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13 June 2025
Dihua Street MH & WL had woken up at 0330 and been out for breakfast before sunrise whereas I had some muesli in the room. We took a taxi out around to Dihua Street. The street is lined with nice character buildings, some from the Japanese era, selling traditional dried foods. MH was looking for […]
12 June 2025
Above: My Indonesian lunch. The weather turned as I prepared to venture out today, with intermittent drizzle continuing through the day. It wasn’t forecast and even when it was raining, the forecast said it was currently cloudy! That’s so unusual as forecasts show a rainy icon with the slightest showers. I had thought of going […]
11 June 2025
Flying to Taipei I woke at 0330, way ahead of my alarm at 0500. That meant only 5h of sleep but that is somewhat enough for me. I lay in bed for quite a bit before preparing to head to the airport. Leaving the room at 0527, I called by reception to return my keycard […]
10 June 2025
After a relaxing day yesterday of just lunch with a friend from Melaka and a gym workout, I had my long-awaited big day today. It’s the day of my CT Calcium Score test to see the level of obstruction (if any) in my arteries, in case I can do without taking statins. I had recently […]
8 June 2025
Above: Tapas at the airport lounge upon arrival. Arriving in Kuala Lumpur I had about 4h sleep on board with the aid of 1.5 tablets of sleeping pills and a very good recline position on the slimline aircraft seats. That’s the highest dose I had ever taken. Nothing seemed to happen with the initial 1 […]
7 June 2025
Above: Malaysia Airlines A330neo interior. Trip Overview This trip started with an intention to go to Europe for summer, to escape New Zealand’s wet and windy winter. We managed to get confirmed tickets on points from Taipei to Vienna and later on added budget airline flights around to various sunny spots, and then it kept […]
23 April 2025
I leave Kuala Lumpur today for hometown, after a whole in the big city. The day was spent having lunch in Kampung Baru, a long massage and dinner with friends Faiz and Colin. I woke at 0615 to take the 0700 train to the airport. I did a lot of work at the landside lounge […]
20 April 2025
Final sightseeing It’s my last day in Xian and China today before a flight out after midnight. I had they day to kill and I chose to do that with E & BW. Kim went out with Dennis instead, to do car “things”. KL & M had departed this morning for Penang. The morning was […]
19 April 2025
Transport to Huashan Today we have a trip to Huashan. I had booked the entrance and cablecar tickets as a combo with return transport from the city to Huashan which is about 2h away each way. We had the choice of meeting at a set pick-up point or from our hotel. But because our […]
18 April 2025
Main site Today we revisit the Terracotta Warriors outside town, combined with the Huaqing Palace near to the warriors site. It is possible to do it by public transport but some of us decided it would be eaiser getting a private car. It turned out to be a great decision as it was a long […]