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	Asia (2008)

Photos per year (number): 1995 (70) 1998 (302) 1999 (775) 2001 (50) 2002 (429) 2004 (235) 2005 (396) 2006 (584) 2007 (472) 2008 (327)


My hotel room at Le Meridien	A well presented ice cream	Arriving in Angkor Wat	Apsaras on the external wall	A classic view of Angkor Wat	A cliche with a local monk	A monk walks by with a photographer	A horse on duty	All on board the horse carriages	Bridge to enter Angkor Thom

Entering Angkor Thom by the south gate	The mighty southern gate of Angkor Thom	Us tourists at the Bayon	Conquering Khmer army	Faces at the Bayon	Buddha statue	Sun illuminates the bright statue	Face to face with a Buddha statue	A replica of the reclining Buddha	Massage before lunch

My masseuse and her colleagues	Having a tour in our little electric buggies	Lake in the Cambodian Cultural Village	Our twilight football game	The Meridien at night	Beautiful path to our temple for dinner	Grandiose path	The path to Thomannon at night	Walking to the temple	A glorious setting for our last dinner

Some dining tables and the amazing scene	Splendid stage for our grand dinner	Conference group picture	On our way into Siem Reap	Walking around Siem Reap's market	Market life	A tourist in the market	Street in Siem Reap	Photo gallery	Taking a rest

Promenade along the river	Shops at night in Siem Reap	Night in Siem Reap's center	The Red Piano restaurant	Street view in Siem Reap	Street stalls	The former moat is invaded by water lilies	Arriving on the site of this temple eaten by the jungle	Mutual curiosity	A naga along the entrance path

First view of the ruins of the temple	Observing a naga statue	This temple resembles Angkor Wat but was not restaurated	Small offerings	Trees growing everywhere in the temple	Tree growing on top of the ruins	Amazing mix of vegetation and history	Jungle of the temple and nature	Finding our way around the maze	Outer courtyard of the temple

A real Indiana Jones temple	The charm of the site grows on us	Mix of stone and wood	Finding our way out	Banteay Srei entrance	The crowds at the temple	Sophisticated carvings	A small temple, but a jewel of craftsmanship	Library in Banteay Srei	One of the most elaborate scenes

Carvings for tourists	Buddha heads and statues for sale	Ta Promh's famous grandiose trees	Invasive trees in the temple	The eternal mix of nature and architecture	A famously invasive tree in Ta Promh	Exquisite artistry of kmer sculptures	Fisherman near the Pulau Ubin ferry terminal	A delicate flower	A tiny but colourful grasshopper

Hello, frog	Still butterfly	Laced woodpecker	The sea walk at Chek Jawa	Crab swimming in Chek Jawa	A lone heron at high tide	A group of mudskippers in the seagrass	Shore birds in Pulau Ubin	Fiddler crabs	Beauty of the mangrove

A nice crab in the mangrove	Close-up on beautiful crab colours	Bright red claws of this small crab	A mudskipper on land	Tree flower	A calm butterfly	A heron colony in an old quarry	Entire colony of herons	Philippine glossy starlings	A couple of Philippine glossy starlings

White-vented mynas foraging on the beach	A boy is fishing at the ferry terminal	An old man watches time go by	What's this crow up to?	Crow and friend	Our Sunday lunch	The sun sets in Singapore	The food for our housewarming	The live band	Colourful birds at a shop on Dempsey Road

Hello, scarlet macaw	Amazing macaw colours	I'm still impressed by the beauty of macaw colours	L'Organic Caf	Stretches of Mac Ritchie Reservoir in the late afternoon	Crab-eating macaques grooming each other	Sunset light on a macaque	First round scores	Self portrait at bowling	Second round score

A macaw parrot flies through a sealed hoop	Close-up on a rhinoceros hornbill	Beautiful male rhinoceros hornbill	It flew down to us when we approached	Look at this creature!	This lorikeet's climbed on me!	Didit is taking photos	A nice, still shot	Frog in a pond	A curious black-naped oriole

Beautiful pheasant	Ornate caramel craftsmanship	Chinatown prepares for Chinese New Year	I think I missed a turn...	Stuck in traffic, in the wrong place	Dead end on the Laguna de Bay	People gathering along the shores of the lagoon	Passengers in a jeepney	A local church	Anilao Outrigger Resort

On board the outrigger	Heading for the dive sites	Dive Master Dennis	A local fishing boat	Night view from my Anilao room	Morning view from my room	A jeepney drives past	A colourful jeepney	Colonial architecture in Taal	Taal church

Schoolgirls heading home	The impressive Taal church	Students leaving on a small transport	Fantasy World	Taal volcano	Boats on the Taal Lake	Taal lake and volcano	An inviting sign	I took the wrong turn...	Students posing in front of Lapu-Lapu

Silhouettes on the Intramuros wall	Entering Intramuros	That way...	San Augustin	Inside San Augustin	The San Augustin altar	Saint on the main door	Facade of San Augustin	Manila cathedral	Tourists passing by Manila cathedral

