Trip to Tai O
Today we took another trip to Tai O on Lantau – the strange village on stilts.
Travelogue
I’m seldom more than a few metres from a camera and I generally have one in my pocket, bag or car. These are a few snaps from my various travels.
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Mid Levels and The Peak
Decided to wander up the Mid Levels Escalators on Hong Kong Island. This took us to Mid Levels and then caught the tram to The Peak.
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Trip to Shatin
Wandered across to Kowloon today, then up to City One Shatin. I also took a some snaps of a few of the “10,000 Buddhas”, on the way.
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Wandering around Mui Wo
Spent the day wandering around Mui Wo, on Lantau, Hong Kong.
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Mui Wo brushfire
Today we had a fairly big brushfire up in the Mui-Wo Hills. A helicopter carrying a large bucket of water was dispatched to put out the fire, along with several fire engines. The helicopter, tail number B-HRN is a Eurocopter AS-332L2 Super Puma Mk2, owned by the Hong Hong government. More about this aircraft https://airport-data.com/aircraft/B-HRN
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Hong Kong Train Museum and Shatin
Wandered up to the Hong Kong Train museum, took a few snaps then went on to City One Shatin.
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Tai O
Today we took a ride to the strange seaside community of Tai O in Lantau, one of Hong Kong’s Outer Islands. It is famous for its stilt houses, canals and waterways, seafood and street snacks.
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Lantau and Po Lin Monastery
Today we enjoyed a pleasant cable car ride in Lantau, Hong Kong up to the Po Lin Monastery and the Giant Buddha.
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Kowloon and Central at night
Spent the late afternoon and evening wandering around Kowloon and Central, Hong Kong.
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Chueng Chau in the Outer Islands
Today we enjoyed a pleasant boat ride to Chueng Chau, in Hong Kong’s Outer Islands.
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Kowloon and Central Hong Kong
Just spent a pleasant afternoon wandering around Kowloon and Central, Hong Kong.
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Hong Kong in the Rain
Spent the afternoon wandering around Hong Kong in the rain. Despite the gloomy skies and the poor light, it still manages to be such a strangely photogenic city.
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Heathrow Airport
Just a few idle snaps as we wandered around Heathrow as we waited for our plane to Hong Kong.
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Southampton Common in the Snow
There was an unusually heavy fall of snow overnight. So I thought I would wander across to the Common and grab a few snaps.
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Pécs TV Torony
Another pilgrimage to the top of one of my favourite places: the observation platform on the 197 metre Pécs TV Torony. It is currently the tallest building in Hungary. Built between 1968 an 1973, It stands atop the Misina peak of the Mecsek mountain (elevation: 535 metres). Links More information:- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A9cs_TV_Tower geo URI:- geo:46.0991139292,18.2201324318
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Pécs
Some Autumnal snaps of the beautiful Hungarian city of Pécs
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Langley Tavern and Lepe Beach
Went out to the New Forest to visit my mother, in the little red MX5. While we were there, I took the opportunity top gather some images of Lepe Beach and the now dilapidated Langley Tavern. I also took a few snaps of my shiny new Eton S350DL multiband radio.
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Day trip to Brighton
A day trip to the beautiful seaside town of Brighton. I actually went there to visit a new client. Fortunately the meeting did not take long so I spent the rest of the days taking pictures with a Fuju S9600 Bridge camera.
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Southampton Common
Another walk across Southampton Common, camera in hand
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New Forest
Just taken the MX5 for a little spin across the New Forest. Naturally, we made plenty of stops for photos.
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New Forest Otter Sanctuary
Today we took a road trip to the Otter Sanctuary near Longdown in the New Forest.
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Road trip to Shoreham
I arranged to meet up with an on-line photographer friend in Shoreham, in Sussex. I had arrange to collect a pair of fluorescent plat-panel continuous studio lights from him. I decided to make a few stops en route and grab a few snaps. For some strange reason, large, out-of-place structures always seem to interest me….
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Hungarian rebels against the “Microsoft Tax”
[Reproduced from DEOSS ] Seems that Micro$haft’s corporate enslavement permeates far beyond the English-speaking world. A long and complex legal battle is currently raging in the former Eastern Bloc state of Hungary. APEH (the Hungarian Tax Office) has decided that all Hungarian businesses now have to submit their tax returns on-line. This would not be…
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A few more winter snaps of Pécs
Been working on the computer and experimenting with my Icom IC-R20 radio scanner for a couple of days. So I thought it was time to get some fresh air, and perhaps take some more pictures of a snow-covered Pécs, Hungary.
