We once again failed to make it to Flores for Easter, but a trip to East Java and Bromo was a good last minute choice for the long weekend. We headed off with our friends John, Michael and Karen to Surabaya on a much delayed Lion Air flight, stayed one night near the airport, and … [Read more…]
We were inspired to take a non-traditional Christmas and New Year holiday this year, mainly because we were invited to the wedding ceremony for Tom and Dtik in Vientiane Lao PDR (Tom being my boss from Hatfield in Canada). Kuala Lumpur The holiday actually started with the first of our two New Years, because Islamic … [Read more…]
For posterity, I just can’t resist posting my overall 79th place finish in the Singapore Half Marathon out of 9,700+ runners; 10th in the 30-34 age group (although I know some older people beat me so that”s not such a useful statistic). My official time was 1hr 39:19 – not too shabby when it’s 27 … [Read more…]
Over the Lebraran (Idul Fitri) holidays Andy and I spent 10 days in North Sulawesi. The first 4 days were spent in Bunaken National Park, which is a marine park just off the coast of Manado. Our aim was to learn to dive and get our Padi Open Water certifications; I have dived before but … [Read more…]
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