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28 September 2017
We landed in Kuala Lumpur International Airport about 30 minutes late around 2110. I made my way to KLIA2 by train to experience my first capsule hotel stay. Without luggage, I managed to make a reasonably speedy exit. I never expected that my initiation into the capsule hotel experience to be in KL! Necessitated by […]
28 September 2017
Above: Article from Guardian newspaper dated 18 September 2017, Getting away this time was stressful. About a week prior to my flight, an aviation fuel crisis hit Auckland Airport. More specifically, something hit the pipeline transporting fuel to the airport which meant that fuel had to be rationed to 30% of the normal uplift for […]
22 September 2017
Everything including food is so goddamn expensive we’re living off meals from supermarkets, 7 Eleven sandwiches and Subway Sub-of-the-Day. With Kimball John Gaitely Posted by Alex Chan on Thursday, August 24, 2017
22 September 2017
A little taste of the flavours of Italy. Hope to add to this album in future visits. Posted by Alex Chan on Wednesday, August 24, 2016
22 September 2017
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
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
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
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
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
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 […]