Flower-Bedecked Rickshaws in Melaka, Malaysia
Bicycle rickshaws are one of the best ways of getting around small cities in Malaysia. Here is a typical one in Penang, temporarily parked while its owner is away. In […]
Category Archives: Malaysia
Boh Tea Plantation in the Cameron Highlands of Malaysia
When we rented the motorcycle in Tanah Rata, the woman told us to go to the Boh Tea Estate, telling us, “It’s not the biggest but it is the prettiest.” The plantation was quite […]
Creepy Monitor Lizards
Over the years reptilian creatures have been slithering their way into my art work making me think that maybe it’s time to feature a few – this time the Monitor […]
Travel Theme: Cooking in Asia
In Asia cooking is more akin to performance art, especially in Malaysia where I captured these videos of them cooking up two of my favourite meals. Roti Canai, my go-to […]
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Moldy Wall Abstracts
A gallery of abstract paintings, courtesy of the mold formations on the walls of Fort Cornwallis in Penang. Red river outflow into an icy sea. Islands in a green sea. Corner of […]
WPC: Searching for a Rafflesia, the Largest Flower in the World
Our jungle trek in the Cameron Highlands of Malaysia, searching for a giant Rafflesia. Torrential rains had turned everything into rivers of red mud. We all had to get out and walk…. […]
Murals in Melaka, Malaysia
When we were walking along the seawall in Melaka we discovered this multiple apartment complex with the entire exterior covered in murals. The buildings go on forever and so do the murals. […]
Weekly Photo Challenge: Using Scale with Macros
When I’m travelling and see an unusual plant I try to remember to add a sense of scale to at least one of my shots. Here are two interesting fungi, […]
Photo Challenge – Round(s) of Tea
A tea ceremony with rounds of compressed tea, and rounds of tea drinking, at the Tea Heritage House in Melaka, Malaysia. This celebration of tea consisted of two parts: a […]
Review of Banana Leaf Restaurant – Malaysian Cuisine
One of my favourite places to drag our Vancouver visitors is to the Banana Leaf Restaurant. Richard, our latest visitor, has a Singaporean wife, and yearned for the food of […]
