ilha da Armona

Someone recommended to my friend that Armona Island is a must-visit destination if we were at Algarve, Portugal. So, with the assistance of a GPS receiver, off we drove to this little town of Olhao from Albufeira. From the port of Olhao, we took a ferry to Armona Island. The island is 15-20 minutes away from Olhao by ferry. It is a popular destination during summer for local and foreign holiday makers. Armona Island is such a small island. When I was there, I did not see a motorised vehicle there. The people here transports basically everything using the push-cart or bicycle. Stepping foot on this island actually gives me a feeling that I indeed coming to a beach instead of an island because I can see the beach sand practically everywhere. The beach houses here are primarily painted with blue and white color and I feel that I am back to Santorini again (with a beach!). We did not have a map of the island when we arrived at this beautiful sandy island. So, we just walked from the jetty to the other end of the island. The walking took us about 30 minutes under the hot sun which almost 'melted' me. Almost towards to the other of the island, I 'gave up' and pulled out my little umbrella to protect me from the scorching sun. We had our lunch there while waiting for next ferry to go back to Olhao.

We had some good time there!

We toured around the market at Olhao while waiting for the ferry to Armona island.


Approaching Armona island. Holiday makers start to go the island for beach vacation.





Jetty of Armona Island. We had our lunch at the restaurant (the only one that's opened that day) at the back of this signboard.


Nice little blue and white beach house.


You practically step onto a beach once you get out of the house.

The other end of the island from the jetty. Great (but hot!) weather. I 'gave up' at this point and pulled out my ever-ready umbrella here. :D

Looking towards the Atlantic ocean. About another 300 meters to the ocean but we made a U-turn at this point because we were melting fast!

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志同道合的一天

玩摄影，可以一个人很孤单地玩， 也可以一大班人一起玩。

可是，要能够找到一群志同道合的人一起玩摄影，说难不难，说易不易。

因此，人们就发明了 Photowalk。

Photowalk 通常就是把一班志同道合的好摄之徒聚在一起，然后漫无目的地四处遊走，四处拍摄自己认为有趣的人或事物。

其实，我有时也蛮喜欢独自一个人背着相机去过街穿巷和漫无目的地四处乱拍。 我就在这里把这种活动称为 Solo Photowalk。

Solo Photowalk 能够让我拥有单独面对自己的时间。 它也同时给我一种独自去流浪的感觉。

无论如何，我还是觉得一大班人一起玩摄影比较开心过瘾。

好期待下一次的 Photowalk!

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Bon Odori in 10

Bon Odori has become an annual event which photographers like me cannot 'afford' to miss. 'Traditionally', it tends to rain during this event but not this year. This event is normally held at July every year in Esplanade, Penang. Although with the spread of 'H1N1' flu pandemic at the moment, a lot of people still showed up to celebrate this event which is rich of color, dances and foods. The celebration normally ends with 5-10 minutes of fireworks.

If you would like to view more of my photos for this event, please click here.

Some of the great photos which my buddy from Momento-Photography took for this festival are posted here.

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