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6 June 2022
Morning walk Despite sleeping around 2300 last night, I woke at 0530 and went out for a walk around 0645. The sun was out but the forecast was for cloud and showers so I had to make the most of the weather. I found an elevated platform on a hillside where I had hoped to […]
5 June 2022
Killing time in Seoul I woke at 0530 and finished the little bit of muesli I had brought along with coffee. I have the morning to take in a few more of Seoul’s sights but nothing appealed to me. Also, things don’t really open that early in the morning here. So instead, I hit the […]
4 June 2022
Hanok Bukchon I woke at 0515 after last night’s early rest and was out at 0715 on the metro for Anguk to explore Hanok Bukchon, the traditional village area. I was hoping to get a breakfast of steamed dumplings from somewhere close to where I stayed last time. Unfortunately, at around 0800, nothing was open. […]
3 June 2022
Despite our delayed departure, we landed at Incheon on time at 1855. It’s my second visit to South Korea, having visited 11 years ago and loving it. It was a long walk from the aircraft to the health checkpoint and then immigration. I got the feeling that the Air New Zealand staff had been overzealous […]
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 […]