Malaysia and Indonesia - March 1997

Rooting through my digital garden shed, I unearthed these photos from my first trip to Asia, in March 1997. We flew to Kuala Lumpur, then immediately jumped a plane to Penang in order to get the ferry to Sumatra. After Sumatra, we felt in need of a rest so went on another ferry to Langkawi and crashed for a few days.

I'm afraid the picture quality isn't up to my usual standards - when I scanned these in, 256 colours was good. Maybe I'll rescan them some day.

The camera I was using then was a simple, cheap 35mm - no zoom, not even any focus. The quality of the originals is surprisingly good, though - mainly because they are all landscapes (so the focus doesn't matter that much). I hope they're enough for you to get an idea of the natural beauty, anyway.

Langkawi, Malaysia

Pantai Kok in Langkawi

Pantai Kok in Langkawi

Pula Daying Bunting, Langkawi

Sunset at Pantai Rhu, Langkawi

Sunset at Pantai Rhu, Langkawi

Telaga Tujuh, Langkawi

Telaga Tujuh, Langkawi

Penang, Malaysia

Penang Harbour at dawn - the fishermen leaving for the day

Sumatra, Indonesia

Bukit Lawang is a station for orangutan conservation

Bukit Lawang is a station for orangutan conservation

Feeding orangutans in the jungle

Lake Toba in central Sumatra is the world's largest volcanic crater lake - the island, Samosir, is larger than Singapore!

Lake Toba, Sumatra

Lake Toba, Sumatra

Samosir Island, Lake Toba, Sumatra

Samosir Island, Lake Toba, Sumatra

Samosir Island, Lake Toba, Sumatra

Samosir Village in the rain

Rice paddies on Samosir

Samosir Village

Samosir Village

Sumatra - a traditional Batak building

 

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