Just in Sapa Rooms having breakfast. Lisa had Pho Nam and I had Bun Thang (Mushroom Noodle and Chicken, mushroom, egg and noodle respectively) The bowls are huge We are currently waiting for our Sapa Sister guide to take us to Ta Phin a town north of Sapa for the day...
Yesterday we went for wonder around Sapa town and saw the Black H'mong a mongolian looking racial group with a skill in weaving and embroidery that allows them to make delightful blankets, hats, purses and clothing. This was in the morning before 8AM. The reality of...
Click the three bar button on the top right of Google Chrome. Click on Cai dat (which is in the Settings option in English) Scroll down and click the "Hien thi cai dat nang cao" link (which is Advanced Settings in English) Under the Ngon Ngu heading click the "cai dat...
This woman is a celebrity in Vietnam. When the locals find out she speaks Vietnamese they spend the time to find out why she can speak the language and as a byproduct they are especially helpful. Which I find really comforting because I get stressed when I dont know...
Took an overnight train from Hanoi to Lao Cai and a minibus to the Sapa Eden Hotel which currently overlooks a misty valley. We have arrived early 5:30AM so we have to wait till about 11AM to check into our room. So for the moment we are having breakfast in the top...
Arrived in Hanoi yesterday at about 3. Had a small hickup at the airport when we went to get our visa the cost was 50USD for both of us but we didn't have any cash. So we had to wait until a customs agent was available to take one of us (Lisa) out into the airport to...
Went 6.3 kms tonight at 6:30 in a Taxi and it took 1 hr 25 minutes and cost 70 Ringit. The return trip at 10pm took about 10mins and cost 10 ringits. But the Taxi rides allowed for some good shots of the KL nightline
Had a nice tour to the observation level of the Petronis Tower 2. The obs lvl is enclosed so no exposure to the elements @ 362 m above sea level. I was a bit disappointed at how hermetic the tour was but just seeing the engineering of the towers was worth it...
Just met up with a couple of friends. Booked in to go up the Petronas Towers tomorrow. KL isnt pedestrian friendly but the public transport options are many- Bus, monorail, train... Seriously westernised city.
Just discovered that the fcgid apache module has a very low HTTP max request length of 131072 bytes by default. Which was causing the Worpress client to exit with a server 500 error when uploading a post. This showed up in error_log as a MaxRequestLen error The old...