Been searching – on some old CDs – of old pics taken and these took my fancy for no particular reason – except for the Peackok Fountain photo which I think is my best one of it! Next time I’m in Christchurch I will try for a better one with no buildings to be seen! 🙂
Category: Photo of the Day
No posts for a while – I’m on the road again
I know many bloggers and travel writers do blog while on the road – I rarely do! However, I will be posting a photo a day.
Why? Well, I’m always too busy ‘doing’ ‘observing’ ‘photographing’ – as well as eating and generally ‘experiencing’ rather than writing.
As some of you know I will be at music and cultural festivals, I’ll also be exploring and hiking in national parks, snorkeling in warm waters, and, and and – so lots to follow in my daily photos and then the future blogs on this site.
So, if you want to follow my travels in Malaysia, (Sabah, Sarawak Penang, & KL) and Mongolia) follow me on my Traveling Writer Facebook page, and/or my KiwiTravelWriter Instagram page as I plan on posting a photo a day during my adventures over the five weeks I’m on the road. (I’m leaving NZ 30th June and back on 7th August)
Then, if you want to read my blogs after I have digested all I saw and experienced on these travels (And get notified by email as they are published) make sure you sign up for this blog on the top right of this blog page.
Now I will zip up my bags and head off to the airport – see you back here in August.
Of course you can read any of the some 1300 blogs I’ve written since 2008 – just use the search box by topic, country, year or word.
#Follow me for new photos from Mongolia, Malaysian Borneo, and Penang
It’s only one week until I leave on my next big adventure to Mongolia and Malaysian Borneo! (and the mainland too) I have written a short blog about Mongolia, (see here) a country I’ve never been to, and I plan on posting a photo a day on my kiwi travel writer Instagram and Facebook pages – so #follow me. My blogs will follow once I return to New Zealand after my 5 weeks exploring.
While I have been to many parts of Malaysian Borneo (Sabah and Sarawak) and I’m looking forward to revisiting the Rainforest World Music Festival and Bako National Park, I also expect to discover new things in Kuching – including the fishing village of Kampong Buntal – and which is very close to where I’m staying at Damai Beach Resort during the festival. So, watch this space!
I’m of course hoping to see orangutans, proboscis monkeys, wild pigs, and possibly a crocodile or two. My must-eat food list is too long – and once again I’m hopeful my bathroom scales do not show a huge upward number when I return home. Malaysia has such wonderful food and Malaysians are all foodies, and who will always entice you to try this and that and yet another thing.
I’m spending about five days in Penang, which is considered the food capital of Malaysia, and as it’s been a long time since I was there I’m wondering if some of my favourite places will still exist. Feel free to give me advice about your favourites in the comments at the end of this blog.
In Sabah, the northern region of Malaysian Borneo, I will be snorkelling in new areas -Mabul island, and also Gaya island where I will visit the Marine eco-research Centre. Another new place will be the Sabah Tea garden after a short hike and Kinabalu Park – one of Malaysia’s world heritage sites.
Check out blogs I have already written about Malaysia (use the search button on this blog site) and make sure you follow me for five weeks of daily photos – as many of you will know, Malaysia is my favourite Asian country – and who knows, Mongolia – which is a blank canvas for me – could end up on my favourites list too.
Sarawak .. music and orang-utans
Damai Beach Resort beside the Sarawak Cultural Village and the RWMF
Sarawak Laksa has local pepper in it!
Asam Pedas for breakfast: Parit Jawa, Malaysia
Blue Mansion, Penang, Malaysia
Moon cake … Johor, Malaysia
proboscis monkey – more endangered than orangutan
off to check on the lessor adjutant storks
Pulua Perhentians, Malaysia
Buddha: photo of the day
It’s a favourite especially as I know no-one else took this photo of Buddha getting his nails painted in a non-tourist area of Thailand.
A Kiwi (travel writer) gets hit by an Aussie raptor
More blogs to come from my recent Australian trip, but no more such bird encounters.
Labuk Bay, Sabah. Malaysian Borne
photo of the day … Christchurch, New Zealand
South Coast, Wellington
Memories: Christchurch, New Zealand – photo of the day
The ‘old post office’ as we used to call the main building in this photos is still in “the square’ in Christchurch, New Zealand.
The building with the dome .. the Regent movie theatre.. has been demolished after the quake, and the large hotel is still operating and is a handy place to stay while in the city. I took this photo from the top of the cathedral which is still under threat of being demolished by the Anglican church despite most locals wanting it to be restored.
In the palm of Buddha – two of my fav’ photos.
I’m off to revisit this now completed Buddha tomorrow. Looking forward to seeing it without the scaffolding … but not sure any of my new photos will be as special as these as I know no one else has them. When I was there a few years ago tourist s didn’t know it existed.
Building a Buddha image
Man shrinks as Buddha grows
The seated Phra Buddha Maha Nawamin statue located at Wat Muang in Ang Thong Province, some two hours north of Bangkok & an hour north of Ayutthaya may well be the biggest buddha in Thailand.
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