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5 July 2017
Picture above courtesy of Tony Li. Arriving in Kuala Lumpur for our Transit We were advised to go to the Transfer Desk to find out about our connections. But I had retrieved our booking online and knew that we were on the 0650 to Tawau (a day later than booked). The queue at the Transfer […]
30 April 2017
Today, friends Tim and Elena invited me to join them for a drive to their beach property near Lundu. They had at one stage thought of building there but for now, there is no building there. It was a lovely outing to get away from the hustle and bustle of Kuching.
22 April 2017
I had always wanted to ride on the North Borneo Railway (the only rail service in Borneo) but when I last checked, it was not operating. The tracks were supposedly being refurbished and I expected the service would die a quiet death but surprisingly it was back in operation. I had thought of taking Uber […]
21 April 2017
I woke before the alarm at 0530 and hopped to check-out. I told the frontdesk to hold off entering my departure into her system so I could continue to use the wifi to order a Uber cab. Unfortunately there was already a small surge pricing at 0600; it would be more expensive than an honest taxi […]
20 April 2017
Above: My decorated tricycle to the airport. Back to Manila With my flight at 1415 and an 1100 checkout, I took it easy in my room. My congestion was getting worse but it wasn’t bad bad. I had a light breakfast of muesli and took my last saltwater (probably brackish rather than pure saltwater) shower […]
19 April 2017
I had set the day aside free for lazing around, doing an excursion I hadn’t thought of or in case the previous days had been wet. But with my flu growing I decided to do nothing. In any case, the only excursion remaining around here were: an Island Hopping trip including dolphin watching (from boat), […]
18 April 2017
If you’re staying at Panglao Island near Alona Beach, you will have countless dive operators to choose from that can take you to Balicasag Island for diving. I did two dives at Balicasag with Go Scuba at Alona. Their office is just on the right as you walk down to Alona Beach from the main road. […]
18 April 2017
Above: Dinner by the sea. It was good that I had picked today to go diving (read about it here). I started getting a sore throat yesterday and today it was starting to burn while a little bit of mucous was starting to trickle down my throat. No sinus congestion, blocked nose or ears yet. […]
17 April 2017
All I wanted to do today was see the Tarsiers. However, to get transport there just for that was prohibitive. I didn’t want to rent a motorbike. The best remaining option was an all day tour covering a number of other places I hadn’t wanted to visit but am quite happy to. Cost was PHP400 […]
16 April 2017
Above: Jeepney near Alona Beach. I had bought three mangoes and a box of papayas last night. I have two luscious ones remaining for breakfast which went well with my muesli and milk. With a midday flight to Tagbilaran, I checked-out at 0930 allowing plenty of time in case of long queues at the airport […]