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21 December 2021
Above: Putrajaya, the administrative capital of Malaysia. My flight to Kuching leaves at 1405. There are so many reasons to go to the airport early: Christmas rush, possible flooding along the way, reduced bus and train schedules due to the pandemic. I checked out from my hotel around 0900 and had a rather spicy thosai […]
20 December 2021
Killing the morning I was worried how I’d fill the day today. I only “have” to meet some Yemeni friends for dinner and go to the Petronas Twin Towers to see their Christmas décor. With the unexpected personal crisis that surfaced last night, I spent most of the morning in the room working through it. […]
19 December 2021
Breakfast in Melaka I didn’t need breakfast after last night’s filling dinner. But I went along for a coffee then got seduced by the pork congee. Text continues after this gallery. Eating in Seremban We set off around 1000 from Melaka headed for Seremban. Thomas had arranged to meet up with Janet, an […]
18 December 2021
We walked around the corner to a local coffee shop for breakfast around 0900. I had toast with kaya and butter while Thomas added soft-boiled eggs. Melaka’s old city wasn’t far away by foot. But due to a mis-navigation, we took a longer route which was fine as we checked out our proposed brunch venue […]
17 December 2021
Above: Never go wading through an ankle-deep flood as you may fall into deep open drains. I didn’t sleep that deeply through the night. Rather unusual for me. I set the alarm for 0600 for a 0700 transfer to the airport. As I was checking out at 0645, the transport had already arrived. We picked […]
16 December 2021
Above: The jetty at Uncle Chang’s. It was my last dive day this trip, starting with a 0445 wake-up again. I hadn’t bought anything for a quick brekkie and took a couple of biscuits with my coffee. I reported to Scuba Gen before 0600 and got picked up by boat, this time, around 0620. I […]
15 December 2021
I set the alarm for 0445 for my 0600 report at Scuba Gen a couple of minutes walk away. I stuffed down a coffee and muffin before heading there ten minutes ahead of the report time. Rather than a boat pickup from the dive centre’s private jetty, I was collected by car for a short […]
14 December 2021
Above: A mountain of shells from consumed seafood. Today is my spare day, having shifted it from yesterday. I had allowed for in case of flight disruption. So much can happen suddenly with travel arrangements in a pandemic. I intend to make it as restful as possible after yesterday’s cacophony. Having slept before 2000 last […]
13 December 2021
Today I started my dives, with all three done at Mataking Island. My fun dives were meant to be tomorrow, with today being a spare day in case of flight disruptions. But brought it forward to today as I could join a group as a favour to the dive centre, Scuba Gen. They had been […]
12 December 2021
Above: Scenery on my short flight from Kota Kinabalu to Tawau. My favourite Malaysian city I take sleep for granted because I normally sleep very well. My few nights in Kuching before this sub-trip hadn’t been so. So, my second night of awesome sleep in Kota Kinabalu was very welcome. The weather had cleared up. […]