Daily Photo – Loh Dalam Bay 2

Daily Photo – Loh Dalam Bay 2
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Having photographed the fishing boats tied up in Ton Sai Bay I walked back across the isthmus to Loh Dalam Bay and took this shot. The sun is on it's way down - certainly within and hour of sunset. The boat on the left is the same boat I photographed earlier that day from the lookout point in my photo Loh Dalam Refractions.

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Daily Photo – Loh Dalam Refractions

Daily Photo – Loh Dalam Refractions
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Taken from the lookout on the eastern part of the island, the ship is beached on the sandy isthmus that joins the two parts of the island. The water here was really shallow - the two people on the right of the image are actually sitting down at this point, not standing. The varying depths of the water and the light ripples of the breeze driven waves are refracting the sunlight to give the rainbow effect of this image.

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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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Daily Photo – Water Anyone?

Daily Photo – Water Anyone?
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Curious title perhaps but the photos below are of the inside of one of our water tanks at our Schoonspruit/Skoonspruit camp! Perhaps it explains why we used to drink so much beer in the evening!

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