A stunning photograph of the Mexico City (2006) by Pablo López Luz…
Aerial View Photos
Benny Chan’s aeriel photos of LA traffic
Bird’s eye view photos by architecture photographer Benny Chan, showing the busy traffic in Los Angeles. It’s ironic that these beautiful photos are based on one of the most hated stuffs endured daily by urban folks; ironic, but cool…
Sung Sot Cave, Halong Bay, Vietnam
Sung Sot Cave (Cave of Surprises) is the largest cave in Halong Bay, Vietnam. Located at the Bo Hon Island, the cave got its name (grotte des surprises) from a French admiral who was surprised at the size of the cave when he discovered it.
Photos from my July 2008 visit, including an aerial view of the iconic Bo Hon Bay which often features on travel magazines and postcards…
Back from Hanoi
Arrived at Kuala Lumpur at around 2pm on Wednesday (July 23) after a six-day vacation in Vietnam. Took the below picture last Friday, my first day of the trip when the plane was approaching Hanoi…
The cloudy-mountainous view mesmerised me… I think I might have fallen in love with Vietnam before setting foot on the Vietnamese soil. The ‘honeymoon’ didn’t last long though, when serenity turned into chaos as I started exploring the ground.
Plenty of stories and photos to share; check out the summary here.
Victoria Peak’s Hong Kong night view
Victoria Peak (太平山) is famous for its bird-eye view over Hong Kong…
The journey to the peak didn’t start off well, had a bit of quarrel in some queue-cutting mainland-Chinese tourists. But the spoilt mood was appease after reaching the peak, thanks to the pretty spectacular aerial view of Victoria Harbour.
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Eiffel Tower & Paris bird-view
Second day in Paris. We had a short tour around the city before arriving at the Eiffel Tower at 9.30am. The queue wasn’t that long; we waited around 15 minutes and managed to squeeze into the elevator to get to the second level platform.
Eiffel Tower is one the most visited landmarks in the world; at the time of writing it has been visited by 229,623,812 visitors since its opening in 1889, and the number is ever growing.
The tower is 324 metres high and was once the tallest building in the world. It was built in conjunction to the Exposition Universelle in Paris in 1889 and was named after Alexandre Gustave Eiffel, the main designer of the tower.
Rumours are that the Parisians didn’t like the ‘ugly’ Eiffel initially. The tower was supposed to be torn down in 1909, but the tower’s antenna was heavily used for communication (telegraph) purpose, thus putting off the dismantle plan. Besides, the Eiffel was then gradually becoming a prime tourist attraction, bringing in huge economic value for Paris and France, and in the end earned its rights to stay permanently.
