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29 July 2012
We have two full days here in Mui Ne. It seemed like a good idea to dedicate one day for nothing (tomorrow) and make use of today’s good weather for exploring. We rented a motorbike and rode out to the white sand dunes up the coast and also the red ones. We then backtracked down […]
28 July 2012
Tourism in Vietnam is very well organised and customer-focused; we didn’t have to go to some station to catch our bus to Mui Ne. Buses leave from outside various hotels and travel agencies in the backpacker district. The journey to Mui Ne took less than 5 hours, the first half of which was crawling in […]
27 July 2012
As it was our third visit to Saigon, we weren’t under pressure to do sightseeing. And that makes it so much easier to just absorb the atmosphere.
26 July 2012
I walked from the hotel to the Mahkota Medical Centre nearby to catch the bus to KLIA LCCT (Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Low Cost Carrier Terminal for those of you who don’t know the acronym). It was somewhat of an early start in order to catch the 0800 bus as the next one would be […]
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 2012
After a yummy pot luck lunch with old friends, I decided to join Bee Wah and Swee Leng for a walk in the evening. The circuit took us on the road then through Bukit Batok Scenic Reserve. It was a green side that I’ve never seen of Singapore. The walkways were very well maintained and […]
18 July 2012
I checked out of my guesthouse at 0830 and was collected by Octopus Divers again, for a single dive. I could only fit in one dive as I have a flight at midnight and it was far better value than a snorkel. There was only one other diver this morning. We were taken to Red […]
18 July 2012
Why another dive? Despite yesterday’s disappointing dive, I chose to do another dive today. It was an easy way to kill lots of waiting time: Checkout is at 1000 and my ferry is at 1730 back to Mahe for a 2355 flight to Singapore (via Dubai and Colombo). It’s a little touch and go to […]
17 July 2012
I got picked up on time at 0830 by a French-speaking Swiss watch-engineer who is now the owner-operator of Octopus Divers. I was surprised to hear that he had been to Kuala Lumpur with his work, in relation to the manufacture of components that go into Swiss watches! Oohlala! After the usual paper work was […]