Hong Kong

Ngong Ping 360, Lantau Island.

Mt. Kinabalu

Dawn at Sayat-sayat

Donkey's Ears.

South Peak

Low's Peak 

 

Melbourne - Victoria



12 Apostles, Port Campbell





Docklands



Chengdu to Tibet

The ferocious Tibetan Mastiff

Lhasa, one of the highest cities in the world. Despite the high altitude, it was not cold but rather hot during the day heat emitted from the scorching sun.

Lhasa, Tibet

Potala Palace, Lhasa

Shoton Festival - Giant thangka

Crowd moving towards the thangka

Potala Palace

Selling prayer flags

Dalai Lama Summer Palace

Flight from Lhasa to Chengdu

Tibetan Plateau

Zoige Grassland - 1st bend of Yellow River

The Qinghai - Tibet train is the highest railway in the world. It passes Tanggula Pass at 5,072 m (16,640 feet) above sea level, making it the world's highest rail track. I had only one chance to take this shot when the bus stopped for a toilet break.

Damxung

View from Jin Zhu hotel, Damxung bedroom window. Opened the window with the intention of gasping for more oxygen after suffering a bad cough (AMS).

Yak meat, Lhasa, Tibet

Namtso Lake, Amdo

Transparency

Siem Reap

The motor romauk aka "tuk-tuk" is a common mode of transport in this city. The complimentary shuttle from the airport to the hotel was a 250cc motorbike that carted 4 adults with room to load all the luggages. 

Seat at the rear are considered VIP.

If it rains, there is a pvc cover to enclose the wagon.

If it floods, the vehicle turns amphibian.



Children
Many teenagers peddled goods in tourists sites. I have not met anyone who could not converse in English.

A toddler enjoying the sudden downpour.



She sat next to a group of musicians while the other children walked to school.

Kids cycling to school on a very long and straight road.

  Tonle Sap Lake. The little girl paddled towards passing boats amusing tourists with a snake that she keeps in her little dinghy.

Trees

There is a compromise between conserving the historic buildings and preserving the huge trees that erodes the structure. The sheer size of the trees reflects how time was forgotten when the inhabitants left their kingdom centuries ago.

Ta Promh - made famous by Angelina Jolie's Lara Croft movie.

Preah Khan.

Structures
There are so many temple-palace ruins and we have seen some of the restoration works were being done by foreigners probably volunteers.

South Gate - Angkor Thom

  

Bakong

  

Bayon - Angkor Thom

Banteay Srei

Dusk at Angkor Wat

Bayon

Continuation from Mid Life Chronicles

This new blog is a continuation from Mid Life Chronicles, www.shcheong.blogspot.com. The new blog layout offers variable column customization and settings. Changing the old blog to the new layout would render the original posts out of alignment - too tedious to rework and readjust the postings.