day 358

I didn't plan this photo, but I'm happy it got this way.

No pensaba que esta foto fuera a salir asi, pero casi que me gusta mas de la que yo intentaba hacer :)

day 353

Despite the hot weather, I always enjoy a walk to the Botanic Garden. Since it is close to where I play mahjong, I went for a walk in the morning and took some pictures.

A pesar del calor, me gusta ir de vez en cuando al Botanic Garden, y como pilla cerca de donde juego al mahjong, me he ido a dar un paseo por la mañana y he hecho algunas fotos

day 349

I liked the silhouette of this branch.

Me gusto la silueta de esta rama de arbol.

day 327

Kyoto looked really beautiful with the cherry blossom.

Kyoto estaba precioso con los cerezos en flor.

day 315

Since the cherry trees were already loosing its flowers, the floor was full of its petals.

Como eran los ultimos dias de la floracion de los cerezos, las flores se estaban cayendo y el suelo estaba cubierto de sus petalos.

day 314

We went to Arashiyama area to see the Bamboo grove, although I liked much more the walk along the river. There were still many cherry trees in blossom that made the landscape more beautiful. Certainly a nice place to draw.

Fuimos a la zona de Arashiyama para ver el bosque de bambu, aunque a mi me gusto mas el paseo al lado del rio. Ademas, aun habia muchos cerezos en flor que le daban un toque muy bonito al paisaje.

day 308

As I said, first days were a "cherry blossom hunting", hehe! It was supposed to end on April 4th, so by the time we arrived, many trees had lost many flowers, but it was still beautiful. I also liked that lots of people were doing picnic under these trees.

Como ya he dicho, los primeros dias fueron "a la caza de los cerezos en flor", jeje! Se suponia que acabaria el 4 de abril, asi que cuando nosotros llegamos muchos arboles a habian perdido muchas flores, pero aun estaban muy bonitos. Me gusto mucho tambien que habia mucha gente haciendo picnics en los parques donde habia cerezos.

day 307

Finally in Japan! We've been 10 days in Kyoto, although the first and last day we were in Osaka, since it's closer to the airport.
Since it still was the cherry blossom period, the first thing we did was going to see it, before all the flowers dissapered. But actually, we got to see during many days, depending on the area.
This is Osaka's castle.

Por fin hemos ido a Japon! Hemos estado 10 dias en Kyoto, aunque el primero y ultimo fue realmente en Osaka, ya que esta mas cerca del aeropuerto.
Como aun era el periodo del "cherry blossom", lo primero que hicimos fue ir a algun sitio para verlo, antes de que se cayeran todas las flores. Aunque la verdad es que pudimos verlo durantes varios dias, dependiendo de la zona.
Esta foto es en el castillo de Osaka

day 282

We were very lucky, since we were able to see an open Rafflesia flower. The Rafflesia flower is a huge flower that last 5 days, and it takes it 3 years to grow. They are "pollinate" by the blue fly. Finally the flies are useful for something, hehe!
And the name... Raffles was everywhere! Apparently he had not enough with building Singapore, he also had time to make an expedition to find this flowers.
I post two for picture for you to see how is the whole flower and how big it is.

Tuvimos la suerte de poder ver abierta una de las famosas Rafflesias. Las Rafflesias son unas flores enormes que duran abiertas 5 dias, y que tardan en crecer unos 3 años. Son "pollinizadas" por las moscas azules; por fin algo util para lo que sirven las moscas, jeje!
En cuanto al nombre, Raffles esta en todos sitios! Parece que lo de contruir Singapore no era suficiente, y organizo una expedicion para encontrar estas flores.
Pongo tambien unas fotos para que veais como es la flor entera y lo grande que realmente es.

day 281

It took us a year, but we finally went to the Cameron Highlands, in Malaysia. We went by bus, and it arrived there around 8am (the worst part was not to have to sleep on the bus, but the fact that it was freezing due to the air-con). So we went in the morning for a short hike, and visited this temple in the afternoon. I think the four of us (we went with two friends from Belgium) were sleeping before 9pm!

Despues de un año diciendolo, por fin hemos ido a las Cameron Highlands, en Malasia. Fuimos en autobus, y llegamos alli a las 8 de la mañana (lo peor no fue tener que dormir en el autobus, sino el frio que hacia por el aire acondicionado). Asi que por la mañana fuimos a hacer un poco de senderismo, y por la tarde visitamos este templo. Creo que los 4 (fuimos con dos amigos belgas) estabamos durmiendo antes de las 9!

day 258

More orchids. I liked the masks that decorated this area of the garden.

Mar orquideas. Me gustaron las mascaras que habia de decoracion en esta parte del jardin.

day 257

Interesting orchid, looks a little like a carnivore flower, right?

Que orquidea tan chula, parece como una planta carnivora, verdad?

day 176

Nice flower. Anybody knows what kind of flower is?

Bonita flor. Alguien sabe como se llama?

day 167

Interesting place for flowers

Interesante sitio para poner flores

day 130

I went to the dog shelter this morning, but dogs were not in the mood for pictures.... maybe because it was so hot! So I had to choose a something more motionless for today's photo.

day 116

Flowers stand at Little India.

day 90

Some flowers for today. We watch a movie about John Lennon, and would like to share one of his songs with you.
Give peace a chance

day7

He vuelto a Haw Par Villa, pero me ha llamado la atencion esta flor.

I came back to Haw Par Villa, but I liked this flower.

day 1

Hoy hemos ido al jardin botanico, asi que voy a empezar con este foto. Aunque realmente habiamos ido a hacer fotos a bichos

We went this morning to the botanic gardens, so I'll start the challenge with this photo.