Asian Vacation Destination and Travel Reviews
Asia is a fantastic varied place with many wonderful vacation destinations. Here are some ideas, reviews, travel tips advice and recommendations and photographs of my experiences from my many trips there:
Monkeys and rain forests in Borneo; Komodo Dragons in Indonesia; Tigers and Marharaja's Palaces in India; a wealth of ancient treasures in China and huge crocodiles in Australia.
Please also see my Asian Photo Gallery
And my Asian Hotel Recommendations...
Asia: Table of Contents
- Komodo Dragons in Indonesia
- Map of Asia
- Borneo Jungle Adventure
- Guidebooks
- Australia
- Hotels in India
- Asian Travel and Photography Lenses
- Asia Stuff on CafePress
- Indian Tiger Safari
- Essential photography equipment
- Exploring China
- Thailand
- Asian Travel and Related Articles
- Some of my other lenses
- Your Favourite Vacation Destinations in Asia
- Twitter Follow AndyPo
- Zazzle Gallery: Asian Photos
- Asian Photo Gallery
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- About Me
Komodo Dragons in Indonesia
Komodo National Park is a fascinating place, with barren, desolate features and the rare, slow lumbering giant lizards that most people go there to see. These endangered animals live on a small group of islands between Sumbawa and Flores in the Indonesian archipelago. The two biggest islands in the National Park are Komodo and Rinca.
The dragons, which are a kind of monitor lizard, grow up to 10 feet long and can move surprisingly fast, easily out running a human. They wander freely around the islands and can even swim between them, but so far only one tourist has been eaten, although a few of the villagers have had injuries.
These huge monitor lizards only live on this small cluster of islands and although there are other big monitors elsewhere in the world, none are as impressive as these ten foot long powerful beasts, especially when viewed on these desolate prehistoric islands.
Full Article: Komodo Dragons in Indonesia
Borneo Jungle Adventure
Borneo is a wonderful place to go for wildlife photography. The wide variety of primates make excellent subjects for photographs, but the lighting is difficult in the jungles and the monkeys tend to be high up in the canopy, making long lenses essential. If you are using film, you will need hugh ASA film a lot of the time. For digital photography a good quality DSLR would be required.
Here is my artlicle about my experiences in the rain forests of borneo including a selection of the photographs:
Borneo Jungle Adventure
Guidebooks
Asia: a guide to books for children
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ASIA: A GUIDE TO BASIC BOOKS
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Travels in South Asia: A selected and annotated bibliography of guide-books and travel-books on South Asia
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Australia
Australia's unique flora, fauna and landscapes make it a fantastic destination for any wildlife and nature enthusiast, whether you are a keen hiker or just enjoy driving while viewing beautiful scenery. For people with less interest in nature and the outdoors there is also the culture of the major cities, aborigine art and culture and the beaches or diving.
This article is about the vertical route through Australia, going north from Sydney to Darwin via the Red Centre; tips about where to go, things to see and some photographs.
Route: Sydney, fly to Alice Springs, drive to Uluru (Ayres Rock) in the "Red Centre" and fly to Darwin for a bit of crocodile spotting in Kakadu.
Read Full Article Here
Hotels in India
India is a huge, fascinating country, with a long and interesting history and a wonderful variety of architectural and natural attractions. It would take many months of traveling to comprehensively explore India, but it is also possible to get a good insight into some of the history and culture in just two weeks tour of northern India, visiting some of the popular and famous attractions. There are many stunningly extravagant palaces which have been converted into luxury hotels which are interesting to visit in their own right, but make splendid places to stay while touring.This article is about my travel recommendations for northern India, from my experiences of vacations and business in India, with particular emphasis on some of the fantastic marharaga's palaces that are now some of the best hotels in the world.
Full Article Here
Asian Travel and Photography Lenses
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Sepilok Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre, Borneo
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The Sepilok Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre in Borneo is a sanctuary for orphan orang utans; It helps to train previously captive or orphaned orangutans ready for a life in the wild. Sepilok Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre is located in the Sabah d...
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Rajasthan Tigers. Indian Safari
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Ranthambore National Park has been a tiger reserve since Project Tiger started in 1972 and was formerly the hunting ground of the Maharajas of Jaipur in Eastern Rajasthan. It is now one of the best places to see Tigers in India, although a sighting...
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Wildlife and Nature Photography
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Asian Hotel Reviews
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Here is a selection of hotel reviews, travel tips and advice from my many trips to Asia: Borneo, China, India, Malyasia, Hong Kong etc. from luxury hotels, such as the Intercontinental in Hong Kong and Sofitel Hyland in Shanghai to more basic guesth...
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Worldwide Travel Photography
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This article is about travel-photography all over the world including Brazil, China, Peru, USA, Canada, UK, Morocco, Mexico, Egypt, India, Thailand. I have published several travel photography articles, which I have listed below with some of the ph...
Asia Stuff on CafePress
Indian Tiger Safari
Ranthambore National Park has been a tiger reserve since Project Tiger started in 1972 and was formerly the hunting ground of the Maharajas of Jaipur in Eastern Rajasthan. It is now one of the best places to see Tigers in India, although a sighting is far from guaranteed, as I found out. There is also a lot of other flora and fauna to see and wonderful luxurious campsites in which to stay.
