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Sysadmin, developer, web dude in a science research organisation. WordPress, Japan, planes, trains, Arduino, Raspberry Pi/Pico, puns, dad jokes, etc

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  • Mahachai Shortline

    I’m a bit of a train buff and no journey to a foreign land would be complete without a trip on the local railway system. In this case it would be an opportunity to experience some of ordinary Thailand outside of the tourist sites. I had read about the Mahachai Shortline in the Lonely Planet…

  • @Siam

    Is this hotel funky or what? The interior is like a work of modern art and there’s a video CCTV channel that shows what’s going down at the restaurant “Party House”! It’s almost a pity that we have so much planned for Bangkok that we won’t be spending that much time in the Siam@Siam Design…

  • Food and a funeral

    We missed our breakfast at the hotel this morning. B was feeling a little ill, probably a consequence of too many long days and late nights. But not to worry, as good food is never far away in Malaysia! Behind our hotel, down along Jalan Walter Grenier is long steel canopy, rusted with age. Beneath…

  • Quiet capitals and nyonya treats

    Many people consider Canberra too quiet and boring. They haven’t visited Putrajaya. Malaysia’s new capital contains some magnificent examples of Muslim inspired modern architecture, but it is as quiet as a tomb. Putrajaya is an attempt to move the Malaysian government apparatus away from Kuala Lumpur and to an entirely new capital city. All the…

  • Petaling

    No, I’m not talking about how I laid petals at the feet of B in preparation for Valentine’s Day! But I did do a quite a bit of Petaling today. After a hotel breakfast of nasi lemak (coconut rice with various side dishes), fruits and buns we meet one of B’s aunt’s in the hotel…

  • From Sydney to Kuala Lumpur

    I woke early this morning, so excited was I about our trip to Malaysia and Thailand. Without our dog Kita around the morning was quiet and I focused on packing the last of my gear. B, on the other hand, was reluctant to wake and we left the house a little late for my liking.…

  • The sinking feeling

    One of my biggest fears about flying is that the plane I am in will suddenly drop in turbulence. Not crash, because that is unlikely. Just dropping is bad enough. Yep, I’m not cut out to be an astronaut. There are plenty of websites out there to reassure nervous fliers like me, but two that…

  • Fortunes, families and futures

    It is Chinese New Year. The event is celebrated with family with an eye to good fortune in the coming year. The celebrations usually last a couple of weeks or so around the event and our upcoming trip to Malaysia (days away now!) was to include dinners with friends and family of B. Sadly, the…

  • Books and bookings

    The flights, tours and hotels are booked and the books are bought! Despite having visited Kuala Lumpur twice before and travelling there with former residents I felt naked without a Lonely Planet. So I bought the Malaysia, Singapore & Brunei edition along with a copy of the Lonely Planet Bangkok Cityguide. After looking at maps…

  • There’s an allrite in travelling

    If you rearrange the letters of travelling you can extract allrite with v,n and g left over (which obviously stand for Very Nice Guy). Allrite was my original user nick for my first ever internet account in 1993. So allrite was meant to be travelling.