When: October 2023 Weather: 17-21C Leica Q and Nikon P950 In Chengdu, Szechuan Province, China for a recce visit prior to our conference to be held here next year, we stayed at the Intercontinental Hotel which adjoins the Century City … Continue reading
When: October 2023 Weather Cool 18-24C Nikon P900, Nikon P950, Leica Q3 The second morning we took a walk on the trails around the house in both directions starting around 630am… A couple of wonderful days in the western ghats … Continue reading
When: October 2023 Weather: Cool 18-24C Nikon P900, Nikon P950, Leica Q3 In Bangalore or Bengaluru once again for a meeting and our hosts kindly arranged for us to spend a few days in their home in a hill station … Continue reading
When: September 2023 Weather : Hot. 20-25C Leica Q3. Nikon P900 In Vienna for our annual meeting, my hotel was right opposite the Stadtpark which also allowed an hour long ramble at 630am…..Surrounded by roads and tramlines, I had my … Continue reading
When: September 2023 Weather: Hot 17-25C Leica Q3. Nikon P900 We landed in Dublin and had a lovely lunch at Healy’s gastropub next to the airport…actually the Guinness was rather better than the food….then set off on our 3 hour … Continue reading
When: August 2023 Weather:Hot 30C LeicaQ, Samsung Ultra21 Pre-covid in 2019 we last did this fishing trip out of Kuching in Sarawak State, East Malaysia heading our of the Santubong river into the South China Sea where we were hit … Continue reading
When: July 2023 weather : hot 30C Nikon P900, Nikon P950, LeicaQ3 After descending Gunung Alap, it was a short drive to the Tambunan Rafflesia Centre, where we had to register and pay the admission and viewing charges of about … Continue reading
When: July 2023 Weather: Hot 30C Nikon P900, ndNikon P950, Leica Q After 2 nights in Kinabatangan, we headed back to Sandakan and on to Kota Kinabalu. Taking the opportunity of a day with a car, we planned to try … Continue reading
When: July 2023 Weather : Hot 30C and wet Nikon P900, Nikon P950, Leica Q3 In between the rain and around mealtimes, the area around the boardwalk and dining room was excellent for birding… If it hadn’t been so wet, … Continue reading
When : July 2023 Weather: Hot and wet 30C Nikon P900, Nikon P950, Leica Q3 The rainforest is full of surprises even at night and we did a couple of night nature walks and one night cruise to look for … Continue reading
