Dreamers Cove

Orange-Breasted Trogon

2012-01-29T00:52:00.003+08:00

Frasers

2011-11-16T22:58:00.000+08:00

Little Pied Flycatcher

2011-11-16T22:54:00.000+08:00

Look into my eyes....

2011-10-24T14:19:00.001+08:00

'Hand's up'

2011-08-09T01:01:00.002+08:00

Grey-chinned Minivet

2011-07-28T18:53:00.003+08:00

Finally a shot of a male and female Minivet

Snake eating 'snot'

2011-07-19T23:41:00.003+08:00

Female Niltava with a small dead snake

Large Niltava

2011-07-15T23:50:00.002+08:00

Female and Male Large Niltava

Verditer Flycatcher (Sambar Ranting)

2011-07-15T00:50:00.002+08:00

Blue Bird! Blue Bird!

Hover Fly

2011-06-02T01:06:00.002+08:00

Silver-breasted Broadbill

2011-04-25T23:29:00.003+08:00

Cute and colorful Silver-breasted Broadbill building a nest with its mate. The one with the white collar is the female.

This is the male broadbill.
[Wahhh cute birdy ooo]

Test shot day

2011-04-03T22:35:00.003+08:00

Well finally had some time in doing my DIY macro flash diffuser, still a work in progress as the light was still a little harsh. Probably wait till the next weekend to get it right.
Big thanks to moggie for passing me some of his Vellum paper for this DIY.

[Not that bad what!?]

Fraser - Mix

2011-03-25T01:02:00.005+08:00

Need to get more improvement shots for some of these here.

Red-headed Trogon

White-throated Fantail
Mountain Fulvetta [Wooo, nice hairstyle bird]
Mountain Fulvetta with caterpillar
Green Magpie
[Colourful series, but your right lots of improvement still require. Quickly go back to Fraser again and shoot :P]

Black-Throated Sunbird

2011-03-19T14:43:00.002+08:00

Here's a cute little birdie, lucky got the exposure right.

About to take off

Looking at me looking at it
[Nice colors woh, how come its a black-throated when got red and blue? more photos please]

Of Sibia, Fly and Thrushes

2011-03-15T23:44:00.000+08:00

More photos of the birds from Fraser.
[Something tells me you just simply put the title like that]

Long-tailed Sibia [Bluff people, see the tail not long also!]

Mugimaki Flycatcher [So cute leh the flycatchers]

Asian Brown Flycatcher

Malayan Laughingthrush

Chestnut-crowned Laughingthrush
[Wuuuu nice birds, did the thrush laugh?]

Fraser Hill Silver-eared Mesia

2011-03-15T00:18:00.000+08:00

Managed to finally squeeze in sometime to go shooting again. This time to Fraser Hill and have to say that it was worth it even though I had 2 hours of sleep and almost wanted to canceled it. Thank you guys ;).

Lets start with some Silver-eared Mesia.

[Hua! someone now shooting highland birds and also naming his birds again.]

[Long time no post, all the sudden post nice photos. Faster post the rest!! else later you become the Long-Eared Milo]

More Random Shots

2011-02-15T19:41:00.003+08:00

Close up shot of a lizard

Yellow Bird! Yellow Bird!

Hmm small lizard

A really blue damsel

King of fruits

[Wah now people type one liner description, no long tongue twisting names? still lazy is it? wait till I throw that king of fruits in your face]

During Chinese New Year 2011

2011-02-14T01:14:00.002+08:00

Been awhile since my last post, here are some of the photos I took during Chinese New Year this year. Here is to more photos this year. [About time you lazy fella, what do you mean awhile? It's been ages since your last post and you didn't even mention what you've taken!! just plain lazy, because of that I can't type more hmph!! I got my eye on you.....]

Spider

2010-12-12T21:30:00.004+08:00

In Between Leaves

2010-09-28T00:55:00.003+08:00

Caught this guy staring at me right between two leaves. Shallow depth kinda makes this looks nice {Wuuu see depth of field some more...how come only one photo only? }

Small Mantis

2010-09-26T22:53:00.002+08:00

What luck, manage to get a shot of this little mantis. Thought it was some sort of bee at first. {Ho ho ho better hide it from moggie!!}

Buuzzzz Buzzzz Buzzz

2010-09-26T01:22:00.002+08:00

Shot of another busy bee {Ish..making insect sounds again can't you think of anything more imaginative}

Fly?

