Travel
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam Schiphol
Schiphol Airport is arguably one of the world’s best airports. It’s huge, well-planned, spacious, and has every possible facility you can think of for an airport, including a mini museum — the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam Schiphol. The museum, which features over 400 17th century masterpieces, presents a new exhibition three times a year. The current exhibition … Continue reading
How To Survive Air Travel With Infants & Small Children
My children have been lucky enough to have started flying since they were very young. Thus, even though I’m not an expert on the subject, I have a number of tips to share with you that will help you survive that first flight — and other succeeding flights — with your little one. • Ear … Continue reading
Mt. Bromo – One Of The World’s Most Ethereal Landscapes
Preface: I wrote an article about Mt. Bromo in 2008 and had delusions of getting it published, so I sent it to AirAsia’s in-flight magazine, Travel3Sixty, and put off posting anything about my Surabaya trip in my blog in the hopes that AirAsia would like the article enough to publish it. (I thought the article … Continue reading
Tangkuban Parahu Revisited With My D90
My first visit to Tangkuban Parahu, a volcano in Bandung, Indonesia, was in March this year together with the whole family. Noticing how, after sitting near the volcanic steam, all our sinuses cleared up after that trip, we decided to make a second visit to the volcano last weekend. This time around, I went with … Continue reading
D90 Video Of Eggs Being Boiled In A Volcano’s Crater
As fellow married-to-Malaysian-Filipina-mother-and-photographer Stephanie (except that she’s a much better photographer than me) commented in my previous post, the Nikon D90 has yet another nifty feature — video mode. With sound, of course. The main drawback is that it doesn’t focus automatically so you have to be a bit careful with it and not treat … Continue reading
