Woman sweeping the floor at the Wat Pa Huai Lat (วัด ป่า ห้วย ลาด) in Loei Province, Thailand

Woman sweeping the floor at the Wat Pa Huai Lat (วัด ป่า ห้วย ลาด) in Loei Province, Thailand  in June 2016

A cleaner sweeping up rubbish in Sapa, Vietnam

A cleaner sweeping up rubbish in Sapa, Vietnam in January 2012

In flames

Two boys sweeping at Doi Suthep temple, Chiang Mai, Thailand in September 2012. In flames

Sweeping the temple floor

Men sweeping the floor at Wat Doi Suthep temple, Chiang Mai, Thailand in September 2012. The inscription in the middle man's t-shirt says in flames

Sweeping up the rain

Sweeping up at Nakhon Ratchasima (Korat) in Thailand in August 2010

Road sweepers

Sweeping the street in the rain in Nakhon Ratchasima (Korat), Thailand in August 2010

Street sweeper

Worker sweeping a street in Lumphini Park, Bangkok in December 2009

Sweeping

Woman sweeping at Lumphini Park, Bangkok, Thailand in December 2009

Covered gardener

Gardener in Lumphini Park, Bangkok, Thailand, December 2009. She is completely covered up to protect herself from the sun and not get dark. It was over 30 degrees Celsius at the time!

Sweeping

Woman sweeping in Saigon, Vietnam, photographed in March 2008.

Clean oasis

This is the end of my Dera photos. The last one. Sorry, but all good things have to come to an end sometime, somewhere and somehow. And so my Dera journey also came to an end, not that I knew it at the time. But my abiding memories of the Dera and its associated philosophy are neatly encapsulated in this picture; The cleanliness and orderliness of the colony which contrasted with the dirt and decay found elsewhere in India, and the warm radiant smiles born of a philosophy where one receives by giving. This final photo was taken at the Dera Radha Soami Colony in Beas, Punjab, India in January 1990.