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10 January 2014
As if to repeat yesterday morning, we explored our neighbourhood to start off the day. We found the old Jewish area where Jews from Russia and Europe settled to escape persecution. We didn’t have many things we wanted to do today, as we planned on saving some activities for when Mark (a friend living in […]
9 January 2014
The sun rose around 0700 but we didn’t rush to get out of bed. After a simple hotel buffet breakfast, we wandered around the old part of Harbin a little. The weather was cold, clear and crisp. We found the walking street which was only 2 streets away. What we needed was a scarf and […]
8 January 2014
Kim, being on NZ time woke up about 0400. As we had retired about 2200 last night, I more-or-less had enough sleep too. We chatted and got ready around 0600 and left the hotel at 0645 to find the E21 bus just outside the hotel; perfect timing! We arrived at the airport just less than […]
7 January 2014
My brother-in-law, David, who was visiting from Guernsey took me to the airport this morning at 0800. Bag-drop at AirAsia was superfast and I had time to visit the new Plaza Premium lounge at Kuching airport. The lounge turned out to be a disappointment as it was essentially free seating and soft drinks. The wifi […]
30 December 2013
There are a few hot springs around Kuching. Richard and Habibah invited me to join them on a trip to the Panchor Dayak one about an hour out of town. But as we’re on the far side of town, and due to flooding on the roads causing bad jams, it took us about 2 hours. […]
19 December 2013
The doctor said my tonsils are swollen on one side; the other side seems fine. I had previously had a wicked sore throat which has now disappeared but left me with swollen glands on one side. The swollen glands are on the side of the swollen tonsils, so it makes sense as my lymph nodes […]
18 December 2013
I woke at 0645 and left the hotel at 0730 on the E21 bus which got me to check-in around 0845, some 2 hours before departure. I found that departure had been brought forward and we had been assigned a gate in the satellite terminal. With check-in at Terminal 2, this was like the least […]
17 December 2013
With an hour’s delay leaving Delhi, I thought I’d have a greater chance of getting straight into my hotel room when I arrived at 0900. Sadly, the previous guests hadn’t checked out so I had to go walkies and eating. They left around 1030 and I eventually got into my room after 1100. I slept […]
16 December 2013
After having a really bad night of not sleeping well, I realised that I have become sicker. The glands in my neck had become swollen and I had sensations of being cold a lot of the times and then too warm at other times. I went out and forced myself to eat a masala dosa […]
15 December 2013
After doing a yoga class next door, I checked out of my hut and had breakfast. I found a taxi for INR700 to take me to my hotel in Panaji, which took about an hour. I managed to get straight into my room at the Casa Paradiso even though it was before the official check-in […]