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4 December 2013
Killing time I slept till 0700 and did some admin on the computer till 1000 when I had brunch of fishball kwayteow soup. Uniqlo beckoned again and I went to their flagship store next to Times Square which was impressive even before their expansion slated for next week. That killed half a day and I […]
3 December 2013
Immigration was a breeze today. It always seems to be the case when I need to kill time and when the queues are shocking, I have a tight self-connect to make. I took the A21 bus into Mong Kok and was at the Lucky Hostel by 0730 waking up the manager from bed. I was […]
14 September 2013
Today was more of the same … shopping, eating and meeting up with crew friends after checking out of the hotel at 1100. We headed to the airport after 1800 from the Holiday Inn Express where we had returned our rental car. The check-in area was deserted. The flight was rather full but not completely […]
13 September 2013
Above: Dinner at Redondo Pier. Our hotel bathroom window looks out at the flightpath for LA Airport. It’s quite amazing to see big jets like the A380 coming in to land while taking care of business. I wonder if there’s a curfew for the airport as we didn’t hear any aircraft noise through the night. […]
12 September 2013
We woke at 0600 to take the bus to the airport for our 0910 flight to London Heathrow. That kind of wake up time isn’t normally an issue for me but having had sleep-ins for the last few days, it was harder. We had two pleasant surprises in a row. The first was finding a […]
11 September 2013
Above: Looking up at Edinburgh Caste from old town. We found out that there’s a free walking tour of the old town which leaves at 1100 each morning. This kind of free walking tour operates in various European cities, and a tip is kinda expected but not obligatory. The weather was a bit drizzly and […]
10 September 2013
Edinburgh’s most obvious attraction is its castle located on the hilltop towering over the city. We paid our visit there in the morning. They run a free but short guided tour which gave a brief insight into the history. Otherwise it would be like any other castle with its collection of furniture, portraits, ceramics, swords […]
9 September 2013
It was an easy one hour drive to Scotland’s capital and second largest city. We dropped our bags off at the Tune Hotel, expecting to have to pay for the brief storage and sure enough, it cost us GBP2 per piece. We returned the car to the airport and bused back into town for lunch […]
8 September 2013
Above: Glasgow “Cathedral” from the necropolis. We had most of the day to fill or kill today. We started with a drive into downtown Glasgow which was easy being a Sunday; parking was easy too. We popped into the Cathedral and the necropolis behind. Interestingly, the Cathedral isn’t technically one at all. It is an […]
7 September 2013
Above: Stirling Castle from a distance. The original plan was to have a short drive from Fort William into Glasgow and take in some of the sights of the big city. However, Kim had relatives that he wanted to look up in Kirkmichael, near Blairgowie even though he had trouble contacting them directly. We did […]