Many people I have spoken to about my trip have questions and misconceptions about Singapore so here’s a brief introduction. The word ‘Singapore’ is used to denote both the country and the city. It is a separate independent country located on an island approximately 35 x 15 miles, close to the Southern tip of …
The following pictures were mainly taken around the Marlborough School campus where I was staying. They were taken with my Olympus mirrorless camera equipped with a 300mm (600mm – 35mm camera equivalent) lens. It’s quite difficult to hold steady but is particularly useful for insects close-ups, where a macro lens setup would require the …
My son Jon and I took off for a two day trip to the town of Malacca (Malay spelling – Melaka). The town has an interesting history, situated at the narrowest point of the Malacca Straits between Malaya and Sumatra, Indonesia. It had the benefit of a sheltered harbor and a prime position relative …
I spent a day visiting two small National Parks in Malaysia, ‘Pulau Kukup Johor’ on an island west of the busy fishing village of Kukup and ‘Tanjung Piai’ located on the southern tip of Malaysia. Also I visited the ‘Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve’ in Singapore. All three were mangrove swamp wetlands which reminded me …
[Apologies for the previous ‘blank’ post notification, finger trouble on my part, no doubt jet-lag induced] My middle son Jon and his wife Claire are teachers and have been teaching in Thailand, Bahrain and Malaysia for the last 20 years. Their current school, Marlborough School Malaysia, is a boarding school strongly linked with the …