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7 June 2018
Today I get to visit Naqsh-e Jahan Square’s main sights by daylight. After breakfast, I walked along the shaded tree-lined paths to get to the square. Even around 0830, it was already preferable to be in the shade and I was lucky that all my routes here are adequately shaded. Getting to the square, I […]
6 June 2018
Our driver with a really bad hairpiece showed up on time at 0900. We had arranged for a transfer to Esfahan via Abyaneh and Natanz for EUR30 per car. With Mikel and Puri, it was a convenient sum of EUR10 per person. The ride took just over an hour and we were in Abyaneh by […]
5 June 2018
I woke at 0400 and fell asleep again till I heard faint tinkling of my alarm. I readied myself for breakfast at 0800 before leaving the hostel at 0900. It was hot already but there was no point starting too early as various sights open at 0900. First up, I wanted to visit Hammam-e Sultan […]
4 June 2018
I woke early due to the time difference and headed downstairs for breakfast. It was a disappointing first breakfast in Iran as I was looking forward to the usual tomatoes and cucumber. Upon check-out, I walked to the nearby taxis to Haftado-do-tan roundabout for transport to Kashan. There were supposed to be buses and taxis […]
3 June 2018
Flying to Tehran With the aid of a sleeping pill after supper, I slept for around 3h30 and rested for another 30 minutes before opening my eyes. The entertainment system (marked with Olympic Airways who kindly specified thick wide sumptuous seats with plenty of legroom) was not utilised. A snack of a very good quality […]
28 May 2018
Today we had organised a family at the estuary village of Muara Tebas. It is noted for its fresh seafood but my brother had driven his own fish from a recent fishing trip here yesterday, so it could be nicely marinated for our meal today. What a champion! We had to be ready at 1030 […]
27 May 2018
Today, we had an excursion to the Serikin Border Market at one of the border crossings with Indonesia. It is about 1h30 from the apartment and to avoid the heat ,we left at 0545 with a detour to Aunty Margaret’s. We ended up proceeding with a headstart and arrived at 0730 We paid for parking […]
21 May 2018
With no hotel breakfast today, I went down to McDonald’s located within my hotel building. I ordered their Nasi Uduk which came with a piece of fried chicken (spicy option), egg, sambal and crispy shallots. It was yummy. Even the rice, by itself tasted good. It was compressed into a cube-like lump but very moist, […]
20 May 2018
I was surprised to be issued breakfast vouchers (but realised they were given by mistake and there would be none for subsequent days). It was a simple buffet of rice, chilli fish, veges and a few other things. Despite Ramadhan, I did see some Muslims eating. It appears that Indonesia is more relaxed than Malaysia […]
19 May 2018
We landed about 10 minutes late into Singapore but it didn’t bother me as I had a scheduled 4h40 self-connect to Jetstar to Palembang (a flight that was nearly free apart from Singapore airport’s ever-increasing taxes). As with my last trip, we were parked at the far end of T3 at Changi which required a […]