samuijimmy Posted October 17, 2016 Author Share Posted October 17, 2016 Burmese Buddha feast and prayers held on Samui, (last night) Black ribbon worn to show respect for the King's passing. No shortage of water or pop (sponsored by Arkbar on Samui, ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samuijimmy Posted October 17, 2016 Author Share Posted October 17, 2016 Flowers for me? you should not have! Lighting of mre candles! One of two charities the Burmese community on Samui support. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samuijimmy Posted October 20, 2016 Author Share Posted October 20, 2016 Planting veggies time , now we have some rain on Samui. I have taught him well, a spade is easier! Ready to transplant Dibble and plant! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samuijimmy Posted October 20, 2016 Author Share Posted October 20, 2016 Amazing how quickly veggies grow... two to three weeks to harvest! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samuijimmy Posted October 25, 2016 Author Share Posted October 25, 2016 There's a bee on my portulaca Many years being built now cannot decide on colour! Hibiscus... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samuijimmy Posted October 29, 2016 Author Share Posted October 29, 2016 Burnt palm Cleanup leaves and burn before the rains (now started!) Hibiscus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samuijimmy Posted November 2, 2016 Author Share Posted November 2, 2016 Calm looking west from Ban Tai Samui House in the Jungle... Between rain storms. Koh Phangan from Samui, yesterday! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aladdin Posted November 5, 2016 Share Posted November 5, 2016 Hi Jimmy So you are off to India. Where will you post your post your pictures? Something I look forward to see. We will be there at the same time Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samuijimmy Posted November 5, 2016 Author Share Posted November 5, 2016 1 hour ago, Aladdin said: Hi Jimmy So you are off to India. Where will you post your post your pictures? Something I look forward to see. We will be there at the same time Cheers I guess it will have to be in world wide!!! If I can get a flight booking on Air mile points, it's proving to be very tedious.... At the rate things are going I won't be getting off the ground! Burma supposed to be in the plan too. I see on CNN , Sky News etc, 10 x acceptable limits on Smog, in Delhi area right now, coming from burning spent crops in the north and the fireworks from recent festivals .... every thing is fogged in an won''t make for a lot of great images ! Taj Mahal is on the list of places to see! I will see! Still looking for a hat and appropriate clothing too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aladdin Posted November 6, 2016 Share Posted November 6, 2016 19 hours ago, samuijimmy said: I guess it will have to be in world wide!!! If I can get a flight booking on Air mile points, it's proving to be very tedious.... At the rate things are going I won't be getting off the ground! Burma supposed to be in the plan too. I see on CNN , Sky News etc, 10 x acceptable limits on Smog, in Delhi area right now, coming from burning spent crops in the north and the fireworks from recent festivals .... every thing is fogged in an won''t make for a lot of great images ! Taj Mahal is on the list of places to see! I will see! Still looking for a hat and appropriate clothing too! Delhi is a sh*t hole. The problem with the smog have been there for ages and if I remember it right it wins the "most polluted city" in the world year after year. Really nothing worth to see, except for the Raptors. I saw plenty "Black Clouds" in the middle of the city and I thought it was crows. The power poles are black and when you come close you see that it is Raptors sitting on them. Amazing. But Agra is some 3 hours away on a nice highway and Jim Corbet Tiger Safari national park is 6 or 7 hours away. Well worth a visit for some days. You will love the birds. Safari helmet is of course mandatory. Those British or if it was the French were not stupid. The helmet is made of Pith tree (I think that is the name) and when I was paddling down the Zambezi River I just soaked the helmet in the water and it had a real cooling effect when the water evaporated. Like we cool down when the sweat evaporates Anyway, I have a boat for 5 days in Sundarbans (no roads) and I will look for tigers and birds in the Ganges Delta before flying to Varanasi. I was there when I was a young hippie doing what hippies did and this will be my last time in my life visiting Varanasi Varanasi, back in the days, taken with a Canon EOS 600 I think. And we can see the dust, finger prints and I don't know what on the 30 year old slide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samuijimmy Posted November 6, 2016 Author Share Posted November 6, 2016 Thanks Aladdin! I asked my potential Indian tour guide about the smog, I guess they are so used to it "It's normal" to see.... I know when I was in Beijing a few years ago, the smog was pretty bad their too... one has to grin and bare things sometimes! Delhi is only a landing point, the idea was to travel around various areas by car... the plan is maybe 10 days... It will be like when I came to Thailand for the first time, no idea what to see or expect... I did Pai- Mae Hong Song and the south and loved it... (still do) I am not a fan of cities anywhere... ! I am still dithering, I could go to Burma, and stay in a A/C private room in a Temple for "free" for the duration, and be tour guided around by the Burmese tour guides who are off work during "rainy season" here on Samui... I have known them all for years and would treat me well! ______________________________________________ Well, back to Samui here: Fishing boat arriving back this evening Ban Por Samui... We had a lovely sunny day! Not sure if rain clouds coming back tomorrow or not! These pink flowers, loved some of the recent rain and popped into bloom! (forget the name!