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31 January 2013
Getting ready Ryan and I met up for breakfast at a local café, a different one from yesterday. I opted for their version of vegetable murtabak with curry (much better) and kopi tarik again, then shared a fried rice. I introduced Ryan to thosai which he enjoyed very much. I’m proving to be a good […]
30 January 2013
Getting ready I grabbed a vegetable murtabak with curry for breakfast washed down with a kopi tarik. That wasn’t quite enough so I complemented it with toast and kaya (ordered specially without butter or margarine). The instructions from the dive centre was to standby at 0730 on one’s first day. They do really mean standby […]
30 January 2013
Getting ready I grabbed a vegetable murtabak with curry for breakfast washed down with a kopi tarik. That wasn’t quite enough so I complemented it with toast and kaya (ordered specially without butter or margarine). The instructions from the dive centre was to standby at 0730 on one’s first day. They do really mean standby […]
29 January 2013
After a leisurely breakfast and repacking, I walked to the bus outside the Mydin store to catch the bus direct to KLIA and LCCT. I got to the airport just as check-in opened and dropped my bag and went to the lounge for a couple of hours of eating, drinking and doing errands like paying […]
28 January 2013
I woke at 0800 and thought it would be good to take another peek at Thaipusam. It was so easy on the train, taking 25 minutes and costing only RM1.20 (USD0.40). I got there at 0930 and found the place rather quiet. It looked like a war zone. There was litter everywhere. While bins were […]
27 January 2013
Day 1 in the Dark I got to Batu Caves station around 2315 so there was less than an hour before Thaipusam officially starts. There was a bottleneck entering the Batu Caves temple grounds. The crowd was unbelievable. We shuffled through the commercial area where just about anything was on sale: food, henna-ing services, dresses, […]
26 January 2013
Thaipusam Eve Procession I got to the junction of Jalan Sultan and Jalan Tun HS Lee just before midnight. There was a large crowd plus presence from the police and volunteer firefighters (who had their own paramedics). It was too hard to get any closer to the Sri Mahamariamman Temple (where everything will start from) which […]
25 January 2013
My flight to KL leaves at 1715. I’m very good at wasting the day away. I slowly repacked and went rambling around old Yangon before having a foot massage. I managed to fit in yet another South Indian meal before checking out at midday. I have South Indian too often in Yangon because the central […]
10 January 2013
Above: Hakka Noodles in Ipoh. I broke with tradition today. After two dimsum breakfasts in Ipoh, I opted for Hakka noodles washed down by the famous Ipoh white coffee. All two coffees I had in Ipoh were excellent and cheap. It’s not hard to be good when you roast the beans in butter (or margarine) […]
9 January 2013
Today I wanted to go to Kellie’s Castle, an incomplete castle built by a Scottish businessman around 1915. I did that after another dimsum breakfast as my first one didn’t disappoint in terms of the quality and quantity of fillings. The castle is about 30 minutes by car from Ipoh but took me 2 hours […]