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16 October 2015
Today, we went to Leshan (which literally means Happy Mountain). I had planned to go tomorrow but that means we’d be visiting on a Saturday and bigger crowds and queues. We thought we could pop into the bus station to get the tickets to Jiuzhaigou (departing in a couple of days time) and then head […]
15 October 2015
Above: Chengdu’s pedestrian mall by night as we arrive. Hedonistic morning We had a lazy start to the day. I made muesli and yoghurt for breakfast before packing out and checking out at 1000. We could have kept the room for a couple more hours but we wanted to fit in a massage and lunch […]
14 October 2015
New territory for me I thought we’d explore the French Concession around Huaihai Road today as it would be new to me. We took the metro there. On board, Kim noticed a lady with red expensive-looking shoes but wondered how they could stay on. It was only the toes that were slipped into the shoe. […]
13 October 2015
On board We took off late as a last-minute illness stopped one passenger from travelling and his/her luggage had to be offloaded. Seated near the front, the 787 wasn’t as quiet as my Scoot flight last month where I had been seated overwing. This felt on the quiet side of normal. After the supper service, […]
24 August 2015
Above: Kuching is a bit hazy this visit with the slash-and-burn of forests in preparation for agriculture in Indonesia. The transit “hassles” in Colombo made the 2h10 transit go really quickly. We boarded the Malaysia Airlines B737-800 for the 3h40 flight to Kuala Lumpur departing at 0055 and arriving at 0705 due to the time […]
23 August 2015
Today is the beginning of the end when I finish the adventures and relaxation and proceed to Kuching for time with family before flying back to reality in Auckland in less than two weeks. We had set the alarm for 0600 to catch breakfast at the hotel before getting on the 0730 dhoni to Male. […]
21 August 2015
We did two dives during our stay at Maafushi. Most people would probably consider the dives we experienced to be quite good, but I am fortunate that I can access top-class sites like Sipadan relatively easily. So, the dives we had here were OK. Diving does depend on luck and exactly which dive site you […]
21 August 2015
Introduction We did two dives at Maafushi (a handy but beautiful island only about 90 minutes from Male). There were three dive operators on the island. Shark Diving & Watersports (which we dived with because they were straight up and no-nonsense). They gave us a discounted price of USD35 per dive including all equipment (without discussing […]
20 August 2015
We were pleased to see our noisy mainland neighbours move out today. Little did we know till the evening that a bigger group of mainlanders were moving in. After breakfast, Kim spent a bit of time catching up with friends on the internet till mid-morning when we walked to the beaches. We walked east past […]
19 August 2015
Despite the 2h time difference, I woke up surprisingly early at 0745. We both wanted a sluggish start and didn’t take breakfast till 0845. In view of our 1500 departure to Maafushi, we opted to stay in till check-out at 1200. I edited photos while Kim read his book. We had lunch at a waterfront […]