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19 November 2025
Leaving Taipei Today I will head to a new country, Palau, not that I’m on a quest to count countries. I woke a few times through the night before the 0615 alarm. Not a bad thing, as often I struggle to adapt flying from west to east and oversleep. Perhaps the fear of missing my […]
18 November 2025
Breakfast hype Even though I woke at 0630, my tummy wasn’t ready for the highly-recommended breakfast that’s nearby. I waited till about 0800 before joining the queue which snaked up the stairs into a food hall. No other stall in that food hall appeared to be open at that time, so perhaps they are all […]
17 November 2025
Despite flying in from the west, I woke at 0630. However, with the cool damp weather expected outside, and no pressing hunger or plans, I stayed indoors till 0930. I checked out a place that came highly recommended, to try get brunch, but it was closed today. Leaving my room again at 1100, it was […]
16 November 2025
Transit in Chengdu Tianfu About an hour before landing in Chengdu Tianfu airport, the crew served sweet milk coffee or tea. It was a nice way to wake up from my doze of under 3h. It’s quite an achievement for a 6h30 flight, less take-off, meal and descent time. We landed on time at 0900 […]
14 November 2025
Dubai Marina I had set the alarm for 0640 so I could go explore before it got too hot. Yes, it’s November but the temperatures are still on the warm side in the sun. I felt groggy upon waking even though I wake at 0400 in Beirut. After the hotel buffet breakfast, I took the […]
13 November 2025
Leaving Beirut I woke a little later today at 0500 instead of 0300, which is still good as I have a long day ahead, flying to Dubai at 1155 with the intention of exploring there till late at night. Checking out of the hotel at 0730, I ordered a car which got me to the […]
12 November 2025
Above: Temple of Bacchus. Note the person on the extreme left, for scale . Getting to Baalbek Today, I make my fourth visit to Baalbek, a place that’s very special in all my travels. It started with a short taxi ride at 0645 to Cola station. It was an awfully long wait from 0700 till […]
11 November 2025
Tripoli Railway Station I woke at 0300, which is good for adjusting back to East Asia. I dozed for a while and headed out at 0630 by foot to Mina, which is Tripoli’s port area nearby. The route took me through a different side of Tripoli which was clean and modern. Some 25 mins later, […]
10 November 2025
Breakfast I had been keeping to roughly Malaysian or Chinese time for much of the trip, but the extra hour time change in Lebanon saw me wake at 0300. I dozed a little before heading out at 0700 to get breakfast at a place that came highly recommended because I’m Malaysian. It’s a fatta shop […]
