There was a blackout during our trip to Bentong before 13th General Election.
News of Bentong blackout on 5 May had circulated throughout Malaysia. We thought it was really happened because we had blackout experience in Bentong.
The blackout incident in Bentong was truly odd. There was a DAP political talk that night but I am not certain whether it's connected with politics.
We were savoring fish curry in a restaurant when the power failure occurred. The boss's wife lighted candles for customers to take their dinner. We were as if enjoying romantic candlelight dinner.
Although Volendam has turned into a popular tourist destination, the vintage buildings around Volendam are still retained until now.
There is a balcony at the first floor and second floor of this house respectively. The owners can have sun bathing during spring and summer. While during autumn, they can have tea under moonlight.
Most of the ground floors of the buildings in Volendam are cafes and souvenir shops.
Residents of Volendam made a living as fishermen in the past. As worldwide tourists flooding into Volendam, they change their life style and involve in tourism line.
Located north of Amsterdam, the sea view of Volendam is truly amazing. Volendam was originally a small fishing village. Now Volendam has become a popular tourist attraction in Netherlands.
Most of the lands in Netherlands are below sea level. Volendam which is always flocked with tourists also not exempted.
The lower part of the street in this photo is the original land of Volendam. The place where a vehicle was parking is the sea wall. If you are not observing carefully, you won't differentiate the actual situation.
Residents of Amsterdam will visit Volendam during summer. They like to cycle along the streets of Volendam. It's fun of cycling with family for holidays. You will see this scene when hanging around at Volendam.
Most of the shops in Volendam are cafes and souvenir shops. Before say good bye to Volendam, remember to get some mini blue delft as sweet memories.
Dragon Head Rock located on the eastern coast of Jeju City. The length of Dragon Head Rock is around 30 meter. The height of dragon head emerges from water surface is about 10 meter.
The rock is named as Dragon Head Rock because it resembles a dragon head. Based on the signboard information, Dragon Head Rock was formed after volcanic lava frozen.
There is a rock statue of woman diver near Dragon Head Rock. The woman diver is Jeju woman who is truly skillful in diving. Their routine is dealing with scooping fish, abalone, seaweed and shellfish
It so happened that I saw this scooping net left on the rock. This is the net used by the woman diver for scooping.
These slices of octopus tentacles are the favorite food of Japanese tourists. If you like raw seafood, you can try these octopus tentacle slices.
Selandar Farm is located at Jasin Selandar in Malacca. The farm is around 30 over km from Malacca city.
Most of the plants in Selandar Farm are dragon fruit plants. Beyond that there are many other fruits trees and plants including durian, pomelo, water apple, mangosteen, kedongdong and passion fruit.
Selandar Farm is open to public for free for one month (15/6/13--15/7/13). After the free period, visitors have to pay the admission fee.
Child: RM 5
Adult: RM 10
Visiting Hours
10:00 am--6:00pm
Passion fruit is also known as buah susu or buah markisa in Malay. The passion fruit plant is a climbing vine. The fruit is rich in health nutrient such as fiber, mineral, vitamin and antioxidants.
The water apples (bell fruit) hanging on the branch were not so red. May be it's a common species of water apple tree.
There is a pond in Selandar Farm. Paddle boats are available for visitors.
This black face goose just came up from the pond. Perhaps the goose was too tired after swimming in the pond. When the goose noticed I was taking photo, it kept on posing in front of the lens. It seemed that the goose liked to take photo.
After visiting Wat Phothikyan, we were heading to Bachok Irama Beach. We kept on turn left and right, finally South China Sea appeared in front of us.
The colorful kites queued below the trees as if waiting for lovers to buy them.
The scenery of Irama Beach is truly incredible. Bachok residents always visit Irama Beach during their leisure time. They accompany their children swimming in the sea or flying kites on the beach. It's a good move of doing that because it's able to enhance family relationship.
Twin Dragons Wat is located in Bachok, Kelantan. The actual name of this wat is Wat Phothikyan but
it's more familiar to tourists as Twin Dragons Wat.
The statue of twin dragons grabbing a pearl at the main gate is truly extraordinary. Based on Chinese folk custom, dragon is regarded as auspicious beast. Beyond that dragon was the status symbol of ancient emperor in China.
This Buddha statue is proudly erected at Twin Dragons Wat in Bachok of Kelantan. The height of this Buddha statue is about 39 m. The mercy Stand Buddha overlooks the land of Kelantan to ensure the well-being of Kelantanese.
There is an abundance of temples in Kelantan after PAS has ruled Kelantan for more than 20 years. This indicates that PAS government implements cultural diversity and freedom of religious belief.
Malacca Jonker Walk
weekend night market carries on as usual.
Malacca DAP launched a signature campaign to protest the unreasonable measure of Malacca government to close down Jonker Walk night market.
The response of the petition was super inspiring. Tourists and Malacca residents were glad to drop their signature to defend Jonker Walk.
KiniTv broadcaster was reporting the latest progress of the stupid decision of Malacca government to open Jonker Street to traffic during weekend evening.