2010-09-22T22:52:00.003+08:00

Is this a fly or is it a mantis? Or its a different species of robber fly? {You should ask Moggie he should know hehe}

Spider

2010-09-22T00:32:00.003+08:00

Pretty aggressive fella, was trying to jump on to the camera as I was trying to take its picture. {Wuu scary fangs}

Bzzzzzzz

2010-09-20T00:13:00.001+08:00

Busy as a bee :) [Bzzzzzzz ]

Rafflesia Up Close

2010-08-26T00:26:00.002+08:00

Some photos of a Rafflesia up closed

[Wuuu smart show just one subject no need to write so much]

More from Gopeng

2010-08-23T23:35:00.003+08:00

Homer Simpson [Huh!? ehh yeah there is some similarities]
Gopeng frog [Huh like that also can]

Headless bird of gopeng [Wei you ok ?]Gopeng red beetle [Joker! why not telling the names? dunno ah?]

Gopeng black beetle [*Slap* *slap* better write properly]

Spiders and Sticks

2010-08-22T17:49:00.003+08:00

One of the giant stalker from the game half life!! [Ah what you talking about? what half life??]

A pretty big spider on its web waiting for its prey. [Looks pretty scary]

Stick insect mating [Yerrr shame shame]

Closer shot [Have you no shame man!? Can't they have some privacy! Censor censor!]

Night in the Jungle

2010-08-10T22:31:00.002+08:00

Night walk in the jungle, was refreshing and cool. There were loads of creatures just waiting to be snap [You mean blinded by your flash].

Menacing Phasmid

Sleeping little lizard
Close up of a Katydid

A poisonous spider having a Katydid for dinner

A leaf insect of some sort. [Another fella you don't know. Just say don't know]

One more..

2010-08-08T23:29:00.003+08:00

Kinda like the light effect of this photo [Huh another photo ?? so dark!]

Back To Gopeng

2010-08-08T21:58:00.004+08:00

More bug photos :) [Only bugs mehhhh ?]
Leaf Hopper

Some sort of leaf insect [Dunno huh?]

Leaf Katydid

Ulu Geroh photos are interrupted to bring you some new orchids photo....

2010-08-07T21:51:00.004+08:00

Some orchids in bloom [Wah got advertisement ahhh??]

The Mighty Jungle...

2010-08-03T00:18:00.007+08:00

Here are some more bugs from Ulu Geroh. Guess what bug is this? Cute big eyes.[Wei, what mighty jungle title is this, you sing song ah? sing song go karaoke lar. Hmm this bug is cute]
Not too sure what this is, but I'm guessing its one heck of a big fly! [Fly my foot! dunno say dunno]

A cicada nymph skin

Guessing it's a white shield bug [Yeah it looks white, but I know your still just guessing]
This was where I took most of the bug photos, Geruntum falls. Does wanders on a hot sunny afternoon. [Got water droplets on you lens! Testing to make sure its water proof is it?]

In the Jungle...

2010-08-01T22:43:00.003+08:00

Into Ulu Geroh, with a couple of bug shots. One of the common butterfly Glistering Caerulean. [Colorful rock]

A couple of damsel flies. [This is nice]

Strange looking grasshopper. [Fella has a blue backside]
An upside down mushroom. [So lousy, don't know much about mushrooms]

Gopeng Teaser

2010-07-28T23:05:00.001+08:00

A quick teaser for my recent trip to Gopeng. [Ppl already complaining and you only show teaser]

A small red spotted river snake [As if you know what it's called].

A bio luminescence mushroom. Hasn't been raining much, so was lucky to find this tiny little fella.

Here is one of it glowing naturally in green [wuuuuuuu]

That is a pinky finger for size comparison. [Wah so small!!!]

