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11 August 2012
We did two days of diving while staying on Perhentian Besar. The two days are the perfect illustration that one’s choice of dive operators and dive sites can make or break one’s experience of diving at a destination. Today, we did two dives with Alu Alu Divers: Our first dive at the Sugar Wreck had […]
10 August 2012
Going snorkelling Due to not being able to go diving today, we went snorkelling with two Italian girls. We left at 1000 by speedboat and went to five spots: Blue Lagoon, Tanjung Genting, Turtle Point, Fish Garden and Shark Point. The water was crystal clear in all places except Shark Point (which was still quite […]
9 August 2012
With the Tune Hotel’s checkout extended from 1000 till 1100, we thought we’d have a leisurely morning having breakfast and repacking so we’d bring just the minimum to Pulau Perhentian Besar (literally Big “Stop” Island). After checking out, we were to taxi to Kuala Besut. Kim didn’t want to take a first or second generation […]
8 August 2012
Above: Dedicated queues for men, women and families at the supermarket. It was an early start with a 0545 wake up. The hotel kindly offered us breakfast before their normal serving time and despite us having eaten our entitlement yesterday. We can certainly recommend the Hanoi Holiday Diamond Hotel; the staff are amazing. They bend […]
24 July 2012
The idea for the morning was to start early before it gets too hot with a walk up St Paul’s Hill. But with a windowless room I didn’t get out there till 0930 which is still good as the crowds hadn’t appeared yet. So I walked from Porta de Santiago up to St Paul’s Hill […]
23 July 2012
I taxied to Golden Mile Complex on Beach Road to catch my bus to Melaka. As I found a taxi nearly immediately, I was way too early and walked around the complex and realised it was a Little Bangkok. There was a lot of Thai food so I grabbed some breakfast (a second breakfast in […]
22 July 2011
I woke early and saw the sunrise over the sea and my fruit-and-muesli. It was then a short ride to Balohan port to Banda Aceh where I tried to visit the Tsunami Museum which I missed last year. Sadly it was closed being Friday. That meant that I had a bit of time to kill […]
16 July 2011
I realised that my hotel is only 10 minutes walk from Kampung Baru, a traditional village smack in the middle of KL. Villagers have resisisted selling up to developers … so you get these kampung houses surrounded by high rises. Kampung Baru is famous for its eating so I joined the longest queue (presuming it […]
15 July 2011
My reflexology yesterday was done by a very tall and slightly butch Thai lady … well, perhaps. She could have been a ladyboy as she had rather big hands but I couldn’t see and Adam’s apple. I booked her for my final massage in Thailand this morning when I knew last night that I had […]
9 February 2011
Kek Lok Si (or Temple of Supreme Bliss) has been Penang’s big attraction for decades. The Chinese-Buddhist temple complex at Ayer Hitam is massive … there are many shrines in addition to the old main pagoda built in an eclectic style … Chinese, Thai etc all put together. More recently there is a ginormous statue of […]