Read Full Article Here
Essential photography equipment
I have written a more detailed recommendation of cameras here:
Nikon DSLR Cameras
I have also written a review of the best digital compact cameras:
digital compact cameras
but here is some good kit:
Nikon D300s 12MP CMOS Digital SLR Camera (Body Only)
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Nikon D700 12.1MP Digital SLR Camera (Body Only)
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Nikon D90 Digital SLR Camera Body + Nikon 18-200mm VR II Lens + 16GB Memory Card + Nikon EN-EL3e Battery + Case + Cameta Bonus Accessory Kit
Amazon Price: $1,519.95 (as of 12/25/2009)
Nikon D3000 10.2MP Digital SLR Camera Body (Outfit Box)
Amazon Price: $374.95 (as of 12/25/2009)
Exploring China
China is a fascinating place for a vacation. It is developing fast with some cities, such as Shanghai and Beijing very modern while others are still traditional and apparently unchanged for centuries. It is a country of contrast, with some wonderful sights such as the Great Wall and Terracotta Army. This article is all about these and some more obscure places that I visited on my very extensive itinerary.
Read the full China article here...
Thailand
Thailand is a wonderful vacation destination with amazing sights from the architectural beauty and lively nightlife of Bangkok to the jungles and trekking opportunities near Chang Mai and beach resorts on the many islands - the most famous of which is probably Ko Samui.
Please see my full Thailand article here...
Asian Travel and Related Articles
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Maharajas' Palace Hotels in India
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India is a huge, fascinating country, with a long and interesting history and a wonderful variety of architectural and natural attractions. It would take many months of traveling to comprehensively explore India, but it is also possible to get a goo...
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Exploring China: Beijing, Shanghai, Pingyao
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China is a fascinating place for a vacation. It is developing fast with some cities, such as Shanghai and Beijing very modern while others are still traditional and apparently unchanged for centuries. It is a country of contrast, with some wonderful...
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Australian Vacation, Sydney to Darwin
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Australia's unique flora, fauna and landscapes make it a fantastic destination for any wildlife and nature enthusiast, whether you are a keen hiker or just enjoy driving while viewing beautiful scenery. For people with less interest in nature an...
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Lensography Retire Young and Travel The World...
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The Rain Forests of Borneo
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Borneo, in Southeast Asia, is a beautiful country with unique wildlife. It is home to the illusive orangutan, proboscis monkey, Bornean clouded leopard and many other endangered species. It is a wonderful destination for more adventurous travelers, b...
Some of my other lenses
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Wildlife and Nature Photography
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Wildlife Photography from all over the world: I have been travelling the world taking photographs of animals and nature for many years, so here are some of my photographs and some of my experiences, travel tips, recommendations and advice. I have w...
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Worldwide Travel Photography
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This article is about travel-photography all over the world including Brazil, China, Peru, USA, Canada, UK, Morocco, Mexico, Egypt, India, Thailand. I have published several travel photography articles, which I have listed below with some of the ph...
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Rajasthan Tigers. Indian Safari
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Ranthambore National Park has been a tiger reserve since Project Tiger started in 1972 and was formerly the hunting ground of the Maharajas of Jaipur in Eastern Rajasthan. It is now one of the best places to see Tigers in India, although a sighting...
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Thailand - Culture, Beaches and Jungle Trekking
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- poddys poddys Jun 7, 2009 @ 8:54 pm
- Nice lens,m you have done some great travelling. Love the photos. 5*****
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- ElizabethJeanAllen ElizabethJeanAllen Jan 20, 2009 @ 7:52 pm
- I would love to see the monkey's but I'm not sure I want to come face-to-face with a Komodo Dragon.
Great lens
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- JustBon-Crochet-Designs JustBon-Crochet-Designs Jan 19, 2009 @ 9:41 pm
- Lovin' the pictures :)
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- debnet debnet Jan 17, 2009 @ 11:36 am
- Superb ;)
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- KimGiancaterino KimGiancaterino Jan 17, 2009 @ 12:26 am
- Great photos... Welcome to All Things Travel.
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- Rewards4life Rewards4life Jan 16, 2009 @ 9:47 am
- Again, great lens and wonderful photographs!
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- Sylviane_Nuccio Sylviane_Nuccio Jan 15, 2009 @ 7:46 pm
- those dragons are really walking fossils aren't they?
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- nightbear nightbear Jan 15, 2009 @ 7:15 pm
- oooohhh the dragon is really scarey, Wonderful lens.
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- BigGirlBlue BigGirlBlue Jan 15, 2009 @ 12:40 pm
- I love giraffes. The Smithsonian magazine had a nice feature on them a few months ago. They are amazing creatures.
There is something prehistoric (and scary) about Komodos. :)
I think an Asian adventure would be great fun.
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- Jewelsofawe Jewelsofawe Jan 15, 2009 @ 12:36 pm
- I love giraffes! That picture of giraffes is so cool!
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