I know that everybody is eagerly waiting for new photos from my recent trip to USA but you will have to wait a bit longer. I have a lot of work with my new site and believe me, it is worth the wait Meanwhile I also have to study for exams. I am also building travel photography section on this blog, so every trip or travel expedition I have been on (and will be) will be covered there. Once complete it is going to be great Enough with stuff that isn´t here yet. I will be posting some new photos from Hawaii here on my blog soon.

For today I have chosen the photo “Friendly Shark” which was shot when I visited Aquarium on MAUI, Hawaii. They have an underground “show room” for the biggest fish tank they have there, so you can see through a big wall of glass. There are a few species of sharks in it, sting rays and some other big fish. There were mainly families with children and as soon as I saw kids in front of that big window and sharks swimming by I knew that is going to be The Shot! I was there quite some time until I got the shot I wanted. It is probably one of my best photos from Hawaii or it might be also one of the best photos that I have. It shows children how curious they are and are just speechless watching this big animals. It so interesting that nobody was scared of them. That´s it…until next time….hope you like the photo!

As I wrote in my previous posts, people are very poor in Cambodia but very friendly, at least that was my experience. I don’t know why but they are so photogenic. Never before have I taken so many photographs of people. So let the photos speak for themselves…

p.s. It was so hard to pick the best photos so I decided to post my larger selection…

…on a local market… 
…Khmer traditional dance Apsara…

My main activity in Thailand was indeed diving but I also had some time to see some of Phuket, Phi Phi Don and Phi Phi Leh (on which is the famous Maya bay known from the movie The Beach with Leonardo DiCaprio), Bamboo island and Similian islands where I did most of my diving. Phi Phi is recovering well after the December 2004 tsunami and you can hardly find some evidence of that event. Phi Phi is very crowded place full of tourists but it is a pleasant place to stay. On the island there are no roads just walkways. The beaches are amazing!!! Only white sand and clear tropical water with temperatures around 30°C oh and abundance of marine life. You can go snorkeling just off the coast and you will see huge amounts of fish and corals. There are also many more islands and beaches that are as good as Phi Phi or even better but are not so popular or famous so there you can find some more peaceful places. People in Thailand are also very friendly.

…in the port of Phuket…

…Phuket Town…
…Phuket Town…
…Long-tail boat driver…

After 32 hours on the airports, airplanes, buses etc I arrived in Ljubljana yesterday evening. I’ve been gone for a month and I must say it was AMAZING!!!!! I visited Thailand (Phuket, Phi Phi Don and Phi Phi Leh (movie The Beach), Similian Islands (I was diving there and I must say it is terrific, I have some 500 photos of underwater life there), then I went to Cambodia. I have been to a lot of places there. The famous Angkor Wat, Angkor Thom, cities Siem Reap, Batambang, Phnom Penh, Kampot, Kep, Sihanouk Ville, some small villages, national parks and so on. My trip finished in Kuala Lumpur, where I had all the time to explore the City and to visit the famous Petronas Twin Towers and Kuala Lumpur Comunication tower. So this is just a quick story about the last month…(expect a lot of new photos and stuff in the next month). Now comes editing, editing, editing (I still have unedited photos from Canary Islands and I’m leaving for Switzerland in 2 days…)

Here it is, the quick teaser….

Donald Duck Bay, Similian Islands – Thailand

Angkor Wat – Cambodia

Kampot – South Cambodia

In a small village on Tonle Sap

Monk in Batambang

Petronas Twin Towers – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia