I really enjoyed reviewing my photos and picking out the best ones. Part 1 covered the first 11 months of the trip up to Thailand. Here’s part two of three…

Looking up one of the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur

Yellow-billed Stork at Kuala Lumpur Bird Park

A flower vendor relaxes on his stall in Hindu Street, Dhaka

Boats jostle for position beside the Rocket Steamer at Sadarghat Boat Terminal in Dhaka

Street food vendors sell snacks at Sadarghat Boat Terminal

Mr Colin’s tea stand in Khulna. He was so chuffed to have foreigners drinking his tea and taking his photo that when we went back later in the week he wanted us to show the photo to his friend!

Shait Gumbad (Sixty Dome) Mosque at Bagerhat actually has 81 domes, but 60 pillars. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and dates from the 15th century

Bangladeshi buses are a colourful but scary way to travel through the country, crammed with people and luggage and driven by seemingly suicidal drivers

Roots sticking up from the floor of the forest in the Sundarbans National Park

We didn’t see any tigers, but there was plenty of other wildlife on view in the Sundarbans National Park in Bangladesh

Bangladeshi food is cheap, satisfying and delicious, many of the country’s restaurants have the ‘kitchen’ outside in the street

Beautifully proportioned Govinda Temple at Puthia

Chicken seller in the New Market, Rajshahi

As foreigners we were curiosities wherever we went in Bangladesh, here we are being watched through a hole in a wall at Sona Masjid

Misty sunrise behind the stupa ruins at Paharpur

A greengrocer hangs grapes from his stall in the market at Dinajpur

A peaceful tea plantation near Srimongol

Life in the waterways near Srimongol

A fishmonger proudly displays his wares in Srimongol

Adverts line the street on election day in Sonargaon outside Dhaka

The Gardens by the Bay at Singapore Marina are dominated by the huge SuperTree structures which are lit at night

A family plays with the sound produced by pots of soil: “Sound of the Earth” by Chen Sai Hua Kuan at the Singapore Art Museum

The Daikokutai team ready themselves to move their float at the Takayama Spring Float Festival

Phoenix topping a box to be carried in procession during the Takayama Spring Float Festival

Cherry blossom in Kanazawa Castle Park

A display of masks at the Kanazawa Noh Museum

Inside the traditional Kureha-Za theatre at Museum Meiji-Mura

Rest house along the Nakasendo, or old post road, between Magome and Tsumago

Matsumoto Castle is the oldest wooden castle in Japan

Japanese Macaque eating pussy willows at Kamikochi in the Japanese Alps. The monkeys are also known to bathe in natural hot springs

Shrine reflected in the moat of a burial mound in Nara

The traditionally constructed roof of Kongobuji temple, Koyasan

Jizos with aprons in the Okunoin Cemetery, Koyasan

A Yabusame archer takes out the final target at full speed

Japan was much greener than we’d expected with plenty of beautiful countryside and well tended gardens

Monument on top of Mt Misen, Miyajima

Wisteria blossoms gently waving in the breeze at Kawachi Fuji Garden

Feeling blue. Kyushu island coastline from the ferry to Yakushima

Andrew with our hostel friends and fellow hikers, Brian and Claudia, on the trail to Jomon Sugi, the largest cedar tree ever found in Japan which is estimated to be over 2000 years old

Hikers rest on the riverbed below the trail to Jomon Sugi

‘Relatum-Point, Line, Plane’ by Lee Ufan stands at the entrance to his museum on Naoshima

Conveyor belt sushi in Kobe, lots of fun

Clouds reflected in rice paddies on the outskirts of Kyoto

Garden at Shoren-in temple, Kyoto

Bright red gates line the path up the mountain at Fushimi Inari Shrine, Kyoto

We spent a fascinated hour watching the gardeners at Ginkakuji Temple recreating the zen garden

A rope encircles a Yorishiro or sacred object, in this case a tree, at Kurama-dera

Lake Saiko is one of the Five Lakes around Mt Fuji

Tokyo Tower from the observation deck of the Mori Art Museum

Fishmongers sawing up frozen tuna at Tsukiji Market, Tokyo

‘Unicorn’ fish for sale at Tsukiji Market, Tokyo

Looking 350m down from Tokyo Skytree

Sunlight shining across rounded stepping stones in Koshikawa Korakuen Garden in Tokyo

Traditional Shinto wedding procession at the Meiji Jingu Shrine in Tokyo

Japanese food is famed for being light and healthy, but a bowl of ramen noodles with extra braised pork is satisfyingly rich and hearty

A man rests under the trees near Beomeosa temple in Busan

Cliffside carvings of the Buddha at Seokbulsa Temple, Busan

Lotus flower, Gyeongju

Colourful carvings in the eaves of Bulguksa Temple near Gyeongju

A Korean breakfast of abalone rice porridge, fish and kimchi at our guesthouse in Hahoe Folk Village

Visiting the de-militarised zone (DMZ) which divides Korea was an eerie experience after learning some of the history of the conflict

Sunset over Seoul from the edge of Namsan Park

Mung bean pancake stall in Gwangjang Market, Seoul

Andrew and the Bund Bull in the old banking district of Shanghai

The Mountain-in-View Tower, Humble Administrator’s Garden, Suzhou

Bonsai tree, Humble Administrator’s Garden, Suzhou

Sketchbook with a drawing of the Hall of Distant Fragrance, Humble Administrator’s Garden, Suzhou

Duck heads and chillis on a street food stall in Hangzhou – no we didn’t try them…

Mirrored wall in the garden of the Nanjing Massacre Memorial

View up the stairway to Dr Sun Yat-sen’s Mausoleum near Nanjing. Considered the founding father of modern China, he’s a very popular guy

Yellow Crane Tower roof tile detail, Wuhan

Hankou railway station waiting room. The newer stations on China’s high speed rail network look more like airports to us

Queueing for the glass plank path on Tianmen mountain, Zhangjiajie

The cable car line to Huangshizhai runs between the rock pillars, Zhangjiajie National Park

Oil lamps burning at Aidao Nunnery, Chengdu