Juvenile Lizard

Beautiful juvenile lizard

Bornean Crested Firebacks

The Crested Fireback pheasants (Lophura ignita ignita) which are endemic to the tropical rainforest regions of Borneo. Due to habitat destruction these pheasants are listed under Appendix III as a near threatened species. These are striking birds, particularly the males with their cobalt blue faces and dark metallic blue plumage. This photo was taken in Sama Jaya Park.

The male Bornean Crested Fireback pheasant is a splendid looking bird. It has a mainly blue/black body with the metallic sheen seen in many of the pheasants.  The face has bright blue wattles which are expanded to twice the size when the bird is displaying.  The hen also has a blue face.  Bornean's has a brown body and legs are grayish in colour.

Bornean Crested Fireback are great birds to watch as they are often displaying and will spend much of their time putting on a good show for everyone see.


Source: http://www.avianweb.com/borneancrestedpeafowl.html

Spiders of Kuching

Spiders are arthropods that have eight legs. Its really exiting to watch and click this extraordinarily pretty creatures. Sama Jaya Park is a good place for spider hunting and macro photography. Most of the spiders usually have eight eyes (some have six or fewer).

St. Andrew's Cross spiders / Orb Web Spider

Stutong Park Kuching (Sama Jaya Nature Reserve)

Colourful spider

White spider and its unique shaped web

Another colourful spider

Bee collecting resin from a tree bark to prepare the propolis

Hammerhead worm (Land Planarian)

Thailand - Bangkok

Bangkok is the capital city of Thailand and also called the city of angels in Thai. I visited this fascinated city in December 2010. I stayed in a unique place called suk11 hostel.

the wall full of signatures from around the world

Suk 11 lobby...Breakfast was simple & delicious and rooms were clean with Aircon. 

Wat Phra Kaew (The temple of emerald Buddha) is regarded as the most sacred Buddhist temple in Thailand. The main building is the central ubosoth, which houses the statue of Emerald Buddha. The Emerald Buddha, a dark green statue, is in a standing form, about 66 centimeters (26 in) tall, carved from a single jade stone.

Phra Siratana Chedi
 

  Wat Phra Kaew guard

Kinnara is a paradigmatic lover, a celestial musician, half-human and half-horse (India) or half-bird (south-east Asia).

The entrance is guarded by a pair of yakshis (mythical giants – 5 metres (16 ft) high statues).

The pedestal on which the Emerald Buddha deified is decorated with Garuda (the mythical half-man half-bird form, a steed of Rama, who holds his mortal enemy Naga the serpent in his legs) motifs It is central to Thai Buddhism.

Wat Pho is the largest Wat in Bangkok and it is famous for the huge Reclining Buddha statue. The highly impressive gold plated reclining Buddha is 46 meters long and 15 meters high, and is designed to illustrate the passing of the Buddha into nirvana. The feet and the eyes are engraved with mother-of-pearl decoration, and the feet also show the 108 auspicious characteristics of the true Buddha.

Wat Arun Temple of the Dawn

Thonburi Snake Farm

The Thonburi Snake Farm has a lot of snakes, crocodiles, and birds. It is located near to Temple of the Dawn (Wat Arun). Thonburi Snake Farm, is accessible only by taking a rua hang yao (long-tailed boat) through the khlongs of Bangkok. 

 

Floating Market

The most famous of the floating markets is Damnoen Saduak, about 100 kilometers southwest of Bangkok.

Chatuchak Market / Park

 

The Golden Mount or Wat Saket temple, to reach the top you need to climb a 300 + steps. On the way up, you will see lot of bells in varying sizes, and also a gong.

 

The chedi is swathed in red cloth which is made available for worshipers and visitors to write their names (in felt tip pen) upon, for good luck.