Bugs from the garden

2010-07-17T23:07:00.002+08:00

More creepy bugs from the garden and some with spines [ You sure have a lot of bugs]

Some bugs shot

2010-07-14T23:18:00.003+08:00

Hard to believe there are this much subjects in my garden. [That's scary to know]

Birds of Prey

2010-07-10T23:52:00.002+08:00

Last of my series, since someone took the liberty of posting my other photos .[Don't be angry :P] Did you know that the Brahminy Kite is a scavanger bird? [Really?]

Cute Barred Eagle-Owl.

Here is a cute Spotted Wood-Owl. [Wait till they have their claws on you, lets see how cute they are then]

No More Blue!!

2010-06-29T10:17:00.003+08:00

[Bwahaha The blue bird poster has gone to sleep. Now I shall post his other photos hahaha no more blue!!]

Blue Blue Blue!!

2010-06-27T00:40:00.008+08:00

Looky here, more blue birds !! [Wei you going blue mad!! your gonna get it from me real soon!]

Another Blue Bird!!

2010-06-22T23:37:00.002+08:00

Here is another blue bird recently shot last week. Enjoy! [Wah.. HD photo, what's with the blue birds now?]

Blue Bird! Blue Bird!

2010-06-21T00:21:00.002+08:00

I wander if this is a local bird. [Wuuu blue bird..sharp man]

Moth

2010-06-13T23:37:00.003+08:00

There used to be lots of this small moth around my area but it's becoming rarer to find.
[The price of development lar and you dunno the name of it also do you ? ]

Red Bug

2010-06-06T23:46:00.003+08:00

Don't know what it's called but its red, has bulky legs up front and a little like a beetle. [Dunno much about bugs do you? :P better tell Moggie to becareful dun want another stalker :)]

Hoppers

2010-06-03T22:43:00.002+08:00

Could hardly see this little guy on the ground and was by luck that I saw it jumped. [Lucky you weeee....]

I'm guessing this is another variety of leaf hopper. [Lousy...don't even know what your shooting :P]

Strange Bugs

2010-06-02T21:53:00.002+08:00

Found this on an orchid, looks like a hopper but with a hairy butt. [Whats with all the butt :P]

Dragonfly backside

2010-05-31T23:47:00.002+08:00

Rear end of a dragonfly [Yerrr so disgusting!! This type of photo also you show] {Check out the left side of the wings before you think otherwise } [Ohhhhh]

Tok Tok Tok

2010-05-26T22:36:00.002+08:00

Used to call it the Tok Tok bird by the sound it makes and also thought it was an owl. It's a Nightjar shot in darkness. [It's giving u the red eye]

Fly Me To The Moon

2010-05-24T01:31:00.004+08:00

Fly me to the moon
Let me play among the stars
Let me see what spring is like
On a-Jupiter and Mars
In other words, hold my hand....
[Wuuu song lyrics, since when does Airasia fly to the moon]

Starts with F

2010-05-16T23:04:00.002+08:00

Some flower shots

Here is one up close

Well fish starts with F :P

BUGS! Take Two

2010-05-16T22:47:00.004+08:00

Another take on the bees, this time with some help from polarizes. [Hmm looks good, but could be better]
Me looking at it looking at me :) [Wah it's looking at you looking at it :P]

Here is one on a medium size green bottle fly

Another Bug

2010-05-15T23:41:00.003+08:00

Well can't make the sound of this guy :P [HAHA finally...light is harsh again]

Busy as a Bee

2010-05-15T23:39:00.001+08:00

Buzzz Buzzz [Damn your cranky] {BZzzzz}
Light too harsh...

The Return of Meow

2010-05-15T23:35:00.003+08:00

Meow Meow!! [Not again....hmm looks cute :P]

I See You

2010-05-04T23:13:00.003+08:00

Couple more bugs shot of bugs looking at me taken without a tripod. [Yerrr]

One more fly but this one was blue in color. Cant see it from the photo but trust me :P [Yucks...and I dun see any blue on it]

A cute spider [You call that cute??!!]

Bugs

2010-05-03T00:22:00.004+08:00

Was practicing on getting some bugs in flight. First volunteer was a bee. [Hmm another post? what gives?]

