Last Friday Neda invited me to take some pictures of her and her friends. Four models, all eager to have their pictures taken and only a short time to make them… Luckily I had a great assistant helping me out. I have selected four pictures that for me capture the character of the models.

Not a day goes by without Discovery Channel airing at least three survival shows. Enthused by these shows, Arjen started planning a ‘survival’ excursion to Sweden. In preparation we both attended a course last year, where we learned to make a fire and to build a shelter.
This year, however, it was going to be the real thing. Me, Arjen and his brother-in-law Johan, set out for a week of outdoor camping near Kloten in Sweden.
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I have compiled a set of 28 interesting snapshots I took during our trips to Hong Kong and Malaysia. Click on the ‘read more’ link to have a look at them.

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After the hot and humid jungle, we went to Cameron Highlands. The lower temperature and humidity were a great relief after the hot and humid jungle of Taman Negara. The Cameron Highlands are the home of the large BOH (best of highlands) tea plantations, and some fascinating nature. We had went on some amazing guided tours through the tea plantation, the mossy forest and as if that was not yet enough, we also went on a strenuous guided night walk until 1 o’ clock at night.

Adrienne and me visited the Malaysian national park Taman Negara for three days. It is a magnificent rain forest area with a number of hiking trails. On the first day we went out and had a nice walk through the forest. We also walked the canopy walk, a 400 meter long walk over rope bridges connecting the tree tops.
On the next day we set out for a longer hike. We took a boat that dropped us one hour upstream on the river so that we could follow the trail back out of the jungle.
This turned out to be one of the toughest hikes of my life. My proper hiking shoes broke the day before so I had to walk the slippery trail on my regular shoes. As it had been raining the night before the jungle floor was not only muddy and slippery, but also crawling with leaches waiting to latch on to our passing feet. The path was difficult to walk, tree roots everywhere and the trail went continuously up and down very steeply. In addition the heat and humidity were sucking the energy right out of us. Within seconds I felt as if I took a shower with my clothes on.

Check out the video I made and edited with my iPhone.

With this trip still fresh in my mind, the Sweden forest hikes of last week were a walk in the park.