30-03-2016 - Chinatown Kuala Lumpur

Today i went to Chinatown in Kuala Lumpur with a friend. He showed me some nice temples. There was one Chinese temple… Very old, it doesn’t look like the temples we mostly known. Was so nice he showed me this! And we had a lunch in a restaurant, most people will think: Are you gonna eat there? YES i do, and it was delicious what we ordered.

There the images in order: Chinatown market, Lunchtime, Sri Mahamariamman Temple, Grandi Temple, A shop to get spices and the wonderful Sze Yah Temple.

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30-03-2016 - Ramayana Cave Kuala Lumpur

Here a 360° tour of the Ramayana Cave. Be patient. The file is 16Mb in size.

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29-03-2016 - Kuala Lumpur Country Side Tour

And today we did a Country Side Tour. Actually it was visiting Buta Cave and Royal Selangor Factory. From the last one i didn’t make images. It was so interesting what guide told me i was forgotten to make them… Finally the driver showed me a Chinese Temple. A nice one!

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29-03-2016 - Kuala Lumpur City Tour

Yesterday had my first tour with a personal driver. He tell me all the stories and bring me to the locations for that day. This guy is awesome! First he told me why all the girls walk like chickens. Because KFC is most favorite food in Malaysia now. And yes, when you look around lot of KFC advertising. But beside that he had also lot of interesting information of the locations. This guy works already 40 years in tourism as driver. I not gonna tell everything of the images.

 

• King’s Palace


• World War II Monument


• Independence Square (Merdeka Square)


• City Gallery (I LOVE KL)


• Chocolate tasting

 

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KL City Tour 2016

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27-03-2016 - Petronas Towers @ Night

2 x 5 Images ( -2, -1, 0, +1, +2) to create this Vectorama HDR version of the towers. Create the 2 HDR versions of he 2 images in AroraHDR and combine the 2 end results into AutoPano to stitch them together.  Fine-tune the image in Lightroom.

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27-03-2016 - Petronas Towers ART

Some other perspective views of the famous towers.

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25-03-2016 - Suria KLCC in 360°

If you want shop until you drop… Goto Suria KLCC Shopping mall. A huge area with over 400 shops. Food, drinks, Movie Theater, Directly above KLCC Station and LRT. When you here go outside to see the Petronas Towers.

Here some nice 360° images of this insane big shopping mall:

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24-03-2016 - Le Apple Boutique @ Kuala Lumpur in 360°

Yesterday arrived at my hotel “Le Apple Boutique” in Kuala Lumpur. Very nice hotel! And 5 minutes walk from the “Petronas Twin Towers”, 30 seconds  from “Avenue K Shopping mall”, 3 minutes from “Suria shopping mall”.

Here my room again in 360° image:

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23-03-2016 - Bye Bye Patong Thailand

It’s a sad moment. I will leave Patong, Phuket now. Been here for 4 weeks, and within those week i had a good time. Seen lots of culture, lots of new things and most of the time see the beach and feel the sun shine on me… But the day is come that i will fly to Kuala Lumpur now,  new destination with new things to explore. I’m also gonna see a friend. Chat with him already sinds juli 2014 and now finally we gonna meet.

Phuket was nice, Patong was busy, lots of tourism but after couple of days you get used to it. Tried many different Thai Food! The people are very kind and will help you where they can do. Sometimes you see tourists who don’t have any respect and thats sad. The people here try to get most out of it for a great holiday for the visitor. And when they don’t get any respect back… makes me sad.

The local people i know now, woman who makes every day a fruit shake at the beach, a guy who makes pancakes with fruit, The guys from the parasol and matt. Called them the 100b guys. A Parasol was 100Bath. Then the 2 friendly persons from the restaurantl.  The helpers in FamilyMart. Also the guy from Pharmacy who take me inside at moment i got a blackout on the streets and give me the medicine so im feel great day later already! Thanks for that! Finally… the massage guys. After 4 days told them all i’m gay and goto the gay massage ar “The Royal Paradise” complex. After that they make lot of funny jokes and still scream to me “MASSAGE” with a big smile.

I will gonna miss you all, and all of you asked me if i will come back… After writing this blog i have feeling that it will happen for sure. Thailand, you people have taken my heart and give me a wonderful time

ขอบคุณ (Thanks YOU!)

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21-03-2016 - Crab on beach

I walked yesterday morning on the beach, as every morning … Always see tiny crabs running for their life into their holes in the sand. But yesterday saw a crab running to the water, and when the sand is soft he hide himself into the sand. A man walked by and stand his feet directly on the spot where this little crab was hiding himself.

The crab wont come back on surface… At that point i’m was thinking: How many little crabs are hiding for us in the sand, and will die because people walk on the sand as well. Poor little creatures, they try to survive but don’t know that will die anyway. Or they have luck and nobody will stand on the same spot so the crab can go back into the sea when its safe….

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18-03-2016 - Snorkeling Ko Phi Phi

This video was recorded last week, now its done and finally uploaded correctly. Click right below to change the quality to higher setting for sharper video!

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17-03-2016 - Sea Cave Canoeing / VIP area

This was really a great experience! The guy who did the actual canoeing for us told me that the water around the rocks is 1 meter deep. He showed us also a place where not many people come. He called it “VIP area”. It was very nice!!! less people, lots of great images. The guy called himself “Men” or something like that. Men thank you to show is this beautiful place!

