Midweek Snapshot

Rich, Colourful Melaka – A Photo Essay

Rich, Colourful Melaka – A Photo Essay

By | September 20, 2011 at 6:55 pm | One comment

  Melaka Photo Essay Melaka is a popular tourist destination in Malaysia. It has everything. Fantastic food, gorgeous buildings, colourful sights, and a long history. Melaka is also very easy to reach from the capital of Kuala Lumpur. Colourful Melaka was listed as a...

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Midweek Snapshot – Lone Cypress tree – California August 2010

Midweek Snapshot – Lone Cypress tree – California August 2010

By | September 13, 2011 at 7:11 pm | 3 comments

By James CookThere is a famous drive you can do in California called the 17 mile drive. Despite the name it is only 9.5 miles long. The drive takes you between a perfectly manicured golf course and the fierce Pacific ocean, the contrast between the 2 is prehaps one of the...

Posted in: Midweek Snapshot, North America, Photos, USA

Midweek Snapshot – Petronas Towers Day And Night – August 2011

Midweek Snapshot – Petronas Towers Day And Night – August 2011

By | August 23, 2011 at 7:32 pm | 2 comments

By Jade Johnston Petronas Towers - Day and Night The petronas towers are hands down, the symbol of Kuala Lumpur, if not for all of Malaysia. I'm pretty sure that everyone would recognize these iconic buildings, even if you did not realize they were located in...

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Midweek Snapshot – Zebra – May 2010

Midweek Snapshot – Zebra – May 2010

By | August 16, 2011 at 7:20 pm | 2 comments

By James CookUp until last week the Zebra was my favorite animal. When I was in Zimbabwe their were a lot of Zebra. Thus I learnt a lot of Zebra facts.Fact 1: Each Zebra has an individual patturn. Much like our fingerprints no 2 Zebra are identical!Fact 2: A Zebra foal...

Posted in: Africa, Animal Encounters, James, Midweek Snapshot, Photos, Zimbabwe

Midweek Snapshot : Bergamo, Italy 2007

Midweek Snapshot : Bergamo, Italy 2007

By | July 26, 2011 at 6:14 pm | No comments

By Jade Johnston We flew into Bergamo - the closest Ryan Air airport to Milan. The town is small and charming and we decided to spend some time there before heading to metropolitan Milan. Bergamo's old town is built up the sides of a large hill. From this vantage...

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Midweek Snapshot – The Tree – Zimbabwe, May 2011

Midweek Snapshot – The Tree – Zimbabwe, May 2011

By | July 19, 2011 at 6:56 pm | No comments

By James CookWhen I was in Zimbabwe we used to drive past a particular tree on the way to and from the conservation work each day. The tree was dead and looked like it had been there...

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Midweek Snapshot – Zimbabwe, May 2010

Midweek Snapshot – Zimbabwe, May 2010

By | July 12, 2011 at 7:06 pm | 2 comments

By James CookThis is a Sable Antelope. This Sable is a fully matured male. You can tell this by his distinctive black pelt, thick muscular build and an impressive set of horns. He was the bull of the herd having exiled all the other males when they reached adolescence.The...

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Midweek Snapshot – Fez, Morocco 2007

Midweek Snapshot – Fez, Morocco 2007

By | July 6, 2011 at 7:16 am | No comments

By Jade Johnston Moroccan Tanneries In between study periods at the Danish university I attended, my fellow female adventurer (Mel) and I went off to Morocco for a short holiday. Flights were cheap on Ryanair, and we needed a break from the winter. We arrived...

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Midweek Snapshot – Zimbabwe 2010

Midweek Snapshot – Zimbabwe 2010

By | June 29, 2011 at 8:46 am | No comments

By James CookI managed to get this picture of a female giraffe on my 3rd day in Zimbabwe whilst getting my bearings of the ranch that was to be my home for 6...

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Midweek Snapshot : Norway 2006

Midweek Snapshot : Norway 2006

By | June 22, 2011 at 7:02 am | No comments

By Jade JohnstonThis photo, taken from the window of a moving train with a little borrowed Canon power shot highlights what I came to love in Norway. The dramatic landscape. We took a day long train journey from the capital of Oslo in the east to the city of Bergen in the...

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