The wedding was held at ‘The Banjaran Hotsprings Retreat‘. This is an absolutely amazing place! Of course it is also very very ex (think USD 500 a night for a villa and that’s not inclusive of any spa treatment).

We started our road trip in the afternoon and still had enough time to squeeze in a lunch break along the highway and chicken rice in Ipoh town before the wedding ceremony started. It was quite unfortunate it started raining just before the civil ceremony so at last minute the ceremony had to be moved from the waterfall to the cave. After the civil ceremony we had more drinks before proceeding to the outside area for dinner. We were served with 8 course fusion western food which is quite unique and yummy! The portion was just nice for me to finish the food. After the wedding, we proceeded to the pool area where the pool party started. I really like how this ceremony feels more like a party dedicated to friends to celebrate their wedding compared to the traditional 10 course chinese wedding dinner. Also the guest list was all their close friends.

Here’s some pics I took.

Jeff’s Cellar. This is where the civil ceremony was held. It is very cooling inside the cave (in case you cant tell from my pic, it is a cave!).

Spending quality time with old friends.

Having champagne on the balcony, over the sunset after the civil ceremony.

Wedding door gifts, Labu Sayung and Ipoh treats.

I decided to go on a road trip with 3 of my girl friends to Cornwall and so Dav went to Marloes Sands, Wales on his own.

I had lots of fun with the girls. We took the train from London to Penzance and then hired a car for 4 days. We drove all around South West of mainland UK. Don’t be fooled by the map, it didn’t take us long to get from one location to the next. We took our time and even managed to walk around the towns and coasts.

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Some of the highlights of the trip includes:

• Watching a play in Minack Theatre. It is an open air theatre by the sea! As the weather is still quite cold, it was SO COLD to just sit by the sea. Thus it was very difficult to enjoy the play. We decided to leave during the interval and I was shaking non-stop for a good 10 minutes while trying to warm myself up in the car.
• Crossing the River Fal by taking the King Harry Ferry with our car. We were driving along the road when suddenly Azura’s tom tom indicated we’ll be driving into a boat. Then we saw the river and a car queue forming along the road. We were so excited when we saw the King Harry Ferry. Basically we just drive onto the ferry and it will take us across the river. Definitely a good experience.
• Playing ‘Worst Case Scenario Travel Game’ during the road trip. Natasha bought this game specially for this road trip and it was a good decision. Basically we ask each other a serious of question on how best to survive in an emergency situation. Great fun and good learning too.
• Visiting the most southern (Lizard Point) and south western (Land’s End) part of UK!

Here’s some pictures I took in Cornwall.

The Telegraph

I received a message in my Flickr account 2 weeks ago from the editor of Schmap Guide. Apparently this photo has been short-listed for inclusion in the tenth edition of their Schmap London Guide, to be published late March 2010.

I have not heard of this guide but figured it will be good to get it published. There is no money but I will be acknowledged as the photographer in the guide.

Let’s wait and see if it gets chosen.

NB went last year and highly recommended it. So when my office social club decided to sponsor tickets to this exhibition, there is no need to decide. I will definitely go if I’m in the country.

A group of us from work went and was totally inspired ! It is also so much better to view the photos up near in big screen. Definitely worth a visit!

Here’s  a few of my favourites.

p/s: You can view all the photos online at the online gallery.

DK and LP also brought their 2 months old baby along, which became my model. Here’s some nice shots of Baby Matthias.

I knew about this place when I went to Kenwood House for the Simply Red concert. I remember walking past a lookout which has superb view of the city. So I’ve always wanted to go back and walk around the area.

Here’s the planned walking route.

When we got there, we didn’t follow the planned route. It was too troublesome trying to find the right place to walk to. We just turn when we want and walk towards to things we wanted to see. This makes it a little bit more interesting and spontaneous. We even found a public ‘Women’s only’ swimming pool. The pool is actually a pond. Although we’re technically still in the middle of winter, there were several ladies swimming in the pond that day.

Here’s some pictures I took on that day. You’ll notice there’s lots of pictures of trees and clouds. Well, that’s the scenery we saw that day. For better quality pictures, please view them on my Flickr account.

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Not only have I linked our India photos’s to our blog, I’ve also created a slideshow for our Trans-Siberian Trip. The links can be found on the top menu, under the respective trip’s page.

Or alternatively, you can click on the link below to see the slideshows:

• Trans-Siberian Photo Album
• South India Photo Album

p/s: You haven’t notice, I’ve also added a Flickr badge on the sidebar to display our photos from Flickr.

We took sooooo many pics. Somehow looking at my pics, I can’t help but feel that I should have taken more!! Just to give you a rough idea how many pics we took. I have about 700+ and Dav has about 1,000+. So I think it will take us some time to go through all of it. Good news is we’re already starting to upload it in stages.

Please visit our Flickr site to view them!

• Steph’s South India Photo Album
• Dav’s Tamil Nadu Photo Album

Here’s one I took which I really like.

Dav taking a pic of the village school kids. All were very eager and happy when we took their pictures.