Getting photographed with portraits of former presidents	Fort Santiago entrance	Display of Spanish colonial power	Inside the Fort Santiago	Japanese tourists visit the old jails used during WW2	Bronze statues of a WW2 US soldier	A US soldier statues looks over the river	Game of the popular basketball, Intramuros	View from my Renaissance Hotel room	Preparing a Chinese New Year street dinner

Funky restaurants in a mall of Jalan Bukit Bintang	Masjid Jamek at the river crossing	Masjid Jamek for Friday prayers	MS Ally Company, pharmacy since 1909	Sze Ya Temple	Burning incense during Chinese New Year	Stacks of incense	Incense spirals everywhere, Sze Ya Temple	Prayers during CNY	Near the Central Market

Entrance of the Guandi Temple	Incense spirals in Guandi Temple	Guandi Temple decorations	Spinning for good luck	Touching a spinning ball	About to bang the big pole for luck	Incense burning	Offerings for CNY	Walking around the temple for prayers	Burning all the way to the roof

Incense spirals	Sri Mahamariamman Temple	Close-up on the main gate	Streets of Chinatown	Making jasmine garlands	Men busy at a temple entrance	Preparing jasmine for garlands	The open kitchen of Prego	Dining at Prego	Jalan Bukit Bintang during CNY

A strange view of a swimming kid	Swimming lessons at the Singapore Yacht Club	Boats in the Singapore Yacht Club	Views of the city center from close to our dive spot	Pat and friends at home - loving the view	Yours truly enjoying a card game	Beautiful view of the canal from our living room	Fooling around	Eating seafood and vegetables	Cereal prawns and chilli crab

The city seen from the East Coast	A pedestrian street of Kuching	Central Kuching	The slow pace of life in Kuching	Kuching River	Spices in the market	Remnants of colonial architecture	An old Simca car	Colouful lapis cakes on display	An iguana resting

An enclosure of young crocs at John's Crocodile Farm	Young crocodiles	Amusing posture of a resting sunbear	Sleepy sunbear	Mock fighting sunbears	The sunbears give each other a tender gesture after mock fighting	The first croc jump attempt	A failed attempts to jump at some meat	Another miss	Going for the meat

Pig-tailed macaque in a cage	Bidayuh village	Inside the bidayuh village	Putting rice out to dry	Beautiful jumping spider on my hand	And again, this nice jumping spider	A sumptuous butterfly	A red dragonfly	About to play Citadels	The big male orang utan comes down for some fruit

Amazing sight	A last grab before heading back into the trees	Heading off?	Waiting to see orang utans	First view of two orang utans arriving	An aged female comes to the feeding zone	This female wanders amongst the people	The youngsters gather on the platform	Rushing off before the dominant male arrives	Moving away with a horde of fruits

The dominant male	Sheer size of the dominant male	The big male enjoys the bananas	Taking a picture of the orang utans	Youngster moving about close to people	A humid morning in Kubah NP	A glimpse of the magnificent view	A solitary bee	A leech lurks on the path in search of warm blood	Looking back on the trail a the seemingly endless forest

Treetops, desperately empty of hornbills	An ant carries off a bigger one	Full view from the platform	Super view from the top of our trail in Kubah NP	Tree ant nests	Dew on moss	Palm trees of all sorts	Pitcher plants along the trail	A vine grows up a tree	A palm tree unique to the area

Geometry of ferns	A small stream along the path	Sunbear foraging around in the Matang Wildlife Centre	Doris, a young playful orang utan	Spitting water and catching it back	This huge male is trying to break open the door	Playing with Andy's signs	The large male comes against the wall close to us	A hugely impressive yawn!	Meanwhile, a butterfly collects salty sweat from Andy's back

Doris continues to fool around	The big male lies on his back, killing time	A young sambar deer	A captive leopard cat	Ice Bugs Bunny for Easter brunch at the Hilton	Our boatman starts the engine	Distant mountains beyond Kuching	Overlooking Kuching from Fort Margherita	Nice English colonial architecture on top of the river	A mix of old and modern on the north shore

Front of Fort Margherita	Here comes a boat to our rescue	Inside the boat to cross Kuching River	Crossing Kuching River	North bank palace	Dancing to the rhythm	The violinist	Drumming women	Watching time go by in Little Lebanon	Final score of the 3rd round with Andy

Batam, from where the Signapore skyline can be seen	Leaning over in the ferry	Misty morning in a Batam village	Our resort hotel in Batam	A hibiscus in the Dapur 12 village	The building site as we arrive	The local kids watch us work	Feeding her sister	Pounding with the hammer	Cheeky children in Batam

Peace and quiet of this small village	This girl loves her bath!	Kids having fun near our building site	Women and children taking shelter from the rain	Inside the Esplanade Theatre	The stage for the We Will Rock You musical	The new Terminal 3 of Changi