Asia as a destination offers a kaleidoscope of religions and belief systems for the traveler to experience. There is certainly no shortage of spiritual places usually alive and buzzing with the faithful who arrive in droves to worship. Often some of our best experiences were simply wondering around these unique and inspiring places getting a glimpse into a belief system completely alien from our own sometimes joined by a knowledgeable local who would explain their faith.

The sheer amount of temples, mosques,pagoda’s and shrines throughout the continent is mind blowing but this post highlights the top 10 that we wont soon forget.

10) The Enigmatic Bayon Temple of Cambodia

9) The Rat Temple of Bikaner

8) Big Dagobas in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka

7) Jokhang Temple Lhasa

6) The All Mighty Angkor

5) The Dalai Lama's Previous Residence

4) The Holiest of Holy Rivers - The Ganges

3) Qomolangma or Mother Saint to the Tibetans, Mount Everest to you and me.

2)Beautiful Shwedagon Pagoda of Myanmar

1) Sikhism's Masterpiece, The Golden Temple

With so much positive feed back from all of our followers on the blog, I decided to submit a photo essay to one of the most popular online travel magazines at www.matadortravel.com.The arcticle can be seen here;

http://matadortrips.com/photo-essay-peace-in-the-eyes-of-sri-lanka

It feels pretty great to have some of my work published and make a small profit from something I love.

by Lianna

Well sort of…

Schmap, an online destination guide, used Nick’s photo of Dublin Mountains – Sally Gap for their guide.  They went on his Flickr account and asked him if he would allow them to use it. I think it’s pretty damn cool but Nick didn’t want to bring attention to it on the blog so I’m posting this behind his back!

www.schmap.com/dublin/sights_outandabout/p=51671/i=51671_37.jpg

As summer zips by us, the days in the north country become shorter and shorter. We have already begun to see the shift in daylight which bring with it a chance to glimpse one of the most beautiful light shows on earth, the Auroa Borealis.

These are photos I took last night while being eaten alive by mosquitos, I think it was worth it!

Nick got his new camera – the Nikon D90 and he’s in love. I’m glad too because I know our trip pictures are going to be awesome once he learns everything it can do.

We’re hoping for some good Northern Lights action! We got the below shot a couple nights ago. I stand outside as long as possible but when Nick took this picture (with a remote of course!) I was defrosting myself in the car.

Also, I’m not sure how I’m going to leave this precious dog! Because of my dog allergy, holding Puppy for anything more than 3 minutes causes me to break into a hive rash all over my body – but I can’t help myself.