Likas Seascape From High Up
Posted in Beaches, Photography, Places, Seaside, Travel, Weather, tagged Kota Kinabalu, Likas, Likas Bay on November 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Posted in Art, Divine, Entertainments, Happenings, Inspirational & tranquility, Landmark, Pantai, Photography, Places, Seaside, Travel, Weather, tagged Kota Kinabalu, jesselton Point, Tanjung Lipat, Borneo, Photography, Watercolour Painting, Brush Painting, Photograph, Camera, D-SLR, Aquarelle on November 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Such Stuff As Dreams Are Made On
Oui! Aquarelle.
Let’s talk about camera, the D-SLR type. Now and then, it does give rise to an illusory image in a shot-visual. When it does, it drives me into a psychotic tailspin.
Wait a minute! I’ve got to get a hold of myself. Ahhh….. such is life’s big mystery.
Posted in Photography, Places, Seaside, Travel, tagged Semporna on November 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Going Japanese
Semporna on the cheap. Then you get a bland, plain and simple scenery. It does pay to be rich, you know.
Posted in Angler, Birds, Fishing, Photography, Places, Seaside, Travel, tagged Bird, Birdwatching, Black Morph, Dark Egret, Dark Morph, Egret, KK Esplanade, Pacific Reef Egret, Tanjung Lipat on October 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Non-Discriminatory Transformer- The Dark Morph Egret
Pacific Reef Heron is a bird species commonly found in the coastal areas of Sabah. On any given day you are bound to encounter them traversing across the sea coasts on their way to fish-hunting trips.
Posted in Pantai, Photography, Places, Seaside, Sports, Travel, tagged Canoe, Kayak, Kayaking, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Sea kayaking, Sports on October 12, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Eskimo In A Tropical Sea
Come & try this recreational sport. I did.
Posted in Animal, Beaches, Pantai, Photography, Places, Resort, Seaside, Travel, Zoo, tagged Animals, Asian Elephants, Bathing the elephants, Borneo Elephants, Elephants, Elephants in the sea, Lok Kawi Wildlife Park, Rasa Ria, Rasa Ria Resort, Tuaran on October 8, 2009 | Comments Off
And The Elephants Went In Two By Two
These are supposedly Borneo elephants.
Posted in Inspirational & tranquility, Photography, Places, Resort, Seaside, Travel, tagged KK City Waterfront, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Seascape, Wawasan Plaza on October 7, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Now You See It, Now You Don’t
That…. is the story of my life. Here begins the journey of the ever changing KK city landscape.
Posted in Beaches, Pantai, Photography, Places, Resort, Seaside, Travel, tagged Karambunai, Kota Kinabalu, Port, Sabah, Sebangar Bay, Water Villages on October 4, 2009 | Comments Off
A Bay With A Naval Base & Water Villages & Container Port & Oil Terminal
Sebangar Bay, such a mish-mash of a jamboree. Anywhere else in the world has got such a mixed-up place?
Posted in Art, Beaches, Dance, Divine, Entertainments, Festive Season, Fishing, Happenings, Living, Museum, Nostalgia, Pantai, Photography, Places, Seaside, Travel, tagged Bajau, Lepa, Lepa Pasil, Regatta Lepa, Sea Gypsies, Semporna on October 2, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Sailing the Seven Seas With the Gypsies
Lepa is often associated with the Regatta Lepa that will burst into life in the water of Semporna with a glittering multicolour extravaganza every April month.
Posted in Angler, Birds, Eqyptian, Fishing, Photography, Places, Seaside, Travel, tagged Birdwatching, Birds, Likas Lagoon, Birds of Borneo, Heron, Purple Heron, Pterodactyl on September 30, 2009 | Comments Off
Walk Like An Egyptian
Observe closely the next time when a heron is wading through a shallow pool of water in a swamp ferreting for its next big catch. You will soon catch the meaning of ”Walk Like An Egyptian”.
