Mandalay From Kalaw I would move on to Mandalay, where I have the most interesting encounter with a trishaw driver, Mr Win Tin. Mr Win Tin offered to drive me around Mandalay. I told him I would get him to give me a ride down to U Bein Bridge in the afternoon if he was [...]
Inle Lake I was glad I visited the Golden Rock temple and happily I set off for my ride back to Bago (K2500) the next morning. This was the start of a backbreaking 16 hours bus journey to Inle Lake via Bago. I paid and another 500 Kyats to upgrade my [...]
The introduction of budget airlines has driven many travellers to Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos. Myanmar is still considered as an exotic holiday destination to many. It is the same reason why I decided to visit Myanmar as a solo independent traveller.
Somehow the Panasonic Lumix LX3 did not come with a hot shoe cover. Not critical as I never had one for my other cameras. Seeing one being sold for almost US$10 made me wonder how could I make one for myself. In the end, I made one using a bottle cap of a 1.5l Coke bottle. The thickness [...]
I have been using the LX3 for the past 3 weeks and pretty happy with its performance. Its small form factor allow me to have it on me all the time during my recent trip to Japan. I experimented with the various mode like the iA, Scene, Aperture Priority and Shutter Priority. I found the [...]
I had been staying put from making camera purchases for the past few years, preferring to shoot with what I already owned. My main camera is a coming to 5 years old Nikon D70 DSLR. Two years ago, I already noticed the Panasonic Lumix DMC LX1 but in the end I did not purchase it [...]
This trip to Malacca was made together with a few friends and I had earlier bought the coach tickets at $18 for a seat on Super VIP 26 seaters coach and one bottle mineral bottle free. I stayed at BaBa House the 2 previous times at Malacca and this time I decided to stay at [...]
I owned a few vintage Olympus rangefinder like the 35 EC and was pleasantly surprised when I read that Olympus is launching a rangefinder style digital camera – the Olympus PEN EP1. Olympus PEN EP1 What makes the EP1 different from the other digital cameras is that is interchangeable. From the photos from the Internet, it seems to [...]