Friday, April 11, 2008

Songkram, water festival in Phuket, Thailand

I went to Phuket Island during the Songkram festival. In Thailand, it is one-day festival no one should give a miss. People, whether they are native Thais or tourists take part in the event by lining on the road shoulders with hand either equipped with water pistols, bucket or even a nozzles with readily running water. They just shoot you with the water and no one should not be offended or angry at them as the act is actually a shower of blessings.


Morning view at a marina bay waiting to be despatched to the Phi Phi Islands.


Me standing at the beach of Phi Phi Lay Islands. The heat is unbearable and you can have a nice tan.


Me and my wife still at Phi phi Lay Island.

The Phuket Fantasea Theme Park located to the north of Patong town but before reaching the Kamala Beach. Only open at night.

Cameron Highlands, Malaysia


Tea plantation, Cameron Highlands, Malaysia

This is the first place I went after I bought the legendary Nikon D50 DSLR camera. Still giggle a bit and most of my photos didn't turn to what I expected. The first photos is using the Nikkor telelense 70-300mm at full expand and below just using my kit lense 18-55mm.

Cameron Highlands is a quiet farming village and is the famous temperate agricultural domain in West Malaysia.