This fly was busy jumping all over the leaves, no luck getting it in flight thought.

Sure looks like plastic

2010-05-02T21:08:00.004+08:00

Sure looks like plastic but it's real.

Hidden within, a small moth. [wuuu...looks sharp]
[Someone change photo resolution dy :P]

Meow

2010-04-26T23:58:00.003+08:00

Meow meow :)
[Meow your head meow, one photo and just meow meow? where is your write up? ]

Purple Throated

2010-04-25T01:50:00.002+08:00

[KAPOWWWW!!!! two post with no write up, someone is sure lazy]

Common Birds of San Francisco

2010-04-24T23:08:00.000+08:00

Birds of Prey 2010

2010-03-14T23:00:00.003+08:00

The ever dangerous Javan Myna that rips its prey with its powerful claws. [Very funny this is not a bird of prey]

Well on with the real birds of prey. This time round there were more eagles compared with the previous years. We missed the earlier bigger group of them as we spotted teams of em flying off higher when we arrived.

Here are some shots of the oriental honey-buzzard [there is no honey on that buzzard....wonder if it taste like chicken?]

Golden Gate

2010-03-14T22:54:00.002+08:00

Was in San Francisco recently. Weather wasn't the best since most of the time it was cloudy/foggy and raining . Here is a teaser for now.

Chinese New Year 2010

2010-02-20T01:41:00.004+08:00

This used to be all sea.

My attempt with swallows in flight

Zebra Dove aka merbuk

Scaly-breasted munia

Happy Chinese New Year !! :)

Ulu Geroh & Kinta Nature Park - Set 4

2010-02-03T01:01:00.004+08:00

While heading out of the Heronry we spotted this lizard perch high on a bush doing a head bang

Closer look at the fella.

Spotted a really cute brown shrike. Looks like its wearing a mask. [Looks like a thief!!]

Another shot of it from the side

Couldn't get a clear shot of this scaly-breasted munia eating some grass seeds.

Thats all I have for now. Will post up some of my other shots at a later time. [Boooo....]

Ulu Geroh & Kinta Nature Park - Set 3

2010-02-03T00:46:00.009+08:00

This should be a pacific swallow [Ahhh your not sure huh :P]

Purple heron on the run from the fish police [ha ha like thats funny]

The cute asian brown flycatcher

Yet to figure out what kind of bird this is...[lazy bum didn't search for it] - Ok its a Paddyfield Pipit

Lizard poser

Up close, nice scales

Ulu Geroh & Kinta Nature Park - Set 2

2010-02-02T00:01:00.011+08:00

Was over at Kinta Nature Park last weekend. Below are some of the photos taken at the Heronry.

A small merbuk welcoming us at the Nature Park

One of the Heron in flight, too bad the sky was cloudy

One of the heron looking for some fish. Too bad it didn't get any after watching it for around 30 min [You didn't catch it in action!??]

Another heron sunning itself

One of the black crowned night heron

Mix of night heron and egrets

Cute Baya weaver

An Otter pop by while I was trying to get one of the heron fishing. It spotted me as well.

Finishing up his meal that it caught which looked like a haruan fish.

More photos to come.

Ulu Geroh & Kinta Nature Park - Set 1

2010-02-01T23:13:00.006+08:00

Damselfly

And another damsel

Fluffy Tit and its twin.

more damsel

Rajah Brooke butterflies at the salt lick at Ulu Geroh

Side view of the butterfly

Lovely green wings of the butterfly

Red grasshopper

Moth

[What!!? no write up on them!? you better make sure you write more or I'll come there and smack you silly!! You did the same with the previous post too...one more and kapow! ]

Hutan Lipur Perdik

2010-01-26T01:11:00.007+08:00

Purple-naped Sunbird

Banded Broadbill

Flying Lizard

Lantern Bug

Caterpillar

Damselfly

Some fly photos

Miss one more.

2009-12-14T16:05:00.001+08:00

Bee Eaters take 3

2009-12-12T20:22:00.003+08:00

Was sick and missed some outings today. It was gonna be a boring rest day for me. Luckily some friends pop by later in the afternoon and the weather wasn't that bad so I quickly set my tripod and begin shooting. [Wuuuu pretty sharp...]

