Serpent Gods from Southeast Asia to the Amazon

Nāgas are a class of serpent beings or minor deities in Hindu and Buddhist cosmology. They take the form of … More

Temple stories

I’m fascinated by the murals found in Buddhist temples. These are from Wat Phon Xay in Luang Prabang, Laos. Epic … More

Luang Prabang in Laos is a peaceful, picturesque town on the Mekong River. The alluring wats (temples) with distinct sloping … More

My friend brought me to his wife’s village, Tinh Bien, in remote southwestern Vietnam, in An Giang province near the … More

More Angkor… because, well, it’s that fucking cool. The Baphuon is a colossal pyramid structure on top of which the … More

At the heart of the Khmer empire lies an astounding accretion of monolithic temples. The scale of Angkor is mind-binding… … More

Smoke rising out of the jungle, houses on stilts. Where are we? Ornate village temples, palm trees poking here and … More