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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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  • The three little piggies in KL

    Once upon a time there were three little pigs. Even though they were little pigs they still ate halal food because they were such little piggies that they couldn’t stop eating. And eating. And eating. Honestly, what else is there to do in Malaysia except eat? Sure, you can probably throw a few activities up…

  • Cancelled, confused and Kuala Lumpur

    Another early flight, another crazy connection. It’s time to say goodbye to beautiful Hoi An, fly back to Ho Chi Minh City and then onwards to Malaysia. A hotel car drives us to Da Nang Airport as the orange sun peeks above the tropical clouds. Da Nang shows signs of recent development. There are golf…

  • Bikes and beaches

    Yesterday it was planes, trains and automobiles. Today it was bicycles. I would like to say that I slept in, but Alex awoke far too early for that. When B eventually woke we had a Western/Vietnamese buffet breakfast at the hotel. Then we decided to do something we haven’t done in a decade or more;…

  • Ho Chi Minh to Hoi An

    The easy way to get to Hoi An from Ho Chi Minh City is to fly to Danang then go via car for the final leg. Then there’s my way. We had to wake at 5.30 am to get ready for a 6.15 departure from the hotel. A hotel car took us the few kilometres…

  • Good afternoon Vietnam!

    Here at last in our newest new country, Vietnam. So far, so good, though about the first thing that happened to us was to be ripped off by a taxi driver. But the hotel fixed that up and made the guy return the extra cash. The dong is such a silly currency both in name…

  • Osaka to Singapore in two parts

    Exhaustion, fear and sadness. I have experienced all these today. The late night’s have caught up with me, there is sadness at leaving Japan and fear of a turbulent flight and of the unknown of Vietnam. Right now I want to curl up somewhere comfortable and familiar. Where’s my sense of adventure? Final days in…

  • Rusty Waters and Terrific Toys

    When demanding to return to Japan Alex insisted on onsens. The Kansai area is not particularly well known for its onsens, but I did find that one of Japan’s most ancient onsens does lie close by at Arima, just over the mountains from Kobe and that it has retained a reputation as a well preserved…

  • The saga is complete

    I think I’ve finally done it. I’ve travelled along all the public lengths of the Sanin line. Didn’t I complete that last trip? No, there was one stretch, an old stretch no longer traversed by normal trains, that remained. And now I’ve ridden along it. The photo that won me the Jetstar voucher that paid…

  • Showers, sharks and shabu shabu

    Kansai International Airport was barely open when we emerged from immigration. All of us felt grimy and smelly from the long flights and humid stops. A land side lounge provided 15 minutes of showers and an hour of shower room use for about $5 a pop. I didn’t know how to use 15 minutes of…

  • Insanity at 40,000 feet – Part 2

    We could relax for a moment. The gate lounges at Kuala Lumpur’s LCCT were crowded, but our gate was not yet open. Once it was we quickly made out way outside for the long walk to the aircraft. The terminal offered no air conditioned respite from the tropical weather outside and we were perspiring on…