Part two of my top 100 travel photos, this collection involves Phu Quoc Island in Vietnam (an amazing island with lots of beaches that's fun to explore on motorbike). The second set of photos comes from Phnom Penh in Cambodia, where I was pickpocketed and robbed of my wallet, credit card and money. Please add your feedback in the comments section.
6. South Beach, Phu Quoc Island, Vietnam
While exploring the Island, we found a beach with crystal clear waters and palm trees all around. The water is shallow and the sand is white, the food is cheap and the people so friendly and hospitable. There were five of us on the entire beach at the whole time, something that you can't say about the big Thai beaches and islands.
7. Restaurant, Phu Quoc Island, Vietnam
A small restaurant overlooking the water, right next to the pier where the fishermen sell their days catch. Featuring Phu Quoc's cheap and famous seafood, a definite favourite of Vietnamese and travellers alike.
8. Sunset, Phu Quoc Island, Vietnam
I happened to be travelling the island with a photographer, we were riding through the island on the way home as the sun started to set. They say there are really only two good times to take photos, sunrise and sunset. We were passing the tree and lake on the side of the road, Bao noticed it and was already of his motorbike with camera in hand before I even realised what was going on. With him, I learned a lot about photography and composing amazing shots.
9. Monkeys at Wat Phnom, Phom Penh, Cambodia
Coming out of a temple in Cambodia, I see a mother monkey with her baby. Animals and children are great subjects for photos, a baby monkey, that's a no brainer. I started snapping away. The monkey's were barely a metre away from me. The flash startled the mum, she defensively ran up to me and bit me as soon as I snapped the photo. I didn't get rabies, but I stood back a little further the next time I was taking photos of monkeys.
10. Royal Palace, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Some photos are repeated hundreds of times. Any tourist destination will have every place captured from every different angle and available on flickr before you even set off. The trick with these places is to set up the shot so that the crowds aren't visible. If you show up in the early morning or late afternoon or when the weather looks like it could get worse, you can get the shot. Sometimes you can just pretend you work there and move everyone out of the shot, if you act with enough authority, people will move.
The photos for this post and more like it are found in the photo galleries for Phu Quoc, Phnom Penh and the Royal Palace.
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