Images Dated 8th November 2016

The Haw Pha bang or The royal place with Night market

The Hmong night market with Haw Pha Bang temple in the background in central Luang PrabangIt is a Buddhist Temple in Haw Kham (Royal Palace) complex in Luang Prabang, UNESCO World Heritage Site and former capital city of Laos

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Norway - Torghatten

Torghatten (Troll's Hat) is a hill in Norway renowned for its distinctive hole piercing straight through the hillside (not a printing error!). The hill is so named after a tale of a Troll who's hat was pierced by an arrow, whilst saving a beautiful woman from the amorous advances of a less-mannered troll. The discarded hat turned to stone and formed the hill! Date: circa 1908

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection

Pipe-smoking Syrian Dervish with fantastic hairstyle

Pipe-smoking Syrian Dervish with fantastic hairstyle. Dervish or Darvesh in Persian usually refers to a person who is a seeker of the truth i.e. universal truth. Within the Islamic tradition such people are often known as Sufis, Sufi, people of the way or mystics and they come from every strata of society; here monetary considerations are inapplicable since the situation is that of a deep personal inner spiritual longing. There are in existence a number Sufi Orders many of which bear the name of a great saint and within these orders various practices have continued over the centuries in order to assist generations of seekers whose desire is to be brought to reality itself. It is said that the number of ways to reality/truth exceeds the number of grains of sand on the beach. It may be noted that this infinite number of ways to truth can even start at a point beyond religion, ultimately the truth is an universal quality. Date: circa 1910

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection