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wujou_mao Joined: 28 Feb 2004 Total posts: 428 Location: Peterborough UK Age: 36 Gender: Male |
 Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2007 7:34 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0 |
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| angelcoolz wrote: | nice photographs...i would love to travel around like you...
please post more pictures in whatever country you visited...they're all amazing..
what is the top 3 favourite country will be on your list??. |
1. Korea
2. Philippines
3. Thailand
so here's some pictures of Malaysia.its quiet modern compared to thailand and above
Sarawak tribe park or something.
visitng my Friends Grandma. she is Iban tribe, so staying in a longhouse
jungle leaf
believe it or not, it says Private Property
Camaron highlands
Mossy forest
the biggest flower in the world, the Raflesia..although this one is dying
Kuching
Penang
Alor Star. most people were honking theit horns, and i didnt know it was for me till someone smiled and waved. Kampang
Kellie's Castle - Ipoh
its said to be haunted, but thats just to scare people or bring people here. no one died in the house. Kellie Smith died in Lisbon waiting for a lift for his castle in 1929, then his wife and kids moved back to Scotland
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wujou_maoJoined: 28 Feb 2004 Total posts: 428 Location: Peterborough UK Age: 36 Gender: Male |
| Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2007 7:46 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0 |
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Thaipusan Festival Feb 1 - Malaysia. this festival is banned in India so i have been told
I went to see the Fireflies in Kualar Selengor, but no photographs cos you wont be able to see the fireflies with camera flash. besides, it was raining.
have a break, have a Kit-Kat
mamma and baby
Blue Mosque, Shar Alam
the Mosque is the biggest in Asia, and can hold as many as 25,000 people
KL, chinatown
these pictures are not Malaysia. taken from 39,000 feet while flying back to UK.
looks like giant footprints
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pacman99Joined: 30 Sep 2005 Total posts: 33 Gender: Unknown |
| Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2007 11:30 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0 |
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| what camera have u been using to get such great pics? My fujifilm f31fd can't even come close.
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wujou_maoJoined: 28 Feb 2004 Total posts: 428 Location: Peterborough UK Age: 36 Gender: Male |
| Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2007 3:47 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0 |
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| pacman99 wrote: | | what camera have u been using to get such great pics? My fujifilm f31fd can't even come close. |
all previous photos including the photos of the indian festival were taken with Canon Ixus 65 6 million pixels and the malay photos onwards from the blue Mosque is from my Pentax Optio A30 10 million pixels
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nophankhJoined: 09 Jan 2007 Total posts: 231 Location: PA, US Age: 25 Gender: Female |
| Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2007 4:11 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0 |
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awww gosh darn, I really want to go.
Where are your Thailand pics?
I remember Thailand it was so beautiful, but so many shady people trying to pimp out their girls.
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wujou_maoJoined: 28 Feb 2004 Total posts: 428 Location: Peterborough UK Age: 36 Gender: Male |
| Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2007 3:19 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0 |
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| nophankh wrote: | awww gosh darn, I really want to go.
Where are your Thailand pics?
I remember Thailand it was so beautiful, but so many shady people trying to pimp out their girls. |
i was in Thailand for a total of 5 months, but spread over 2 years. the longest i was there was 3 months feb - may 07
Ayutthuta, old capital of Thailand
went of a 4X4 off road driving for 3 days/nights.
market food. yum
flying ants and onions
something for you to chuckle at
do you like spicy food?
ever seen a rabbit with a dress on before?
will upload rest tomorrow
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wujou_maoJoined: 28 Feb 2004 Total posts: 428 Location: Peterborough UK Age: 36 Gender: Male |
| Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 6:28 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0 |
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Songkran - the best new year i have ever had in Asia. [christmas in philippines was ****. sorry to say. no mince pies, no christmas dinner, no christmas pudding, no christmas crackers. just felt like any other day  ]
so songkran, its one big water fight for 5 days, with people getting trigger happy 2 days before and after the event. if you're in bangkok, this festival would last a day. if in the sticks, it lasted 8 days.
