The last time I was in Singapore was 2006 and a lot has changed since then. Entire neighbourhoods have been built, literally from the sea. Marina Bay did not exist in 2006, nor did the now famous Marina Bay Sands
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I recently received a comment from Mr. Blessingx on a recent post where I reviewed the superb Fujinon GF50 F3.5 lens. In addition a reader reached out some time ago via the contact form to ask how the Voigtlander 50MM
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After the amazing time we had staying in Siena and driving around Tuscany, we felt our Italy trip was going from strength to strength, and what was to come next would once again raise the experience to an even higher
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While Siena was awesome and we could have easily spent more time exploring the town, we also used it as a base to tour around the Tuscany region. Up until this point, our rental car had been more of a
After Florence, we drove southeast for a little over an hour to Siena, the medieval town. When we arrived in Siena, we had to park the car well outside the city due to the ZTL (see the Sorrento post for
In every trip, there comes a moment when you know whether the trip is a good one, or if it’s a truly special one, the kind that you won’t soon forget, and will cherish as a memory for decades to
Before we dive into this review, I should make my bias known. I generally don’t like pancake lenses because they are, by definition, creations of compromise with size taking priority. I prefer no compromise lenses like the Fujinon GF110 F2,
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The first stop on our Italy trip was Rome where we spent a short time taking in the usual tourist spots. Our next stop was Sorrento, down south along the coast. As I mentioned in the previous post, we rented
This post will be the first in a series covering a recent trip to Italy. Even though we’ve travelled to some pretty unusual places around the world, one of the most touristed countries in the world somehow eluded us. Perhaps
I started this blog to share travel images, but the ratio of visitors who come here to read gear reviews vs. travel insight averages 10:1, so I’m going to provide more gear related content over time. Today, I want to
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Sanya is a city on the southern end of Hainan Island, just off the coast of China’s south. Sanya is about 650km southwest of Hong Kong as a reference. Sanya is famous for its beaches and high end resorts and
This post will be a short one. If you travel to Beijing, a must visit location is the Forbidden City or Palace Museum as it’s called in China. However, there’s a small park just north of the Palace Museum that
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