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Snow in the south Posted by: carlfromhastings
Video duration: 37 seconds View from the window of a guest house as the snow finally hits the south ... a foot of snow was to fall overnight, bringing the region to the usual standstill. |
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Music class at Jose Cardones Elementary School, Manila Posted by: carlfromhastings
Video duration: 43 seconds Music class for 10/11-year olds at the Kapt. Jose Cardones Elementary School in Manila. The song is 'Ten Little Indians' I think. |
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Dancing mermaids Posted by: carlfromhastings
Video duration: 86 seconds Dancing mermaids? No I'm not on drugs, this is Ocean Park on Roxas Boulevard. |
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Low flying plane in Manila Posted by: carlfromhastings
Video duration: 72 seconds If you ever rent an apartment in Manila, make sure it's not on a flight path. This happened every 10 minutes and was a wee bit unnerving. |
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Typhoon hits Manila Posted by: carlfromhastings
Video duration: 35 seconds Tail-end of a typhoon sweeping through Manila, June 2009 |
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The sledge of destiny Posted by: carlfromhastings
Video duration: 53 seconds Hurtling down a mountain in Norway with Claire, an expert in strategic marketing, at the controls. Sadly her idea of strategy did not involve braking or avoiding large bumps, to the cost of my left knee and several of her ribs. |
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Winter in Japan Posted by: carlfromhastings
Video duration: 37 seconds Bleak landscape seen from the Skyliner to Narita. |
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Sakura season Posted by: carlfromhastings
Video duration: 21 seconds Cherry blossom time in a park in Hagiyama, well away from the crowds of Ueno and just as pretty. |
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Shinjuku station, Tokyo Posted by: carlfromhastings
Video duration: 42 seconds There are 63 exits on 4 levels ... you could be stuck down here for days. |
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Sumo bout Posted by: carlfromhastings
Video duration: 57 seconds Exciting bout between two ozeki at the May tournament in Tokyo - close finish but the favourite was beaten. |
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Sanja matsuri, Asakusa Posted by: carlfromhastings
Video duration: 21 seconds Three-day festival held each May in Tokyo, which involves carrying shrines around the backstreets of Asakusa. |
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Covered market in Baguio City Posted by: carlfromhastings
Video duration: 11 seconds Haggling for calamansi |
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Huge shopping centre in Manila Posted by: carlfromhastings
Video duration: 42 seconds The cavernous Glorietta |
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Hundred Islands national park, Philippines Posted by: carlfromhastings
Video duration: 34 seconds It's actually 123 islands, but who's counting? |
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Kids playing on a pontoon, Boracay Posted by: carlfromhastings
Video duration: 32 seconds Children larking around on a pontoon near to Puka Beach, Boracay |
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Bus ride in Mountain Province, Philippines Posted by: carlfromhastings
Video duration: 27 seconds Bumpy road through the Cordilleras - 15 hours of this. |
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Bokor Palace Hotel and Casino, Cambodia Posted by: carlfromhastings
Video duration: 84 seconds This is where the French colonialists used to come for a knees-up, now it's full of bullet holes. Creepy and evocative place. |
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Lamai beach, Ko Samui Posted by: carlfromhastings
Video duration: 30 seconds Best place in the world? It used to be. Still love it. |
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Gulf of Siam Posted by: carlfromhastings
Video duration: 43 seconds On a ferry in the Gulf of Siam, seconds before realising I was on the wrong boat and had no idea at all where I was. |
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Cambodian border town Posted by: carlfromhastings
Video duration: 43 seconds Koh Kong in the early morning |
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Thailand, floating market Posted by: carlfromhastings
Video duration: 12 seconds Floating market 2 hours from Bangkok. Didn't buy anything except some tamarind. |
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Bus ride in Luzon, Philippines Posted by: carlfromhastings
Video duration: 71 seconds The view from the bus on the way from Manila to La Union province. |
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Sagada school parade Posted by: carlfromhastings
Video duration: 42 seconds Parade of children on school sports day in Sagada, a town in the Cordilleras mountains of the Philippines. |