Peel Island Leper Colony

The leper colony was opened in 1907 and closed in 1959 it was also used for the Inebriates (alcoholics). There were a total of 85 inmates being made up of white male and females,male and female aborigines and some Chinese. There were also five children on the island the youngest being only seven. The place is slowly being claimed back by nature but thre is an effort to restore some of the huts.

Wolston mental asylum

Wolston mental asylum was opened in 1865 and closed in the 1930's,t stands next to the Brisbane river and at the time when it was built it would have been in the middle of nowhere.It had a very disturbing history,but stands has a great decaying building ,where it would be a crime to just let it crumble away.There are no floorboards left so walking around the upper floor a very risky business,but it is a photographers delight,with endless photo opportunities. Taking our time walking around inside the place held a very indescribable presence!

2nd tour of duty Kuala Lumpur

     26/2/09 Kuala Lumpur.

we arrived at night so the first thing we did was to walk into the main centre where the Petronia's towers were ,they were awe inspiring and huge! i wouldn't like the electricity bill to flood light them though. Inside they were just has impressive,swish shopping center.we had a coffee and watched people going about there business,this was a real Muslim place with a lot of the women dressed in full on ninja gear! Outside the towers lit up the clouds,which was all to surreal.                               

We had to come back during the day to get tickets to go up to the bridge that connects the two towers together.

This was our cool mirror in our budget tune hotel room

A plate of flavored dried carrot for breakfast,i had to try it, there would have been more taste from a plate of sawdust!

It was quite high on the bridge and because of earthquakes and the like the bridge has to move to side to side,the guide showed us how far it moved when that big tsunami hit,at least a 100 mm, f@#!ing  hell!

There were some nice water gardens around the towers .We also went and had a look at some other gardens where there were some geocaches

We had a pack of monkeys guarding one cache!

We had high tea,buffet at the K.L.tower which revolves,the food was really good they put on a good spread with all sorts of food and the view was awesome,especially when there were rain showers coming across the city

doing the paperwork at the airport for departure.

Just a reminder on a wall near a prison in the city!

wrecks in the night

Me and my son Simon,went and spent a few hours at night experimenting with different camera techniques and came up with these pictures,a very appealing subject to photograph,will be back to do some more .

2nd tour of duty,back into Vietnam.

24/2/09.

Debs looking for the bus that left her behind on the ferry.

We caught a coach from Phon Phen to Saigon,i think it took about 3hrs and was quite cheap and luckily it was almost empty so we could move about. We had to cross a river so the girls decided to get off to go to the loo,they said they wish they hadn't!! Deb couldn't get back to the bus before it left the ferry and had to walk a fair distance where the bus parked safely for her.

washing there new bikes!

Chris catching up on some sleep.

We handed our passports over to the girl on the coach and she did all the process for us.

There were some big casino's on the border,i don't know who they were catering for?

We had to get off the bus at the border with our bags,walk through customs then out the door back on to the bus.

On arriving at Saigon the bus drops you off at the tourist strip where all the hotels and restaurants our and you are immediately descended on by hotel touts promising you that there hotel is better and cheaper,we have wised up to this little scam and found somewhere ourselves,right on a busy Tjunction ,a few floors up so you can watch the busy street life below.

little did we know that the go go bar opposite would keep us up all night with the flashing neon lights and loud music!

This was all fun until this guy got upset that he didn't get any money for a massage Alan didn't want! That night i got the shites from the Indian restaurant we had our dinner from,it lasted a couple of days!!

Saigon is good to visit for a short while ,it is literally wired for sensory overload,but after a while you crave to get back into the countryside

This chick posed with my bike helmet,where her thumb is pointing is where our room was!

Tomorrow we would fly into Kuala Lumpur