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by yololah
Posted on 11 May 201912 May 2019

1001 fairy tales of a fisherman – Sai Kung

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Posted on 6 May 20188 Nov 2018

Photo Gallery: Emerald Hill, Singapore

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Posted on 6 May 20187 May 2018

Photo Gallery: Penang Peranakan Mansion

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Posted on 3 May 20189 Nov 2018

Penang – a mix of roti and rice

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Posted on 1 May 201814 Oct 2018

Malayan matchmaker and stories from the Sireh box

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Posted on 4 Apr 20187 May 2018

Persian Gardens – paradise on earth

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Posted on 6 Mar 20181 Dec 2018

In every darkness, we see the light

by yololah
Posted on 6 Nov 20176 May 2018

Dil Ba Yoru; Dast Ba Kor

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Posted on 1 Nov 20177 Mar 2019

A bull can’t be blue

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Posted on 20 Oct 201717 Apr 2018

Re-blog: Ulysse Nardin limited edition watch honouring Zheng He

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Posted on 3 Aug 201620 Oct 2017

These Rings Have Tiny Forests Inside Of Them – via BuzzFeed

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Posted on 1 Aug 201617 Apr 2018

Yeepeng Lanna – A spiritual journey in Chiang Mai

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Photo gallery – Sweden and Norway

Lest we forget: Kranji War Memorial

Photo Gallery: Emerald Hill, Singapore

Photo Gallery: Penang Peranakan Mansion

Pyongyang Metro – an underground museum in DPRK

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Hello Bangalore. What a fantastic welcome you have put up for me. #halo #haloaroundthesun #bangalore #hellohalo

A beloved photo of me with a few days old lion cub at Kruger National Park in South Africa 🇿🇦 many years ago. The playful little fella gave me painful scratch, which I proudly wore as a souvenir for many days until it disappeared. One of the happiest memories spent listening to the lions roar in the night as I slept in the bush camp. #hakunamatata #kruger #safari #bushcamp #lioncub #🦁 #inthejunglethemightyjungle #🇿🇦

The bustle that is #Bombay. It is a city that lives and lets live. It has a place for all - the gods of #Bollywood, the sultans of #cricket, the business tycoons, the powerful elites, the politicians, communities from all over India, immigrants, daily wage earners and beggars who call the streets their home - each of them embrace life and everything it brings. No other city matches its vigour. I still call it Bombay. #Mumbai #Bombay #LiveAndLetLive #APlaceForAll

Knesset Eliyahoo #Synagogue in #Mumbai was built by Jacob ellias Sassoon and Albert Sassoon in the memory of their father Eliyahoo David Sassoon. Designed by Bombay architects Gostling and Morris it was completed in 1884. The synagogue was used by #Bombay’s Baghdadi and been #Israeli #Jewish community. David Sassoon (1792-1864) the founder of Sassoon dynasty arrived in india in 1828. Members of the Jewish community came to india between 1000-70 CE when the Temple of Jerusalem was destroyed by the Romans. There are three Jewish communities in India: Bene Jews, Cochin Jews and Baghdadi jews. Most Jews in india are #Bene Israel. Each group maintained their separate identities. Bene Israel were the most Indian in their attire.

May the wishes from the heart rise upto heaven . . #josssticks #saikung #prayers #🙏 #chinesetemple

For a fisherman 🎣, the fish 🐟 is his daily bread. Take that away and you take away not only his food, but his livelihood. . If a #fisherman were to be a storyteller, he would tell his children fairytales about flying fish, colourful corals, about faraway islands like #paradises, about glorious sunsets, and even #mermaids 🧜‍♀️. . Here in #saikung, the fishermen live humbly selling their catch and dried fish from their boats that become makeshift stalls. The #sea smells of saltiness, like their sweat, (and petrol) drowning any probable fairytales. . A fisherman found a teddy bobbing in the water and tied it to chair near the wharf from where he watches them on. If only the teddy could speak. . . #IfOnlyTheTeddyCanSpeak #TheTalesOfAFisherman #1001fairytales #hongkong #worldwithoutcompass

How can you resist that? Summer on a plate. #pavlova #summeronaplate

As North and South Korea place a joint bid for 2023 #WomenOlympics, it marks an historic turning point for countries long divided to be united via #sports. As with #Myanmar, the #DPRK will become a new country to explore (and to exploit). Seen here are the #cheerleaders for the 100-day campaign, motivating and celebrating their #comrades’ efforts towards nation-building without a break for 100 days. Smiling happy pictures of their 2 leaders in the background are omnipresent. #100daycampaign #DPRK #jointbid #unitedbysports #behindtheironcurtain

