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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 […]
12 June 2022
Bus to Mersing To my surprise, I slept deeply last night despite retiring around 2000 and worries about catching an early 0700 bus. Even though I had woken up a couple of times, I fell back asleep each time. I woke to my alarm at 0545 and grabbed a breakfast of coffee and toast downstairs […]
11 June 2022
Above: My delicious breakfast came to only SGD3.20. Singapore is lucky to have poorer neighbours for its labour and produce. Catch-up with friends I started my day with a breakfast of thosai, vadae and chai at the Indian Muslim place nearby. After checking-out around 1100, I spent a couple of hours with my aunt. […]
10 June 2022
Above: Sign on the MRT suggest people not to talk to each other or on the phone to minimise the spread of Covid-19. Likewise, singing and wind musical instruments are not permitted indoors. While in Korea I had been waking up early around 0530, being somewhat on New Zealand time. This should have continued here […]
9 June 2022
Above: Asiana Airlines’ bibimbap “as served” but one is supposed to mix it all up with the condiments provided. Train to Incheon Airport I have a train to Seoul at 0810 this morning. My brain refused to let me fall into deep sleep all night even though the wake-up time isn’t any earlier than previous […]
8 June 2022
Oryukdo Skywalk I had made arrangements to meet an old university friend at Oryukdo Skywalk at 0945 today. As I had kept somewhat on New Zealand time, I took breakfast at 0645 and was on the bus at 0740. The ride took about an hour before getting dropped at the last stop in front of […]
7 June 2022
Bus to Busan I woke early at 0600 and took breakfast before the official time of 0800. I left soon after on a 5 min walk to the bus stop where I managed to get a bus to the Express Bus Terminal. I’m bound for Busan today and it was a lot costlier to go […]