Thursday, October 1, 2009
Monday, July 27, 2009
Sunday, July 26, 2009
Summer 2009 - Europe 1
We arrived in France on 22nd July for our summer vacation. We took delivery of the rental car in the CDG airport, it was a brand new merc B class. It took almost one hour to arrange the luggage in the car, at the end all fit wells.
The car is with automatic transmission and with GPS, driving is fun.
We made a couple of stop in the parking and service area along the road before we reach Lyon. Price of stuffs in these service area is at a premium; a small bottle of soft drinks is 12x the price in Oman.
View from one of the parking area.
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Chili's in Muscat City Centre
One of our favorite restaurant in Muscat.
Half portion Ribs with Fries
Grilled Salmon with Rice
Fresh strawberry with lemonade
Friday, July 10, 2009
More gears!
Somehow before any vacations, I had to spend more on my photography gear. This time i bought 2 lens & GPS geotagging device.
During this coming summer vacation, we are planning to do a bit of traveling; so i bought a geotag device - Gisteq PhotoTrackr Lite. I've been experimenting using my Garmin and Nokia E71 for geotagging my photo but the process was time consuming. Maybe i'll do a post on this item later.
I've sold my EF-S 10 - 22 because i'm using 5D Mark II more often than the 30D, the choice for wide angle is between the 17 - 40 f/4 L or 16 - 35 f/2.8 L. Based on my expected usage, I've bought the 17 - 40. Actually the main factor was the price; it was almost half of the 16 - 35!
Photo at 17 mm
Rather than saving the difference on the price of the 1st lens, i spend it on a 50 mm prime. I've tried the 50 mm 1.2L and the 1.8 version and decided to get the 1.4 version.
Some photos taken in low light.
Monday, June 22, 2009
Our Egypt Vacation - Day 7 & 8 - Cairo
On day 7, we were back in Cairo; visiting the Cairo Museum, where the high light were the King Tutankhamun treasures and the Mummies. No camera was allowed inside the museum although there were plenty of handphone camera.
We also did a quick walk about in Coptic Cairo before visiting Al Azhar Mosque and Khan Al Khalili.
Somehow the kids knew that we'll be flying on the next day and posing with the arms out!
Friday, June 19, 2009
Our Egypt Vacation - Day 6 - Karnak & Luxor Temple
It was after mid-day that we checked out from the cruise boat. The kids were groaning when they heard about the next 2 places to be visited - more temples. They gladly stayed back in the van while we did a quick tour around the Karnak Temple.
After lunch, we visited the Luxor Temple. This time, the children agreed to walk around the temple and as usual it's all running around, finding secret door and some hip hop or is it kung fu dancing.
Friday, June 12, 2009
Our Egypt Vacation - Day 6 - Hot Air Ballon
Day 6 started very early for everybody,it was for a hot air ballon trip. We were on the 2nd flight and our departure point depended on where the 1st flight landed. The weather was good and there was enough visibility to see the far away area.
The flight took approximately 45 minutes and we flew over the city and landed closed to a housing area. We drove back to the cruise boat for a breakfast and checked out in the afternoon.
Sleepy faces watching the hot air ballon
Plenty of ballons
Lift off
View of the Valley of the Kings
Luxor city view
My promo shot
Landed shot
Wrapped up
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Our Egypt Vacation - Day 5 - Dancer
On day 5, the cruise boat organized a show of Sufi dancing and belly dancing. The Sufi dancer was impressive with all those fast spinning moves.
Warming up
Some serious spinning
Super serious spinning
More serious spinning
Tourist from China with the belly dancer
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