Nature Photographic Society (Singapore) site with a great pool of talented and keen nature photographers. Great people and high on spirit. Mission "create an awareness of our natural environment through photography"

I normally hate recommending and joining camera worshipping clubs but this is a cool place where lots of amatures put up pics for sharing and critiques. Some good stuff comes along once in a while.

Indonesian photographer's forum. Mostly in Bahasa Indonesia but great source of information if you can speak the language and want to hook up with Indonesian photographers or information on shooting in Indonesia

Empowering Children Through the Art of Photography. Kids from difficult backgrounds in Calcutta being trained in photography and equipped with simple Point and Shoots. The returning images are explosive and digs deep into their society.

A Singapore web community of photographers maintained by friend Lance Lee. Characters and camadiarie galore!

Award-winning monthly magazine, covering the professional photographic industry for over two decades. Every month, PDN delivers unbiased news and analysis, interviews, and portfolios of the latest photographic works

One of the very few websites that documents Japanese photography.....in English (thank God!!!) Huge amounts of resources. Dont come in here if you're checking on camera prices.

Really lively group of photographers in Vietnam who organizes plenty of get togethers and shoots all year long

Started in mid 2004 and with loads of information and resources on shooting in Malaysia

Great resource website with lots of features covering different areas of photography.

Andy's a great friend of Cambodia and Cambodians. This site brings you on a fascinating journey into the heart of Cambodia. Andy's been inside this country 9 times already and returns each time with incredible tales. Loads of information for anyone

Unusual photographic perspectives at Singapore Weddings captured by Ming.

Website of Malaysian adventurer and explorer, Yusuf Hashim who have traversed the world ..... the odd way.

Headed by my friend, Shahidul Alam, this website showcases works predominantly from the Indian sub-continent and strong bonds with major Western photo agencies. Spiritually inspiring.

Website of an Asian photography icon and friend, Tay Kay Chin. Great collection of panoramic images taken with an X-pan

Ernest Goh is a highly gifted photojournalist whose images reflects a perspective that is both immediately piercing and yet longevity-destined. I always dream of having a little bit of the immense talent that he possess.

Friend and Singapore-based professional photographer Jason Ho allows us a peek into his talented portrayal of the Asian female form. Didnt see a single guy/man/he picture in his images. Erotic and sensual yet sensitive works.

Darren Soh captures life on flim and shares his wonderful body of selected works in his website.

In a few simple words, this is the abode of a lovable Leica-maniac with lots of good pics and Leica stuff for sale

Website of photo-savant and award winning Filipino photojournalistLester Ledesma with a collection of powerful images

Keen amature photographer Philippino Manuel is based in Bangkok and has a great gallery of people images

Photography website of a friend, Ruey Loon in theatre, wedding and street environments.

You'll enjoy this fascinating website as Singaporean Bryan takes you through his works and life experiences. Strong, penetrative and emotive photography.

A good friend of mine, Sebastian comes off as quirky sometimes. None the less, he is a goldmine of ideas and shoots with a strange eye

Website of Singapore photographer and one of my inspirations, Tan Ngiap Heng. I love his unique perspectives on the human form and his unique style in capturing performing arts on film.

Like myself, Tom is one of the new breed of photographers nurtured on a staple of online photography forums and resources. Beautiful portraiture and travel works. Relocated from China, this PhD engineer now resides in Singapore involved in IT R&D

Wesite of Tony Wu, underwater photographer extraordinaire and a heckuva nice guy. Author of Silent Symphony. Lots of great underwater pics and an inspiration to any diver contemplating underwater photography.

Victoria Ho, my co-host at the Photo Essays V 2.0 exhibition, displays her set of prints online here. A singer, photographer, poet and undergraduate at the Natioal University of Singapore.

Huge treasure trove of resources covering little heard of cultures and minority groups living on the inner extremes of China and Tibet. Wong How Man is a modern day Marco Polo and Indiana Jones.

Website of one of my favorite humorists. Life and society's major issues are dissected with a funny pen.

Want to know how much Indonesian Rupiahs you'll get from your Thai Baht or any other currency combinations? This is the place.

Great website to learn basic Thai. If your PC's equipped with a speaker, you'll hear the pronounciations too. Learning Thai is useful in both Thailand and Laos (Lao is similar to Thai)

Be warned, this is a GREAT site BUT its all in Chinese .....

