoons quite frequently flood an area. It is also very environmentally-sound, I t Perfect Moments Photography | A Rene Pallesen Journal Blog Portfolio Packages Contact About Home 28. September 2015 15:09 by Rene Pallesen 0 Comments More childhood memories 28. September 2015 15:09 by Rene Pallesen | 0 Comments TweetHere are some more photos from my childhood in no particular order. The first ones from a New Years ShareHere are some more photos from my childhood in no particular order. The first ones from a New Years eve where we got a bit silly with the hats. These were taken at a New Years even in Kenya and before my brother got really sick, so probably around 1989/90.And here is Claus.And my mum.I was really good at shooting when I was a kid and won lots of championships. This photo is one of the few things I have from that time.This is Claus and I with our dog.Not sure which ones of these is Claus and which is me.This was taken just christmas day in the back yard of my grandma's (Mormor) house. We got the skis as a christmas present. All the fields behind her house belonged to my mothers brother Flemming.I think this may be my brother. For the first time I've noticed the photo in the background. It looks like this may be a photo of my mum with her two sisters and brother and what could be her dad Raimer in the middle.This would most likely be the new years eve where we were trapped by the snow 1978/79. We were supposed to have celebrated with the family but couldn't even get out of the house. Delicious with a glass of milk and a pie.We didn't have a lawn in the back yard. Instead we had pebbles...lots of fun shoveling them.This I think is a christmas eve dinner at my grandmas (mormor) place. My mum on the left and my uncle Flemming in the middle. Not sure who the person standing up in. It could be my grandmas brother. Possibly from around 1976/77I think it is my great grandpa (Raimer) in the middle row number two from the left. The title of the photo says that it is Christoffer (??) in the top left corner. Looking at the age of the boys this would have been taken in the 1920's.Claus dancing aeound the christmas tree and my mum and grandma (Bedstemor/Farmor).From left to Right. My grandma (On my dads side/Bedstemor/farmor), Knud Aage (My uncle/dads brother), My mum (in the foreground), My grandad (in the background), Irene (my auntie/dads sister), Grete and I assume the baby is Vinnie which means that it is likely that my mum was pregnant with Claus (born in July).This was taken at my grandparents place and after my brother got sick. He was really suffering at this point.This is one of the happiest family photos I have and the only one I have a print of.Going for a walk at Marielyst with Lott and Willy some of our german friends. Claus in the foreground and my dad on the right. I think you can just spot me in yellow pants in the background.I think this is at Lotte and Willy's summer house.Not sure if this is Claus or myself being babtised. It is my grand mother being god mother.This was taken outside our summer house in Marielyst.My brother number 2 from the top right on his school photo.Claus at daycare number 4 from the top left.Me at day care top left. 27. September 2015 18:09 by Rene Pallesen 0 Comments My Mum as a young girl and with her siblings 27. September 2015 18:09 by Rene Pallesen | 0 Comments TweetHere is some more old photos of my mum. This time with here brother and sisters.This first one if prShareHere is some more old photos of my mum. This time with here brother and sisters.This first one if probably one of the oldest. You can tell that the photo was shot in black and white and that the negative was later coloured (badly). It would be my mum in the middle with her two sisters Eli (the oldest on the right) and Yrsa.This is my mum in the middle with what I assume is cousins.I think it is my grandmother (Karen) holding my mum.Here is the same as the first photo, but this time without the colour.My mum and her sisters playing in the courtyard of their farmMy mum with her older sisters.Eli, Yrsa, Sonja and Flemming Kragh.Having her photo taken as a little girl.Upset about having her photo taken?My mum with her younger brother Flemming.As a liitle girlMy mum in school.From left to right...Eli, Yrsa my mum (Sonja) and Flemming.As a young girls/woman...possibly from her Konfirmation.My mum as a girl scout (no 4 from the left).It is Flemming in the middle and my mum on the right. 27. September 2015 17:09 by Rene Pallesen 0 Comments Lucas Birthday 27. September 2015 17:09 by Rene Pallesen | 0 Comments If there was no Buddhism, life in Burma would be very basic. Early every morning, you can hears the bells with the arrival of these monks. It is a signal for the locals to come out with money, food or whatever, to give these monks. Remember, one of the vows monks take, is the vow of poverty - they have to rely on the donations of locals to feed and clothe them, otherwise grow and produce their own products. In Buddhism, it is a Buddhist's duty to also provide for the monks. It helps them to reach Enlightenment. I saw these monks in Yangon. They come from various monastries. The nun you see in the middle, is wearing her habit on her head. The piece of cloth that a nun wraps around herself, is sometimes folded and used as a hat for protection against the heat of the sun. See the 3 figures to the right, at the base of a temple? They are meditating to the sun! I took close-up photos of each of them, and later asked them if it hurt their eyes to stare at the sun all day. I was told that it did not! 