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29 May 2019
Mangrove and Cave Excursion It wasn’t a rushed morning as my excursion departed at 1000 from nearby Tanjung Rhu jetty. The trip includes a tour of the mangrove, eagle watching and some caves in the Kilim Geopark area. We cruised through the mangroves where we spotted some monkeys. The boatman then released a bag of […]
28 May 2019
Arriving in Malaysia Having taken a sleeping pill on take-off, I had slept 4h completely dead to the world. And 2h more after a loo visit, plus 3h more of lying/dozing. With some circling, our flight arrived into Kuala Lumpur around 0430, an hour late. I had about 1h50 till my flight to Langkawi, a […]
27 May 2019
I woke up in my capsule early and headed out to the nearest supermarket to get some breakfast. I settled for muesli, yoghurt and fruit. The muesli can be resealed to provide me more healthy breakfasts in the days to come. After breakfast, I cleared out of my capsule and locker and settled into the […]
26 May 2019
Upon landing in Sydney, I took the train to Central where I had booked a capsule at Space Q. It was like Star Wars in my little capsule. As it was late in autumn, the day was getting short and cool. I put some effort in planning my travels so that I’m in places for […]
26 May 2019
Leaving on a journey of more than two months doesn’t feel exciting when the first leg is domestic or shorthaul to a familiar destination. Today I fly to Sydney for an overnight to pick up my AirAsia X flight to Kuala Lumpur tomorrow. The weather forecast for Auckland isn’t good and it appears I’ve timed […]
19 April 2019
Having slept around 2200 last night, I woke before 0400. That’s way before my alarm set for 0545. I killed some time before summoning a Grab car. The price started at SGD15 but with no takers around, it went up up up and up to SGD28! Ouch! But a taxi would have cost similar anyway. […]
18 April 2019
This morning I fly to the Lion City with the original intention of taking the evening flight back to Auckland. On a standby ticket, I had little chance as it was nearly full already a few months back. I decided I’d stay the night with my aunt in Singapore and take the one tomorrow morning […]
9 April 2019
It was raining when I woke. Better today than yesterday, my sightseeing day! I went downstairs and found that the cook had gone out to buy provisions. He was already due back but was probably stuck somewhere due to the rain. So breakfast wasn’t available in-house. I wandered a couple of doors away and had […]
8 April 2019
Getting ready I woke early due to the previous early mornings I’ve had, and also the one hour time difference. I had suggested an early departure but the petrol station didn’t open till 0800. I killed time with a walk back to the waterfront to catch the view in a different light, before returning for […]
7 April 2019
I woke early again around 0600 and was downstairs at a cafe for breakfast at 0630. I checked out and walked to the nearby Kuching Sentral station after and checked-in for my bus (which really just means having the bus registration place number disclosed to you so you can board). It was a brief wait […]