When I finally had an opportunity to visit Penang for the first time, Cheong Fatt Tze mansion automatically popped-up in my mind. It was the first item in my must-visit list. The building was recently named one of the world’s 10 greatest mansions and grand houses by popular travel guide Lonely Planet. It was just one of the many accolades [...]

The lighthouse was built in 1907 and has two levels. The lower part consists of twirled steel stairs from bottom to top. At the top level there is a big rounded light bulb. They lit the bulb from 7pm to 6am the next morning. The light from the light house act as a signal to ships passing through the Malacca [...]

This is a new landmark in Kota Bharu, Kelantan – Menara Tinjau Tambatan D’Raja. Menara Tinjau means observation tower in English, and ‘Tambatan D’Raja’ is the original name of the place where the tower is being built. It was located at the river bank of Kelantan River, near the historical Padang Merdeka at the heart of Kota Bharu town. At [...]

Celebrating and supporting #FriFotos hashtag in Twitter, here’s my photo for this edition’s ‘monumental’ theme Captain Francis Light was the founder of the British colony of Penang (in modern-day Malaysia) and its capital George Town in 1786 – source: Wikipedia

I first stumbled upon these identical bicycles, parked nicely in front of Hauptbahnhof train station during my first visit to Frankfurt. It’s actually a common sight at strategic locations in the city centre. You can see people peddling almost anywhere and anytime here. The bicycles are for rent and provided by a bike-for-rent companies. Some of these companies provide call-for-rent [...]

This is the scenery that you will get from a balcony of a room in Celyn Resort Kinabalu. The resort is just a touch away (borrowing words from it’s website) from the majestic Mount Kinabalu, Sabah in East Malaysia or Borneo. I was so lucky to capture this moment during my short one night stay here. When I checked in [...]

There are not many places in the world where you can find street tailors. But here in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, you can find them just outside the popular Filipino Market plying their trade with the old sewing machine.