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12 September 2018
Getting going I had set the alarm for 0600 and asked the frontdesk to call me as well just in case. But I woke at 0430. Realising that there was no phone, I figured that the receptionist would have to walk up two floors to wake me. So I WhatsApp’ed them to say I was […]
11 September 2018
Today I fly to Miri for an overnight before going inland to Borneo’s highlands for my mini-adventure. I ordered a Grab car on the app but none were available in my area. I tried numerous times and it was starting to worry me even though I had three hours till my 1500 flight. Perhaps it […]
14 August 2018
Bird’s eye view of Saigon I had enquired about a late check-out till 1600 for half a day’s rate. Anything beyond that would he at the full day’s rate. I decided against it in the end and checked-out at 1100, leaving my pack at reception. I took a Grab car to Bitexco Tower. I read […]
13 August 2018
I had a lazy start today, staying indoors after breakfast till 1100. I headed out for my massage to Pham Ngu Lao. I tried choosing the place carefully again, trying to avoid the many that had skimpily dressed female touts. I stumbled across one with a young masseur. The massage started off well, then about […]
12 August 2018
As expected, I woke early in Saigon and dozed till around 0530. I took breakfast on the hotel’s rooftop in their main building; I was housed in their annex. Surprisingly, they had no pho for breakfast so I settled for an omelette accompanied by a very good personal baguette. It was very light inside and […]
11 August 2018
We landed at Saigon’s Tan Son Nhat airport about 30 minutes early around 1915. With no luggage, I was out quickly. First priority was to get money from the ATM. Both the ones I tried imposed a local fee. I chose the one with the cheaper fee and withdrew what I expect to spend for […]
27 July 2018
La Boca walking tour We were consciously trying to adjust our body clocks to approach New Zealand time. There was a 9h difference (ignoring the date change) and by allowing ourselves to sleep till 0900, I figured we were already adjusting ourselves by 3h. We took the last of the hotel’s yummy breakfast before checking […]
26 July 2018
After a sleep-in, I made a light breakfast of oats and dried fruit to tide us till lunch after check-out at 1100. Walking around Puerto Iguazu, we settled on a buffet-per-kilo place. This one had a higher price compared to our now “usual” joined to the bus station but the quality of the offerings were […]
25 July 2018
We caught the bus to the Argentine side of the falls from our nearby bus station at 0820 and arrived at the park headquarters around 0900. It wasn’t much shorter than the journey to the Brazilian park. The bus ride cost more than the one to the Brazilian side, probably due to lack of competition. […]
24 July 2018
We wanted to explore the Brazil side of the Iguaçu (Iguazu) falls today and the first bus was 0810. I set the alarm for 0650 so we could make the second bus at 0830 in a relaxed manner. It had been raining and when we checked while eating our oats and dried fruit, it felt […]