Finding well-being through travel and books. |
Hello and welcome! I have two great passions in life. The first one is travel. After a series of life-changing events, my husband and I decided to spend the kids’ inheritance and see as much of the world as possible (I’m still bitter about Damascus). Our bible? A Thousand Places to See Before You Die. Please join us on our adventures seeing new places, meeting fascinating people and trying new, exciting, and sometimes just plain weird, food. My second great passion is books. Reading expands my interior world in the same way travel expands my external one. And, books are a great way to armchair travel - not only through distance but through time as well. My tastes are eclectic, so we’ll be looking at a wide range of writing in a possibly haphazard fashion. Come along for the ride! My best, Kirsten ** Images For Use By Upgraded+ Only ** |
What if you were a king who had murdered his way to the top and now struggled with a) establishing the legitimacy of his reign and b) felt a teensy bit queasy about his fate in the hereafter? If you were 12th century usurper Angkorian king, Suryavarman II, the first thing you would do is nail down your legitimacy by finding an astrologer who could link your fate and the fate of your country to the dragon, the most sacred and powerful of animals as it represents the power of water and the power of land. If you could harness the power of water, and provide ‘rain on demand’ you would be declared a holy person and have the right to be king. You couldn’t believe your luck when an astrologer found the constellation Draco (the dragon) appearing in the Angkor sky area and a silhouette of the dragon appearing on the Angkor area ground. (Weirdly enough, the vast majority of the Angkor temples do line up along the shape of Draco). Read more here |