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Back from Vacation in Thailand
I just got back to Singapore after 11 days vacation in Thailand. As nice as Singapore is, it’s just too small and one needs to get out occasionally. Thailand is great place to spend the holidays – so many choices and so little time. Superb weather this time of year! It got so cold at [...]
Exotic Orchids at Mandai Orchid Gardens
I attended a small tea reception at the Mandai Orchid Gardens this morning. The owner and staff held the reception in my honor as I won their 2005 Bird Photography Competition with a photo of a Crimson Sunbird (Aethopyga siparaja). Mandai Orchid Gardens was started in 1951 by the late John Laycock, a founder of [...]
Fly Cheap on Tiger Airways
Just back from a week’s vacation in Bangkok, Thailand. I had my camera with me but did not take very many photos. I took this photo by pointing my Canon EOS 20D out the window on Tiger Airways Flight 103 when we were at cruising altitude over Malaysia. Quite a nice shot of the horizon [...]
Pulau Bintan, Indonesia
I have just returned from a nice weekend at the Nirwana Gardens Resort on Bintan Island in Indonesia. I needed to get out of Singapore for a few days and Bintan Island seemed like a good choice. Bintan lsland is the largest of 3,200 islands in the Riau Archipelago and the 3rd largest of 27 [...]
Cover of ‘The Irrawaddy’
Two photos from my recent trip to Myanmar (aka, Burma) in July 2004 were published in the June 2005 issue of The Irrawaddy. The Irrawaddy was established in 1992 by Burmese citizens living abroad and is not affiliated with any political party or organization. The Irrawaddy Publishing Group (IPG) is based in Chiang Mai, Thailand. [...]
