Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Monday, April 13, 2009

Scenes from the shore



Just some random pictures each with a story to tell but am just lazy to put the words through my fingers.

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Hot air balloon

Skimming the skies by hot air. A lot of fun which could either be therapeutic or scary but quite some work is involved before we can get to the fun part.

Arrival on site. Wide open spaces is essential.

Testing your propulsion system, err just like turning on your kitchen stove to make sure its alight and there's fire to heat the air that will carry you up.

Lay out the huge balloon and blow air into it using a fan - or you could try huffing and puffing into it...

Once the balloon took shape, put the vent cover in place.

Make sure the vent cover is securely in place.

Check and double check and start the flame to heat up the air. Lighter hot air will rise...

See, its rising and starts to climb vertically up. All aboard, well two or maybe three thin persons.

And we are up...

... and away.

Pulau Kapas - Keeping it clean




There seems to be a good system of maintaining the waste from the island. Garbage boats (as opposed to garbage truck - duhhh) come and takes it all away. If only the visitors (some) were more conscious as there were food wrappings left indiscriminately on the beach. Idiots.