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30 August 2017
Today I had an important date. I specially planned the trip so that I’d have some time in KL to submit my Uzbek visa application. I was still finding it hard to get going in the morning. I had tried to be out the door after 0800 but it didn’t happen until 0900. I took […]
29 August 2017
Above: Malaysian sports mascot (tiger) on display at a mall. Even though I slept very soundly for about 6h (about my normal), I woke up feeling disgusting at 0830. The joys of flying eastwards! It was 0330 back in Stockholm. It took me about 30 minutes to come right. I found out that my flight […]
28 August 2017
Above: Our Khao San Road area. We landed at Bangkok’s Survanabhumi Airport at 0830. This would be my one night here in order to make a safe connection to Kuala Lumpur. I didn’t want to risk a tight connection nor have a protracted but safe wait after the longhaul night flight. One crew in her […]
27 August 2017
I woke up to a 1h55 delay for our flight to Bangkok. ETD had shifted from 1440 to 1635. Modern technology on the internet meant that I could find out that the aircraft was late by 2h coming from Fort Lauderdale but was doing a 4h turnaround; quite strange when they could normally shorten that […]
26 August 2017
After being unwell through the night, I had vey little interest in anything. I let Kim run the day. We left the hostel around 1100 and ventured into a now sunny Stockholm headed for the Medieval Museum, only to find it didn’t open till 1200. As the Central Station was nearby, we checked out how […]
25 August 2017
The weather turned today. It was drizzling. I popped out to get some milk for my cereal and also a pastry for Kim. We had hoped to do a walking tour of Old Town but decided against it in view of the wet weather. Instead, we thought we’d do something indoor like a museum. The […]
24 August 2017
Oslo Sightseeing We had time for a walking tour at 1000 before having to check out at 1200. It would be tight but we gave it a shot. We met at the “tiger” statue near the railway station. A large group gathered and an American guide turned up. He was OK, but not wonderful. What […]
23 August 2017
The alarm rang at 0530 and we were out the door at 0615 for the short walk to the station. The train to Oslo left at 0648 taking 7h30 approximately. We had paid extra NOK90 for Komfort Class which gave us freeflow coffee/tea. The price was equivalent to just three drinks so that was well […]
22 August 2017
Pulpit Rock Cruise We had made some sandwiches to take along on our excursion to Pulpit Rock (Preikestolen). It was a 1000 departure. The man on the pier didn’t check carefully that we were booked on the cruise-and-hike and I had to ask the next person regarding the ticket for the bus rides. These were […]
21 August 2017
While we needed only a day in Stavanger for what we wanted to do, I had a day of rest and in case of weather. Following the weather forecast, we allowed today as the rest day and tomorrow (in anticipation of good weather) would be for going to Pulpit Rock. The town is nice enough, […]