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12 June 2026
Calcium Score Test Following in my footsteps from last year, we went to the Pantai Hospital for Kim to have his Calcium Score CT scan at MYR299. This costs NZD600 typically in New Zealand and is not covered by any insurance. As with last year, the admin staff were busy and a bit rushed with […]
12 June 2026
Aquaria KLCC We started today with breakfast at Nasi Lemak at Kampung Baru, the old village area of Kuala Lumpur that has resisted development. Locals have not sold up to developers. Following that, we took the train to KLCC shopping centre where I visited Aquaria KLCC (the aquarium) using a free ticket from redeeming some […]
10 June 2026
Flight cancellation and rebooking Today, we fly to Kuala Lumpur at 0600. It doesn’t sound too bad except that we would need to wake at 0145 to get to the airport. This flight wasn’t our original choice but we had booked a flight 19h later at 0100 (whereby we would leave Wuzhen for the airport […]
9 June 2026
Shanghai Auto Museum We headed out about 0900 and had some breakfast nearby before ordering a car to take us to the Shanghai Auto Museum about 45 mins away. We got to the museum about 1030. Exhibits in the museum are housed in three floors, with somewhat spiral ramp (also containing exhibits) joining each of […]
8 June 2026
Tianzifang We weren’t hungry enough to think of breakfast and headed out to Tianzifang by metro. This is a pretty and touristy area located in the French concession, that is home to boutiques, cafes and watering holes. The area seems to have expanded a little since our last visit. The products on sale are now […]
7 June 2026
Moving to Shanghai Today we move to Shanghai. Up at 0630 again, I once again did my shoulder rehab exercises before having a simple breakfast of egg dumplings filled pork in a soup. Our hotel gifted us a generous selection of local biscuits as we checked out at 1000. We ordered a car to take […]
6 June 2026
Nanzha Old Street We woke at 0630 and lazed around for a bit before I did my rehab exercises for my shoulder impingement. We decided to go out for a wander to see what could tempt us for breakfast. Nearby, we found a place that did Chinese style wraps filled with a crispy cracker, lettuce […]
5 June 2026
Arriving in Shanghai It was a great flight, with about 6h30 in the horizontal position for me across three seats. That was most of the time between the two good meals that were served. I slept for about 3h30 and lay or dozed for the remainder. We landed in Shanghai at 0615, about 30 mins […]
4 June 2026
Standby fail Tonight, then plan was for Kim and I fly out to Shanghai separately to commence our big trip of the year. We chose to separately due to maximise the benefit of complex staff standby travel tickets, with me trying for China Eastern at 2100 and him trying for Air New Zealand at 2245. […]
7 March 2026
We landed in Auckland at 0755 with no queues for the biosecurity checks. With only powdered sachets and some compressed peanut blocks (pecel) captured in a photo, I was cleared to exit without an x-ray. It was a short wait for the shuttle to the carpark where we had a swift drive home as there […]