But nonetheless, I had an awesome experience learning some of the history of Cambodia, climbing temple ruins, taking challenging photos and talking to the friendly locals. Not a place I would visit again, but ultimately unique and refreshing.
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Friday, 6 January 2012
Cambodia... inspired??
Recently I just came back from Siem Reap Cambodia waiting to get inspired. But guess what, I got close to non. Well, honestly I was not very thrilled at staring at carved rocks assembled to look like a building... formally known as temples. I think I'm biased towards nature... sorry Angkor Wat. But no doubt I was able to capture the contrast of structure and nature... In my photos, the ruins were not the main focus, but the interaction of hard, cold rocks with nature through the lenses created an almost unexplainable beauty.The pic below is taken at sunrise at Angkor Wat. I'll share more in future posts.
But nonetheless, I had an awesome experience learning some of the history of Cambodia, climbing temple ruins, taking challenging photos and talking to the friendly locals. Not a place I would visit again, but ultimately unique and refreshing.
But nonetheless, I had an awesome experience learning some of the history of Cambodia, climbing temple ruins, taking challenging photos and talking to the friendly locals. Not a place I would visit again, but ultimately unique and refreshing.
Tuesday, 20 September 2011
Mount Rinjani, Lombok
Ok so I've works inspired by Rinjani and just in case some of you are wondering what it is, I've decided to spill some information.
Source from:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Rinjani
Mount Rinjani or Gunung Rinjani is an active volcano in Indonesia on the island of Lombok. Administratively the mountain is in the Regency of North Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara (Indonesian: Nusa Tenggara Barat, NTB). It rises to 3,726 metres (12,224 ft), making it the second highest volcano in Indonesia.[
It takes a minimum of 3 days 2 nights up and down. This picture is taken just about est 150 meters below the summit. I was already drained, exhausted and freezing to death (this is well due to "unprepared-ness", should have brought gloves and proper insulation. Oh well,,, I'm a dumb city kid okay..). We were woken up at about 3 am at the base camp to climb to summit to catch the sunrise. The climb was treacherous as you were climbing in the dark with only headlamps, following the guide, I thought the climb was not that scary until I had to balance myself against a rock wall and happened to look down. I could not see ground with the headlamp. But when the sun started to rise, with the astounding view, all the efforts is well worth.
This was taken at our last base camp at the other side of the rim. The climb to this place is way worse than the previous climb. I actually thought in the naive city kid mind of mine, the climb won't get any worse after the summit climbs. Man, I was wrong. By this time, my feet were sore as hell and had a strain on my left hip that I can't lift my left leg. Has to use a stick to substitute for that.
But all in all, Rinjani an experience I'll never forget. Peace.
Source from:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Rinjani
Mount Rinjani or Gunung Rinjani is an active volcano in Indonesia on the island of Lombok. Administratively the mountain is in the Regency of North Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara (Indonesian: Nusa Tenggara Barat, NTB). It rises to 3,726 metres (12,224 ft), making it the second highest volcano in Indonesia.[
It takes a minimum of 3 days 2 nights up and down. This picture is taken just about est 150 meters below the summit. I was already drained, exhausted and freezing to death (this is well due to "unprepared-ness", should have brought gloves and proper insulation. Oh well,,, I'm a dumb city kid okay..). We were woken up at about 3 am at the base camp to climb to summit to catch the sunrise. The climb was treacherous as you were climbing in the dark with only headlamps, following the guide, I thought the climb was not that scary until I had to balance myself against a rock wall and happened to look down. I could not see ground with the headlamp. But when the sun started to rise, with the astounding view, all the efforts is well worth.
This was taken at our last base camp at the other side of the rim. The climb to this place is way worse than the previous climb. I actually thought in the naive city kid mind of mine, the climb won't get any worse after the summit climbs. Man, I was wrong. By this time, my feet were sore as hell and had a strain on my left hip that I can't lift my left leg. Has to use a stick to substitute for that.
But all in all, Rinjani an experience I'll never forget. Peace.
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