Another Reflection

  A favourite shot of mine during my trip to Tibet recently. All my favourite reflection shots can be found here...

Close Up

What do you do if you have too much time in a place where there's nothing much you can do? This is what I did while we were in NewTingri, Tibet. Close up shots of flowers at the hotel. We were 'stranded' in our hotel for the next leg to Everest Base Camp. We practically count down for dinner right after lunch!...

Jiu Fen 九份, Taiwan (25 March 2011)

the crowdnarrow streets of Jiu FenJiu Fen is located about an hour away from Taipei. Jiu Fen used to be a mining town back in the 1950s but today it was considered one of the hot tourist spost in Taipei.Hence, we decided to join the crowd and went to JiuFen for a day trip from Taipei. To get to Jiu Fen, we took the MRT to Songsan station and took a bus (Keelung bus). Look out for bus going towards JinGuaShi 金瓜石The winding and narrow streets of JiuFen...

Qomolangma

Qomolangma, the left peak Qomolangma or Sagarmatha or better known as Everest is the tallest mountain in the world standing at more than 8000m above sea level. One of the highlights of our Tibet trip is to see Everest from the base camp but we didnt get to see in the end. Instead, we took the mountain flight from Kathmandu which enable us to see Everest and the Himalayans range from above the clouds. The flight cost us around USD 130 for an hour....

Gai Jatra (Cow Festival) @ Kathmandu, Nepal

locals enjoying a view of the festival We were indeed very lucky to be in Kathmandu during one of the important festivals of Nepal. Gai Jatra or Cow Festival is normally celebrated in Nepal during the month of August or September. The festival itself is full of humor, mockery, satire but not without sadness at the same time. Gai Jatra is a festival whereby the family 'celebrate' the passing of their loved ones during the year. During this day,...

Faces of Kathmandu

The whole month of August had been a really busy month for me as I went for a trip around Nepal, Tibet and Bhutan. Had been planning for the trip for some time since middle of last year and it's like a dream come true especially travelling with two of my besties from high school and university. We flew in to Kathmandu via Nepal Airlines and spend 3 days before flying to Lhasa and lastly to Bhutan. We actually went in and out of Kathmandu for several...