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Aboard AirAsia X Flight D7-2623 from Chengdu to Kuala Lumpur, 26 Jan 2010
It’s a bad day in Chengdu, haze in freezing weather and flights are delayed. Our own flight D7-2623 pushes back some 20min late.
Taxi-ing towards runway 02, and what a depressing sight. And this is 3.20pm!
Soon we leave all the muck below us, and [...]
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22-24 Jan 2010
The famous Sichuan cuisine, ahhh … we decided to look for it ourselves, in downtown Chengdu, capital of Sichuan Province in China. The only requirement was, it had to be halal. We knew from experience, halal eateries could be found around the Chinese city centres, normally ‘hidden’ along sidestreets [...]
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Aboard Flight D7-2626, Thursday, 21 Jan 2010
After grounding ourselves for 3 months due to house-moving, we kick off our 2010 Travel Season with a trip to the city of Chengdu, capital of Sichuan Province in Central China.
Late evening over heavenly Thailand is … ummm … equally heavenly.
Golden sun rays bounce off [...]
read more» 4 CommentsRETRO: Hiroshima and Enola Gay
Almost 3 years ago Brig Gen Paul W Tibbets, Jr, died at 92 years of age.
Source: Salt Lake Tribune
Which brings me back memories of my own pilgrimage to Hiroshima. It was Aug, 2004, during a trip to Japan …
I start my journey at Tokyo station, boarding a bullet train [...]
