Posted in Photography, Travels on June 18th, 2013 No Comments »
Bali was my final destination after two or three weeks travelling all the way by land from Jakarta. As I crossed the Bali Sea on a boat from Banyuwangi, Gilimanuk and this greeted me: I do not remember the name of this mountain. It could be Prapat Agung but looking at the map, the twin [...]
Posted in Photography, Travels on June 17th, 2013 No Comments »
When I first read of Prambanan, in my mind there was an amazing structure that overwhelmed everything. But my expectation of it proved too much. I felt too many words had romanticized blocks of big ancient rocks. Please do not get me wrong. Prambanan, from afar, looks amazing, mysterious. It imposes itself on its surroundings. [...]
Posted in Personal, Photography, Travels on June 16th, 2013 No Comments »
I have not been updating this blog of mine as often as I would like to. I have been busy with work and life in general. Still, I have lots to say but just not enough time to write. I partly blame Twitter for that, which allows me to blow some steam off so that [...]
Posted in Photography, Travels on June 8th, 2013 No Comments »
The creek makes Bur Dubai pretty.
Posted in Travels on May 29th, 2013 1 Comment »
Dubai is a wonder of the world. Right from the desert, a tower rises to more or less twice the height of the Petronas Twin Towers. It soars high into the sky so audaciously that it is as if Burj Khalifa were a middle finger meant for the god who confounded the builders of the [...]
Posted in Photography, Travels on February 26th, 2013 No Comments »
Prior to traveling to Java, I had never seen a volcano before. And I am happy to write that the first ever volcano I saw with my very own naked eyes were the mythical Mount Merbabu and its twin, Merapi on my early morning approach to Yogyakarta in Central Java. I actually got to the [...]
Posted in Photography, Travels on January 28th, 2013 1 Comment »
I have finally made it to Borobudur last December. At last, it was something concrete to back up all that I have learned about the Sailendras and Srivijaya. There it was, a concrete proof in the form of one of the largest Buddhist structures in the world, standing right in front of me. I do [...]
Posted in Photography, Travels on January 16th, 2013 No Comments »
As I wrote earlier, I was in Java for more or less three weeks. After Jakarta, I took the train to Yogyakarta. Indeed, I traveled from Jakarta to Bali mostly by train. The journey to Yogyakarta took about 9 hours. The rain made the journey longer than it should. I must say, I like Yogya, [...]
Posted in Photography, Travels on January 14th, 2013 1 Comment »
And so, I was in Jakarta in the middle of December, where I began my backpacking trip across Java for three weeks. From Jakarta, I took an overnight train journey to the cheery Yogyakarta, from there on a night in Indonesia’s second largest city, Surabaya and then a more than 12 hours journey to Bali [...]
Posted in Photography, Travels on October 23rd, 2012 No Comments »
A friend of mine will be spending a number of days in Cambodia later this month. Upon learning her travel plans, I began to reminisced my long hot lazy Cambodian days. I began to imagine going through the temple ruins all over again, and the walks I walked, the rides I rode, the conversations I [...]
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