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New Years Day in Pécs
Spent Christmas with my girlfriend’s folks and it snowed quite hard. So I thought I’d get out and grab a few snaps of Pécs before it melts.
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New Years Eve in Pécs, Hungary
Just spent a very cold and snowy New Years Eve in Pécs, Hungary.
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Winter in Pécs, Hungary
Winter in Pécs, Hungary. Spent the day wandering around the town and doing a bit of shopping in Árkád – the main shopping centre. And of course, taking lots of photos.
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Christmas in Pécs
Spending Christmas and New Yerwith my girlfriend’s folks in Christmas in Pécs, Hungary. Spent most of today in the town, wading through the snow and drinking hot coffee and brandy in a café.
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Go Trabi Go!
I found myself at the 50th Anniversary Trabifest in Zwickau in the former East Germany. I’m not sure if I fully understand the enthusiasm for these funny little cars – though I did find myself becoming bitten by the bug. I guess there is a large cultural element to this phenomenon. It seems the humble…
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Summer in Pécs, Hungary
Summer in Pécs, Hungary. Trip to Tetye to meet Charles Barca, the guy behind Black Panther Linux.
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Riddings Drop-in and Lincoln Cathedral
Yesterday we drove to Lincoln to meet Robert Simpson, the guy behind the the Riddings Drop in Centre internet café. Today we had a day off, time to take some snaps of the beautiful Lincoln Cathedral.
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A cyber café for thirty quid? Farcical or feasible?
“10 pc Cybercafé for 30ukp!!!!” was the triumphant claim of a recent post on the Puppy Linux users forum… http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?search_id=326686869&t=12714 Thirty pounds sterling is about fifty US dollars – not a lot of money. Needless to say my colleagues and I were intrigued and perhaps even a tad sceptical. More intriguing was the claim that…
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Wales
While I am in Wales, I thought I’d drive an extra few km to see my uncle in Brechfa.
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Welsh Rally
A trip to photograph the Welsh Rally courtesy of Duncan Woods at Taran Microsystems.
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A wander through Shirley, Southampton
Today I took a wander through the Southampton suburb of Shirley, mostly to photograph the graffiti in a little alley called Harrison’s Cut. The artwork is actually quite stunning in places, though I don’t suppose the homeowners are terribly happy about it. I used my new Lumix DMC-LX1 point-and-shoot digital camera. Considering its diminutive size,…
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Jules Holland on Southampton Common
Jules Holland and UB40 performed on the Common this evening. So I wandered across to take a few snaps.
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Pécs Organ Factory
Today, I was fortunate enough to be invited to the Pécs Organ Factory, to take some pictures of the very fine work that goes on there.
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Trip from Mui Wo to Cheung Chau
Today we took a boat trip from from Mui Wo to Cheung Chau, and had a bit of a wander.
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A few snaps around Mui Wo
A few snaps around Mui Wo, the massive bike sheds and some of the vessels that dock there.
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Lin Po and the Giant Buddha
I eas feeling particularly poorly today. Do I gave my girlfriend my camera and sent her off to take a few snaps of the Giant Buddha nest to Lin Po monastery, high up in he Lantau hills.
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Hotel Palatinus, Pécs, Hungary
Wandered into Pécs town again today and took a few snaps. In particular I wanted to grab a few images of Pécs’ very stylish Hotel Palatinus just as the lights come on. Located a few metres from the town centre, and set back a little from the main thoroughfare, Kyraly Utca, it is easy to…
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Traubisoda
Traubi or traubisoda is a brand of soft drink flavoured with grape juice. It is produced in Hungary, Austria and Croatia. Before 1995, in Hungary, it was made by a factory called Traubi Hungaria located in the village of Balatonvilágos. The company produces the drink from a special type of Hungarian grapes, called saszla. The…
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Walking back to Pécs through the snow
Walking back to Pécs through the snow. Today, even the rougher prts of town have a strange beauty, now they’re covered with snow.
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Batthyány Kastélyszálló in the snow
Girlfriend and I stayed overnight at the Batthyány Kastélyszálló, a few kilometres from Pécs. Interesting place – it was lovely outside, but a bit rough inside, with plaster literally peeling off the walls. Still, it was good fun.
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Pécs after a snowfall
The Hungarian city of Pécs shortly after a snowfall.
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Szombathely to see a ring flash
Today we visited Hungary’s 10th largest city, Szombathely, to visit a chap who has invented a rather nifty LED ring flash unit.
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Bonfire
Bonfire in the garden, a little fiercer than expected. Fortunately no harm was done and it burnt itself out very quickly.
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Day trip to London
Day trip to London to see the lights..
