The Cube

My friend tagged me over in Facebook on this Nature Photography Challenge which I thought why not put up some photos here too, lol.. maximising on this since I have already grabbed some photos off the HDD. There's no brilliant scientific reason as to why the photos were selected or in the order that I posted.

Anyway, the idea is is to post one photo (past or present) a day for 7 days and tag a new friend each day to pass this along. The idea is to flood Facebook with beautiful photo of nature.

Day 1: 
Asahidake 旭岳, Hokkaido, Japan (2012)


Day 2: 
Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA (2011)


Day 3:
Tanah Lot, Bali, Indonesia (2008)


Day 4:
Song Kul, Kyrgyzstan (2015)


Day 5: 
Kravice, Bosnia Herzegovina (2014)


Day 6: 
Mount Cook, New Zealand (2013)


Day 7: 
River Cave, Jenolan, NSW, Australia (2014)



Side note: Alright, got to stop procrastinating!

Yes - this is the photo of the blog banner

The scenery changes and the temperature dropped the further we were away from Kochkor. I might be bias here but really, this place is absolutely stunning. So I'm going to play cheat and just put up some photos for this post.














Side note: 48 sleeps to Christmas! Lol

In my earlier post, I mentioned that Lake Tekapo is the second largest of three roughly parallel lakes running north-south. Lake Pukaki is the largest. The last is Ohau. This lake, likewise Lake Tekapo has a distinctive blue colour, thanks the glacial feed from particles from glaciers.



It was quite a sight, the road from Lake Tekapo to Mount Cook. We were not able to secure any accommodation in Mount Cook, so it was a long drive day. From Lake Tekapo, detour to Mount Cook and all the way to Wanaka for overnight.

Beautiful scenaries are part of the attraction for road trips in New Zealand. In fact, we were often distracted and stopped many times to take photos along the way.

Sis dropped her phone on one of our stops, and only realised  the following stop. We turned back and Lady Luck smiled upon us. She found her phone, amongst the little rocks and grass.

As there were many photos taken at our very-frequent-stops, this is a post on some of them. :)

I have been back in Sydney for at two months, so this was overdue for at least 60 days.

The old Pudu jail (or Pudu Prison), or what is left, the wall had been broken down despite it could be very much considered a heritage despite one could argue for the wrong reason.



Under the monorail track, near Hang Tuah station.



The twin towers which most try to have a piece of the view from their home, so one could view those fireworks without leaving the comfort of home.



And this... long overdue, Happy 2012 :)




Side note: Will have to try the ramen again another time. Sux

After stuffing myself silly the day before, it was time to do a road trip out of Vegas. I really anticipated this part of the trip, it was at least something not in the city.


Though I have high tendency to doze off while on the trip, there were still times that I was awake.


As I looked at the blue sky... suddenly a certain song came to mind, something along the line, "I wonder how, I wonder why, Yesterday you told me 'bout the blue blue sky..." I don't think there's any link to anything just the word "blue blue sky" :P

I thought the cloud looked like a wolf?

Hmm.. just for the fun of it, a few more pictures :)






Side note: TGIF!

A brief stop at a station in Nagoya. Shots from shinkansen :)









Side note: Have to start hitting the books again. Haih...

Taken through the window from the hotel room, with the lights off. :)


Side note: New year resolutions? Ummm

Magnificent view greeted us every morning when we were in Tokyo, specifically Shinjuku. From level 42, 3 big windows with curtains that could be controlled by a button by the bedside.

the Cocoon Tokyo, a good landmark :)

looking straight down from 42nd floor

Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building. A huge, huge building.

A garden in the midst of the concrete buildings. As we did not notice the garden the day before due to rainy weather, it felt like the garden pops out overnight!

Side note: The tour guide said hi. LOL..