29 April 2017
Al-Yemen Restaurant in Kuching
The first Yemeni restaurant in East Malaysia is very authentic and brings back many happy memories of my days in Yemen. Posted by Alex Chan on Thursday, October 27, 2016
23 April 2017
Family time
Above: Gaya Street Market. It was nice to wake without the alarm today. I had my last mango with a plain pouring yoghurt and muesli before heading down to the nearby Gaya Street Market. It was a very nice Sunday market with lots of atmosphere and many Chinese tourists. There was nothing I needed to […]
22 April 2017
Riding the North Borneo Railway
I had always wanted to ride on the North Borneo Railway (the only rail service in Borneo) but when I last checked, it was not operating. The tracks were supposedly being refurbished and I expected the service would die a quiet death but surprisingly it was back in operation. I had thought of taking Uber […]
21 April 2017
Back to Borneo
I woke before the alarm at 0530 and hopped to check-out. I told the frontdesk to hold off entering my departure into her system so I could continue to use the wifi to order a Uber cab. Unfortunately there was already a small surge pricing at 0600; it would be more expensive than an honest taxi […]
20 April 2017
Back to Manila & parting thoughts
Above: My decorated tricycle to the airport. Back to Manila With my flight at 1415 and an 1100 checkout, I took it easy in my room. My congestion was getting worse but it wasn’t bad bad. I had a light breakfast of muesli and took my last saltwater (probably brackish rather than pure saltwater) shower […]
20 April 2017
Eating in the Philippines
I’ve heard that Filipino food is the most vilified of all Asian cuisines (but they do Western food well). Most of you… Posted by Alex Chan on Friday, March 1, 2013
19 April 2017
Another lazy day
I had set the day aside free for lazing around, doing an excursion I hadn’t thought of or in case the previous days had been wet. But with my flu growing I decided to do nothing. In any case, the only excursion remaining around here were: an Island Hopping trip including dolphin watching (from boat), […]
18 April 2017
Balicasag Island
If you’re staying at Panglao Island near Alona Beach, you will have countless dive operators to choose from that can take you to Balicasag Island for diving. I did two dives at Balicasag with Go Scuba at Alona. Their office is just on the right as you walk down to Alona Beach from the main road. […]
18 April 2017
Two easy dives
Above: Dinner by the sea. It was good that I had picked today to go diving (read about it here). I started getting a sore throat yesterday and today it was starting to burn while a little bit of mucous was starting to trickle down my throat. No sinus congestion, blocked nose or ears yet. […]
17 April 2017
Exploring Bohol
All I wanted to do today was see the Tarsiers. However, to get transport there just for that was prohibitive. I didn’t want to rent a motorbike. The best remaining option was an all day tour covering a number of other places I hadn’t wanted to visit but am quite happy to. Cost was PHP400 […]