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28. September 2015 15:09 by Rene Pallesen 0 Comments More childhood memories 28. September 2015 15:09 by Rene Pallesen | 0 Comments TweetHere are some more photos from my childhood in no particular order. The first ones from a New Years ShareHere are some more photos from my childhood in no particular order. The first ones from a New Years eve where we got a bit silly with the hats. These were taken at a New Years even in Kenya and before my brother got really sick, so probably around 1989/90.And here is Claus.And my mum.I was really good at shooting when I was a kid and won lots of championships. This photo is one of the few things I have from that time.This is Claus and I with our dog.Not sure which ones of these is Claus and which is me.This was taken just christmas day in the back yard of my grandma's (Mormor) house. We got the skis as a christmas present. All the fields behind her house belonged to my mothers brother Flemming.I think this may be my brother. For the first time I've noticed the photo in the background. It looks like this may be a photo of my mum with her two sisters and brother and what could be her dad Raimer in the middle.This would most likely be the new years eve where we were trapped by the snow 1978/79. We were supposed to have celebrated with the family but couldn't even get out of the house. Delicious with a glass of milk and a pie.We didn't have a lawn in the back yard. Instead we had pebbles...lots of fun shoveling them.This I think is a christmas eve dinner at my grandmas (mormor) place. My mum on the left and my uncle Flemming in the middle. Not sure who the person standing up in. It could be my grandmas brother. Possibly from around 1976/77I think it is my great grandpa (Raimer) in the middle row number two from the left. The title of the photo says that it is Christoffer (??) in the top left corner. Looking at the age of the boys this would have been taken in the 1920's.Claus dancing aeound the christmas tree and my mum and grandma (Bedstemor/Farmor).From left to Right. My grandma (On my dads side/Bedstemor/farmor), Knud Aage (My uncle/dads brother), My mum (in the foreground), My grandad (in the background), Irene (my auntie/dads sister), Grete and I assume the baby is Vinnie which means that it is likely that my mum was pregnant with Claus (born in July).This was taken at my grandparents place and after my brother got sick. He was really suffering at this point.This is one of the happiest family photos I have and the only one I have a print of.Going for a walk at Marielyst with Lott and Willy some of our german friends. Claus in the foreground and my dad on the right. I think you can just spot me in yellow pants in the background.I think this is at Lotte and Willy's summer house.Not sure if this is Claus or myself being babtised. It is my grand mother being god mother.This was taken outside our summer house in Marielyst.My brother number 2 from the top right on his school photo.Claus at daycare number 4 from the top left.Me at day care top left.
27. September 2015 18:09 by Rene Pallesen 0 Comments My Mum as a young girl and with her siblings 27. September 2015 18:09 by Rene Pallesen | 0 Comments TweetHere is some more old photos of my mum. This time with here brother and sisters.This first one if prShareHere is some more old photos of my mum. This time with here brother and sisters.This first one if probably one of the oldest. You can tell that the photo was shot in black and white and that the negative was later coloured (badly). It would be my mum in the middle with her two sisters Eli (the oldest on the right) and Yrsa.This is my mum in the middle with what I assume is cousins.I think it is my grandmother (Karen) holding my mum.Here is the same as the first photo, but this time without the colour.My mum and her sisters playing in the courtyard of their farmMy mum with her older sisters.Eli, Yrsa, Sonja and Flemming Kragh.Having her photo taken as a little girl.Upset about having her photo taken?My mum with her younger brother Flemming.As a liitle girlMy mum in school.From left to right...Eli, Yrsa my mum (Sonja) and Flemming.As a young girls/woman...possibly from her Konfirmation.My mum as a girl scout (no 4 from the left).It is Flemming in the middle and my mum on the right.
27. September 2015 17:09 by Rene Pallesen 0 Comments Lucas Birthday 27. September 2015 17:09 by Rene Pallesen | 0 Comments If there was no Buddhism, life in Burma would be very basic. Early every morning, you can hears the bells with the arrival of these monks. It is a signal for the locals to come out with money, food or whatever, to give these monks. Remember, one of the vows monks take, is the vow of poverty - they have to rely on the donations of locals to feed and clothe them, otherwise grow and produce their own products. In Buddhism, it is a Buddhist's duty to also provide for the monks. It helps them to reach Enlightenment. I saw these monks in Yangon. They come from various monastries. The nun you see in the middle, is wearing her habit on her head. The piece of cloth that a nun wraps around herself, is sometimes folded and used as a hat for protection against the heat of the sun. See the 3 figures to the right, at the base of a temple? They are meditating to the sun! I took close-up photos of each of them, and later asked them if it hurt their eyes to stare at the sun all day. I was told that it did not! They sit there from sunrise, to sunset, meditating, and only change positions as the sun changes position. Otherwise, they just sit there and meditate. They meditate every single day except when cloudy. Amazing! -->
27. September 2015 17:09 by Rene Pallesen 0 Comments Travelling as a child 27. September 2015 17:09 by Rene Pallesen | 0 Comments TweetWhen I was a kid we would every summer travel to Southern Europe with our caravan.Usually travellingShareWhen I was a kid we would every summer travel to Southern Europe with our caravan.Usually travelling through Swizerland or Austria ending up in Italy (Either Lido di Jesolo or the Italian Riviera). Underway we would visit old friends of my mum and dad from the time they were working in Italy.Here are some photos from that time.I just noticed the burn scar on my arm on the above photo. I think this is one of the few childhood photos where you can really see it.This was out caravan while travelling.This is our caravan with the tent up in the middle.
10. September 2015 16:09 by Rene Pallesen 0 Comments Fathers Day 10. September 2015 16:09 by Rene Pallesen | 0 Comments TweetThis Sunday it was fathers day.It was celebrated with a game of Bowling with the kids in the morningShareThis Sunday it was fathers day.It was celebrated with a game of Bowling with the kids in the morning and then family dinner in the evening (with yummi chocolate cake).This photo is the only family photo I have with the entire Kims family (including litt