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Weekly Travel Photo. Himalayas in Nepal

Vi — Fri, 11 Dec 2015 10:05:13 +0000

Today is International Mountain Day and Himalayas are the first thing comes in my mind then I think about mountains.

This picture was taken during my trekking Annapurnas Circle trail near Ghorepani (Ghode Pani).

It was Rhododendron blossom season and Dhaulagiri mountain was shining in the background. You stay for days the and observing this view.

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Weekly Travel Photo. Not everybody survive in Australian outback

Vi — Fri, 27 Nov 2015 13:43:10 +0000

I love Australian outback, because you can drive and don’t meet anybody all day long. Except this..

Outback, Western Australia

A lot of animals are killed by road trucks in Australian outback. Especially during early morning or late night. It is the time of the day when it is better don’t drive in outback.

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Weekly Travel Photo. Happy Easter

Vi — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 08:00:24 +0000

Easter Egg decorated by hot mud

It was couple years ago I was traveling in New Zealand. During Easter weekend I was visiting hot mud pool near Rotorua and because I didn’t have any decorated eggs for this occasion so decided to grab some mud from that pool and made my own decorations. That’s the result

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Weekly Travel Photo. Earth Hour in Sydney

Vi — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 13:00:03 +0000

Personally Earth Hour is one of most excited events in Sydney. Six years ago Earth Hour started in Sydney and last year more than 6000 cities and towns in 135 countries worldwide switched off their lights for Earth Hour.

Sydney CBD before and during Earth Hour

This year 150 countries are joining. Are you turning off your lights during Earth Hour tomorrow?
Above photo was taken in 2008 in Sydney where everything started and this year hopefully even less lights were visible.

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Weekly Travel Photo. Rain forest near Lake Marian

Vi — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 15:07:28 +0000

Rain forest near Lake Marian in Fiordland National Park, New Zealand

On your hike to Lake Marian you will need to pass this beautiful rain forest.

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Weekly Travel Photo. With love from Kimberley

Vi — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 22:33:05 +0000

Kimberly region in North of Western Australia is still to be discovered by mass tourism. But for now people can enjoy emptiness of this area with so many things to see.

Heart shaped island in Argyle lake in Kimberley, Western Australia

This photo was take during my flight over Lake Argyle from Kununurra to famous Bungle Bungle. There are a lot of islands in the lake, but this heart shaped island was most beautiful from above and Valentine’s Day I think the best day to post it. Happy Valentine’s Day!

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Weekly Travel Photo. Tulips festival in Canberra

Vi — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 18:24:36 +0000

Spring is coming to Australia and Floriade the best place to celebrate it.

Tulipa Hamilton

You can see there over one million flowers in bloom in Canberra’s Commonwealth Park. The entry is free and it runs for 30 days from mid September to mid October.

Floriade in Commonwealth Park in Canberra, Australia

It is very colorful festival and you can come and visit it from your ski trip to Australian Snowy Mountains if you are catching last snow in the mountains.

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iPhone 5 is not ready for travelers yet

Vi — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 14:52:20 +0000

This week latest iPhone 5 will become available for public and the first time I am thinking about buying smart phone. Yes, I still don”t have neither iPhone, neither Samsung Galaxy as I didn’t want to waste my time everyday by looking where to charge that smart phone. Up to now I was happy with simple cellular phone without any advanced features with standby time for two weeks.

Thought during one of my last trips to London Olympic Games I started to think about smart phone purchase. It was so many information online: games schedules and results, available tickets, traffic information, sightseeing routes and etc. I could carry laptop or iPad, but I like to keep my backpack very light and smart phone would be perfect choice. Of course such events like London Olympics doesn’t happen very often and I still could survive without any smart phone, but features of the latest iPhone 5 made me think again. May be I should get one?

I am not keen to share on social networks (aka twitter, facebook or google+) my current location and all activities I am doing at the moment as I think it is not safe, so didn’t have smart phone up to now, but three features of iPhone 5 interested me:

iPhone 5 has improved iSight camera and with new A6 chip it will capture photos quicker. The new panorama feature lets you shoot up to an impressive 240 degrees high-resolution panorama up to 28 megapixels. New camera with improved video stabilization helps record stunning 1080p HD video. This camera won’t change my Canon DSLR, but I really started to think iPhone 5 could be replacement of my P&S camera.

Apple ditched Google Maps and introduced its own Apple Maps application. It is new product and still there are no reviews, but I hope it will be good and will require less bandwidth. Maps application is done in partnership with TomTom know as world’s leading supplier of location and navigation products and services.
Passbook application is the most interested new application in latest iOS 6. In the middle of this year Apple announced its Passbook program which could replace all tickets and gift cards in your wallet. But most importantly it can store your boarding passes, so you won’t need seek printer during your travels.
With Passbook, you can scan your iPhone to check in for a flight. Wake your iPhone and passes appear on your Lock screen at the appropriate time and place when you reach the airport. If your departure gate changes after you’ve checked in for your flight, Passbook will alert you to make sure you’re not relaxing in the wrong terminal. This application seems will be irreplaceable companion for a lot of frequent travelers. Of course it will take some time until major airlines adopt this technology. American Airlines, Delta, United and Virgin airlines are among the early partners and hopefully other will follow.

Will I buy iPhone 5 tomorrow when the phone will be released at Apple store? I am not sure yet. I probably will wait for more reviews of all these application I am interested in, but I feel I will buy one at the end.

UPDATE Sep 21

It seems travellers should wait with purchase of new iPhone, as there are lot of problems with their mapping application. You can check some reviews here and here. Surprisingly bad quality of satellite shots and it give wrong directions.

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Weekly Travel Photo. Sydney Opera House

Vi — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 12:07:07 +0000

Just recently I found out about “the top 100 wonders of the world” – ranked by Howard Hillman. It is interesting website as you can find some many places you have never been yet. I decided to check my photo albums and to publish pictures of top places I already visited.

Sydney Opera House, Australia

Surprisingly Sydney Opera House didn’t make top 100 or world wanders, but is definitely would be in my top 10 Australian wanders. May be I should start my own list
This photo was taken during Sydney Vivid festival when sales of Opera House a lighted in different colorful projections. It is one of must see event in Australia.

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