Uzbeki #folkmusic borrows from #Sufi poetry and #Persian, #Tajik and #Afghani music. UNESCO has included Shashmaqam, a unique genre of music from Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, on its list of Masterpieces of Oral and Intangible Cultural Heritage of Mankind. Frankly, I couldn’t take my eyes off the danseuse’s headdress, colourful garb, graceful dance movements and her exquisite jewellery. . #uzbekistan🇺🇿 #uzbekistan #uzbekmusic #uzbekmusic🎶👍 #tajikistan #tajik #music #bukhara #samarkand #khiva

Throwback to 3 years ago when I visited one of the 7 wonders of the modern world - #Petra. Lying deep inside the ravine, it was once a fiercely-guarded secret by the #Bedouin tribes. Al Khazneh or the #Treasury is the first temple you see from the Siq or the shaft. What treasure did it hold? We may never know. One thing it does hold is mystery and tremendous beauty. . . . #SevenWondersOfTheWorld #Jordan #AlKhazneh #Nabateans #Siq

Imagine standing in the middle of a frozen lake about 145 kms north of the Arctic Circle, in the heart of Sami country, looking up at the sky where nature paints its most stunning canvas – the Northern Lights. It is probably the closest you will feel to nature and how generously it draws up a motion picture of dancing lights just for you. . . #sapmi #scandinavia #nordic #northernlights #acrtic #sweden🇸🇪 #snowyarctic #worldwithoutcompass . . Check out my blog on Scandinavia here: https://worldwithoutcompass.com/2019/02/09/the-sami-north-and-the-viking-south-travelling-the-snowy-nordics/

Hong Kong, one of the most vibrant cities I have ever lived in comes alive at night. It is a city that never sleeps. A place that knows no full stops. A city with such zest for life. #hongkong Kong lives it to the max. . . . I❤️HK #i❤️hk #fragrantharbour #i❤️🇭🇰 #citythatneversleeps

I am officially no longer a #cactuskiller. I have new flowers on my rose bush. 🤸‍♂️🤸‍♂️🤸‍♂️ Dainty and oh! so pretty. #terracegarden #greenthumb #rosebush #pinkrosebuds #ohsopretty #prettyinpink

My Mediterranean terrace garden now has plum tomatoes 🍅 growing from a vine. Yippppeeeee... oh! What a wonderful feeling it is to grow something and see it blossom in front of your eyes. Now where is that balsamic vinegar and those rocket leaves. #IConfessIAmACactusKiller #IGrewThat #tomatoesonavine #plumtomatoes #MediterraneanGarden #terracegarden #plantlife #🍅🌱 🍅🌱🍅 #fromseedtothis

Hello beautiful moon 🌓. Thank you for visiting me again. Bright and shiny and silvery and oh! so mesmeric. Happy Spring Lantern Festival. #CNY #mesmericmoon #lunarnewyear #moonrising #SpringLantern

Happy valentine’s day everyone. Flowers, love, chocolate cakes and all things red and pink. 💋🌹🎈💘#xoxo #stvalentine #14feb #bemyvalentine #valentinesday

The beautiful #bauhinia - the flower of Hong Kong that is also called Hong Kong Orchid. The mildly fragrant pale purple flower blooms from November to March and is represented on Hong Kong flag. It is wonderful when countries put nature as a part of their symbolism. #hksar #hongkongflag #thebeautifulbauhinia #natureinanurbanjungle #orchid #hkorchid

Now, that is what they call “crystal clear”. Fiords in Norway 🇳🇴 are among the most beautiful I have ever seen. It is beauty untouched. #fiords #arctic #norway #crystalclear #nopollution #🇳🇴 #subzero #natureisbeautiful #beautyuntouched #postcardsfromnorway

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1001 fairy tales of a fisherman – Sai Kung 11 May 2019
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About Me

I packed 2 bags in 1996, thinking I will return in a year or two.

That journey has not ended.

I currently live in Singapore and have travelled over a 100 countries. But travelling a country and ticking off a bucket list alone is not enough. I like to experience its culture, understand its history, learn about its people, savour its food and go deep into its roots.

And so, the adventure continues…

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