Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it. — Mahatma Ghandi

Posts Tagged ‘travel’

photos from cambodia

top — the giant faces of ta promh
middle — loc­als sit­ting amongst the ruins
bot­tom — a buddha, clad in saffron

photos from nepal

top — a gompa against a blue sky
middle — a young girl poses for the cam­era
bot­tom — wheat fields in spring

photos from nepal

top — bells on a rope against the sun­set
middle — a gompa in kath­mandu
bot­tom — a mon­key sur­veys his territory

photos from nepal

top — a boy prac­tices car­ry­ing loads on moun­tain tracks
middle — a holy man in kath­mandu
bot­tom — yak, yak, yak

photos from nepal

top — a girl shyly looks into the cam­era
middle — a happy local girl
bot­tom — a curi­ous young girl

travel diary — day 315

day 311 — today was a fairly easy day. i had break­fast and drank a cof­fee at an out­door café. i checked email and walked around town. i spent a few hours online in the after­noon, had din­ner and slept.
day 312 — my morn­ing routine had settled into break­fast and cof­fee. the small café had a […]

travel diary — day 305

day 300 — christ­mas day — i woke up early and got the first ferry back to kota kin­abalu. i arrived at my hotel and spent the after­noon online updat­ing my blog. it’s christ­mas day! what other excuse do i need to be lazy?
day 301 — i spent the day fin­ish­ing my blog, play­ing online chess […]

happy new year

the year 2009 was the most amaz­ing year of my life. i quit my job and spent 10 months of the year on the road. i vis­ited 20 coun­tries and spent new years even in myan­mar.
2009 was a year of extreme highs and lows. i had a lot of fun trav­el­ing and see­ing so many […]

kick a poo — in a can!

kick a poo … in a can!!
i found this in malay­sia while i was in kota kin­abalu (borneo). i walked past a store and the title on the can caught my eye. best brand­name ever!
btw, it was actu­ally quite delicious.

travel diary — day 300 — merry christmas

day 300 — for sparta!! the 300th day of travel coin­cided with christ­mas. i got up early and checked out of my hotel on the island of palau labuan. i got the ferry to kota kin­abalu. we arrived at lunch­time and i checked into my hotel.
i had lunch in town and returned to the hotel. i […]

travel diary — day 299

day 296 — in the morn­ing i walked into town again. i checked a couple of travel agents and real­ised my plan (to fly to bangkok via brunei) was going to be too expens­ive. i gave up and walked back across town. on the way i found a korean res­taur­ant and decided to grab some […]

travel diary — day 295

day 291 — i got another early start and headed to kl cent­ral sta­tion. i bought a flight to kota kin­abalu and a return train ticket to singa­pore. it was a busy morn­ing, so i raced back to my hotel and checked out. i stored my bag and returned to the train sta­tion to make […]

travel diary — day 290

day 286 — being on the lake made me feel lazy (well, lazier than usual) and i decided to stay and do some read­ing. i sold my copy of ‘the beach’ (which was actu­ally very, very good) and snagged a copy of ‘amer­ican psy­cho’ by bret eaton elis. i’ve read it before, but it was […]

nikon 85mm f1.8

the day i arrived in malay­sia i dumped my gear at the hotel and headed across town. my des­tin­a­tion was the local tech mall, where i went in search of a lens i’d been want­ing to buy — the nikon 85mm f1.8 prime.

since i star­ted trav­el­ing full time, i’d been car­ry­ing three lenses: 18-200mm f3.5–5.6 superzoom, […]

travel diary — day 275

day 271 — the trip to borobodur required a 4am start. there were only three of us on the tour and when the car picked me up we headed straight off. after an hour we arrived at the ‘lookout point’ which was where we were sup­posed to watch the sun­rise. we walked up a steep […]

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