The gunung bagging obsession can take you to some off-the-beaten path places, and our quick weekend to climb Gunung Tampomas was a good example. Gunung Tampomas is a mountain northeast of Sumedang – a town famous for its delicious Tahu (fried tofu). We set out one Saturday from Bogor with a rented car and driver … [Read more…]
After two years in Bogor, we finally managed to organise a Burns supper, complete with vegetarian haggis (halal too!), mashed tatties, mashed pumpkin (neep substitute), several bottles of good single malt whiskey, an English trifle (sacrilege!), and a collection of friends willing to consume everything in return for reciting a poem or two. Recitals included … [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…]
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