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5 November 2015
I have five nights in Mulu, kinda two too many compared to the typical tourist. The extra time was for the Pinnacles trip which I can’t get enough people for. There is a trip departing a day later than my preferred date but it was a bit risky as I may not arrive back in […]
4 November 2015
Today I head back to Mulu National Park, home of the world’s largest caves after 21 years. There are many ways of measuring “largest” (eg. volume, length etc) and Mulu still has the crown by some measures but has lost it in perhaps one way to a newer discovery in Vietnam. Mum and stepdad dropped […]
31 October 2015
I arrive at klia2 around 0500 (a few minutes late) before connecting to Kuching a couple of hours later. The time here is meant to be with family but I managed to get a good deal to Mulu National Park (in a few days time). Ah well, I’ve only been here with family recently and […]
30 October 2015
Food in Sichuan is a mix of the hot and spicy (and oily) Sichuanese and the more subdued Tibetan. Of course the cuisine of the other Chinese areas are found too. Posted by Alex Chan on Wednesday, October 28, 2015
30 October 2015
Nothing much of a day I was still grateful for the good sleep now that I’m away from altitude. I woke at 0840 without an alarm. It was dark outside due to cloudy weather and being in an internal courtyard of my Langzghong guesthouse. I took things easy and chilled in my room before checking […]
29 October 2015
After a leisurely breakfast fruit, yoghurt and muesli in my room, I went out for a 2h+ exploration of the old town. It was more of the same as what I had seen yesterday. I think I’m feeling a bit jaded as I didn’t feel like paying money for the entrances. There was the Zhangfei […]
28 October 2015
What bliss it is to wake naturally without an alarm. Even better that I had a good night sleep without altitude complications. After a very leisurely breakfast and prep, I checked out around 1000 and taxied to Beimen bus station (which was new to me). I managed to get myself on the 1100 bus to […]
27 October 2015
I had a perfect night sleep last night. Kangding at 2600m / 8530ft is a breeze after Tagong which was higher than Lhasa. I made some muesli and yoghurt for breakfast before heading downstairs to meet the Swiss. We shared a taxi from a nearby bakery (where they bought breakfast) to the bus station. We […]
26 October 2015
Yep, another bad night sleep due to altitude. But it will soon be a distant memory as we descend down to Kangding today which is “only” 2600m / 8530ft. Together with the 3 Swiss, we shared a minivan to Kangding. Pulling into the town of Kangding, we saw a very large church. Mathias noted that […]
25 October 2015
I had a bad night sleep due to altitude last night; the half sleeping pill I took didn’t help much. Max recommended that I wake around 0800 because they start breakfast around 0830. It’s too cold to get going before that. I set off around 0930 up to the viewpoint, then headed to the big […]