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27 February 2026
Charminar and Makkah Mosque The hotel breakfast, starting at 0700, consisted of the very South Indian thosai and idli, plus accompaniments. I headed out by auto-rickshaw to the Charminar (literally four minarets) in the centre of town where I caught, by pure chance, not one celebration but two! The Charminar monument has become the symbol […]
25 February 2026
Panam Nagar I repeated yesterday’s awesome breakfast before meeting Nur at 0915 on the ground floor of the hotel. We walked to a tea shack where tea was being sold, despite Ramadhan, but hidden behind canvas so that no one would then be drinking in public. That’s like Indonesia, but not Malaysia where one could […]
24 February 2026
Arriving in Dhaka I could smell the pollution even before the cabin doors opened as we arrived at 0130. It took 10 mins and USD50 to get my visa-on-arrival. The first officer said a Letter of Invitation was required (which I didn’t have) but when I said I was a tourist, a second officer said […]
22 February 2026
My time in hometown over the Chinese New Year had been quite social with family and friends. Despite that, I managed to fit in gym workouts on all days except one. I confirmed that my hip issues responded very well to rotational cable exercises and cable kickstand hip hinge. I also had a very good […]
11 February 2026
Leaving Jakarta With a 1255 flight from Jakarta to Kuching, I left my room at 0800. Today, I thought I’d try out the rideshare and train combo, despite the highway to the airport being clear and the rideshare price being low. I took a car to the Sudirman Baru station where I would catch the […]
10 February 2026
Above: T-shirts based on Jakarta scenes and food. Chinatown I woke at 0600 in Jakarta, which was 0700 back in Bali. Today, I’m meeting Ah Meng, who is family of the hotel that I stayed at in Jakarta. With brunch on the cards, I made do with some fruit and cake before heading out at […]
9 February 2026
Above: Art made up of scrunched up fishing nets at Sarinah Mall. Leaving Despite retiring much later last night, I woke at 0500 for my rehab exercises and taking breakfast at 0730 to avoid waiting (like yesterday). I told them to skip the pastries and juice, in order to eat less. Checking out at 0900, […]
8 February 2026
I kept up with my rehab exercises after waking up at 0500 and taking breakfast at 0730. Kim was home attending to lots of matters, so I played my part by doing some admin on the computer before having a swim around 1000. For lunch, I went out to the main road in search of […]
7 February 2026
With 5h of time difference, I was up at 0500 and did my rehab exercises for my hip and knee before breakfast started at 0730. Breakfast started with a basket of bakery, cut fruit and cereal before a hot ala carte option was given. It was too much food for me! Having recently gone over […]
6 February 2026
Landing some 20 mins ahead of schedule at 1700, we disembarked about 10 mins later and I was through immigration using the automated gates at 1715. It was purely walking time with no waiting at all. I had applied for an obtained a Visa Exemption application online free-of-charge, which allowed the use of the autogate. […]