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13 August 2014
I managed to get about 5h horizontal (actually, it was diagonal on an inclined flatbed) during the 9h flight from Jeddah to KL, of which about 3h was asleep. The seat was one I was familiar with but I’m not sure if it was the leather (rather than fabric) or the angle (perhaps steeper) that […]
12 August 2014
I checked out from my Istanbul hotel at 1100 and waited for my shuttle pickup at 1245 which came “on the dot”. After cruising around the Sultanahmet area to fill up with other prebooked passengers, we left for Ataturk airport getting there around 1345. With a 1530 departure to Jeddah to connect to Kuala Lumpur, […]
11 August 2014
With such a full day yesterday, I seem to have come down a little under the weather with a sore throat. I slept in but after breakfast regained my motivation. I headed out with several ideas in my head but my feet took me to Kabatas where I boarded the 1130 ferry to Prince’s Island. […]
10 August 2014
Chora Church and Cruises I got my motivation back today and felt the urge to go do things that I hadn’t done in Istanbul. It was tempting to just repeat the old best-loved sights of Istanbul. I wanted to combined the Chora Church with one-way journey between there and the Bosphorus. Due to fog, I […]
9 August 2014
I went up to the top floor for breakfast and saw that the sky was black. Soon enough it started raining. As this was my fourth time in Istanbul, there was no pressure to go do anything so I didn’t really go out till the sun was out in the early afternoon. It is quite […]
8 August 2014
Leaving Skopje There is a gap in the bus schedule from the station to the airport; either around 0700 or around 1100 which doesn’t suit my 1135 departure for Istanbul. So, I took a taxi organised by the hostel. I was told it would be MKD700-900 depending on the taxi company available a the time. […]
8 August 2014
To our surprise, this little country in Europe proved to less expensive than we thought to feed and water ourselves. In… Posted by Alex Chan on Thursday, August 7, 2014
7 August 2014
The hostel unexpectedly gave a light breakfast. It was good enough to get me going for the exploration of central Skopje. I set of at 0830 walking towards Macedonia Square and crossed the old stone bridge across the river to the so-called Albanian district. There were lots of newish monuments and statues some of which […]
6 August 2014
I had a leisurely morning by my standards, pottering around and leaving the apartment / gueshouse soon after 1015 for the bus station bound for Skopje. This kinda represents the end of my long adventure through Papua and explorations through the Balkans. The remainder of the journey is to previously covered territory Istanbul and time […]
5 August 2014
Sveti Naum Monastery I wanted to go to the old monastery Sveti Naum today. It was a 50 min bus ride but I opted for a more pleasant but costlier boat journey on the lake leaving at 1000. It was indeed pleasant in the shade of the top deck cruising past villages and hotels. The […]