Was trying hard to try and get it in flight but I didn't set the shutter high enough. Probably wasn't thinking much due to the fever [Excuses, excuses, NOOOOOBB!!!]. So here are my failed attempts.

Dragons and Bees

2009-12-06T23:18:00.003+08:00

Took the Bigmos out to shoot some birds but there wasn't any at that time. Saw this dragonfly on a branch and thought I'd try shooting it while waiting for the birds.

Manage to get a couple of shots of it taking off and landing. [Dunno if this fella is landing or taking off ]

Well as usual the Bee-Eaters drop by again and as usual the weather was lousy.

So did a Sterling who had just had a bath

Fella manage to catch a cockroach which I had earlier mistaken as a wasp! [Yeeeeewww that's one big roach]

Even threw the roach up and gulp it down in one go.

Blue-Tailed

2009-11-16T12:08:00.005+08:00

Don't mind the boring background. Cloudy day. Had another go with the Bee eaters, this time on the television antenna of my neighbour house.

It spots its food flying around close by. [Nah... that insect had a death wish!]

Next thing a bee is in its mouth. [You missed the fella while it was trying to catch the bee!!!!]

Falcons

2009-10-04T00:12:00.003+08:00

Thru the dirty window, some of the shot I manage to get of the Thunderbirds.

Moon on the 29th of August

2009-09-01T00:32:00.002+08:00

Another shot of the moon

[AhhhhWuuuuuu] :P

Did you say macro?

2009-08-23T02:38:00.002+08:00

Been awhile since I did some practice on macro. After close to 15 attempts, this was the best I could do. Must be losing my touch :P [Eh since when you got the touch?]

Asian Koel

2009-08-16T20:53:00.002+08:00

Same bird that I shot in Malacca only know its proper name now as the Asian Koel.
A female one as the male is normally black. This is the bird that makes that loud Ko-el sound

Yup she sees me. Too bad I couldn't get a good angle on it.

[Yeah bad angle!! go snap some more :P]

Hazy Moon

2009-08-04T22:44:00.003+08:00

There is no Man on the Moon

2009-07-29T23:08:00.003+08:00

Another take at shooting the man on the moon.

[Ooi! contradicting yourself with the topic !!?]

Bird and a Fish

2009-07-27T00:36:00.005+08:00

Slow pass few weeks. Here is one few days old and another just taken yesterday.

This was to be a low light practice shot at Aquaria

This was a test shot with aperture wide open hand held. Not too bad.

{Yawn...two only post more lar}

Aquaria 2009

2009-06-30T01:28:00.004+08:00

Another trip to Aquaria AT KLCC

Nemo

Nemo Evil Twin

Nemo and Dorey

Did you know male seahorses get pregnant?

Shrimp?[You don't know what to write about this time do you? ...Look its Nemo.....oh look his evil twin....so lame :P ]

Photos from week 23

2009-06-09T23:35:00.005+08:00

Another Green Pigeon or probably the same one from the last photo.

One of the local squirrel with long sharp nose. The powdery stuff on its nose is from the Chiku fruits

Another squirrel but with a flat nose {how come never use powder like the previous one :P}

Sterling giving me the eye

Male Olived-backed Sunbird {Eh since when you know to identify male from female!!?}

{Wah title also change to put week number some more!! :P}

Bird shots for this week

2009-05-31T22:52:00.003+08:00

The ever common Yellow Vented Bulbul

Here's another bird you don't see too often. It's a Spectacled Spiderhunter (Wahhh how you know the name? :P) and it's a protected species here. (See that's why its sticking its tongue at you :P)

The Mystery Bird

2009-05-25T00:30:00.006+08:00

Well here's the little fella. It's a Blue-Crowned Hanging Parrot.

Looking all nice for the camera.

Shy fella going for the fruits

See the blue feathers at the top of its head?. That's why it's called the Blue-crowned hanging parrot. {Ohhhhhh :P}

The Chiku (& Mango) Tree

2009-05-23T16:05:00.006+08:00

Some of the birds found on my Chiku Tree.

