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Blogging hiatus – September to November 2007

Posted by Ben Heys on November 13, 2007 with 3 Comments

Ok, time to stop being (quite) so slack. Had a bunch of people tell me to pull the finger out and get some more posts in here, so I’ll try to get back to updating it regularly. Aside from general laziness the main reason I’ve stopped posting is because I haven’t been travelling about too much. Really just settling into ‘living’ rather than ‘visiting’ here. ‘Here’ being bouncing between Phuket and Penang (Malaysia). Phuket: It was never even meant to be a stop on the tour at all as I figured it’d be too touristy for me. Turns out... Read More ››

Chiang Mai – 12th September 2007

Thailand / Travel photography

Posted by Ben Heys on September 23, 2007 with 3 Comments

The 12th saw us in Chang Mai in preperation for our 3 day jungle trek. This however was a rest day and so I sought out some internet while JB tried to arrange a day at an Elephant orphanage. Not much to say about Chang Mai really, it’s a bit of a sleepy town (at least in low season) – not much going on. Though we did go out and spend the evening watching some Muai Thai. This was kinda dissapointing actually – I’ve seen better kickboxing matches back homme in my own (martial arts) school. Before the main... Read More ››

Lonely Planet cover!

Thailand / Travel photography

Posted by Ben Heys on February 25, 2008 with 2 Comments

I’ll get into what I’ve been up to lately in a subsequent post but right now I’m just going to share the news that I’ve been contacted by Lonely Planet to be told they want to use one of my shots from last year’s Thailand trip on the cover of an upcomming guidebook!! I’ll add that LP had already purchased the license for the image on one of my stock sites, this would have allowed them to quite legally use it in the manner in which they wished to but they chose to contact me and offer me a... Read More ››

Hill tribe kids – 14th September 2007

Thailand / Travel photography

Posted by Ben Heys on October 2, 2007 with 1 Comment

Despite being the last up the hill and possibly the sorest of the bunch, I was also the first one up the next morning. We were only due to leave at 11am but I got up with the roosters in the hopes of some nice sunrise pics (or close to sunrise). There wasn’t much happening pictorially though – it was rather overcast. Still I was up and so I took the opportunity to wander around the village a bit. After a while I headed back to our hut and spied JB up and about. We were still the only... Read More ››

Jungle trek first day – 13th September 2007

Thailand / Travel photography

Posted by Ben Heys on September 30, 2007 with No Comments

13th was the day we set out for our 3 day jungle trek. 10 of us crammed in the back of one of those ‘local busses’ that was really just a ute with a canopy on the back and a bench seat down either side. When JB and I got in there were two others already there. First up was the Canadian (NOT American!) Josh who was here because his travelling partners (3 girls – lucky bastard) decided to do cooking courses and he wanted something with a bit more spice. Then there was el presidente Jacob, I call... Read More ››