Complete tranquility, Hoshi-Onsen, Japan

噂に勝る名湯でした。

Japanese style hot spring. 5D+17-40

Hoshi-Onsen, Gunma prefecture, Japan

Japanese style inn with hot spring.

9月末、念願の法師温泉に行くことができました。今頃はもう紅葉も終わっているのでしょうか。雪景色もきっとすばらしいと思います。5D+17-40mm

To the unknown place

Passage of time

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Prayers in the pre-dawn light

In the early morning of Sunday at Lalibela, only the voice of a priest chanting and the deep sound of a traditional drum echo around the rock-hewn church. People stay outside and just pray. It is an extremely beautiful moment.

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Sunday Mass at Lalibela

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Lalibela Cross

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On a hill top, Lalibela

In the afternoon on a hill

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Into the darkness

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A girl in the dim light, Lalibela

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A priest in Lalibela

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Exit

In the tunnel leading to a church.

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Entrance

You may not believe that there is a magnificent rock-hewn church behind the tunnel...

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Church of St. George, Lalibela

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One evening at Lalibela

An old man going to a church just before sunset.

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Before sunset at Debre Tabor in Amhara

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Sisters at a village in East Gojam, Amhara

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Scenery from the car window, East Gojam in Amhara

Ethiopia is now in the most beautiful season.

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In the morning light, Thimphu Bhutan