Olived-backed Sunbird

Yellow Vented Bulbul

Common Myna

Pink-necked Green Pigeon

Been sometime since I've seen this bird on the tree but never really got a good looked at it. Finally got a shot of it. Wanna know what bird is it? Stay Tuned. {Lousy photo!! can't even see its face and ask to stay tune. Show lah!! :P}

Meet the King

2009-05-19T19:37:00.005+08:00

Took a drive down to Penang last Friday (16th May 2009) and stop by a rest area. Had another chance to use my new lens to shoot this White Collared Kingfisher when divemuster spotted it at the place we were parked. A little soft but still pretty good since they were taken hand held. Just needs more practise.

Back view of the fella

Front view of the fella

View of the fella with a lizard which it magically cought in mid-air. Don't ask me how, we just saw it flew and next we know the little fella was in its beak.

The sun was at the back of the kingfisher so I over exposed the shot +2 to try and get these two photos.

Here is one at 100% crop.
{You know its lucky it was a lizard. Imagine if it was a praying mantis! Then there would really be something to laugh about [right mogs] :P }

Photo Crop

2009-05-10T22:04:00.003+08:00

Well here is the crop of the plane from the original photo in my earlier post. {Not too bad right?}

Show must go on

2009-05-09T18:44:00.005+08:00

Been awhile since I've posted. Back with my backup camera. Just did a quick test with a new lens I've recently acquired. This sterling was shot hand held about 10 meters from subject. So far I'm pleased with the result. No crop as is, just remove noise and a little USM.

Taken from a couple of miles away. Probably can't see the plane details in this picture since I've re sized it. Will post a crop of it later

Taken without zoom.

Canon 50D.....No More.

2009-03-24T15:59:00.009+08:00

Some of my last few photo's from my Canon 50D before it was stolen from me together with my flash and lens. {May those responsible gets what's coming to them}

Ray II

2009-02-09T23:46:00.003+08:00

Another shot of the rays
{What?? Cant think of any other title? Why only one pic?}

Ray

2009-02-02T16:06:00.008+08:00

Took this at Pangkor last year just a part of the sun's ray shining down.
{Gee isn't that obvious!}

White Sand

2009-01-28T22:55:00.002+08:00

Took this last year at Tioman at one of the island, white powdery sand and crystal clear water :)

{Still think the composition sucks :P }

Dawn

2009-01-24T23:07:00.004+08:00

How the years really fly by. Its another year, and just a day plus away from the Chinese New Year. Thought I'd better post some photos, there's a whole backlog of em.....{slacker :P} More photos to follow.

Dog's Best Friend

2008-12-07T16:17:00.005+08:00

One early Sunday morning, headed out to shoot some pictures for the Save a Stray [Shouldn't this be the title?] day with divemuster and ladyhawk.
Better picture of this shot is at here

Pulau Tioman

2008-10-09T00:26:00.006+08:00

It was the week just before "Hari Raya". My friends and I made our journey to Tioman Island in the early morning of the day. About 7 hrs after we left we were greeted by the sounds of the sea lightly crashing onto the shore, a light cooling breeze and clear skies.

This was the place we stayed at - Panuba Inn Resort.
Brown sand, clear blue green waters
Nice blue skies
You can see the bottom
Squid that was cought, you can see pulsating neon blue lights on its body

Vast marine life in a feeding frenzy

The big dive boat prepping up for a day out with the many divers
One of the local bird having some fruits
Early morning where the water was calm...

{Lovely clear cool waters, wonderful weather, good company, sounds of the sea....}

More Bugs

2008-08-24T19:38:00.004+08:00

"This leaf is all mineeeee!!!"

"Sure looks like a long way down"

"Right I have proof that the world is flat!"

{Hey not bad right the yellow and green background}

Spider with new nest

Back to Macro

2008-08-11T20:23:00.002+08:00

Guess I'd better start allocating more time back to photography {Its about time you decided to do that}. To start off are fresh pictures taken over the weekend. Not up to standard but will do for now.

