maya beach, thailand

I have forgotten about blogging for a while.. below a couple of pics from our recent trip
to Thailand. If anybody watched "The Beach" with Leo Di Caprio, then that's the one..
I tried to avoid tourists to give an impression that's it was not as crowded as it was in reality..
Anyway, amazing place..

random series.........

city lights

backstage

forget about the beach.. the island may show its different face just behind the corner: four random shots.
that's all folks, next batch from hk...

boat station three

palmus pospolitus

"Arecaceae - Palm or Palmae or Panamea, the palm family, is a family of flowering plants belonging to the monocot order,
Arecales. There are roughly 202 currently known genera with around 2600 species, most of which are restricted to tropical,
subtropical, and warm temperate climates." Wiki

BOBracay

"Sun is shining, the weather is sweet
Make you want to move your dancing feet
To the rescue, here I am
Want you to know ya, where I stand"

More pics at: bendorf's photos on Flickr

manila favorites..

these ones have had the most views and comments in my flickr photostream..
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manila: part II

this time a b&w batch to make it more realistic and bring some stronger contrast..

manila: part I

welcome to streets of Manila.. the pics below present a very biased view since I was looking for some interesting
subjects and it may leave you with a wrong impression.. in fact, the city itself has been recently developing very fast and
some of its areas remind more of hk central than a ghetto.. but this is much more interesting, isn't it?

More pics at: bendorf's photos on Flickr