South Asia, Southeast Asia and Oceania - a Walk on the Wild Side

    This week our own indefatigable traveler and amateur photojournalist Vincent Yip will treat us to a look at a tropical rainforest, ancient religious sites, pristine beaches, The Great Barrier Reef and other outdoor wonders in these parts of the world.

  The all-important Trump-Kim summit is scheduled to be held in Singapore, the South East Asian city-state where our speaker Vincent Yip spent his first 17 years of his life before coming to the US for college.  At age 10, Vincent had inherited a classic Rolleiflex twin-lens camera from his older brother who left by ship for study in the US, and ever since he has combined his love for photography together with his love for travel and come up with troves of photographs of the highest amateur quality and appeal.  Vincent has shared many of his best shots taken around the world at his many lectures/talks delivered at our Club in the past 9 years. This time his travelogue will cover a big geographical swath starting from Sri Lanka in South Asia, to Malaysia, Myanmar, Cambodia in South East Asia, down under to Australia, and ending among the beautiful islands of Fiji.  We will be awed by many beautiful pictures and entertained by his travelers’ tales of visits to Buddhist pagodas/temples in Myanmar/Cambodia and Portuguese forts in Malacca, brushes with wild and dangerous animals in Borneo, and encounters with reefs and sharks in Australia and Fiji. 

  Vincent is too humble to allow us a recounting of his amazing life’s journey. Suffice to say that one can gather from his obvious international background and previous travelogue oratory, as well as his well-known photographic capabilities, that his talk will once again be captivating and informative.