Posted in Pantai, Photography, Places, Resort, Seaside, Sports, Travel, tagged KK Yacht Club, Kota Kinabalu, Sailing on September 23, 2009 | 2 Comments »
The Recreational Sport of the Nouveau Riche
Posted in Angler, Birds, Fishing, Pantai, Places, Seaside, Sports, Travel, tagged Bird of Prey, Bird-watching, Birds, Birds of Borneo, Eagle, Eagle Fishing on September 17, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Angling For A Catch
“Like a fish out of water” couldn’t be more apt and just about describes the angling expedition by the eagle captured here.
Posted in Beaches, Pantai, Places, Resort, Seaside, Travel, tagged Beach, Beach Resort on September 13, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Sweet Dreams Are Made of This
It would, indeed, have been a “Dream Paradise” had the beach been taken more care of and cow poops are nowhere to be in sight. This resort has fallen by the wayside. A dream that failed to come true.
Posted in Beaches, Hotel, Pantai, Places, Resort, Seaside, Travel, tagged Beach, Dalit beach, Pantai, Pantai Dalit, Rasa Ria Resort, Shangri-la, Shangri-la resort, Tuaran on September 8, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The Untouchable Beach
Dalit Beach- aptly named as such.
Your attention is drawn to the fact: this is a private beach as access to it is through a private resort property- Rasa Ria Resort (Shagri-la Hotel Resort)
Posted in Art, Beaches, Divine, Happenings, Inspirational & tranquility, Pantai, Photography, Places, Seaside, Travel, tagged Golden Sunset, Jesselton, jesselton Point, Kota Kinabalu, North Borneo, Sunset on September 3, 2009 | Comments Off
Golden City in the Middle Earth
Could this be an illusory image from the Fantasy-land?
Be assured that this is no illusion.
Posted in Beaches, Landmark, Pantai, Photography, Places, Resort, Seaside, Travel, tagged dragon Inn, Regatta Lepa, Seaside resort, Semporna, Sipadan on August 26, 2009 | Comments Off
A Perfect Getaway
Perfect! Just perfect! Who am I to disagree if the local Bajau say so?
Posted in Beaches, Landmark, Park, Photography, Places, Seaside, Travel, tagged Jesselton, jesselton Point, KK By the Sea, Kota Kinabalu, Mount Kinabalu, North Borneo, Panoramic View of kota kinabalu, Tour of Kota Kinabalu on August 20, 2009 | Comments Off
A Sojourn Down Costa del KK
A tour of Kota Kinabalu by the sea in a Mediterranean sort of way.
Pix 1: from left to right
Gaya Centre, Wisma Sabah, Wisma Merdeka, Hyatt Hotel & Wisma Yakim
Invariably at some point during your sojourn in Sabah, you will embark on an excursion to the tropical islands that are dotted [...]
Posted in Divine, Happenings, Inspirational & tranquility, Photography, Places, Seaside, Travel, tagged Dusk, Marathon Man, Sunset, Tanjung Lipat, Twilight on August 19, 2009 | Comments Off
Dusky “Marathon Man“
Posted in Angler, Art, Beaches, Birds, Divine, Entertainments, Fishing, Happenings, Pantai, Park, Photography, Places, Seaside, Travel, Wonderment, tagged Bird, Birdwatching, kamikaze, KK Esplanade, Plumge diving, Seabird, Tern on August 16, 2009 | Comments Off
Kamikaze!
The Divine Wind
To say I was shell-shocked is to put it lightly. But stunned I truly was by the sight of the Kamikaze’s suicidal mission.
But it was fun and hilarious to watch the Kamikaze diving into the sea to catch its prey.
Posted in Beaches, Divine, Happenings, Photography, Places, Seaside, Travel, tagged Kota Kinabalu, North Borneo, Sabah, Seaside, Seaside resort, Sunset, Sutera Harbour, Twilight, Twilight time on August 13, 2009 | Comments Off
Together At last At Twilight Time
Well, not quite twilight time, but close. Still counts, doesn’t it?
Sutera Harbour is a private resort in Kota Kinabalu. It “may” be out of your league. Still, if you can afford it. Why not?
The sea is free though. I hope…..,……….
Posted in Art, Beaches, Pantai, Photography, Places, Seaside, Travel, tagged Kota Kinabalu, Photo, Photography, Tanjung Lipat on July 19, 2009 | Comments Off
Woh, I Am Going to Barbados
Have A Nice Weekend!
