In the jungle, one way to charge the camera, satellite phone or walkie-talkie batteries is via the red box seen here. The inverter converts the vehicle’s 12 V to 110/240 V. Alternatively, one can also use solar chargers or a portable generator.
This Toyota Land Cruiser Series 79 belongs to Team Azimut from Venezuela and is christened Amazonas. The 4×4 arrived in a shipping container via Australia. Incidentally, petrol is the cheapest in the world in Venezuela at USD 0.02 (6 sen) per litre.
Caught up with some of the teams taking part in the Rainforest Challenge in Melaka today. Among the teams at the remote camp site in the Bukit Batu Lebak Forest Reserve were the only two ladies in the competition.
The women of steel were repairing their battered vehicle while the men in the support team cooked. On left is Yati with the high-lift jack and checking the Centipede MT tyres is Nurin. Their vehicle is a Suzuki Vitara fitted with a 3,000 cc Nissan QD engine and two PTO winches.
Olympus OM-D, ISO 200, f6.3, 1/80 sec.
Felt like a time traveller when I step into this ancient temple in Malacca. Built in 1637, the Cheng Hoon Teng Temple is the oldest functioning Chinese temple in the country.
I like how disarray on the candle stand disrupt an otherwise very ordered and sombre atmosphere.
Olympus OM-D, ISO 200, f4, 1/640 sec.
