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The current global interest in volcanoes has prompted me to repost our very own volcano hike. Please find below all three tales of our 2008 climb of Mt Marapi, an active 2891 m (9485 ft) volcano in Sumatra Barat. 09-13 March 2008 > Indonesia > Sumatra Barat Climbing Mt Marapi Atop a Volcano The Smoking [...]
read more» 8 CommentsChina > Sichuan > Chengdu Saturday, 23 Jan 2010 Leaving the Red Panda enclosures, we pass through more majestic bamboo forest. Then ‘The Sign’ … please excuse us for being a tad excited! The Giant Panda enclosures are designed to be as natural as possible, with the raised viewing footpath discretely tucked at the side. [...]
read more» 9 CommentsChina > Sichuan > Chengdu Saturday, 23 Jan 2010 Chengdu is, of course, synonymous with the lovable Giant Pandas. Once inhabiting most of central and eastern modern-day China, now there are less than 2,000 pandas in the wild, thanks to widespread habitat destruction, with 80%-90% of them found in the mountains of northern Sichuan. The [...]
read more» 1 CommentPrologue Last Thursday, 04 Feb 2010, I took a noon Firefly flight from KL Subang Airport (SZB) bound for Penang (PEN). The flight utilised the France-made turboprop plane, ATR-72. Soon after taking off Runway 15, the plane climbed and made a tight right turn, flying over Subang Jaya, Shah Alam and Setia Alam, whence these [...]
read more» 7 CommentsPrologue I was on a Jetstar flight from Singapore to Kuala Lumpur last Saturday night (06 Feb 2010), and as I flipped through the highly-readable inflight mag, I spotted a story about the legendary Darwin Sunset. I actually witnessed my own Darwin Sunset last Oct, so here’s my tale … ~~~ Australia > Northern Territory [...]
read more» 6 CommentsAboard 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 [...]
read more» 4 CommentsChina > Sichuan > Chengdu 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’ [...]
read more» 5 CommentsChina > Sichuan > Chengdu 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 [...]
read more» 8 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 [...]
read more» 5 CommentsLebanon > Beirut BEIRUT, early December 2008 I find myself aboard a MAS Boeing 777-200, on the way to Beirut on an assignment. Approaching Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport from the north to avoid Israeli airspace, the plane makes a wide arch above Syria and northern Lebanon. It is a smallish country of just 4.2mil [...]
read more» 4 CommentsThe NZ series have been popular among visitors so I’ve assembled all 6 stories here for easy access. 06-12 Aug 2008 > New Zealand Christchurch to Aoraki Mt Cook Exquisite Queenstown Magical Milford Haast Pass to Fox Glacier Franz Josef Glacier to Christchurch Wellington-Auckland Road Trip THANKS! Share on Facebook
read more» 6 CommentsAustralia > Northern Territory > Darwin DARWIN AIRPORT DRW, Sunday 25 Oct 2009 We end on interesting weekend at Darwin Airport where we board a Jetstar Airbus A321 plane bound for Singapore. To start story (26 pics), please mouse over image to retrieve control panel. Adjust timing manually, if too fast. Thanks! THANKS! Share on [...]
read more» 1 CommentAustalia > Northern Territory > Darwin Global Green Challenge Darwin-Adelaide 2009 25-30 Oct 2009 These are the stories related to the above. Please click to see and read. . Darwin Solar Cars Flag-Off . ‘Tokai Challenger’ from Tokai University, THE WINNER! . ‘Solar Ranger1′ from Universiti Tenaga Nasional (Uniten) . ‘Merdeka 2′ from University of [...]
read more» 0 CommentsAustralia > Northern Territory > Kakadu National Park MAMUKALA & ANBANGBANG, Saturday 24 Oct 2009 Today we do a trip to Kakadu National Park – a Unesco World Heritage Site – and first stop is Mamukala Wetlands (marked by Blue Pin below) followed by the famous Anbangbang Aboriginal Rock Paintings (Red Pin). We end the [...]
read more» 0 CommentsAustralia > Northern Territory > Kakadu National Park YELLOW WATER, Saturday 24 Oct 2009 Yellow Water (marked by the Yellow Pin below) is actually a ‘billabong’ connected to the South Alligator River, a major Kakadu waterway, and is about 320km from Darwin via Routes 36 (Jabiru Highway) and 21 (Kakadu Highway). View Kakadu National Park, [...]
read more» 2 CommentsAustralia > Northern Territory > Darwin Global Green Challenge Darwin-Adelaide 2009 25-30 Oct 2009 A Slideshow of the Flag-Off in Darwin on 25 Oct 2009 (80 pics) To begin slideshow, please mouse over image to retrieve control panel at the bottom, thanks. THANKS! More info here: http://globalgreenchallenge.com.au . Share on Facebook
read more» 2 CommentsAustalia > Northern Territory > Darwin Global Green Challenge Darwin-Adelaide 2009 25-30 Oct 2009 Tokai Challenger LATEST: Tokai Challenger has won the race, arrived Adelaide checkpoint 3.39pm local time, 28 Oct 2009, having covered a total of 2998km in 29h 49m, averaging 100.5km/h. Well done to the Tokai Univ team! [added 1.45pm MYT, 28 Oct [...]
read more» 1 CommentAustralia > Northern Territory > Darwin Global Green Challenge Darwin-Adelaide 2009 25-30 Oct 2009 A Slideshow of the Flag-Off in Darwin on 25 Oct 2009 (19 pics) Please mouse over image to retrieve control panel at the bottom, thanks. THANKS! More info here: http://globalgreenchallenge.com.au Share on Facebook
read more» 0 CommentsAustralia > Northern Territory > Darwin Global Green Challenge Darwin-Adelaide 2009 25-30 Oct 2009 A Slideshow of the Flag-Off in Darwin on 25 Oct 2009 (10 pics) Please mouse over image to retrieve control panel at the bottom, thanks. THANKS! More info here: http://globalgreenchallenge.com.au Share on Facebook
read more» 0 CommentsAustralia > Northern Territory 23-25 Oct 2009 Weekend in Darwin and Kakadu National Park (a World Heritage Site), and bumping into the Global Green Challenge solar vehicles race flag-off in downtown Darwin. Quite a packed weekend. [MORE TO FOLLOW ...] Share on Facebook
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