Now that I’m back from the KL trip, I’m back to backfilling my historical notes. I was spending a few weeks in Japan for a work trip, and it occurred to me one day, that I might be bored on…
Kuala Lumpur
After Brunei, next stop was Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. I actually had work to do there (imagine that!), so I only allocated a day for touristy purposes; but based on Wikitravel and other sources, there isn’t too much to see in KL proper, compared to some of the other places in Malaysia (i.e. Georgetown). So I figured a day is probably good enough. Not to mention that it was wildly hot, which made my life much harder for random walking around.
Brunei and the Borneo rainforest
One of the things I've always wanted to do in my life is visit some of the places (actually, that grammar makes absolutely no sense, but my blog – my grammar) that I read about in Jules Verne's books. Patagonia, Africa, Borneo – they all appear somewhere or other and the magic that he creates describing the adventures in them simultaneously belies the impossibility of most people to actually go and verify it and underestimates the difficulty of actually doing half of the things he writes about.
A trip to Wakkanai
I should preface this post by saying that not all my trips necessarily make sense (some of my friends would probably argue that only some of my trips do make sense, but were they to do so, they would promptly cease to be part of that exclusive category, so they don’t). Sometimes I travel because of reasons that other people would think I should be locked up for; some people already think that, for what it’s worth.
Impressions of ANA Economy on a 787
Unlike my Lufthansa flight, the ANA flight did not clear the upgrade. With Asian airlines, the usual mantra is “you get what you paid for” – Singapore Airlines, for instance, does not even upgrade its PPS Club members as a…
A day in Munich (part 2)
In tourism, it’s important to visit the gleeful happy places, but it’s also important to pay respects to places that most people on a happy vacation would likely not visit. Last time I was in Munich, we went to Neuschwanstein…
A day in Munich (part 1)
Our next adventure takes us to Munich. I had to fly to Japan, and in my typical attack of hard, logical reasoning, instead of routing over the Pacific for a short 15-hour flight, I routed over Europe. This allowed me to…
Hawaii – part 2
After arriving on Big Island, we rented a car (a Camaro convertible…. just like about 10,000 other people on the island. I swear, Hawaii must be Chevrolet’s #1 market for this car), and drove off to our hotel. We were staying…
Hawaii – part 1
Back in December 2013 (remember, I’m backfilling these posts… hehe), Delta had a mistake fare. They accidentally filed $0 – $1 base fares throughout North America, which means you could fly within the US and Canada for taxes only. Obviously…
A few weeks in Seattle (part 2)
For the next part, I went walking around downtown Seattle and shooting random hippie shots. Sporting a Carl Zeiss Distagon 28mm lens on a Canon 6D, I pretended I knew something about subjects, positioning and framing (and bokeh). A reminder of…