The finish line is just the beginning of a whole new race
ANGKOR '08DAY ONE 19 Nov '08 (Wed) - contd.(previously - South Gate, Bayon, Terrace of Elephants, Terrace of the Leper King, Tep Pranam, Preah Palilay, Phimeanakas) BAPHUONIt was close to 6 pm but the sky is not dark yet so we thought we could do one more site before we call it a day. The... Continue Reading →
ANGKOR '08DAY ONE 19 Nov '08 (Wed) - contd.(previously - South Gate, Bayon, Terrace of Elephants, Terrace of the Leper King, Tep Pranam, Preah Palilay) ROYAL PALACEAfter Preah Palilay, our journey took us to the Royal Palace area. Unfortunately due me missing out the fact that the Royal Palace would have been constructed mainly of... Continue Reading →
ANGKOR '08DAY ONE 19 Nov '08 (Wed) - contd.(previous - South Gate, Bayon, Terrace of Elephants, Terrace of the Leper King) After our incredibly quick visit to the Terrace of the Leper King where we spent just 15 min (compared to the 150+ min we've spent at the Bayon), we continued to make haste.I was... Continue Reading →
ANGKOR '08DAY ONE 19 Nov '08 (Wed) - contd.(previous - South Gate, Bayon, Terrace of Elephants) It's already 4pm when we were done with the Terrace of the Elephants. We still have about 5-6 more sites on our schedule if we are not to miss our itinerary for Day One. :(The next site - Terrace... Continue Reading →
ANGKOR '08DAY ONE 19 Nov '08 (Wed) - contd.(previous - South Gate, Bayon) After the long hours (2.5h) spent at the Bayon where we were walked away in awe... and a good lunch to acquaint ourselves with the local Khmer food (and we luv it!) it's time to hit the roads again. We run the... Continue Reading →
ANGKOR '08DAY ONE 19 Nov '08 (Wed) - contd. (previous) There are two temples which are must-see if you are in Angkor. The first obviously is Angkor Wat, the other is the royal temple inside Angkor Thom ie. Bayon. This temple dated back to the 12th century when it was designated as the State temple... Continue Reading →
AUSTRALIA Apr '08Taronga Zoo, the name "Taronga" meaning beautiful view in the Aborigine language... 340 species, 2600 individual animals, in an area 21 hectares large... making it one of the largest zoos in the world! If you love animals, this is a *must-visit* place in Sydney.Location of Taronga Zoo in relation to Sydney. "CBD" =... Continue Reading →
AUSTRALIA Apr '08 Was back to Sydney for a few days before flying back to KL. It so happened the Handbags Through the Ages exhibition was going on throughout the month of April at the Queen Victoria Building (QVB) here.Since neu loves bags - of any size & shape - thought it'll be good to... Continue Reading →
AUSTRALIA Apr '08With a quiet New Year Eve, I managed to get some of my old photos uploaded to Flickr. A few of those sets were from my (first) visit to Australia back in Apr 08 when I was there to attend my company's annual kick-off management meeting. The meeting was in Melbourne but with... Continue Reading →
ANGKOR '08DAY ONE 19 Nov '08 (Wed)The first order of business for the day was to purchase our temple visit passes. When UNESCO named Angkor as their World Heritage Sites (full list), the number of tourists to Siem Reap swelled from tens of thousands to millions yearly! If the number of people walking through the... Continue Reading →
Lord of Midnight 