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Sunday, April 24, 2022

Gallimaufry#30

Just a gallimaufry of green-themed photos ...

FROM THE TRAVEL ARCHIVES

Zaanse Schans

The Roman Baths
Green tram in Croydon


Eclectus parrot
Surul Appam
Surul Appam —  a green-coloured folded pancake made of rice flour, filled with grated coconut and palm sugar that originates from Tamil Nadu, India.

Green is the prime color of the world, and that from which its loveliness arises. 

                                                                                                                      Pedro Calderón de la Barca
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Sunday, April 17, 2022

Gallimaufry#29

Just a gallimaufry of photos ...

FUN FACT
Orchids are the largest family of flowering plants. With more than 25,000 species, there are more orchids on the planet than mammals and birds!
White cockatoo


Seafood dinner



Diminutive and easily overlooked ...

Even the tiniest flower proclaims the might of God.

FROM THE SHOEBOX  PHOTOS THAT RARELY SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY

San Francisco 1990

Murals featuring scenes from my hometown Ipoh of yesteryear.
Back in the 60s, trishaws were a popular mode of transport in my corner of the world.
 Riding a trishaw to school was a daily routine for us!

Once a tin-mining boomtown
The tin rush to Ipoh was kinda like the San Francisco Gold Rush. Miners from all over flocked to the area by land and sea, turning the sleepy settlement into a bustling town. But like all boomtowns, Ipoh's glory days came to an end in the 1980s following the depletion of its tin deposits and when tin prices tanked.

Langkawi SkyCab 
Longest free span mono-cable car in Malaysia

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Sunday, April 10, 2022

Gallimaufry#28

Just a gallimaufry of photos ...
Dendrobium Miss Singapore




Red first love (xanthostemon chrysanthus)


Claypot tofu

FROM THE SHOEBOX  PHOTOS THAT RARELY SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY

HONG KONG 1993



Congo grey parrot
Black-crowned night heron






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