Showing posts with label Travel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Travel. Show all posts

Thursday, December 4, 2008

#64 - Far From the Truth


Nope. I have not arrived at some French rural town.
This French-themed town is located at Bukit Tinggi.
The destination was part of my 4-Summit Ride.
A very disappointed summit ride - there was not much curves and twists and the town was quite small and a night's stay was very pricey. I was quoted RM$300 for a room at the basement at that (???) and so I gave it a miss.

On hindsight, it was actually built to cater for honeymooners and not for the free-spirited lonely tourer that I was.

Sunday, November 30, 2008

#63 - Desolation


at some ancient ruin at Ahmadebad, India

#62 - Midas Touch


The throne room.

#61- Natural Lighting


Mehrangargh Fort.

#60 - Stone Fortress


Mehrangargh Fort.
All the fine details were carved of stone save the wooden windows. Amazing.

#59 - Sentinel


One of the towers of Angkor Wat.

#58 - Conquer the Hill


#57 - Door to Love


#56 - Cotton Clouds


Something drew me to look up and the most fascinating cloud formation was in the sky. Took the shot and today I realised that such photos belong to a genre called Cloudscape photography.
I think I'll pay more attention to the skies from now onwards.

#55 - Look to the Sky


Mehrangargh Fort.

Saturday, November 29, 2008

#54 - Window of Time


view from one of the windows at the Hawa Mahal.
Hawa Mahal (Hindi: हवा महल, translation: Palace of Winds), forms part of the City Palace and extends the Zenana or women's chambers, the chambers of the harem. Its original intention was to allow royal ladies to observe everyday life in the street below without being seen.

#53 - Kata Viewpoint


For the three times I've visited Phuket (2004, 2007 and 2008), I've always come to Kata ViewPoint. The view is spectacular and the scene so peaceful. The drawback is that it is not accesible since it is perced way up high on some hill.

And yeah, I always got there on some rented bike.

#52 - Sunset at Kamala Beach II


Using a tele-zoom approach.

#51 - Sunset at Kamala Beach


#50 - Palace of Wind


Hawa Mahal, India.

#49 - Snake Charmer


Finally got to see a real snake charmer :)
And yes, the cobra has been defanged and although I was 'encouraged' to touch the poor 'vulnerable' snake, the snake was still fiesty and tried to bit anyone close to it with its imaginary fangs.

#48 - Sleeping Underneath the Stars


My tent where I camped at 2,000m above sea level.

#47 - Beyond the Shade


At Gili Trawangan, Lombok. The sun was really baking and though the sea was tempting, I did not want to swim for the risk of getting a bad sunburn.

#46 - Riders Ride!

At Ubud, Monkey Forest Road - Bali.

Never missed a chance to rent a bike to explore the island by yourself. In this case, I rented the YAMAHA 150cc. Unlike Phuket, the road on Bali was more confusing and it felt really big.

#45 - Monkey Haven