What I do in Langkawi Island every time I am there. Have dinner at Rootian Restaurant in the middle of Kuah town. It is your typical five-foot way Chinese / Thai seafood restaurant. Food is excellent as always but no desserts or fruits available or served there after dinner. No problem. Just walk across the street to this one-stop supermarket. Buy duty-free Belgian Sea Shells Chocolates at RM 3.90 (about RM 14 in KL) 🙂
The pilot told me later that the afterburner screws up fuel consumption badly but what drama! Is the Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace (LIMA) Airshow. Instead of relying solely on a tele lens, I switched to a 50mm fixed-focal lens and walked nearer to the ground aircraft for a dual look. Is called zooming with your legs.
The tarmac on the runway isn’t the best place to photograph the air show though. The many hills on the island provide a better vantage point especially when there is formation flying.
Why are the windows on a ship or portholes round? I was told they are better at preserving hull strength than square or rectangular windows. Also circular windows are easier to seal than those having sharp corners.
One rarely see a nice sunset over the Straits of Malacca these days. This surprisingly lovely sunset was photographed from Cenang Beach when I was in Langkawi for LIMA. Since it was a bit hazy, I decided to use use Snapseed’s Grunge Filter to create the scratchy, dirty look of peering through a porthole 🙂
