The Travel Junkie Travels Again

It’s almost shameful… it feels like it’s been ages since I’ve traveled at all, much less gotten a new stamp in my passport! Fortunately that dry run is about to end, and I can finally post something on the Travel Junkie blog that’s actually about travel! (And maybe even update those “feet” photos to the right.) Go figure…

As any regular readers know, I’m about to leave for a trip to Singapore, then Hong Kong. The Singapore trip has filled up amazingly well—other than the conference I’m speaking at, I’m leading two photowalks (one with over 40 people attending!), doing some Aperture 3 training, possibly speaking at a major corporation on small-flash lighting techniques, and shooting a group portrait of the entire conference attendees on the last day.

Hong Kong is a bit quieter though… one small photowalk in the works, plus a TWiP listener was kind enough to arrange a gathering of like-minded professionals for a casual meet-and-greet. Other than that I suppose I’ll have a suit made and stuff myself on the local street food!

The Things I’ll Eat…

In honor of this upcoming trip, I wanted to share a couple of old photos. The second you’ve seen before; it’s from the Beijing Olympics when I ate something… odd… at the Donghuamen market. The first is a photo my father scanned and sent me from an old photo album, dated 1985. I was 11 years old in this photo, taken in Gijon, Spain. Some things never change.

Pretending to eat a live crab (I hope I was pretending!) on July 19, 1985 in Gijon, Spain. I was 11 years old.Eating (actually eating this time) fried scorpion at the Donghuamen market in Beijing during the 2008 Summer Olympics

Singapore and Hong Kong

Here’s a shot from my last trip to Singapore. It was taken from my hotel room as a storm rolled in just before sunrise.

Early morning lightning Storm, view from Pan Pacific Hotel

And a couple from previous trips to Hong Kong.

A hotel view

Ahhh, you see, now THIS is why I travel!More will follow!

Comments

[Ed]

Just caught up on the latest TWiP. If you are going to be in HK for the Rugby 7s go shoot that! Rugby is my sport, I'm originally English but live in NYC and play with New York Rugby Club. 15-a-side is the most popular form of the sport but Rugby 7s (7-a-side) has just been accepted into the Olympics for 2016 and is gaining massive footholds around the world, including the US. 7s is a faster form of the sport and so suits a weekend tournament schedule and a party atmosphere. Seriously, see if you can get a permit and shoot some of the action and enjoy the party. Even if you can't get a permit the party will be worth it. Plus you might find a new sport you enjoy watching and photographing, and it would put you in good stead for when it hits the Olympics! The USA team will be there too.

[Joseph Linaschke]

Thanks for the tips Ed… I've been hearing a lot about the 7's now that I'm in Singapore. I'll try to get a ticket to a match but I hear that's pretty hard to do!

cheers
-Joseph