Posted in Landmark, Pantai, Photography, Places, Resort, Seaside, Travel, tagged Diving, Semporna on July 8, 2009 | 1 Comment »
A Sunset Dip
Semporna- that Divers’ Meeting Place before heading towards the Divers’ Paradise. Surprisingly, Semporna has now become kind of like an English seaside resort. But…………. everything comes to a halt after 10 pm. So, to bed we went. An early night, the first time in a long while.
What is there in Semporna, you may [...]
Posted in Birds, Fishing, Happenings, Photography, Places, Seaside, Travel, tagged Birds, Birdwatching, Egret, Egret Fishing, Fishing Trip, KK Esplanade, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Segama Waterfront on July 4, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Hook, Line and Sinker!
On one blue sunny day, came an egret on a fish-hunting trip ………..
KK Esplanade (alternatively referred to as Segama Waterfront) is the seabirds’ rich hunting-ground and playground. On any given day you may catch a bird or two flying past on their way to the Never-never-land. And if you get lucky, you may [...]
Posted in Photography, Places, Seaside, Travel, tagged jesselton Point, kota Kinabalu at Night, Night scene of kota Kinabalu on July 3, 2009 | 1 Comment »
When the Night Falls….
No, the wolves didn’t come out.
A stroll through Jesselton Point with the sea breeze beating down on your cheeks will make your journey to the Land Below the Wind a night to remember for.
Adios Amigos, and I bid you farewell!
Posted in Angler, Beaches, Landmark, Pantai, Places, River, Seaside, Travel, tagged Borneo Kelly Bays, Kelly Bays, Kellybays, Tuaran on May 13, 2009 | Comments Off
Keep the Dragon’s Tail At Bay
Kellybays, otherwise referred to as Bay of Dragon’s Tail in Chinese, has that sense of transcendental Shangrila sensational feeling to it, especailly when viewed through during the twilight hour.
Posted in Beaches, Landmark, Nostalgia, Pantai, Park, Places, Seaside, Travel, tagged Kota Kinabalu, Prince Philip Park, Tanjung Aru, Tanjung Aru Beach Park on May 1, 2009 | Comments Off
Take A Walk On The Wild Side
A much neglected, under-rated & under-maintained park in Kota Kinabalu. But, in my humble opinion, it’s wild and yet still the best park in the whole of Sabah. It is, I think, the first public park in Kota Kinabalu and was built to commemorate the Royal Visit to Sabah by [...]
Posted in Birds, Photography, Places, Seaside, Travel, tagged Birder, Birds, Birds of Borneo, Birdwatcher, Birdwatching, KK Esplanade, Kota Kinabalu, Likas Lagoon, Segama Waterfront on April 29, 2009 | Comments Off
Our Long Filamentous Feather Friends
The egret is one of the bird-species found in great numbers around the coasts of Sabah- North Borneo. Kota Kinabalu is home to the great egret family and they can be seen all year round, especially around the swampy areas or mangroves. From my expereince, the months of March & April see egrets gathering in greater [...]
Posted in Photography, Places, Seaside, Travel, tagged Kota Kinabalu, Tanjung Lipat, City Mosque, Likas Bay on April 25, 2009 | Comments Off
City Mosque By The Sea
Posted in Entertainments, Happenings, Photography, Places, Seaside, Travel, tagged Freedom of Entry to the City, KK Esplanade, Kota Kinabalu, Lowering of the Flag, Navy, Segama Waterfront, Sunset Ceremony on April 23, 2009 | Comments Off
Post Sunset Ceremony
Officially, it was to be a Sunset Ceremony by the Malaysian Navy at the KK Esplanade, but the sky was already pitch dark when the ceremony took place. I wonder how the organisers arrived at the sunset time? Scientifically or by instinct? According to my photo time info it was around 7:15pm when the lowering [...]
Posted in Birds, Entertainments, Happenings, Places, Seaside, Travel, tagged Freedom of Entry to the City, Happenings, Kota Kinabalu on April 22, 2009 | Comments Off
The Combats
This is the second part of the event “Freedom of Entry to the City”