Two beetles at a staring contest

Tried to get a closer shot. Smaller then a five cent coin.
Nice shape, looks almost like an acorn.
"Oh mighty big black glass thingy in the sky I worship thy!"
"I am your humble servant"

Ho Chi Minh - Random Shots

2008-08-10T18:58:00.004+08:00

Thus concludes my trip to Vietnam - Ho Chi Minh
{Woi! where is your write up for the pictures? lazy fella}

Vietnam Day 3

2008-07-20T18:50:00.010+08:00

The third day was a day tour to the Mekong River. We left at around 9am in the morning. The bus ride took close to 2 hours before we reached our destination where we then proceed by boat.

Looks like a bridge construction across the Mekong river was underway.

Some of the many fishing vessels that were dock

Ferries are still used there to get people across

The first stop was to see how Vietnam famous rice paper were made.

After the rice is grind, it is then poured on top of a cloth and steamed

The steamed rice paper is then layout to dry

Next stop were handicraft made from coconut wood

Soon after we had a break for lunch which was actually part of the tour package. A Pork chop, 2 spring rolls and a bowl of soup. Didn't look like much but it taste quite ok.

Ohh we had this fried fish as well.

After lunch, we were off again by boat

Next stop was the honey farm where we were treated to some honey and some light musical entertainment

Ohh this is how their bricks for building looks like.
We then took a horse carriage ride to a smaller river where we sat on small boats which took us back to the bigger boat

The next and final stop was the coconut candy factory where they made candies from coconut.

After that we made our journey back to our buses

The map of our trip

Traffic on our way back to the City

Dinner was at Al Fresco's
That's one Jumbo pork rib :)

{Coming up next, some random shots}

The Other Half of Day 2

2008-07-06T19:01:00.006+08:00

After the visit to the post office we went for our lunch at a place called Quan An Ngan which is a very popular restaurant to tourist and the locals. We were supposed to have dinner here the night before but we arrived too late.

No one actually thought about taking pictures of the food till it was too late as everyone was too thirsty and hungry. So below is whats left of the mud fish that we had ordered.

Least still manage to get a picture of the grill crab before it was eaten

After a really full lunch we were ready to get back on trail of our city tour. We headed straight to the War Remnants Museum. It showcased some pretty gory relic and pictures{What the heck? eat so full go see gory things?}. It was previously known as the Museum of American and Chinese War Crimes which got later change as not to offend the American and Chinese tourist. Still much of the picture showed there were from the Vietnam war.

I'll let the picture above tell the story of the picture below.

Read the picture above.
Some bombs and missiles that were used.
They even had a couple of tanks.
After the city and museum tour it was a cab ride back to Ben Thanh for shopping.
You can find from cloths to souvenirs and food stuff here. Rule of thumb was to always haggle at 70% of the price which actually didn't work much for us :P. Looks like the shop keepers had a specific limit as to how low they will sell for tourist. The lowest we actually manage to get in a discount was always around 25%-50%. Still things there were already cheap but hack nothing to lose from haggling a little.

{Next day 3}

Saigon Day 2 & 1/2

2008-07-04T22:36:00.009+08:00

Day 2 started early in the morning, we had plan a tour around the city. Power lines were very familiar to those that I've seen in India. One mass of wire strung to a pole.
They had lots of cute stalls by the road side with small tables and chairs {Darn no small chairs and tables} which sold drinks, food and even french bread.
The famous Ben Thanh round about where the 'tourist' market place is situated. We didn't stop here first as we wanted to only do shopping later after the walk around the city. {Sky looks nice..no?}
Statue of Tran Nguyen Hai, the first person in Vietnam that used carrier pigeons. The small bust sculpture below {got cut off!!!!} is Quach Thi Trang who was killed during anti government protests in 1963
Some shops that sold wood carvings along the road

The People Committee Hall was modeled after a city hall building in Paris
Notre Dame Cathedral, build using bricks from Marseilles. Its not the same as the one in Paris thought.
Another view of the Cathedral with the statue of the Virgin Mary.The general post office adjacent to Notre Dame. Looks like a train station doesn't it.
{Hey its day 2 and a 1/2 mah.. :P Next up lunch}