the last day, the traffic was moving, but at snails pace, a good way to get drenched with ice cold water while stuck in traffic
beer, music, dancing in the stret, knowing full well tomorrow the festival is over till next year
there is rather a disturbing story to these pictures, one that i had the please to expericance 
left side is Thailand, till the line of trees which is [Burma] Mynamar. right side of river, [Burma] Mynamar
this little mishap happened 22/4/07 when i was in Maesai. i looked in LP and decided that the nicest place to stay would be in the maesai guest house, with nice views to burma, just 50 foot away [closer in some places] so close, you can almost touch it. as i like walking, and wandering places, not touristy areas etc, i remember my book said there are some intresting walking trails behind maesai guest house. so off i trot, walk the path out of the guesthouse, and chipped right. didnt think of anything when i saw the thai ranger army guardhouse. they never looked up. one was reading, the other cooking on a stove. i walked over to the fence, to have a gander at burma on the other side of the water. then i carried walking along the well walked path. some burmese people [which i noticed were burmese cos of the face powder on their cheeks.
hello, where are you going they said
min go la ba. [hello] for a walk i said. i carried on, through the barbed waire fence, again, never took any attention. i noticed that the gate had folded back, and grass and weeds were growing through, besides the path was well worn after all. 2 k's down the track, i saw a bridge in the distance from the burma side to the 'thai' side. i wondered why so. even more so when i saw burmese lettering on the top of the iron poles over the bridge.
a man naked, apart from camaflarged shorts said hello and come here, sit down. i said hi,, but no thanks. i just would like some water [Yei] which i found in the icebox. the shop was small with the normal sort of nicnacks you get in any shop in the middle of no where. i noticed the bottle again had burmese lettering, so i asked the question i was dreading. with a finger pointing to the earth, i asked Burma???
yes he said. me eyes widened, to which he saw, and said GO! GO!, and did the moving motion with his hands. i gave him 20 baht for the water, not bothering to ask for 15 bhat back. i just wanted to get back the way i came. how can you look carm, when you know you are in serious shtoom?
i dont know why, but the thai army rangers still never looked up, although there were 5 now, and one was still reading a book. i was gone for 30 or 40 mins, and it was about 4.30 pm when i got back to the rangers. they cant be idiots. there is no where else i could of gone in 30 mins apart from taking an illigeal walk to burma.
i'm very luckly i didnt get caught, mainly from the burmese, as when i was in burma in next day , i took the road parallel to thailand to the end of the village checkpoint, near the bridge, and i noticed that it had a a few huts, some depressed junta with guns and didnt look friendly. beyond that, was the bridge. i can quite thankfully say i was very lucky
that road with Maesai guesthouse ends right there. after that its burma. maybe i should of paid more attention. i thought if it was no entry, at least i would be told off by the rangers, or said that, a notice at the barbed fence to warn this is now burma beyond that point. i jus assumed that burma would be on the other side of the water all along [not really paying much attention to the map of chiang rai province, did i notice maesai GH is on the edge of the 'top Northern most edge of thailand'
and here's is the barbed wire fence to separate Burma and Thailand 
someone likes english football 
so this is what i thought was thailand and burma across the water. oh how wrong i was. 
this is the oldest Laos temple in Thailand. the temple caved in during heavy rain some years back, so its been restored
and this temple, its a copy of a temple in India. cant remember which province this is in tho.
have some kip - ZzZzZz
if the bird at the front looks familur, its Garuda
lotus seeds. you can eat them, although some seeds are a tad bitter
insects - taste good with a beer, not for breakfast
larvae
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julicar23Joined: 26 Aug 2006 Total posts: 198 Location: Metro Manila, Philippines Age: 22 Gender: Female |
| Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 7:03 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0 |
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| wujou_mao wrote: | Songkran - the best new year i have ever had in Asia. [christmas in philippines was ****. sorry to say. no mince pies, no christmas dinner, no christmas pudding, no christmas crackers. just felt like any other day ]
so songkran, its one big water fight for 5 days, with people getting trigger happy 2 days before and after the event. if you're in bangkok, this festival would last a day. if in the sticks, it lasted 8 days.
the last day, the traffic was moving, but at snails pace, a good way to get drenched with ice cold water while stuck in traffic
beer, music, dancing in the stret, knowing full well tomorrow the festival is over till next year
there is rather a disturbing story to these pictures, one that i had the please to expericance
left side is Thailand, till the line of trees which is [Burma] Mynamar. right side of river, [Burma] Mynamar
this little mishap happened 22/4/07 when i was in Maesai. i looked in LP and decided that the nicest place to stay would be in the maesai guest house, with nice views to burma, just 50 foot away [closer in some places] so close, you can almost touch it. as i like walking, and wandering places, not touristy areas etc, i remember my book said there are some intresting walking trails behind maesai guest house. so off i trot, walk the path out of the guesthouse, and chipped right. didnt think of anything when i saw the thai ranger army guardhouse. they never looked up. one was reading, the other cooking on a stove. i walked over to the fence, to have a gander at burma on the other side of the water. then i carried walking along the well walked path. some burmese people [which i noticed were burmese cos of the face powder on their cheeks.
