This photo was taken in Ta Prohm, Angkor, Cambodia. The trees growing out of the ruins are perhaps the most distinctive feature of Ta Prohm, and two species predominate: the larger is the Silk Cotton Tree (Ceiba Pentandra), and the smaller is the Strangler Fig. You will see more from Cambodia looking at my Cambodia floder. Below a photo of a previous post on the same subject.
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This photo was taken in Ta Prohm, Angkor, Cambodia. The trees growing out of the ruins are perhaps the most distinctive feature of Ta Prohm, and two species predominate: the larger is the Silk Cotton Tree (Ceiba Pentandra), and the smaller is the Strangler Fig. You will see more from Cambodia looking at my Cambodia floder. Below a photo of a previous post on the same subject.
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This is a photo of a bagpiper, playing a Great Highland Bagpipe (A' Phìob Mhòr in Gaelic), a type of bagpipe native to Scotland, which has achieved widespread recognition through its usage in the British military and in pipe bands throughout the world. The bagpipe is first attested in Scotland around 1400, having first appeared in European artwork in Spain in the 1200s. The earliest references to Scottish bagpipes are in a military context, and it is in that context that the Great Highland Ba... Read Full Story
This is a photo of a bagpiper, playing a Great Highland Bagpipe (A' Phìob Mhòr in Gaelic), a type of bagpipe native to Scotland, which has achieved widespread recognition through its usage in the British military and in pipe bands throughout the world. The bagpipe is first attested in Scotland around 1400, having first appeared in European artwork in Spain in the 1200s. The earliest references to Scottish bagpipes are in a military context, and it is in that context that the Great Highland Ba... Read Full Story
