Made it to Hong Kong. Wasn’t a long flight but I am exhausted. With only 4.5 hours of sleep the night before, last night I got 2 hours and 50 minutes. My Apple Watch and sleep app track it well. Not a huge layover here; just four hours. Seems like most of it has been spent walking through the airport and going through the security theatre once again. All that seems to … [Read more...] about Hong Kong Layover
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Traveling to Canada – October 2023
You know, I am happy that everyone is travelling again. It’s great for the economy. People are happier. It’s great. I have to confess that there’s also a part of me that longs for travel during the “bad old days” of Covid when there were no lines, almost no one in the airport, you could stretch out across an entire row on the plane, checking in at the airport was much … [Read more...] about Traveling to Canada – October 2023
Syrian Restaurant in Penang, Malaysia
With all the great food we have eaten on our trip to Malaysia, I think we’d both have to agree that our favourite has been the chicken shawarmas at this Syrian restaurant. They are the best we have ever had. We had an Arabic salad with them too. I hadn’t expected this to be our favourite place, and we will definitely be back! … [Read more...] about Syrian Restaurant in Penang, Malaysia
Hameediyah Restaurant – Georgetown, Penang, Malaysia
Our supper experience the first day was different! We ended up at Hameediyah Restaurant, an Indian Muslim restaurant we’d found when we … [Read more...] about Hameediyah Restaurant – Georgetown, Penang, Malaysia
Gravy Baby – Georgetown, Penang, Malaysia
Kicking off our five-day holiday in Penang was a 6:30 a.m. flight. It wasn’t voluntary, believe me. Our original flight had been at 10:30 a.m. We did manage to get in bed early, but the alarm went off at a brutal 3 a.m. I didn’t want to drive to the airport so early, but at least there was almost no traffic. The two-hour flight to Penang was fine and we both slept through … [Read more...] about Gravy Baby – Georgetown, Penang, Malaysia
Delayed Luggage
I am surprised to see this bag again! I was certain Crystal’s suitcase would end up in a moldy mountain of luggage in the basement of Charles De Gaulle Airport in Paris. I envisioned a daring rescue mission to Paris, deep into the bowels of the notorious French airfield, fighting off chain-smoking airport workers, smelling vaguely of B.O. and malodorous cheese (the airport … [Read more...] about Delayed Luggage