Over the last couple of weeks I had the pleasure of catching up with relatives during a visit to Singapore and Sumatra. As always, the trip was fabulous and provided plenty of eye candy for a photographer. Needless to say we didn’t even come close to having enough time to do everything we wanted to do.

Aside from really enjoying catching up with relatives my highlights included:

• meeting a great number of rather interesting individuals in both Singapore and Sumatra
• being a guest of the Dutch ambassador and staying at the residence
• partaking in a cruisy sailing race near Singapore’s Changi airport
• laughing uncontrollably when witnessing the wild traffic in Medan
• shaking hands with semi-wild Orang Utans
• being challenged as a vegetarian in Sumatra (despite our very helpful guide’s efforts, there’s only so many omelettes one can eat)

Sailing near Changi airport.

Singapore architecture.

Singapore from above.

One of the friendly locals.

Lake Toba school kids enjoying themselves.

Of course, such a short write up doesn’t really do justice to the wonderful experiences I had along the way. Some of the extraordinary and incredible encounters along the way are well deserving of their own account. All the people, scenery, architecture and the myriad of photographic opportunities…

I shall return.

If you have cash to burn and are into showcasing your exuberant lifestyle, the French Riviera is for you. Seaside towns such as Port Grimaud & Saint-Tropez are especially popular with yachting enthusiasts. Don’t have your own yacht? No matter, you can always rent one for €60,000.00 to €525,000.00 p/w. Yes, per week (remember, you’re allowed to bring 12 guests).

Port Grimaud

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France, lovely France. It’s been a while, and I am pleased to once again cruise the little old streets armed with soft cheese and baguettes (stick bread). This time, I’m calling the Le Var region in southern France my temporary home.

Roquebrune-sur-Argens

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I’ve started my four-month overseas trip. Flew to Frankfurt via Taipei with China Airlines. Took the opportunity to snap a few images at both airports.

Taipei

With some time to kill while waiting for a transfer I ventured out to explore the airport and its stranded nomads. I came across a smoking lounge—resembling a trendy club with highly efficient air purifiers buzzing away.

Smoking Lounge, Taipei

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With my holidays wrapping up I’m now getting stuck into my work. It has been a fantastic month travelling. We managed to squeeze in a fair bit of sight seeing while not forgetting to relax and take it easy.

All in all, we covered about 4,000 km, took many pictures, had a lovely time filled with laughter, story telling and a few adventures thrown in for good measure.

We will certainly do this again. But next time we’ll be taking a 4WD, a roo bar and a satelite phone. We shall be limited by our imaginations only.

**note**
Holiday images have been processed on my laptop and came out quite flat looking. As soon as I see chance to work at my calibrated desktop I’ll reprocess them.