Singapore
Colorful monorail cars traveling between the main island and the resort island of Sentosa, against the backdrop of Singapore's downtown skyline and the world's busiest port.
Mmm, breakfast! Roti prata and mutton curry for dipping.
Wide assortment of tropical fruits for sale at a Chinatown stall - bananas, rambutans, mangos, logans, mangosteen, langsat,...
Rearshot of a 70+ Eurasian busker singing "golden oldies" at the Tampines MRT (mass rapid transit) train station. Mum smiled nostalgically, recognizing every song as being from "her time".
An indo-Pacific humpback dolphin (a.k.a. pink dolphin 'cos it turns pink as it ages) at Sentosa island. Native to the waters of Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, and China. Cha and I swam with 5-year old Splash!
Two cockatoos perched on a palm tree near my childhood home. Non-native to Singapore, they probably relocated from Indonesia where intense logging and slash-and-burn practices are decimating natural habitat. (click on photo to zoom in)Phuket
View of Phuket from above as our plane makes its descent.
A roadside butcher selling fresh meat from his stall.
1 1/2-year old Jumbo relieving an itch on his butt.
Jumbo's 6-year old sister frolicking in the Andaman Sea with her mahute (handler and constant companion).
Hunched worker at a cashew nut factory, painstakingly shelling the nuts, one at a time.
A monument to Chan, the widow of a former governor, and her sister Muk, heroines who successfully frightened away invading Burmese in 1785 by having women cut their hair and follow the men in battle with rolled-up banana leaves that looked like muskets.
Parking spaces outside a grocery store are sheltered with cool blue roofs, to shield from the tropical heat.
Dusk along the Phuket coast.
4 comments:
Noice!
I like the itchy butt!!!
Very niiiice pictures, Squeaks! Makes me wish I was there...Now these places are definitely on my list :) ...And very envious of your swimming w/ the pink-ish dolphin! C.
The genuine interest the young Thai leader in a canoe trip should impress any tourist.
One would not hesitate to tip him without feeling that his employers might have taken a large share of what is meant for an employee.
This is a great contrast to an airport worker in Los Angeles pushing a woman's wheelchair suggesting that he deserved a BIG tip. How inappropriate and unbecoming. Worse, when told of his evident improper conduct, he left the woman in the chair and just disappeared!
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