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5 February 2017
I grabbed a breakfast of gado-gado and very sweet milk coffee next door. I had brought milk and muesli but got tempted into this. Yesterday I had finally agreed to go with the pricey car excursion. That’s what I thought but at 1000 Meng turned up on his motorbike (called “Honda” in Natuna regardless of […]
4 February 2017
My destination today is Ranai on the island of Natuna Besar in the Natuna Archipelago, which is part of the Riau Islands of Indonesia. It is not well known so I guess I’d better give it an intro. Background & History of Natuna Natuna consists of 272 islands in the South China Sea that is […]
3 February 2017
Flying to Singapore Today I fly to the tiny Republic of Singapore to transit to Batam in the other Republic … the big one, Republic of Indonesia. The head of the big republic once jokingly called the smaller one “Little Red Dot”. A good friend Boo happened to book on the same flight to just […]
26 November 2016
First thing I did when I woke was to check on the internet whether my aircraft had departed Perth to come for us. The internet was broken. Fortunately it livened up again and the plane had a 10 minute delay. Weather was cloudy and drizzly. I filled up the car (1/3 empty) for AUD44. Must […]
25 November 2016
I had set the alarm for 0240. I had messages from Andrea and Diane cancelling due to rain. I looked outside and saw that the ground was wet but the rain had died to a drizzle. I decided to press on and drive to Ethel Beach. I parked and realised that it was pitch black. […]
24 November 2016
Going for the spawning I set the alarm for 0330 as I needed to be at Flying Fish Cove for the spawning at 0400. I cycled in. A group of people were at the boat ramp. There was a group of crabs but it wasn’t impressive. I looked further to the beach head to see […]
23 November 2016
I started the day going to the Tourist Information Centre to get an update on the spawning. While it was originally expected on the mornings of Sat 26th and maybe Fri 25th, they now thought it would be more Thu 24th and Fri 25th. To explore the island I also needed a car. But the […]
22 November 2016
I woke too early at 0500. It was meant to be a lazy sleep-in with a 1300 departure. I bused to the airport. Check-in opened shortly after I arrived. I was issued with a standby pass at first but the agent immediately assigned me a seat manually. After a brunch upstairs, I organised my transfer […]
21 November 2016
Above: Catering for my Christmas Island stay. I woke with some priorities in my mind. Accommodation on Christmas Island’s township was nearly booked out. I did one final check of the Virgin’s flight availability and decided that I should get on, on standby. With that, I rang the last remaining place in the township, the […]
8 November 2016
Killing time From Cocos (Keeling) Islands to my hometown Kuching, it is 2126 km. That’s only a little more than the longest domestic flight in Malaysia. But unfortunately no non-stop connection exists, It’s gonna be two long days losing a night sleep flying CCK-PER-KUL-KCH 8031 km (nearly 4 times the distance). My flight to Perth […]