S.E.A Aquarium Sentosa Sep 15 2012 Sunday

Nice wall murals of colorful species of fishes

Sri Lanka Stilt fishermen

The jelly fish does its own dance much to the amusement of the on lookers 

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I flipped the image horizontal to get the lettering right way up.

Face-on look

You can literally sit there for hours watching the fishes and follow the manta rays

Colorful little fishes

The fish more than dwarfed the handheld camera phone on the left.

The world largest acrylic viewing panel

Manta ray steals the thunder

Octopus seating like a king.

Noah's ark - the chinese version 

Flipped the image to be laterally correct lettering. This is National Pass Time - Queuing up! PCF Family fun day - entrance to the SEA only $10 cheap cheap. 

Kaleidoscope entrance

Yishun Park again

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Rambai fruiting. 

Beach walking distance from Sea and Sand hotel , Hoi An

Beaches and the single star Red Flag

Bondai Vietnam???  Where is the life guards

Beach photographer looking for  clients

Beach view

In the coconut shades

Fully clothed and one with cap

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Quell eggs and a little package of salt and the usual ice coffee

Zooming in testing ...

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zoom in further reveal the little rock

Hoi An : Night fall and no tripod

Hoi An at night   On the first nite we ere shocked that getting into this UNESCO cultural region need to folk out 12,00 dong per person.  We came back the 2nd nite and walked in free this time.

Lanterns .... 

Attracted by the stain pattern on the wall

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Art gallery shop

Nice faces

Young girls selling candles floats near the temple entry.

Candle floats for you to lowered onto the river. The Thais does the same ritual too.

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Vietnam - Danang - Hue - Hoi An - Cu Lao Cham

Cu Lao Cham from the air - its easy to ID the islands as there are very few islands on eastern coast of Danang - Hoi An. 

First meal - Mi Quang noodle dish eat with  sesame cracker  bean sprout / banana flower slices 

Caffeine overdose.  Each glass came with ice and very little volume of coffee on top with condensed milk bottom.

This is the light green liquid distilled from plant and smell strongly of eucalyptus. If you know the name of this plant source let me know.

The familiar Rubus sps. You can find similar ones in Mt Kinabalu, Cameron highland Mt Belinchang.

This is the plant they distilled and sell in a bottle. Many such stalls lined the road. DO you know this name?

Distiller in action

Nhin tudeo Hai Van

Deo Hai Van Pass - Man at work

Deo Van Hai Pass

Close up view of the Chinese characters.

Familiar parasite climber seen here too.

Close up of the anchor all rusted and frailed.

We hired a motor boat to tour a short distance  of the Cu Lao Cham islands.

Pulai flower with burnt sugar fragrance. A small cluster outside our Sea and Sand Hotel, Hoi an. I read somewhere this flowers ever bloomed in rows  profusely in Ho Chi Minh with overwhelming smell. I failed to locate them in last trip. If you have any information please contact me.

Banana flower at chop sticks end.

Deo Hai Van pass. GPS indicated we had climbed 480m. Nice scenery from the look out point here and i have a chance to look at the flora too.

Deo Hai Van Pass. The steep drive to the top offer excellent view of the surrounding area.

Temple, Guan yin statue , rice field and cows of Cu Lao Cham island.