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 [...]

Apparently, the Pinoys team Richard Hardin and Richard Herrera, fondly called ‘The Riches’ were US100,000 richer by winning The Amazing Race Asia Season 4 (TARA4). The finale was telecast last night on Malaysia’s AXN Channel 701. This is the first time a team from Philippines won the race. The previous editions have been won by teams from Malaysia, Hong Kong [...]

Melaka River Cruise may not be as popular as Venice River Cruise, but if you happened to be in Melaka, the historical city of Malaysia, it’s definitely one of the must-do activity. It’s also one of the best way to explore the heritage trails along the Melaka River which include the famous red-painted heritage building – The Stadthuys. Melaka itself [...]

The picture above is a common sight around 1.30 pm – 2.00 pm on Fridays at Masjid India mosque at Jalan Masjid India in Kuala Lumpur. Exactly after noon every Friday, Muslims men will flock to mosque to perform a weekly Friday prayer. Masjid India is one of the mosques that is strategically located at the heart of Kuala Lumpur [...]

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.

The first photo above (Take 1) was taken during my trip to London 2 years ago. It was the famous horse guard of Buckingham Palace in London – the famous red-shirted, with the Bearskin Cap that the guard wear. They were so iconic that you may probably seen them in live, on TV, magazine, books or the web. Little did [...]