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...
James McDonald
Arrived in Sapa
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...
Hanoi – Old Quarter
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...
Kuala Lumpur Traffic
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
Skybar Level 33 Traders Hotel Building Opposite Petronis Towers
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...
Free wifi on Free Kuala Lumpur Bus
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.
Problem with Fcgid using Worpress Client for Android
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...
Sydney to Kuala Lumpur
On the flight I managed to sit across the isle from a man who couldnt release himself from his seat belt. So after assisting him with that he noticed my mastery of the inflight entertainment system and kept bothering me to help him with it. He was also a...
Sydney Airport – Free wifi
Finally got through the customs to the gate. Everyone is so connected to their smart devices (us included) that they forget to read the signs telling them not to have their phones out while going through customs. The other funny thing is people dont get how to use...
Chickens Roaming, Sunset Glowing – Telarah
A test. This is an edit done from a Samsung Galaxy 10.1 Tablet.l