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samuijimmy Posted November 12, 2016 Author Share Posted November 12, 2016 India canceled just going to do a few days in KL and then around Yangon, Burma! ... start end of month! This evening Ban Por Samui, here we are in "rainy season" Not! Clouds and not much needed rain! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samuijimmy Posted November 12, 2016 Author Share Posted November 12, 2016 Look up into the tree! Obviously the tall tree has been ringed to get it to die... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samuijimmy Posted November 16, 2016 Author Share Posted November 16, 2016 The gathering Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samuijimmy Posted November 16, 2016 Author Share Posted November 16, 2016 Test shoot at image size 2048x Coconuts Koh Phengan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samuijimmy Posted November 17, 2016 Author Share Posted November 17, 2016 I am doing some experimenting here with images uploaded at 2048 X --- to make sure if we do the 2017 calendar that we can get images to print well... It needs a little testing, to make sure it will be worth the effort for members to submit entries! Ron and or I will let you know if it works! This evening's sun set Ban Por Samui, one can hardly believe still this is supposed to be monsoon season! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samuijimmy Posted November 17, 2016 Author Share Posted November 17, 2016 Just a few experimental shots ... Calthea, Lady Papaya in flower, Papaya on sea shells from the sea shore! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samuijimmy Posted November 21, 2016 Author Share Posted November 21, 2016 I took some European friends around Samui this afternoon, or rather took me as they had a car! Like many people who have been coming to Samui for years few ever discover Laem Set beach on the south west area of Samui! Seas so calm, this is not typical November weather! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samuijimmy Posted November 21, 2016 Author Share Posted November 21, 2016 A few more ... same beach! Come on dear, paddle! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samuijimmy Posted November 21, 2016 Author Share Posted November 21, 2016 tide coming up , we going to get wet feet! From road a short walk through the trees If anyone on Samui looking for this, it's Laem Set Road, off the Ring road! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samuijimmy Posted November 21, 2016 Author Share Posted November 21, 2016 Floating islands with plastic palm trees, !!!.... Conrad Resort with views of the Five Islands, looking west. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samuijimmy Posted November 25, 2016 Author Share Posted November 25, 2016 Just so you guys know, I will be off to KL and then Burma, between Nov 28 to Dec 17th ..... I may not have much internet ! Ron has promised to "hold the fort" !!! 2017 Calendar submissions will be started Dec 1st... Get your best shots ready, they must be loaded at 2048 x (some of you may have to resize images up.....to upload and be in printable quality! ) --------------------------------------------- Mean while some monkey business finished! Neighbours buffalo having his after bath... after a hard days grazing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Assurancetourix Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 Have a good journey Jimmy and come back with marvellous images .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samuijimmy Posted December 30, 2016 Author Share Posted December 30, 2016 I've not had a chance to do many Thailand pics lately! I am still working on getting my Burma images sorted! But here is a few from the beautiful Samui Airport, as I was leaving at the end of November ! Wishing everyone a Happy New Year for 2017.... Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samuijimmy Posted January 7, 2017 Author Share Posted January 7, 2017 Oh the almost constant rain of late! A stream running through my garden and lawn.... coming from the hills behind me. I have to say though many others have had their houses flooded, so I am very lucky that mine is high enough to be OK! Hill and road just beyond my house There goes the lawn! the stream on left side is flowing constantly. Workers camp just down the road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samuijimmy Posted January 7, 2017 Author Share Posted January 7, 2017 At least some neighbours taking advantange to clean up the sand and gravel, to repair some of the gravel roads. Teaching the kids how it's done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samuijimmy Posted January 7, 2017 Author Share Posted January 7, 2017 The area past the trucks has been impassable for several days (just too deep except for high wheeled vehicles) Kids at least had fun swimming! Other houses in my area... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samuijimmy Posted January 29, 2017 Author Share Posted January 29, 2017 What with weather and my back problems I not been out and about much recently, to take photos but I did manage Chinese New year celebration in Maenam. Samui, yesterday! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samuijimmy Posted January 30, 2017 Author Share Posted January 30, 2017 Blue skies and calm seas return to Samui! Ban Por Beach Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samuijimmy Posted February 1, 2017 Author Share Posted February 1, 2017 removed side way image and discussions there of! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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