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5 July 2022
Getting to Kuala Lumpur My brother kindly dropped me off at Kuching airport two hours before my 1045 flight to Kuala Lumpur. I was pleased I hadn’t booked the 1005 flight as it had been delayed to 1145 but with nothing critical ahead, it wouldn’t have been a disaster. Worse thing can happen in travel […]
27 June 2022
The Borneo Cultures (plural) Museum opened recently, after a long delay due to the pandemic. I had booked in advance to make a visit along with my brother but in a few days, bookings will no longer be required. The museum is currently free-of-charge to visit. The museum attempts to showcase the cultural heritage of […]
20 June 2022
Above: The State Legislature in my hometown Kuching. Today we fly from Penang to Kuching, my hometown. We felt obliged to have one more round of the awesome laksa before we depart. We took breakfast at 1000 before checking-out after 1100. Text continues after this gallery. Ordering a vehicle online, we ended up having […]
19 June 2022
We had planned on taking the bus to Kek Lok Si temple today but when we realised there was a 20 min walk from the bus stop to the temple, we ordered a car. The car dropped us off near the temple complex around 1030 and we made our way up the alley lined with […]
18 June 2022
Famous Laksa We got up even later today at 0900 and headed out around 1100 to explore briefly, before meeting a friend at 1200. Our old school mate, How Chiet, has been seconded to Penang from base in Singapore. We wandered to Lebuh Keng Kwee which is home to one of Penang’s best laksa. There […]
17 June 2022
With the curtains drawn closed, Boo and I slept in. We wandered a bit before 1000 to explore. Without trying to locate any particular recommended eatery, we took a Prawn Noodle each near the Chowrasta Market. It was a simple version of one of Penang’s several signature dishes. It didn’t wow us but it was […]
16 June 2022
Above: Penang by night from our hotel room. Leaving Tioman I left Impian Inn around 0845 for the short walk to Genting jetty for my trip back to the mainland. Cataferry showed up a little earlier than the scheduled time 0930. We continued our pick-ups at several stops on Tioman and started the journey in […]
14 June 2022
Having retired around 2100 last night I woke at 0340 but after more than an hour, fell asleep till 0800. That’s a lot of sleep for me. After breakfast I attended to an unexpected medical concern regarding blood where it’s not normally seen. Having had my concerns allayed, I chilled and then had a long […]
13 June 2022
Getting ready Breakfast at the Impian Inn started at 0730 which was perfect for my dive meet-up at 0830. I turned up at Tioman Dive Buddy a little earlier to do the paperwork and pay. But the divemasters didn’t know about me but the managed to fit me in for the 0900 dive which had […]
13 June 2022
Breakfast at the Impian Inn started at 0730 which was perfect for my dive meet-up at 0830. The two dives were OK, bearing in mind I’m a bit hard to impressed after having done repeated dives in Sipadan. Surface conditions were perfect, being calm, blue and sunny. Underwater it wasn’t as good as expected. You […]