Posts Tagged ‘travel’
In buddhism, cool photos, my photos, photography stuff, random pix, travel on
11 March 2010 tagged angkor wat, buddha, buddhism, buddhist, cambodia, carving, face, girl, photo, photography, picture, rock, saffron, siem reap, statue, stone, ta promh, travel, woman with no comments
top — the giant faces of ta promh
middle — locals sitting amongst the ruins
bottom — a buddha, clad in saffron
In buddhism, cool photos, my photos, photography stuff, random pix, travel on
3 March 2010 tagged blue, buddhism, buddhist, face, field, flags, girl, gompa, green, himalayas, mountains, nepal, photo, photography, picture, portrait, sky, spring, travel, wheat with no comments
top — a gompa against a blue sky
middle — a young girl poses for the camera
bottom — wheat fields in spring
In buddhism, cool photos, my photos, photography stuff, random pix, travel on
2 March 2010 tagged architecture, bells, blue, buddha, buddhist, eyes, face, kathmandu, monkey, nepal, orange, photo, photography, picture, sunset, temple, travel with no comments
top — bells on a rope against the sunset
middle — a gompa in kathmandu
bottom — a monkey surveys his territory
In cool photos, my photos, photography stuff, random pix, travel on
2 March 2010 tagged animals, basket, beads, boy, face, hair, himalayas, holy, man, nepal, photo, photography, picture, portrait, travel, working, yaks with no comments
top — a boy practices carrying loads on mountain tracks
middle — a holy man in kathmandu
bottom — yak, yak, yak
In cool photos, my photos, photography stuff, random pix, travel on
3 February 2010 tagged b&w, black, child, eyes, face, girl, himalayas, nepal, photo, photography, picture, portrait, smile, snot, travel, white with 2 comments
top — a girl shyly looks into the camera
middle — a happy local girl
bottom — a curious young girl
In travel on
3 February 2010 tagged air india, book, burma, chess, coffee, craig, cycle rickshaw, email, hammock, hotel, indian embassy, kolkata, lonely planet, mandalay, markets, moustache brothers, myanmar, passport, tattoo, tourist, train ticket, travel, visa, yangon, yangon united fc with no comments
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 […]
In rants, travel on
3 February 2010 tagged aids, bangkok, beer, blog, breakfast, brunei, christmas, christmas day, clown fish, coral reef, course, dinner, felafel, ferry, flight, guide book, hiv, hospital, hostel, hotel, island, khaosan road, kota kinabalu, kuala lumpur, malaysia, mark zusak, money, moray eel, online, palau labuan, pizza, rash, scuba diving, sea turtle, soi cowboy, sukhumvit, taxi, test, thailand, the book thief, travel, turtle with no comments
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 […]
In australia, rants, travel on
1 January 2010 tagged africa, australia, battery pack, blackmail, burma, camera, country, customs, dhl, europe, family, ipod, life, lunar new year, mongolia, myanmar, new year, package, tiger, travel, turkey, visa, world cup with 1 comment
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 […]
In cool photos, humorous, my photos, photography stuff, random pix, travel on
27 December 2009 tagged borneo, brandname, can, citrus, delicious, drink, kickapoo, kota kinabalu, malaysia, store, travel with no comments
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.
In blog stuff, travel on
26 December 2009 tagged 300, blog, christmas, christmas day, ferry, hotel, kota kinabalu, lunch, malaysia, martini, palau labuan, sparta, travel with no comments
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 […]
In australia, korea, travel on
25 December 2009 tagged air asia, alcohol, australia, bandar seri begawan, bangar, bangkok, beer, boat, borneo, breakfast, brunei, bsb, canal, carlsberg, chicken, cigar, city, dominican republic, duty free, email, ferry, flights, guesthouse, island, japan, kimchi jiggae, korea, korean restaurant, kota kinabalu, malaysia, mall, martini, memorial, mosque, museum, muslim, palau labuan, photos, prayer, river, satay, soldiers, sunset, surrender, travel, travel agent, visa, worldwar, ww2, wwii with no comments
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 […]
In buddhism, photography stuff, travel on
25 December 2009 tagged airport, beer, beggar, boardwalk, book, breafkast, buddhism, buddhist, burmese, bus, canada, chatting, chess, christina, coffee, dinner, drunk, email, event, flea market, flight, foreigners, fourfourtwo, guesthouse, hangover, internet, junk, kl central, korea, kota kinabalu, kuala lumpur, lonely planet, long bar, long island ice tea, lunch, magazines, malaysia, margarita, market, mcdonalds, muffin, photography, photography book store, photos, portrait, post, raffle's hotel, razamataz, sabah, singapore, sreet market, starbucks, steve mccurry, street cafe, temple, ticket, tourist, train, travel, travel agents, waiter, wifi with no comments
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 […]
In computers & internet, travel on
25 December 2009 tagged 85mm, american psycho, atm, banana pancake, beer, book, breakfast, bret eaton elis, bukit lawang, burma, burmese refugee, bus, camera, chinatown, christina, dinner, email, embassy official, f1.8, ferry, flight, food, georgetown, hindu temple, hotel, indian visa, indonesia, labyrinth, lake, lens, linux, lunch, mail, malaysia, mcdonalds, medan, minibus, money, myanmar, myanmar embassy, nikon, orangutan rehabilitation centre, parapat, passport, petronas twin towers, photographs, post office, rain, reggae bar, street cafe, taxi, terminal, the beach, ticket, tourist, travel, tshirt, tuk tu, united nations refugee status, visa, waiter, wifi with no comments
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 […]
In photography stuff on
16 December 2009 tagged 35mm, 85mm, battery, casing, crack, d200, equipment, lens, nikon, pack, photography, portrait, prime, telephoto, travel, wide angle with 1 comment
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, […]
In buddhism, travel on
16 December 2009 tagged beer, beheaded, blanket, borobodur, breakfast, buddhism, buddhist, chess, coffee, couchsurfing, drunk, fighting, gay, hindu, indonesia, jakarta, java, jogjakarta, lookout point, massage, mosquitoes, noodles, phone card, pool, prambanan, queers, redevelopment, sick, statue, stomachache, swim, temple, tour, train, train ticket, travel, tuk tuk, wifi, yulia with no comments
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 […]