One of the best interactive maps of Hong Kong bar none! Drills down to street level, building names and highly precise

This is the best I could find on India..... not too bad if you dont need to drill down to street level navigating

Mostly scanned maps BUT very detailed information.....

This is a great site for anyone to explore the streets of Singapore with. Lots of information on where to find essentials like places of interest, hospitals, restauraunts, transport links etc etc. I truly encourage you guys to check out this great si

One of THE best interactive maps of Thailand that I have come across on the internet. Very detailed road maps with a simple but very useful navigator controls

Singapore based news portal that represents major local newspapers. Huge amounts of news covering Asian and International events. A Must-Visit website for anyone homesick for Asia or planning to be around this neck of the woods. Registration requir

The South China Morning Post is one of Asia's leading English-language newspapers with educated and insightful content. Must register to access its news articles........ well worth the hassel

This is actually the website of Burma Inn, a small guest lodge in Sangkhlaburi where I've stayed before. Loads of interesting information on the surrounding areas.

As the name implies, stories galore on Cambodia, China, Myanmar, Vietnam, Singapore and Thailand. ESPECIALLY Cambodia. Maintained by Gordon Sharpless

Typical camera worshippers' club dedicated to Contax cameras. Need a laugh? You'll find it within these pages ("what's the best flim to use with my Contax?") Nevertheless, still a goldmine of information/answers to little obscure problems.

Website of NY friend Yuri Bougslavsky specializing in the niche area of Russian rangefinders. If you enjoy working without a lightmeter, being retro and a little pain, this should keep you comfortable

Want a peek into the abode of the anal retentive? Despite the camera worship, it does provide a good and deep well of information on Leica cameras...... if you can sift past the occassional floatsam. Gallery shows brilliant stuff occassionally

Friend Rick has helped me much to get the most out of my old cameras. Hilarious cartoons and loads of technical notes on classic non-electronic cameras. Goldmine of useful links.

"Ball-Saal is a show floor for a group of photographers with a view that beats to the rhythm of life and captures expression and movement." Andreas Hering, Stefan Rohner

Great website with online books and great articles by Dan Heller covering a wide spectrum of topics (including photography as a business) in a light and often humourous style.

a multimedia magazine for photojournalism in the digital age

NY Based Photo agency that represents portrait, still life and fashion photographers. Wonderful portfolios

Want to pick up a few ideas on how to take great pics of your favorite rock band/performing artist? Come in here and have a look at how Jazz musicians are portrayed on film.

US, North Carolina based with huge base of press photography resources. Check out the competitions section of this website

Great website to learn from other's photos and to get an educated critique (most times) of your works.

Getting recognized here is every streetshooter and photojournalist's wet dream....well, for me at least.

Stock Photography Agency with loads of images

Website of the World Press Photo, "To promote a free and unrestricted exchange of information and to encourage high professional standards in photojournalism."

PBS website with short briefs on some of the greatest American masters in their fields of work.

Within Ami's website are images that provoke and moves the soul.

Website of award winning photographer. Great works on homeless children of Bombay and Formula 1 great Aryton Senna

A stunning display of streetphotography and photojournalism works by invited photographers "...who have the ability to see the unusual in the everyday..."

..... not for the faint of heart

Website of Pulitzer Prize winner John Kaplan with a deeply provoking set of galleries

The title says it all.....

Fabulous collection of essays from 9 award winning photojournalists in Australia. Quote "There are no contrived photo shoots or art directed aesthetics here, just honesty...."

Sally Mann is well known for creating images through her family members as subjects

Strong India works and other powerful galleries and great writings

Malaysian budget airline that flies throughout Malaysia and some Thai cities (Phuket, Bangkok eg) Look out for their $10 specials

Sorry, I dont work for them, but fast response time, reliable ticket delivery and fair pricing

Thailand based mid budget airline that fliest mostly domestic routes. International routes to mostly Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam. Nice service levels.

Philippines based domestic carrier that covers most areas in this country

Domestic Indian budget carrier with flights between Bangalore, Calcutta (Kolkatta), Chennai, Coimbatore, Hyderabad, Mumbai and New Delhi. Operates private charters and emergency airlift services

Hong Kong based with routes leaning towards China and Far East routes

New budget airline serving Singapore, Hong Kong, Taipei and Pattaya (Thailand). Originally owned by Quantas but recently sold stakes to Singapore government linked investment firm Temasek Holdings.