hello, where are you going they said
min go la ba. [hello] for a walk i said. i carried on, through the barbed waire fence, again, never took any attention. i noticed that the gate had folded back, and grass and weeds were growing through, besides the path was well worn after all. 2 k's down the track, i saw a bridge in the distance from the burma side to the 'thai' side. i wondered why so. even more so when i saw burmese lettering on the top of the iron poles over the bridge.
a man naked, apart from camaflarged shorts said hello and come here, sit down. i said hi,, but no thanks. i just would like some water [Yei] which i found in the icebox. the shop was small with the normal sort of nicnacks you get in any shop in the middle of no where. i noticed the bottle again had burmese lettering, so i asked the question i was dreading. with a finger pointing to the earth, i asked Burma???
yes he said. me eyes widened, to which he saw, and said GO! GO!, and did the moving motion with his hands. i gave him 20 baht for the water, not bothering to ask for 15 bhat back. i just wanted to get back the way i came. how can you look carm, when you know you are in serious shtoom?
i dont know why, but the thai army rangers still never looked up, although there were 5 now, and one was still reading a book. i was gone for 30 or 40 mins, and it was about 4.30 pm when i got back to the rangers. they cant be idiots. there is no where else i could of gone in 30 mins apart from taking an illigeal walk to burma.
i'm very luckly i didnt get caught, mainly from the burmese, as when i was in burma in next day , i took the road parallel to thailand to the end of the village checkpoint, near the bridge, and i noticed that it had a a few huts, some depressed junta with guns and didnt look friendly. beyond that, was the bridge. i can quite thankfully say i was very lucky
that road with Maesai guesthouse ends right there. after that its burma. maybe i should of paid more attention. i thought if it was no entry, at least i would be told off by the rangers, or said that, a notice at the barbed fence to warn this is now burma beyond that point. i jus assumed that burma would be on the other side of the water all along [not really paying much attention to the map of chiang rai province, did i notice maesai GH is on the edge of the 'top Northern most edge of thailand'
and here's is the barbed wire fence to separate Burma and Thailand
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christmas here in the Philippines is not that bad. maybe in provinces because they celebrate it inside their homes, most likely quiet, but in Metro Manila christmas is also fun but not that noisy, because filipinos are very religious and were christians and we do stuffs on christmas day (Christ birthday) like praying altogether and eating noche buena and its our time or bonding time with our family.. new year's the noisiest and there's fireworks also. where are you on that day? ... Christmas here in Manila is not that boring but parents are little strict, they won't let you go outside because of the "paputok" there's fire crackers everywhere even if it is the time where you have to celebrate Jesus' birthday....
by the way, do you have pictures taken here in the Phils.while you're here...I wish to see your photos if it's okay with you? 
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wujou_maoJoined: 28 Feb 2004 Total posts: 428 Location: Peterborough UK Age: 36 Gender: Male |
| Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 7:14 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0 |
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| julicar23 wrote: | | christmas here in the Philippines is not that bad. maybe in provinces because they celebrate it inside their homes, most likely quiet, but in Metro Manila christmas is also fun but not that noisy, because filipinos are very religious and were christians and we do stuffs on christmas day (Christ birthday) like praying altogether and eating noche buena and its our time or bonding time with our family.. new year's the noisiest and there's fireworks also. where are you on that day? ... Christmas here in Manila is not that boring but parents are little strict, they won't let you go outside because of the "paputok" there's fire crackers everywhere even if it is the time where you have to celebrate Jesus' birthday.... |
i spent last years Christmas on Malapascua Island, Cebu. but then even on boxing day in Cebu, a foreignern owned eatery didnt have a 'Christmas Dinner' on the menu
| julicar23 wrote: | | by the way, do you have pictures taken here in the Phils.while you're here...I wish to see your photos if it's okay with you? |
oo. once i've finished with Thailand i'll put up, but it wont be till tomorrow night
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wujou_maoJoined: 28 Feb 2004 Total posts: 428 Location: Peterborough UK Age: 36 Gender: Male |
| Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 7:48 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0 |
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White Temple, Chiang Rai - right of the tourist trail
oldest reliefs in Thailand. the reliefs are on the edge of a cliff, overlooking modern day cambodia. but years ago, this part of thailand was once cambodia
so round here, there is Phrae Vihear Temple. the only access is by road, from the Thai side, so you basically go into cambodia on a day pass to see the ruins
the Khmer Rouge were still fighting the camodian goverment up here in the late 90's
anyone Buddhist here? can anyone explain why these sticks are placed inder the rocks
look closer. does the clouds look like the image of thundercats?
