A MONKEY'S DREAMCATCHER: Vacations

Showing posts with label Vacations. Show all posts

Friday, April 10, 2009

ARCHITECTURES OF MADRID & SEVILLA - SPAIN

I can't remember the name of this Building at the moment but this place was quite far out of Madrid City itself. I found this corridor facinating so decided to snap a picture. Had to wait until there was no one in the way. The repeating patterns is what caught my attention. With lots of natural light was I able to capture this image.
-AA-

The beautiful Boutique Hotels in Sevilla, Spain are located in the middle of the city. It may look dark but tones of tourist walk through these narrow alleys to get to pubs, restaurant's, Flamenco Dance theaters & their accommodations. Its like a maze walking through these alleys I tell ya. These alleys are sometimes so narrow that when a car comes through.. anyone in the way will have to walk faster to find the nearest curb to stand on until the car passes through =)
-AA-

DUSK ON PHRA NANG BEACH, KRABI, THAILAND

Perfect Ocean View at Dusk. After a full day of Rock Climbing & Bouldering at Phra Nang Beach, we were walking towards the end of this beach to catch the last Long Tail boat back to Tonsai Beach where we are staying. But I didn't lose this opportunity to take this beautiful color of the sky with the ocean & light waves. This was a sight you could not have missed!
-AA-

Thursday, February 26, 2009

Sunrise @ 35000 ft. Above Sea Level

When I left London's Heathrow International Airport it was dark. After couple of hours on board I decided to open the window shade and there I saw this amazing sunrise. We were so high up that the clouds below our plane appeared like a carpet. Flying with British Airways had been a pleasant flight.
-AA-

Radio City Music Hall In New York City

I had a great opportunity to be here in New York City and for me to get this picture is awesome. Why I say awesome is because its really not that easy to take a picture across any street with no cars in front of you. NYC's streets are packed with cars especially cabs. Well I had to wait for sometime though to get this shot. Its was in the evening just before sunset.
-AA-

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Eggs Benedict

So this was actually in New York City at a restaurant near Brooklyn Bridge. This is its speciality dish for breakfast. Its amazing how hungry you get with cool weather. I had a lot of walking to do so I needed a heavy meal for energy & this was perfect. Salmon on top of the eggs.. mMmmm!

Anyway I took this picture not only because it looks good but because at that moment i had this opportunity to take a picture with the sun light shining specifically on my two eggs. I know that sounds wrong but its the only way to describe it. The sun was shining through the glass windows and no where else but on the eggs on my plate. I had to take a picture coz I thought it was unique. Great moment really.
-AA-

Friday, February 6, 2009

Road Trip To Singapore

I can't wait to go Singapore tonight yo. I'm going to SG this weekend particularly for a Bouldering competition held at Climb Asia indoor climbing gym. This competition is basically to select a few climbers to go to Korea for a much bigger competition. It should be an interesting climbing event this one. To be continued..

Besides going to SG for the competition, at the same time I'm also going for a budget vacation with ATSY. I know she will cheer for me but maybe not as loud as the Rock Master Bouldering competition last year coz there's not gonna be such a large crowd. A climbing competition at Riverside, Clarke Quay last year! It was packed with spectators. It could not have been any better. I know she'll be entertaining herself by taking loads of awesome pictures with her Nikon DSLR.

Our to do list while we're in SG:

1. NIKE Clearance SALE
2. Aquarium at Sentosa
3. Night Safari
4. Bouldering Competition
5.Catch up with friends
6. Zoo
7. More shopping (MAYBE)

Lloyds Inn to me & ATSY is the best & most convenient place to stay in the city. Its just a few minutes walk to Orchard Rd. Its a pretty popular accommodation for backpackers and rooms are decent.

Should be fun.

To be continued...

-AA-

Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Temporary Open Water License

This is my temporary dive license. I will get my actual Open Water license in a form of a card from the (PADI) headquaters in Australia. Can't wait!

-AA-

Inside A Divers Log Book

Everything is recorded from the amount of dives you've done, Dive sites, depths, time spent underwater, conditions, visibility, etc..

-AA-

Divers Log Book

This log book is for me to record all the dives I've done at previous locations & all the dives I will be doing in the future. Its basically a Divers Journal.

-AA-

Recreational Dive Planner (RDP)

All divers should have these planners. Its important because it shows you the depth you intend to dive down to & by using this planner, divers calculate how much time is needed to be spent out of water before their next dive. Well, season divers usually go buy the high tech gadgeowthat shows you everything but I guess it is still important to know how to calculate using this planner just to be safe.

-AA-

Remora's Were Swimming With Us On Our Ship Wreck Dive

Myself & both my friends got to see these fellas during our Ship Wreck Dive @ the Pirate Reef. One of them was sticking to my oxygen tank almost the whole time. Occasionally one of them will swim right beside me.
-AA-

Up Close & Personal

These fishes really rush for the food. Before the food even gets into the water they have seen your hand movement. They know which direction you're throwing the food. It really is impressive.
-AA-