Rome & Colloseo Visit

My trip to Rome wasn’t one that was planned. It just happened. My colleague Tock and I were en-route to Bangkok for a meeting and 2 days before we flew, we had news that there would be a strategy meeting in Rome which required our attendance. So it was pretty much a tiring week. It started of with 3 days in Bangkok, then flying back to KL for 7 hours of transit, before taking a long 15 hour flight to Rome, via Frankfurt. We finally arrived in Rome, but I couldn’t say the same for my baggage, that never made it from the very beginning of my journey in Malaysia. All this given that we checked in using Tock’s Enrich gold at the golden class lanes, 5 hours before flight.. So much for MAS’s new passenger check in system.

The colloseo at night.
Lost as usual, in yet another Kwai-lo land..
Inside the Colloseo at 12 noon.

My favourite Italian tree. Below is probably the most magnificent place in Rome, the Vatican. It is yet another wonder of true beauty, in terms of the art work, architecture, calmness and off course holiness too. Here's a view of the roman city from the observatory platform, at the top of the dome. You need to climb 300 stairs up and mind you, once you start, you cant turn back untill you reach the top. Its quiet an experiance as the stairways get smaller in size as you reach the peak.

The above 2 pictures took literally 15 minutes for me to plan, strategise and try different shots. The interior of the Cathedral is dark and i had my exposure at ISO400 with 1 sec shutter delay to get the best shots. Oh yeah, i didnt have a tripod, so i placed the camera on the guide rail and set the timer to avoid my clicking motion to induce any form of movement and distortion to the slow scenary shot of the Panasonic Lumix Fx-9. The human object in the picture isnt a Ghost but a dude on a white shirt walking pass my shot. Due to the slow shutter speed, it looks a little freaky!

Anyway, i'm very proud of these shots, given my amateur photographic skills.
to visit, i wasnt very impressed with rome. However, there seem to be some people who are and have come up with a list of 10+1 reasons to visit Rome. Go read it here.

Myself, Tock & Stephen. Wolfgang is taking the photo. These are some people i work with globally.