Reflections of parents of not-so-young-kids-anymore
The main segment of the four day conference was a two day series of keynote speeches, talks and presentation of the papers – and hosted at the Hong Kong Science Park, which was right at the end of the Sha
There were three lenses – the FE 24-105mm f4.0, FE 16-35mm f4.0 and the adapted Tamron 70-200mm f2.8 – accompanying the Sony A73 on its maiden overseas outing: and I ended up using just two lenses: and about 99% of
Our last day in Bali was nominal: we made our way slowly from the island center – Ubud – in a south-westerly direction, going through Gianyar, Sanur and past the airport first for a stopover in Jimbaran to pick up
Most enthusiast cameras – whether compact, DSLR or mirrorless – and also the more expensive smartphones, support RAW photography. I moved on to take pictures only in RAW during my Nikon D300 days ten years ago, and it’s hard to
Ling and I really like Thai food. And we’re lucky in that in Singapore, there is wide range of options that suits all budgets when it comes to Thai food cuisine. Interestingly, the Thai restaurants here that we’re familiar with
Eight days in Phuket, and as we still have an hour to kill before hailing a Grab Car for our ride from Sino House Phuket Hotel to the airport, I wrote up a retrospective post on the itinerary covering what
Our second place of stay for Phuket Dec 2017 is situated at the eastern side of the island – the opposite and western side of the island is where Patong and party creatures would gravitate towards. The eastern side doesn’t
We finished The UpsideDown House, maze and tree house in less than an hour – as Ling quips, a pretty expensive 1,420THB/SGD 58 thrill where we would also have no absolute certainty that the pictures are any good until we
There are a lot of places to stay while on Phuket island. Though now that we’ve spent five days on the island now at our first place of stay – Cassia Phuket – we’re again reminded that the general area
Many of us would have seen elephants before, whether it’s at a zoo or at animal shows in this part of the world – but unlikely in a setting like this. We visited Phuket Elephant Sanctuary (PES) on Day 3,
When Ling and I were last in Phuket 8 years ago, we joined Simba Sea Trips for island hopping around Phang Nga bay. During that trip, I remembered observing several boats bringing visitors to kayak about the various limestone caves
One of the most commonly heard criticisms of Phuket as a holiday location is that large parts of the island have been overly commercialized to cash in on the tourism boom, with beaches that were once famous for their serenity
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