I just got back from Bangkok, and boy, was it polluted, unlike my last visit about two years ago. Anyway, the trip to the LRT station, and from KL Sentral to the LCCT and from the LCCT to Bangkok were all smooth. The new airport at Bangkok was also pretty amazing, very brutalist architecture and… [Read more…]
February 10, 2007
I can’t believe I wrote this two years ago. This follows my adventures in Dubai, but before my travels into Israel. I kept this aside, hoping to sell an article on Petra, and finally I did, now available in the Jan/Feb issue of PYO Holiday. Here is my personal write-up, with pictures not available in the… [Read more…]
February 4, 2006
Church of Annunciation, Nazareth The Wall Seperating Bethlehem (Part of Palestine) From Israel Greek Orthodox Brothers Outside The Church of The Holy Birth, Bethlehem Traffic Jam In Bethlehem Church of Peter Gallicantu, Jerusalem View of Jerusalem (beautiful rainbow after a rainy morning) The Wailing Wall, Jerusalem Little Sculpture In Garden of Gethsemene, Jerusalem Caesarea Jezreel… [Read more…]
January 25, 2006
The following day, we checked out of Nazareth, and headed northwards to Haifa. We went to Mt. Carmel along the way (right pic), where Elijah defeated the prophets of baal. The chapel on the hill was really beautiful. We ended up in Jaffa, where Peter had the vision of the food coming down from heaven… [Read more…]
January 15, 2006
We went into Israel by bus via the Allenby Bridge crossing, so we passed by Mt. Nebo in Jordan, where Moses saw the promised land. There is a small chapel on the mountain (pic above), and the view was just amazing (pic below), you can see the whole of the Jordan river and the dead… [Read more…]
December 17, 2005
I have been very busy. Busy beyond belief, truth be told. This post has been ready in draft form for ages, but I haven’t had the chance to size the pictures. Anyway… My camera hasn’t been with me all the time nowadays, unfortunately, and when it has, it has faced quite a bit of adversity.… [Read more…]
February 25, 2005
I had great plans for a wonderful blog on Thailand, when I discovered I was to go earlier this year. It has been ages since I visited there: I was nine the last time I was in Bangkok, and I was fifteen the last time I was in Hat Yai. I hadn’t been to anywhere… [Read more…]
December 5, 2004
The Singapore Night Safari is not close to civilisation. There is no MRT leading directly to it, or even close to it. I would have to get off at Ang Moh Kioh and take a public from there. I asked the hotel receptionist and a few other hotel people, and got differing opinions as to… [Read more…]
November 27, 2004
I woke up early (for me on holiday) the next morning. On the agenda was the Singapore DUCK tours, so I found myself rushing through the hotel’s complimentary buffet breakfast, then rushing down to Suntec City. Another thing I really like about Singapore is the greenery you find everywhere. Outside Suntec City, there is a… [Read more…]
November 20, 2004
Recently, I was privileged enough to take up an open invitation the Singapore Tourism Board had offered to Malaysian media reps, which comprised of three nights board and meals, as well as entry to Singapore’s tourist attractions. Truth be told, I needed a holiday desperately, and I’ve always enjoyed Singapore very much. Although it’s just… [Read more…]
March 22, 2007
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