Archive for the ‘Travel’ Category
Dhaka – Bangkok by air, Bangkok – Phuket by air, Phuket to Kura Buri via Khao Lak / Phang Na / Takua Pa by car, then from Kuraburi pier to Ko Phra Thong island [9° 7'20.38" N, 98°15'3.47" E] by long-tailed boat, from the island pier to Golden Buddha Beach
by pickup truck across the surprising [...]
Thai Flickr Meet – June 5th 2008 at Bangkok. A trip on the Chaopraya River past Wat Arun ~ a visit to the Museum of Siam ~ then to Pak Khlong Talat [flower market] ~ and finally a few beers and look at Wat Arun at night. Thanks to all the great people I met [...]
 Flying over Burma enroute Thailand from Bangladesh.
Storm on the way to the airport, and before we knew it the rain was pelting down and then the storm was gone as fast as it started… typical Malaysia weather.
Oh, and by the way I love that 10-20mm Sigma lens. We are traveling over 100 kmph, and the foliage outside still retains detail.
KL: New Year’s day 2008. And a perfect evening to head out for some great tapas at LaBodega’s in KLCC, and have Mannat tell us the answers to various questions we had to ask her – a brand new crystal ball that gave responses like “Probably yes”!
KLCC = Kuala Lumpur City Center!
The limestone Batu Caves just outside Kuala Lumpur Malaysia, the Hindu temples established in 1891 though the caves are 60 to 100 million years old. A [new] statue of Lord Murugan – standing 42 mtrs high- with 272 steps leading up to the upper entrance. There is another cave opening a bit below the upper [...]
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Funicular train to Penang Hill passes through the steepest [but a pretty short one though] tunnel in the world. The ride was steep, but did not feel as steep as the one to Victoria Peak HK actually. The view from the top, pretty spectacular
Massive Raintrees growing in the gardens of the Shangri-La Rasa Sayang in Penang.
Parasailing at Batu Ferringhi [Foreigner's Rock] Beach, Penang Malaysia.
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Mannat and Anil airborne….. and coming back to a perfect landing. We went straight up on an updraft…. a beautiful “flight” until the speedboat chap decided to have some fun and drop us to the water and skimmed us with our legs trailing on the surface for [...]