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17-03-2016 - Buddha / Monkey Cave

A wonderful cave with a gold plated buddha is laying and monkey’s walk freely around the area!

You can see some white spots in the image, when you click on it you goto other part of cave. Or click on the red location points on the map!

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13-03-2016 - Mangroves Phuket

A 360° image of the mangroves in Phuket. It was a very dry season so we didn’t see it all. But the impression is nice!

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12-03-2016 - Bamboo - Mosquito - Phi Phi - Maya

Less text lot of images !!! It was great yesterday !!! Went with a boat to the islands, nice crew on board and after visiting the first snorkeling we had lunch and was  very good! Weather was nice, sea was quiet so had a great time yesterday.

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10-03-2016 - Phuket Sightseeing

It was a long day… Mini-van in, Mini-van out. Walking around for 10 or 20 min then back in the mini-van. Here the list of all destinations:

Kata View Point

Elephant trekking

Monkey Show *

Snake Show *

Big Buddha

Chalong Temple

Cashew Nut Factory

Canoeing Around Mangroves

Bang Pae Waterfall *

Chinese Temple

Most of them where nice to see. Some i din’t like. The money show and Snake show. It seems that the animals like it…. but no. Every hour a person make the snakes angry or afraid to show the tourist how they react. That is not Entertainment. Show a video with this, then walk around and tell something about these snakes.  Later the day we went to the Waterfall and Gibbon Project. Gibbon Project is to get Gibbons who used for tourism industry. Strange that earlier the day you see a monkey show, and later the day a rescue project for Gibbons.

For a visual idea of this Sightseeing see the images. Oh and I don’t have images for the 2 shows, principles:

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08-03-2016 - Back to 26 December 2004

Suddenly on the beach i remembered something… Why didn’t i see anything about this moment. Nothing… But it happend, Patong was also hit by the tsunami disaster in 2004. There is nothing left thats remember that moment. I checked out and some people told me that it was almost gone in 2005. I don’t go make a whole story about it, we all know what happend that day. But it’s a strange feeling at that moment when you think back what we all have seen on TV, hear on radio, all the amateur video’s on youtube… And now i walking here around and there is nothing left that reflect back to 26 December 2004. Here some images of Patong beach after the disaster.

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07-03-2016 - Food poisoning

Its happend…. got food poisoning. Damn what a hell. Spuw and diarrhea … Sleep al day and try to drink water all the time but my body says no…. And spit it out again. After a long sleep i tried it again, yes the water was accepted! Now i have to go out for some food… Went out to “Familymart” but there it goes badly wrong. Saw stars, saw black and when i went outside i got my “blackout”. A pharmacy worker saw it happen en took me inside. Directly he take all the medicine i needed. Explain everything and advised me what to eat.

I went to the restaurant next to pharmacy and got some soup. But my body says no again. I felt horrible again and took the soup with me to my room. Again went to sleep. Today i was planning for excursion but im not going. Feel to weak. Hope this all will end soon, so i can enjoy my stay in Patong…

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05-03-2016 - Relaxing Patong and new things

Here some photo’s (snapshots) created with iPhone 6s. After the weekend i will goto some excursions :

07-03-2016 – Mosquito Island, Bamboo Island, Maya Bay, Ko Phi Phi, Loh Samah Bay, Pilat Cave and Viking Cave

09-03-2016 – Kata View Point, Elephant Trekking, Orchid Farm, Big Buddha, Chalon Temple, Cashew Nut Factory, Canoeing Around Mangroves, Bang Pae Waterfall, Visit Gibbon and Chinese Temple

14- 03-2016 – Thai Cook Class, learn how too cook Thai

16-03-2016 – Monkey Cave, Phang-Nga Pier, James Bond Island, Khao Ping Kan and Sea Cave canoeing at Talu Island

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02-03-2016 - Patong Beach, Thailand 360°

So finally have a nice 360° image of the beach of Patong. You see its not crowed with people. Most of the tourists here are Russian and People from Scandinavian. Sometimes you hear French and i didn’t hear any Dutch.

Every day i goto the beach for some hours and rent a bed include a parasol for 100 Bath (2,60 euro) for a whole day. Around 13:00 i walk to the boulevard and there are the street food motorbikes again. Buy some nice lunch an walk back. Have a nice view with nice food and even more nice weather. Even Patong is very touristic its nice.

Maybe i will move to Kata Beach for 1 week, seems a beautifull beach as well and always good to see other locations.

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01-03-2016 - Patong by Night

So this evening i went to the streets where it all happen, drinks, beer, shots, ladies, boy’s ,food on the streets … you name it and you will find it here. On every meter they try you to get into their bar and have some drinks. On every corner you see a group of ladies for a massage… At “The Paradise Complex” you see the lady boy’s, and the gays walking around.

Near the beach you will find many restaurants and food on the streets. This is always so difficult, because the food on streets is do delicious but mostly fish, chicken, beef, or something between, without vegetables… When you goto restaurant you will get everything, but its more expensive.

I have made some images only for a little impression what you can expect here:

01-03-2016 - Patong by Night>

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