Almost There

Leaving tomorrow for a 3-month cycling trip from Singapore to Macau! Been crazy busy for the last couple of weeks with last-minute photoshoots and getting everything prepared for the trip.

Here are a couple of unedited shots from one of the shoots I did yesterday... and yes, it tasted as good as it looks =)

All of the food shots were done outside here in Hong Kong. A piece of white posterboard and a couple of knives to hold the bottom edges down are all you need!

Malaysian Satay

Malaysian Satay Chicken skewers. They come with the most delicious Thai peanut sauce that is just to die for!

Food Outtake

Outtake from a food shoot I did yesterday... see me on the right side?!

Srawak, Brunei & Sabah

Back in Hong Kong now and back to the dreary weather, polluted skies and masses of people. It is really interesting to consider that in all of Sabah and Sarawak (Malaysian Borneo) there are only 5 million people, whichc is a few million less than here!

The city of Kuching is split in half by a river, and at the city center the only way to cross the river is by boat. Most of the locals pay 1RM to cross the river, but a lot of the boat drivers try to ring more money out of you if you are not Malaysian.

Satay is one of the specialties of Sarawak cuisine. Delicious in every way, can get chicken, beef, mutton and even fish. The best part of the satay though is the sauce, which is usually a peanut sauce similar to that in Thailand.

Of course, in Kuching, cats are everywhere. They are everywhere all around Sarawak and Sabah for that matter though. Most of them have short or non-existant tails and I still do not know why.

Typical scene from "the other side" of the river in Kuching. Lots of small motorcycles and scooters carrying entire families!

No trip through Brunei is complete without a visit to this structure. The Sultan of Brunei has an enourmous amount of money and this is just one example of what may be found in Bandar Seri Begawan.

Waiting around at a bus station in Suria, Brunei. The country is much bigger than it first seems. From Miri, Sarawak, Malaysia to Suria is a 2-hour bus ride, and from Suria to Bandar is another couple of hours.

During Fridays and weekends in Kota Kinabaly there are some fantastic street food vendors set up near Jolon Gaya. This was dinner one night. Cooked to perfection with all sorts of chilis and vegetables added to the fried tofu, it tastes absolutely divine.

Food seems to be a running theme throughout all of my Borneo pictures. This is Black Pepper Chicken along with the standard Iced Coffee that I've become addicted to. The sauce has a perfect blend of flavor and spice and even brought beads of sweat to the forehead!

Kuching "Cat City" Malaysia

Right now I am in Kuching, which translates to "Cat City." It is the far western city in Sarawak, which is the western province of Malaysian Borneo and the biggest state in the country. Tomorrow night I'll start the slow process of getting back to Kota Kinabalu in time for some hiking around the mountain areas of Sabah and then, sadly, heading back to Hong Kong (not so sad actually, I love it there and am somewhat excited to get back to the city and bike on a proper recumbent instead of the things they have here)

Here are a couple of pictures I took today in Kuching. There are tons more, but they will have to wait for another day to get posted :)

Borneo

Been in Malaysia for a while now and finally got the computer convert a few RAW files to JPGs so I could post on here!

So, what to say? Kota Kinabalu is a cool place with some of the most incredible sunsets I have ever seen.

The formatting of this will be fixed when I get back to HK in a week and a half or so. Internet here is a little bit on the slow side, so have not been able to add any of the images to my regular website. Also, expect some really fantastic news before the new year!!! (Its enough to say that I have not been this stoked in a very long time...)

Mong Kok Wet Market

Strings of dried fish hanging in stairways in the corner of the main wet market in Mong Kok, Hong Kong. No space is every wasted in places like this, and the stairwars are an ideal place to hand strings of freshly caught fish.

Victoria Harbor Hong Kong

Victoria Harbor and the infamous Hong Kong Skyline are a couple of the most photographed spots in Asia. Although there are quicker options to cross the harbor by taxi or car in one of the tunnels or on the MTR lines that access Hong Kong Island, many people still use ferries like this one regularly. A trip from Tsim Sha Tsui to Wan Chai or Central takes about nine minutes and offers some really nice views of the city. This particular image was taken from the waterfront in Tsim Sha Tsui.



Father down the waterfront in Tsim Sha Tsui are quieter and less touristy places which offer equally nice views of the skyline on Hong Kong Island. This was taken near the Hung Hom MTR station along the waterfront.


Hong Kong is known worldwide for its food. In addition to having its own specialties of Dim Sum and "stinky tofu" along with many other things, Hong Kong offers some of the best ethnic food from all around Asia. Sushi restaurants can be found on almost every street and block in the densely populated Kowloon Peninsula and are very easy to stumble across in the New Territories. This sushi was at a place in Festival Walk not too far from the Sha Tin MTR station.