Leave your parachutes at home....relatively modern jets service a wide selection of Laotian destinations. Flying is the way if you dont want to traverse mountainous Laos via all day journeys that cover little ground in a bus or taxi.

Indonesian based carrier. Sometimes cheaper than train or ship travel within the Indonesian archipelago. Flies to Singapore too

Indonesian domestic airline. Fat stewardesses but safe and timely flights and planes

Budget Thai airline that flies popular domestic Thai routes

Budget airline with flights to Thailand destinations like Phuket, Hat Yai and Bangkok from Changi Airport

Newest (May 2004) budget airline. Singapore based

Travel agents based in Singapore with long history in industry. Recently moved online a couple of years ago. Great place if you want to look for air/hotel or holiday packages

One of the most efficient travel portals to reserve plane tickets and hotel vouchers. China based, they can deliver tickets and vouchers right up to your hotel in ALL major Chinese cities. I once had a plane ticket delivered to me BY HAND within 45 minu

Reliable online travel agents with great fares on airline tickets and hotel reservations

The continental spider's web of rail connections makes this a behemoth of a task to put online. Somehow Indian Railway pulled it off. Tread slowly as it can get confusing in there. Huge amounts of Indian train travel information.

To get to the Northern Territories, outlying areas of Hong Kong and also for a quick way to get to the Chinese border, KCR and its network of regular and light trains is an efficient mode of transport

Malaysian rail authority. Covers the entire Malaysian peninsula from Singapore in the South to Thailand on its Northern border. Efficient, safe and clean.

Thailand train travel. Very useful information but no ticket booking online. Go straight to the Bangkok main station at Hua-lom-pong to book. Very comfortable and efficient, great menu of food and drinks and extremely clean 1st and 2nd classes

Fastest way to escape Bangkok's traffic nightmares

Complementing the exisitng above-ground Skytrain system, the Bangkok Subway system has been opened since early 2004.

THE way to travel quickly and cheaply in Hong Kong

Useful subway route info if you're ever in Taipei

This 7 storey structure used to be one of THE tallest buildings in Singapore. At 7 storeys, you can imagine how long ago that was. Fully refurbished and next to the Parco Bugis Junction shopping mall

Located in the predominantly Malay and Peranakan area eastside of Singapore, you'll be living in one of our more colorful suburban neighborhoods.

Elegant touches everywhere and economical

Ultra cool and super clean and friendly place located at the East Coast / Siglap area. Great place if you want a feel of who Singapore is

Small, clean and affordable little botique hotel in lively Geylang area that is a short walk to the Aljunied MRT station

Chain of 8 budget hotels scattered around Geylang, Balestier and Joo Chiat areas of Singapore.

Budget hotel in Little India......bare bones but clean

One of the hippest and funkiest budget hotels in Singapore right in the heart of the city. Not expensive at about US$15 a bed in a designer dormitory. Perfect for iPod packing budget travellers if you want funky design and colors to match

Highly acclaimed business hotel with lots of rave reviews on its styling and low pricing

Singapore's largest chain of Budget hotels with 19 establishments scattered throughout the country. Clean and botique.

Ultra chic and super niche botique hotel. Its not budget but well worth every cent. Totally refurbished from an old cinema in a charming part of chinatown.

5 Star Luxury at 3 Star prices. Absolutely gorgeous layout in historic Chinatown

The Summer Tavern is mostly dorm beds (S$22) with a few double rooms. Located right in downtown Singapore near the Singapore River and a minute's walk away from the subway. Cool and funky!

ermm..... the name says it all. Small place but located in a real sub-urban neighborhood for a taste of the real Singapore. Packed with fun activities outside of sleeping hours

One of the best run and happiest places to stay in town. Located in historical Little India area.

Top of the line luxury botique hotel. Rooms start at S$145 a night but we're talking about exquisite rooms with pampering you'll only find at the Ritz

One of the cheapest of budget hotels in Singapore with a great mix of guests from the US, Europe, Japan and India. Need a dormitory bed? Put your bags down here. Very clean and friendly.