Daily Photo – Ton Sai Bay

Daily Photo – Ton Sai Bay
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Across the isthmus from Loh Dalam Bay on Koh Phi Phi Don is Ton Sai Bay. The water here is deeper so has a richer blue color when viewed from a height and a more vivid aqua color when viewed from the beach. This image was more of a stretch so it's on the soft side but has almost a painterly feel to it. It's again taken from the lookout point on the eastern part of the island looking pretty much south-west.

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Daily Photo – Loh Dalam Bay

Daily Photo – Loh Dalam Bay
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Loh Dalam Bay is on the north side of the sandy isthmus that connects the two limestone outcrops that form Phi Phi Don. This photo was taken from the lookout on the eastern half of the island. I'm guessing I used my Tamron 500mm mirror lens for this photo as it was the longest lens I owned at the time.

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Daily Photo – Bangkok River Scene

Daily Photo – Bangkok River Scene
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Every time I've seen the Chao Phraya River its been this muddy brown color owing to all the silt washing down from the hills to the north. The boat is a long-tail. It has all the appearance of an auto engine with a straight shaft output to the propeller mounted on gimbals on the transom.

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Daily Photo – Jackup at Sunset

Daily Photo – Jackup at Sunset
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Of course, I was in Brunei to look for (more) oil. This is a shot I took of a jackup drilling rig and supply boat at sunset one evening. I'm standing on the beach and my best guess is I used a 500mm for this shot.

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Daily Photo – the View Up River

Daily Photo – the View Up River
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In yesterday's photo I showed the scene behind our water taxi as we sped up river from Bandar Seri Begawan to Limbang. Below is the view in front of the boat. It looks quite serene in contrast to the channel being carved out of the river by the twin outboards hurtling us forward.

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Daily Photo – Heading Up River

Daily Photo – Heading Up River
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I was taken with the speed delivered by these twin, 2.6 liter, V6, 175 horse-power Yamaha outboards. That was, until our Mr. Fixit started telling stories about these boats hitting trees floating down-river.

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