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17 April 2023
White Island is a sandbank that lies off Yumbing. I looked for it when I first arrived and couldn’t spot it. But yesterday I saw that it in the morning. I guess it’s pretty covered up during high tide. We had noticed that people going there early in the morning yesterday. My guidebook suggests that […]
16 April 2023
Having woken up early, I went out for breakfast around 0730. Last night’s dinner place clearly said they were open for breakfast but they weren’t. Other places with breakfast signs weren’t open either! My only option was a simple place with pre-cooked vegetables, eggs and a few meat options. I opted for two veges, a […]
15 April 2023
In anticipation of poor internet at my next destinations, which is kinda rural, I opted to stay in my room to do some work on the internet after breakfast. The hotel’s complimentary shuttle took me to Cebu’s Mactan Airport around 1130, getting there more than 2h before my 1405 departure for Camiguin. I had time […]
14 April 2023
Delayed flight to Cebu Fearing that I would have trouble sleeping last night due to the early flight, I took an antihistamine that’s now being use as a sleeping aid. It was the first time I’ve tried this medication and it works reasonably well. I did wake to hear torrential rain through the night and […]
13 April 2023
Going to the Philippines Eagle Centre I appear to be adjusting to local time well coming from Maldives. I woke around 0500 and then dozed till 0630. With the aim of going to the Philippine Eagle Centre on the edge of the city, I wasted not time in having my oats and coffee. I set […]
12 April 2023
Exploring the city centre After a great night’s sleep, I woke around 0700. Not bad for a 3h time difference compared to Maldives. I was slow to get going though. I had breakfast of an oat porridge and a coffee, bought from the shop nearby. Just add boiling water. Leaving the hotel around 0915, I […]
11 April 2023
Flying to Singapore Seated overwing on the A350, it was an extremely quiet flight. It was very cold as well and I was glad I had changed into my long pants. I was able to get more than 2h sleep during the 4h15 airborne (4h40 on the schedule). Transit in Singapore We landed at Singapore’s […]
29 March 2023
At the gate at Changi airport, I was a little apprehensive about having done a gate-to-gate self-connect, only possible because I didn’t have checked-in luggage. Information on Scoot’s website suggested that I should have cleared immigration, meaning that I would re-enter the airside. I was afraid the re-entry into airside might have been captured from […]
13 February 2023
Above: The paler D24 and the more yellowish Musang King. Miserable Auckland summer I left Auckland two days after the first of three storms, the third being only yesterday. The latest one was Cyclone Gabrielle which resulted in all flights in Auckland and the northern part of the North Island being cancelled. This appears to […]
6 February 2023
Above: Itinerant fresh food vendor on motorcycle on our drive near Pemangkat. Our driver Jie To messaged me yesterday asking if we could “prepone” our departure to Kuching from 0700 to 0400, as he expected long queues at the border. We consulted the others and the response ranged from “No problem” to “No”. Other people […]