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3 November 2008
Above: Our two helpers … one big wheelbarrow and one small one. One young man and child labour. We moved into our new home today. With the paid help of a boy and a young man and their wheel barrows, we moved Marie’s stuff over from Kristina’s flat … plus our wheely travelbags in tow. We […]
2 November 2008
Marie had sent her feelers out for possible accommodation. This morning we got a phone call from a Yemeni friend of hers (and her French husband) who had a place available. Instead of settling into the nitty-gritty of the rental issue, we went out for lunch … then went to the house where we settled […]
1 November 2008
Above: Hello Kitty’s birthday! Today, being the first of November, is Hello Kitty’s Birthday. Not that I’m a fan of that Japanese cartoon cat. But I came across a picture of it in Hong Kong saying that it was born in London on 1 November! Why London?!?! It is only my second night back in […]
30 October 2008
I had booked a night into a relatively cheap Panorama Deira Hotel in Dubai for my overnight. With the scheduled flights arriving from JFK at 1945 and departing for Sana’a at 0710, it would have been a little cruel to oneself to spend the night at the airport after a sleepless night flight. But it […]
29 September 2008
I had hoped to do something a little different this time in Hong Kong. Often with my overnights, there’s not much I can do at all. So this time I chose to visit the Big Buddha on Lantau Island, which is by-and-large a relatively untouched part of the territory. After consulting Paul, my host, I […]
28 September 2008
Kimball and I took the ferry to Hong Kong today. We had enough time to fit in a yumcha before he went to work, winging home to New Zealand. I taxied up the hill to stay with my Couchsurfing host, Paul. To my surprise, he was a mature gentleman a little older than me. Quite […]
27 September 2008
Kimball was “on call” with his job as an international flight attendant in New Zealand. He asked if he could be called out for a Hong Kong duty and crew control said “Yes”. He ferried over from Hong Kong and stayed at my hotel here in Macau. Since I enjoyed my sampling of Macanese cuisine, […]
26 September 2008
Today I explored the historical sights of Macau … it is one of several places in Asia which have a Portuguese heritage (and with bricks and stones still standing to show for it). It takes about half a day to do most of the bigger historical attractions (Portuguese and Chinese) and maybe another half-day if […]
25 September 2008
I left Padang at 0830 on a short flight to Kuala Lumpur where I self-connected to Macau. I took a bit of a gamble with my self-connection allowing only 2h50 between flights. ETA coming from Padang was 1040 and ETD to Macau 1330. Upon arrival at Kuala Lumpur the immigration officer greeted me with “Selamat […]
