Malaysia Eye At Night

It was 3 days just before the New Year, everyone was preparing to welcome in 2008. A gang of three:- dt, ecinreb and me decided to visit the Eye which was supposedly schedule for closure. Eventually it was announced that they will extend the duration. Below are some of the shots taken

Close up of the wheel with the two towers.

We were supposed to take a sunset ride on the wheel but eventually changed our minds when we saw the huge queue of people there. The queue was further back then what my 17 mm could take in. Well note to self, next time go on a weekday for the ride.

Since we weren't able to take the ride we settled on the next best thing to shoot more pictures. Luckily for us the light show started early. They used fountains as screen for the laser lights.

The laser could even form 3D structures. This seems to be the Telekom building. Missed a couple of other building that was created. You can see more of the eye at truth and beauty

The Other End of Mumbai

Despite being the financial center of India and also where Bollywood is situated, Mumbai slums have always existed. Statistically 60% of Mumbai's population are slum dwellers.They live constantly with water shortages, to no sewage or solid waste facilities.

The contrast of the rich and poor were obvious to a point where it stood out throughout my trip. There were people sleeping on the roads, children begging along the busy roads and even families sitting by the roadside having a meal.

I'll let the photos tell the story. Shot from inside a rented van.

A family chatting outside their home

One of the 'make do home'. Notice the guy out on the left?

This two didn't even have a roof.

Children could be seen playing along the busy and dangerous road.

They make their shelter from anything they can find.

A mother talking with her two children

This concludes my trip to India.

Colorful India

One thing I notice about India was that they had really colorful posters
much so that the poster looks so much newer then the buildings they were placed.

Notice the guy on the roof cleaning the poster?

Even a school was not spared with posters

Nike new, building old :)

Beach near Haji Ali Mosque

The Haji Ali Floating Mosque. They say when the tide comes in, the mosque would look like its floating
This is how they hook a power cable over there.Traffic was this close!

Next up the other side of India

From Singapore To India (Mumbai)

Well there's still more pictures of Singapore but I think I'll post that a little later.
So onward to India. When we finally reached Mumbai, it was already in the wee hours of the morning.There wasn't much cars on the street and most of the traffic lights weren't working.
We were booked at Hilton Towers Mumbai hotel.

The next morning after a good breakfast we decided to walk around in front of the hotel.
From the picture it sure does look hazy, but what the people there told us is that it was fog.

Later after our meetings and lunch, I took opportunity to shoot the Gateway of India which was so happened to be nearby the hotel we had lunch at. Unfortunately the monument was undergoing some beautification work. It was built to commemorate the visit of King George V and Queen Mary in December 1911 so say the print on the monument :)

Next, we were taken to a place called Crawford Market which is one of the most famous market there. There were actually some better shopping malls, but we didn't knew that at that time. Still was a pretty interesting adventure. Theres more then 13.3 million people in Mumbai alone. So wasn't too surprising that you could see loads of people everywhere.

One of the clothing departmental store.

Thats the market place
Yup the 'ta' you see there is actually Bata.
Did you know Bata was founded in the Czech Republic ?
Thats the clock tower