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Images from Japan, China, Thailand and India.

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Hong Kong from the Ritz Carlton. The hotel occupies the top floors of Hong Kong's tallest building, the International Commerce Centre, on Kowloon Island. Hong Kong's extravagance is well known and I always feel the best example of this is the daily 6pm "Symphony of Lights". The light show is a coordinated spectacle of 40 Hong Kong buildings, the skyscrapers changing colours and flashing at varying speeds. From the Peak on Hong Kong Island, the sight is extraordinary.

In central Hong Kong there is an aviary of exotic birds. The space is open to the public and free to walk around. It is a wonderful place to spend some time away from the modern bustle of the city.

Large-eyed Pit Viper
Trimeresurus macrops.
Also called the Green Pit Viper.
We came across this beautiful snake in Kao Yai National Park, which is situated east of Bangkok, in Thailand. Pit Vipers get their name from from the heat-sensing pits on their faces, between the nose and eyes. Pit Vipers can be dangerous snakes because of their hemorrhagic venom.

Giant Golden Orb Weaver
Nephil pilipes
These are fascinating spiders, not least beacuse the marking on their backs looks very much like a human skull!

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Large-eyed Pit Viper
Trimeresurus macrops
Also called the Green Pit Viper.

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Large-eyed Pit Viper
Trimeresurus macrops
Also called the Green Pit Viper.

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© TL 2016

Green Iguana
Iguana iguana

Central American Squirrel Monkey

Saimiri oerstedii

Once widespread, this monkey now only survives in the Manuel Antonio National Park, on the wild Osa Peninsula, close to the Panama border on the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica and the very northern pacific tip of Panama. Since 2008 the species has classified on the IUCN red list as 'Vulnerable'

Brown Pelicans
Pelcanus occidentalis
This is a common sight on the pacific coast of Costa Rica. Thes pelicans fly in large flocks, effortlessly gliding over the crests of breaking waves as it hunts for fish. They can also be seen flying low above the coastal rainforest in elongated v formations, each bird taking it's turn in the slip stream of another, like in a speed cycling race.

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Common Black-Hawk
Buteogallus anthracinus

Postman butterfly
Heliconius erato

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Great Kiskadee
Pitangus sulphuratus

Fiery-bileed Aracari
Pteroglossus frantzii
Unlike the Collared Aracari and other Toucan species, this bird now only breeds in the very small area of the southern Pacific coastal area of Costa Rica and northern Panama.

Amazon Kingfisher (female)
Chloroceryle amazona

Brown Pelicans
Pelcanus occidentalis

Red-backed Squirrel Monkey with infant.
Saimiri oerstedii

Red-backed Squirrel Monkey
Saimiri oerstedii

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Northern Tamandua
Tamandua mexicana

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Scarlet Macaw
Ara macao

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Central American Spider Monkey
Ateles geoffroyi
The Spider Monkey gets it's name from it's unusually long and able limbs. It moves effortlessly through the forest using it's tail with the dexterity of it's other limbs, giving it the impression of having more limbs than it does!

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