Thursday, June 05, 2008
Guntersville, AL
The Tennessee River from the back of the Top o' the River restaurant in Guntersville on a hot and humid evening.
Sunday, May 11, 2008
Zurich, Switzerland
Taken from the shores of the river Limmat, we see St. Peter’s Church on the right. St Peter's is the oldest parish church in Zurich, founded in the early 7th century. It has the largest clock face in Europe, added in 1534 (8.7 m / 28.5 ft in diameter).
Thursday, May 08, 2008
Lake Tata
During this trip to Hungary I stayed in Tata, about an hour's drive from Budapest. Tata is a beautiful old city. This is the largest of two lakes in the area.
Friday, April 18, 2008
New Phuket Friends
Long Tail Boat
These boats are traditional Thai boats used for fishing etc. Note the long prop shaft in the back connected to a big motor just behind the captain. We took a boat like this to our dive sites an hour or so away from Kamala Beach.
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Phuket, Thailand

Spent 5 days in the sun in Phuket at the Kamala Beach Resort. Went scuba diving on a sunken tin mining ship wreck and on the coral reef. Very hot with days exceeding 35C. Cold Singha beer seems to be a good antidote!
Saturday, March 08, 2008
Snowy Owl
I stood next to this owl to have my picture taken, and although he never moved, I was afraid the whole time he'd turn on me and bite my ear off!
Fire Breathing
Dancers in Malaysian native costumes put on a great show including dance, acrobatics, and theater at the Singapore Night Safari - a night-time zoo that's unique in the world.
Saturday, January 12, 2008
Tokyo, Japan
On my way from Singapore to Huntsville, I extended my stopover in Tokyo to a full day and took a guided tour of the city. Here we see a large area of downtown Tokyo from the Tokyo Tower. The 332.6-meter-tall (1,091 ft) orange and white lattice tower is the tallest self-supporting structure in the world, the tallest artificial structure in Japan and the 11th tallest tower in the world.
Saturday, December 29, 2007
Diving in Cuba
This photo was taken as I emerged from a cave during a dive just outside Varadero. The next day we went diving on a sunken ship wreck in the Bay of Pigs.
Friday, December 28, 2007
Monday, December 24, 2007
Saturday, November 17, 2007
Singapore Flyer
View of Singapore from the 61st floor of the Swissotel. In the background on the shore of the South China Sea is the Singapore flyer, a ferris wheel under construction and built larger than the ferris wheel on Canary Wharf in London
Saturday, November 03, 2007
Damai Beach Resort

Native Dances
Sarawak Cultural Village

Sunday, October 28, 2007
Semenggoh Wildlife Centre
Sunday, September 16, 2007
Berjaya Times Square
Shopping in Kuala Lumpur
Saturday, September 15, 2007
Petronas Twin Towers
Independence Square
Kuala Lumpur War Memorial
The King's Palace
Urban Rain Forest
The Menara - Kuala Lumpur
Saturday, August 18, 2007
Rome from the Cupola
The Pieta
I spent a lot of time inside the Basilica and took a lot of photos, but the most memorable of all that I saw was the Pieta. It is one of Michaelangelo's early works and it has been criticized for imbalanced proportions, lack of boldness, etc. But I think it is one of the most beautiful things I have ever seen. Too bad it's behind glass and kind of far away.
St. Peter's Basilica
The Spanish Steps
I don't know why they felt compelled to erect a billboard blocking out the view of the old church in the background. There is a famous fountain at street level in front of the steps which I mistook for the Trevi fountain. However I thought the Trevi fountain was much bigger. Well I was right, and so now I have to go back to Rome to see the real Trevi fountain! Next time I'll buy a guide book!!
Rome
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
Back in Kuching
Saturday, August 11, 2007
Inside the Temple
The altar shown here is in a huge room, whose walls are lined with row upon row of tiny Buddha statues in various poses, each with it's own light. You can see some of them along the walls in the background. I didn't count them all but there could easily be 10,000. I wonder which monk has to keep changing all the light bulbs that burn out!!
The Temple of 10,000 Buddhas
While in Hong Kong, I took the train to Sha Tin and the monastery of the Temple of 10,000 Buddhas. The monastery is high up on a hill with over 400 steps to climb. Along both sides of the stairway are life size Buddha statues painted gold with colourful accents. There were a few hundred and more on the other path which I took down the mountain, but I couldn't figure out where the 10,000 came from. Here we see the entrance to the temple.
Hong Kong
A force 3 typhoon dumped a lot of rain on Hong Kong the weekend I was there. I still managed to see almost everything I wanted to see. I took the inclined tram up to the famous peak, but saw nothing of the city below as we were literally in the clouds.
This view of Hong Kong from Kowloon was taken a few hundred feet from my hotel just before I took the ferry boat on the left over to Hong Kong.
Sunday, July 08, 2007
Sentosa Island Merlion
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