EPIC!



Place : Pikes Peak 1990
Driver : Ari Vartanen
Car : Peugeot 405 T16

Care for some Corny?

Can't they really come out with a better name?

Panorama shot at Bharat Plantation, Cameron Highlands

Toyota Vios (Yaris) crash vs. Camry

This is mildly disturbing, especially for a Vios owner.




Don't hit anything big, much so a Camry...


The Honda Fit surprisingly does better being rammed into a Honda Accord.



And bear in mind, these units are actually better equipped safety wise than our local consumption units. Drive at your own risk.

Hoover Dam Bridge

Picture of the Hoover Dam bridge.
officially opened 29 October.
Shot this on Opening day. Boy was it crowded there.

Picture doesn't do it justice.
mightly impressive span

Shot from the Hoover Dam


2000ft long, 900ft above the Colorado River

Las Vegas Palazzo Suite

1 Word. Nice

I thought Ceasar's Palace's new Agustus Suites are nice.... but this was on a whole different level.

720 sft. But somehow feels larger.
1 x 42" LCD + 1 32" LCD + 1 x 19"(??) LCD in the washroom.....

The room can actually sleep 6. With 2 Queen and a double sofa bed. (I asked for a King but they ran out......oh well..all the same). Got a high floor...which incidentally is even higher than the sister Venetian's roof and just as well, better appointed and outfitted than Venetian's Suites (at least the basic suites).

Route 66

You hear about it in Song and Show.

Route 66
Main Street of America


Williams, Az
"Gateway to The Grand Canyon"

Yosemite National Park

One of the planet's most beautiful place.

Please click on below for the Panoramic shot of Tenaya Lake.

Possible the best shot of the entire trip.
I would spend a week just camping there if I could.
The surface elevation of the lake is 8000ft above sea level.

Yes it was chilly. 4 degrees C

The lone Sierra Juniper tree.

Closeup of the Lone Sierra Juniper Tree.
Possible one of the most photographed tree other than the Giant Sequoias

El Capitan and Half Dome and rest of the granite marvels in the park.
View from Tunnel View Vista point.

Young Grey Wolf out on the hunt.

Half Dome
View from Olmsted Point

The Merced River.

Brideveil Falls

Yosemite's granite marvels. Snowcaped and surrounded by Pine forests. Tenaya lake also seen.
View from Olmsted Point

Tenaya Lake again from a different angle.

One of the Giant Sequoia Trees at Yosemite.

One of the perks of a driving trip there is the drive itself. The place has one of the most amazing and often precarious mountain roads you could find. From our Lodging which at 4000ft above sea level (about the height of Cameron's Gunung Brinchang Peak) to well over 8000ft. What an amazing change in elevation.

This is the way up. Little did we know how much better the drive would end up.

Missing the word "Slow"

Driving this. A brand new 2011 Toyota Sienna minivan...
Not bad a "Van". 3.5L V6.. 6 speed auto with manual overide.
Drove pretty well given the mountain roads.

but.....

I would have really liked to drive this....

Oh well. Next time........

If you are ever in that knack of woods...
Do yourself a hugh favour and make some time to go spend a week there.

Raynox DCR 250

Shot at rather low magnification. Subject is about 2 cm across


7D + 55-250 with Raynox DCR 250 Macro conversion lens.

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