bridge over the river Kwai
Lopburi moneky temple
say Thanks
Buriam province
Yasothon Rocket restival - if you guys have seen the Thai film Dynamite warrior, this film is based on the rocket festival
homemade rockets shoot upwards 1000's of feet. this is the daddy, 120 KG's of niterate
platforms for the rockets. taks 45 mins to set it in place and light the fuse
and now, click this image for a video of the rocket
largest teak temple in Thailand. bad news its in Pattaya
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julicar23Joined: 26 Aug 2006 Total posts: 198 Location: Metro Manila, Philippines Age: 22 Gender: Female |
| Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 8:14 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0 |
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| okay... thanks
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wujou_maoJoined: 28 Feb 2004 Total posts: 428 Location: Peterborough UK Age: 36 Gender: Male |
| Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2007 7:50 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0 |
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just like Thailand, iv been to Philippines about 3 times in spread over 2 years of backpacking in Asia..
bohol Chocolate hills, or tears of 2 dead giants
smallest monkey - taisher
1st time seeing a pig spit roasted. i was at my X- bird's place in Gingoog. thats pronounced Hing-o-og or something simular. not Gin-goog as i tried to say it
Bagiou
Taal volcano
chinese-filipino graveyard in chinatown area of Manila
Sagada
bit of a squeeze
banaue [banawe]
Cebu
Malapasua Island
never be coconut collector
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wujou_maoJoined: 28 Feb 2004 Total posts: 428 Location: Peterborough UK Age: 36 Gender: Male |
| Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2007 8:14 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0 |
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beautiful coloured fish
sunset on Malapasua Island
Negros Occ - Silay's European Colonal Sugar cane houses
sugar cane lorries are far as the eye can see
we dont get bamboo this large in UK
need a few rubbish bins for the waste material
Jeepeny
not Religious, just love old buildings. this church is made out of coral blocks
and so is this one
rice drying. guess no one cares about exhaust fumes then...
Tinglayan
went to see the tribal cave Mummies
and our guide asked if we wanted to lift him out!
look menacing kids right?
Kalinga
Francis - my guide
look at his toes
very shy kids who would sneek up behind me but would cower round the corner if i turned to them
look what 20 mins does to them..
Francis Uncle's burial. look closely. thats a chicken upside down on a rope. the woman contiunes to bang the sticks together till the casket is sealed. then free's the chook
slaughered bull. missed the slaughter by 5 mins
Francis Mum. she is a headhunter tribe, as everone else is in the villages. not so much head hunting goes on about these days.
my last day here. trapped for 3 days cos of monsoon, and day i wanted to leave, roads washed out. needed ATM, so Vigan was my next point of call. walked for hours with 25kg on my back
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wujou_maoJoined: 28 Feb 2004 Total posts: 428 Location: Peterborough UK Age: 36 Gender: Male |
| Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2007 8:41 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0 |
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another colourful Jeepney
funny story to this. i bought a burger but she ran out of red sauce. she got this packet out of the fridge and i laughed at her cos i told her it looks like a blood bag 
Vigan
you could almost say you stumbled into a spanish town. glad to see it survied the american bombing of WWII
Cagsawa Church - Bicol
Matnog
very friendly people. felt famous for 3 hours. i know what its like to be mobbed now crowds of people
Singulog 07
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Simple_InsecuritiesJoined: 29 Aug 2006 Total posts: 53 Location: Chicago, IL Age: 20 Gender: Female |
| Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2007 9:54 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0 |
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mm.. if you guys want pictures of hong kong & macau..
I actually have quite a lot from my trip this past summer
they aren't as good as wujou_mao's
cause well.. my camera sucks uber...
it's like.. 5 years old? but either way...
as wujou_mao said... Hong Kong is truely westernized..
but I love hong kong >.<.. it's a beautiful city..
the shopping's great.. and the night life is crazy..
but yeah.. just lemme know if you want to see them...
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