Stuck In Customs » Langkawi

Monoliths

tratcliff — Fri, 04 May 2007 15:02:17 +0000

This is a picture of the same place that I have at the top of this page, just at a different time of the day. It didn’t seem to matter when I shot this archipelago, because it always came out like a painting.

Site Redesign 2.1 - Okay okay you were right, y’all… it was too wide

tratcliff — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 18:52:24 +0000

I tightened things up a little. It should now fit better, although a small percentage of people may have to scroll sideways. Sorry - I can’t please everyone. But coming to that realization is kind of a big step for most people, eh?

Anyway, you may notice that I now have just one image up there on the top now instead of the 13 that used to rotate. I just have not had the time to re-format all the title pics for this new widescreen-busting resolution. But I do like that one above of Malaysia. And yes, that is a real place. It’s Langkawi, this island archipelago that is almost too cool to be on Earth. Here is another image of those same James-Bond-Evil-Guy-Hideout at sunset.

Cloudy Sunrise in Langkawi, Malaysia

tratcliff — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 10:22:10 +0000

Langkawi is a tiny island off the west coast of Malaysia. It’s filled with tiny little archipelago islands, kind of like the one that was converted into that evil lab in one of the James Bond movies. Luckily, for picture-taking, the clouds were very interesting during my short stay there.

Pictures from the city and the coast of Malaysia in HDR

tratcliff — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 04:11:44 +0000

The first is a city shot at sunset just after a storm. The second is from the island archipelago of Langkawi.

Langkawi at Sunset

tratcliff — Sun, 17 Dec 2006 06:14:56 +0000

The sunsets there were insane for some reason. Insane. Almost every five minutes the entire color palette changed.

Glowing Surf

tratcliff — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 22:10:17 +0000

Here is yet another sunset picture from the beach in Langkawi. I think this is one of those “categories” of shots that are always popular. The other one is dogs. I think it is strange why the two most popular categires of things humans like to see in pictures are “sunsets” and “dogs”. I think there is an interesting psychological reason for this, but I have no idea why this is.

The Haze of Kuala Lumpur

tratcliff — Tue, 17 Oct 2006 08:38:45 +0000

I took this first picture last night. There are a bunch of fires in Indonesians from clearing the land and all the smoke comes and settles right on Kuala Lumpur. It really sucks and it’s rough on my system. In this shot, you can see all the smoke in the air.

The second one is of a sunset on the coast.

Langkawi Sunset

tratcliff — Sun, 01 Oct 2006 23:17:12 +0000

Here is another sunset shot from Malaysia.

Congrats to Bianca!

tratcliff — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 18:23:26 +0000

I found out my sister is prego so I will post this picture for her. It really has nothing to do with her baby, other than it is my favorite picture from Malaysia. Also I think there are some babies out on that little island, but they are cannibal babies, so they don’t count as real babies.

Unracoon

tratcliff — Sat, 23 Sep 2006 04:03:12 +0000

I am not sure what kind of monkey this is, but I am pretty sure it is not called an unracoon. I told Ethan that this monkey led me to his hidden lair where I retrieved a magical necklace for him that adds +1 to agility and +1 to speed. He just wore it to Karate class and got a new patch so he is convinced it is real.

Morning Eyes

tratcliff — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 14:08:59 +0000

I caught the morning sun nicely across this archipelago.

As I sat down to have a drink on the porch, things didn’t seem so shabby after all

tratcliff — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 14:27:41 +0000

…another shot of Langkawi.

Purple Skies of Malaysia

tratcliff — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 06:28:31 +0000

Here is a rather striking sunset that I grabbed one evening on the north side of Langkawi.

Two Crazy Photos from Langkawi

tratcliff — Sun, 17 Sep 2006 13:56:39 +0000

For the weekend, Will and I came down to an island off Malaysia called Langkawi. It’s one of the few partially inhabited islands in an archipelago of over 100 tiny little islands. It’s basically just one big and violent jungle sticking out of the sea. Here ae a few of my favorite photos I grabbed: