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We came across the abandoned narrow gauge railway in the Brunei Jungle. I didn't walk to the far end but I understand it ended at an abandoned logging camp.

Where can I find photos for my blog?

Where can I find photos for my blog or website? You’ve crafted your blog post and now your need to illustrate it. “Where can I find a photo for my blog?” your wonder. Well, one solution is the plethora of stock photo sites out there but then you run the risk of your blog looking like everyone else’s. I mean, how many times do you go to websites and see the same vacuous images of hip young office workers, clustered […]

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Mindoro

Daily Photo – Mindoro

Mindoro is a contraction of the Spanish ‘Mina de Oro’ or goldmine, not that there’s ever been a big discovery here but panners do find gold in small quantities.

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A Grumman Goose of Paradise Air

Daily Photo – Grumman Goose

I took this photo of what I believe to be a Grumman Goose in 1990 in Puerta Galera in the Philippines.

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Approaching the edge of the plateau, the road to Kota Kinabalu runs along the side of the ridge some 7000+ feet below.

Daily Photo – The Road to Kota Kinabalu

The road to Kota Kinabalu is clearly visible in today’s image, etched into the side of the ridge near the base of the photo. The Park HQ complex is in the bottom left of the photo.

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A fellow climber takes a rest admiring the view near the summit of Mount Kinabalu.

Daily Photo – Admiring the View

But that was all ahead of me. Here I was admiring the view myself and trying not to think about climbing down that massive staircase I’d climbed up less than 24 hours prior.

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The sun approaches the horizon on the South China Sea. The coast at Kota Kinabalu near the bottom of the photo is about 40 miles (60 km) away. Laban Rata, Mount Kinabalu, 1989.

Daily Photo – Mount Kinabalu Sunset

In this shot, the sun hangs just above the horizon of the South China Sea. About a quarter of the way up the frame you can make out the coast at Kota Kinabalu which is 37 miles (60 km) distant from where I was on Mount Kinabalu at Laban Rata.

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