May 24, 2006
Random post from the past:
Kinkakuji Temple
Kinkakuji Temple, originally uploaded by laurenz. This is the famous golden pavilion that figures in Yukio Mishima's famous novel "the temple of the golden pavilion". Like the pavilion in the novel, the real one was burned down by fanatical young man. Mishima himself tried to stage a coup by taking a Japanese Military commander hostage. When he realised that hist plans for restoring the traditional Japan would not succeed, he committed ritual suicide. The real golde pavilion was rebuilt in 1987 this time also covering the lower storey with a relatively thick layer of gold. Popularly known as Kinkaku-ji, the temple's real name is Rokuon-ji. ...
June 26th, 2007 at 3:49 pm
Australia does not have jungles. It has rain forrests.
September 1st, 2007 at 8:00 pm
Hi Loved your Aus. photos especially this one. They have some very funny ones i thought when I was there last year. I especially loved the one you see a lot on the outback roads in QLD - it said “Passenger - Is your driver awake ?” … t used to make me think — oh hang on i’l just check ! Often when I was the driver !
Going back Aug 2008 … can’t wait !