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14 January 2014
As our departure to Auckland was 1920 in the evening, we didn’t need to leave the city till 1530. That meant we had time for picking up a few bargains from the shops around Wan Chai and having a long massage. We didn’t set out to buy anything but there are too many quality items […]
12 January 2014
This morning, we had better luck with taxis getting the Japanese Germ Warfare Experimental Base, which was in the south side of Harbin city. The ride took about 45 minutes and upon reaching there, we decided to get the taxi driver to wait and keep the meter running; it wasn’t the kind of place we […]
11 January 2014
Mark arrived from Beijing last night after a 2 hour delay. We only bad a brief chat then, so I had a better catch up with him over breakfast. We had planned on going to the Siberian Tiger Park and there was no reason to change the plan. The hotel taxi drivers were around and […]
10 January 2014
As if to repeat yesterday morning, we explored our neighbourhood to start off the day. We found the old Jewish area where Jews from Russia and Europe settled to escape persecution. We didn’t have many things we wanted to do today, as we planned on saving some activities for when Mark (a friend living in […]
9 January 2014
The sun rose around 0700 but we didn’t rush to get out of bed. After a simple hotel buffet breakfast, we wandered around the old part of Harbin a little. The weather was cold, clear and crisp. We found the walking street which was only 2 streets away. What we needed was a scarf and […]
8 January 2014
Kim, being on NZ time woke up about 0400. As we had retired about 2200 last night, I more-or-less had enough sleep too. We chatted and got ready around 0600 and left the hotel at 0645 to find the E21 bus just outside the hotel; perfect timing! We arrived at the airport just less than […]
30 December 2013
There are a few hot springs around Kuching. Richard and Habibah invited me to join them on a trip to the Panchor Dayak one about an hour out of town. But as we’re on the far side of town, and due to flooding on the roads causing bad jams, it took us about 2 hours. […]
19 December 2013
The doctor said my tonsils are swollen on one side; the other side seems fine. I had previously had a wicked sore throat which has now disappeared but left me with swollen glands on one side. The swollen glands are on the side of the swollen tonsils, so it makes sense as my lymph nodes […]
15 December 2013
After doing a yoga class next door, I checked out of my hut and had breakfast. I found a taxi for INR700 to take me to my hotel in Panaji, which took about an hour. I managed to get straight into my room at the Casa Paradiso even though it was before the official check-in […]
10 December 2013
Today I finished my five day Iyengar yoga course. After lunching and farewelling my coursemates, my guesthouse owner biked me to Mandrem, a quieter village about 10 minutes south of Arambol. It lacks the colourful people that make up Arambol. It is so quiet and laid back it makes Arambol feel like a town rather […]