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Photographing Tigers in Kanha and Bandhavgarh National Park India The Royal Bengal tiger is the essence of Indian wildlife and ultimate big cat that once roamed in large numbers all over Asia from the cold Siberian wilderness to the equatorial rain forest of Sumatra. There are fewer than 5000 tigers left in the wild. Some... Continue Reading →
My daughter left for school at 7:25 am. She messaged me "Daddy, there's a hornbill outside". i got the camera and dashed downstairs but the hornbill was not there. It was supposed to be just outside our apartment near the gate. Later, at about 8:05 am, I took my labrador for his usual morning walk.... Continue Reading →
// Bird Watching and Photographing Wildlife in Little Rann of Kutch, Gujarat, India Singapore to Little Rann of Kutch, Gujarat,India Bird Watching and Photographing Wildlife in Little Rann of Kutch, Gujarat, India. In January, we were in the 2nd Global Bird Watcher Conference in India to observe the exotic birds and wildlife of Gujarat starting with... Continue Reading →
Flamingos in Little Rann of Kutch, Gujarat, India. Excited about what we were going to see this morning, we left at 9.30 am after waiting for 3 other visitors from Ahmedabad to join us just for the flamingos expedition. The journey would take 1.5 hours one way through the scorching sun and barren land over... Continue Reading →
To all friends and readers, Wishing you all a blessed new year. This is the first time we ushered the new year at Marina Bay Sands Singapore. It was a beautiful clear evening after all the rain that we had in the past few weeks. Marina Bay Sands was beaming with lasers and all kinds of... Continue Reading →
Reddish Scops Owl | Birds of Borneo I was in Kubah National Park Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo in October 2011 looking for owl with Yeo Siew Teck. It was about 8 pm on the main road in the park. The road going up into the national park was pitched dark as soon as we past the... Continue Reading →
One Asia Festival Singapore The two day Photography event ended today on December 11,2011 at Suntec City Singapore. The prominent speakers from overseas were Steve McCurry, Michael Yamashita, Michael Freeman, Manuel Librodo & Gunther Deichmann. The speakers from Singapore were Bob Lee, Bjourn Olesen, Joseph Tan and John Arifin (myself). Asian Geographic printed the100 page... Continue Reading →
// Sri Lanka Leopard, Kulu Wildlife Photo Safaris We visited Yala National Park in Sri Lanka in October 2011 with Kulu Wildlife Safari. The first leopard that we sighted was in the first afternoon game drive on the day we arrived Yala National Park. To our surprise, the leopard was resting on the tree branch... Continue Reading →
Borneo Bird Festival Sabah 2011 & Bird Photography in Sepilok, Sabah A pair of Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher @ Borneo Bird Festival Sabah The Borneo Bird Festival was the melting pot for bird lovers, conservation enthusiasts, ornithologists, for the local residents and international bird communities. It was a 3 day event in Sepilok, Sabah, Malaysian Borneo... Continue Reading →
The Making Of Asia Exposed II, Episode 4, Channel News Asia with John Arifin What has a wildlife photographer got to do with " The price of beauty at its most extreme" ? John goes to the jungle to find wildlife. In this series, John was flown into the concrete jungle, inside the hospital operating... Continue Reading →
Turtle Island Park, Sabah, Malaysian Borneo White sandy beach of the Turtle Island in Sabah Turtle Island Sabah Borneo We were in Turtle Island Park in eastern Sabah. The islands are sanctuary for Green and Hawksbill turtles. They come to lay their eggs on the islands at night. That evening, I watched a female green... Continue Reading →
Singapore F1 Grand Prix Photography Course & Workshop I normally shoot only fast birds and wild animals deep in the tropical jungle of Asia. But The Singapore F1 Grand Prix was challenging as fast cars raced at night. The Singapore F1 Grand Prix event attracted about 240,000 spectators over the weekend in September 2010. Many of them... Continue Reading →
Borneo Bird Festival Sabah 2009 & Bird Photography in Sepilok, Sabah The first Borneo Bird Festival was held at RDC ( Rainforest Discovery Centre ) in the city of Sandakan near the world's famous Sepilok Orang Hutan Sanctuary from 10 October to 15 October 2009. The occasion was graced by Datuk Masid Manjun, Tan Sri... Continue Reading →
6 Day Borneo Rainforest and Nature Photography Workshop with John Nat Arifin Birding Sarawak Borneo- Bako National Park The 6 day trip to Borneo rainforest recently was by far one of the most productive trips we ever had. Not only we saw good sighting of elusive tropical birds and frogs, collectively as a team of... Continue Reading →
There is nothing like a good cup of coffee and a kaya (egg jam) toast whenever we visit Malaysia or a Teh Tarik and Roti Chennai . We transited at KLIA ( Kuala Lumpur International Airport ) on our way to China. Closest thing we got was at the Old Town White Coffee Outlet to... Continue Reading →
Cross Bridge Rice Noodles of Yunnan, China We met a gentleman from Singapore who had stayed 20 years in Kunming. Peter told us that we must try the Yunnan famous noodle, Guoqiao Mixian. Literally means Cross Bridge Rice Noodles of Yunnan,China One of the legends had it that about 100 years ago near Ming County,... Continue Reading →
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