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The Silver Pagoda is a compound located on the North side of the palace complex. It features a royal temple officially called Preah Vihear Preah Keo Morakot but is commonly referred to as Wat Preah Keo. Its main building houses many national treasures such as gold and jeweled Buddha statues. Most notable is a small 17th century baccarat crystal Buddha (the “Emerald Buddha” of Cambodia) and a near-life-size, Maitreya Buddha encrusted with 9,584 diamonds dressed in royal regalia commissioned by King Sisowath. During King Sihanouk’s pre-Khmer Rouge reign, the Silver Pagoda was inlaid with more than 5,000 silver tiles and some of its outer facade was remodeled with Italian marble. (Quoted from Wikipedia)

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After being an abandoned building in Georgetown for many years, it finally got its makeover and shines once more. Officially opens its door to its customers on April 2009, it is the fifth and largest hotel so far by Air Asia affiliate company, Tune Hotels.com.

Hotel Official Website

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One of the many tea plantation fields in Cameron Highlands, Boh Tea Plantation field offers breath-taking view of its tea field.

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This piece of work is composed from over 12 exposures combined together. 3 exposures are taken at each frame to develop HDR image and they are stitched together as one panoramic photo in the end. Camera is mounted on tripod and leveled properly before shooting begins.

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KOMTAR (Malay: Kompleks Tun Abdul Razak), or more accurately KOMTAR Tower (Menara KOMTAR in Malay) is Penang’s tallest building and the sixth tallest building in Malaysia. It is located in the heart of George Town. When the skyscraper topped out it was the tallest building in Asia, by the time construction was completed it had however been surpassed by Seoul’s Korean Life Insurance Building (KLI 63 Building). The 65-storey tower is a 12-sided geometric block, 760ft (232m) tall, sitting atop a 4-storey podium. The complex comprises office and retail commercial space as well as public and recreational facilities. It was designed by Architects Team 3 (AT3) of Singapore.

Read more about KOMTAR at Wikipedia

Technical Note: This shot is taken using Canon 400D with Sigma 18-200 (non-OS) using exposure-bracketing at -2, 0 and +2. They are then further processed using Lightroom 2 and Photomatix Pro 3.1.

Pulau Betong is fishing village situated on the south-west of Penang island. It is named after a nearby island. It is hit by Tsunami in 2004.