Cheung Cheu Island, Hong Kong, China

Went to hong Kong recently, and decided to hop on a ferry and get out of the city. Myself and a couple of friends ended up on Cheung Cheu Island which is about 45 mins from Hong Kong. The island is a small island supported by fishing and some small street vendors. There are no cars allowed, and everyone travels by foot or bike. It was a beautiful day, and I saw some interesting places I had never been. 

Dried fish is a very common commodity sold by local fishermen and street vendors on the island. I didn't have the guts to try one.... 

The coast of the island was mostly cliffs and rocks with a few beaches. 

"The mini Great Wall" as the locals call it.

Anyone read Cantonese? I have no idea what this says.

More Singapore!

More photos from The Crazy Elephant that my computer failed to publish in the last entry...

Singapore

So when I thought of Singapore originally, I pictured something more like Malaysia I guess... Rain forest, mokeys swingin around, everyone walking or riding bikes, and other jungle type scenes..... SO, when I got off the train, I thought I was somehow in NYC by accident. Apparently Singapore is a very wealthy country, and has some amazing architecture, and accomidations. Pretty cool place.

  

 Stingray for dinner! It was so hot tears and snot were everywhere. I got some funny looks.     

 One of the 100s of malls in Singapore.

Over at Clarke Quay in Singapore eating lunch and watching the Sampans cruise by.

Downtown Singapore.

The following night shots of the city were taken from this boat on top of these buildings. 

The inside of one of the 100s of malls in Singapore. 

Singapore at night!

The Crazy Elephant! A sweet hole in the wall bar in a not so hole in the wall place, Clarke Quay, the center of night life in Singapore.

Zimmer, after a few.....

The huligans I waste my time with.....

I just figured since I'm in the mood for adding some old photos.... Here are a few from Yellowstone while I was living up there, and working at Roosevelt Lodge for a bit.

There was a stretch of 3 nights when the moths were out in unbelievable numbers! If there was a light source, it was COVERED in moths.

I took this photo in the "back yard" of my cabin at Roosevelt. 

 Also taken from my cabin.... right off my front porch within 5 minutes of waking up on morning.

A house in Lamar Valley, Yellowstone. I have no idea who lives here, but they are LUCKY!

I had never seen Bison make faces for a camera until this shot....

A coyote on the hunt. 

Bald Eagle at Henry's Lake, ID

 Trout my brother in law caught one winter while we were out fly fishing.

Some well travelled feet! My friend Chantal's feet after hiking 13 miles in the Lemhi Range in Idaho.

Spc. Kuligowski's Fueneral (April 2009)

These photos are from a funeral of a family friend. I had asked this family if they would like me to shoot some photos of the ceremony for them as a gift. There's nothing that tells a story quite like a photo or two.... 

 A Member of the NH Patriot Guard holds the flag while waiting for Spc. Kuligowski's funeral services to begin.

Spc. Kuligowski being laid to rest in the Derry, NH cemetery. 

The hands that uphold the flag....

 Spc. Kuligowski's father accepts the flag that was draped over his son's coffin from an Army one star General.

                           One of the Patriot Guard's bikes.

Mt. Jefferson & the Castle Trail!

I recently went hiking with a couple of friends to the summit of Mt. Jefferson in NH's White Mountains. We took the Castle Trail, which is named for the castle like granite spires along it's ridge. This particular trail is a pretty intense climb, with many steep sections of loose granite boulders above the treeline. We went for a hike this particular day to celebrate Mike's birthday. It was the perfect way to celebrate an old mountain man's b-day.

The Birthday boy strikes a pose.

One of the many cairns marking the trail above tree line.

Looking back on the Castle Ridge.

The summit of Mt. Jefferson

The summit cairn on Mt. Jefferson, and Mt. Washington in the background.

Trail sign marking an intersection on the way over to Mt. Adams.

My first blog post!

(Antelope Canyon, 2006 by Paul Kelly)

So, I'm new to this. Aside from facebook, I have no web publishing experience. I am hoping to fix that with the creation of this blog. Hopefully I will be able to share my photos and travels with my family and friends, and also get my photography work out there on the web for some future business opportunities. Who knows what will happen.