22 September 2017
Eating on Turkish Airlines
I managed to snap up a business class ticket on this airline by booking 10 months ahead, for about the same time as… Posted by Alex Chan on Friday, April 11, 2014
12 September 2017
Home sweet home (with Giardiasis)
Above: Flying over the Gold Coast area. For the flight from Gold Coast back to Auckland, I was seated back in my allocated seat squashed between two people. They were interesting enough, especially the lady to my right. She looks completely African but has a Chinese name and carried a Hong Kong passport. We got […]
11 September 2017
My Uzbek visa
Today was the much awaited day on which I’m meant to pick up my Uzbek visa in Ampang. I woke up to AirAsia’s big sale though and scrolling through the destinations it seemed that I had either been there (sometimes more than once) or it didn’t appeal. Then I thought of Makepung in Bali, a […]
10 September 2017
Nightstop with a purpose
We woke about 0600. Kim had an 0945 to Singapore for an overnight before flying to Auckland. I had an 1145 to KL for an overnight, especially to collect my Uzbek visa before flying to Auckland. Uber to the airport was super cheap at MYR16.10. Kim dropped off his bag but it was too early […]
9 September 2017
Orang utans
Even though we had all been to Semenggoh to see the orang utans, I thought it would be a nice outing combined with Siniawan Night Market (which my guests hadn’t been to). We left around 1330 and got to the park around 1430 for the 1500 feeding session. After a somewhat lengthy introduction and safety briefing, […]
6 September 2017
Worlds’ largest flower
The facebook page of Gunung Gading National Park indicated that there was a rafflesia in bloom. I decided that I’d take Paul and Steevie (my guests) there and suggested that my brother take his guests too. They are all in town for my mother’s 90th birthday. We set off around 1000 for the 1h50 drive […]
5 September 2017
Eating in Kuching
Living in Auckland means I have access to excellent and authentic Chinese food. So when I'm in Kuching I try to eat anything else but Chinese. Posted by Alex Chan on Monday, May 1, 2017
31 August 2017
Family Time – Take 2
One of the benefits of taking the train to the airport was being able to bag-drop in the city (on selected airlines only). I was able to do that today flying Malaysia Airlines and dropped my bag around 0930 before the 1000 cut-off for my 1200 flight. I got to the airport a little after […]
30 August 2017
Uzbek visa application
Today I had an important date. I specially planned the trip so that I’d have some time in KL to submit my Uzbek visa application. I was still finding it hard to get going in the morning. I had tried to be out the door after 0800 but it didn’t happen until 0900. I took […]
29 August 2017
Heading south
Above: Malaysian sports mascot (tiger) on display at a mall. Even though I slept very soundly for about 6h (about my normal), I woke up feeling disgusting at 0830. The joys of flying eastwards! It was 0330 back in Stockholm. It took me about 30 minutes to come right. I found out that my flight […]