calvidays
Calvin on holidays
25 April 2022
30 January 2013
Intercontinental Hotel security - Riyadh
Moving road barriers, under car lighting, random trunk checks, their
own x-ray machine and road spikes.
own x-ray machine and road spikes.
Diraiyyah
15th century city just outside Riyadh. Mostly mud-brick construction.
Most is badly weathered and some has been expertly (and some,
inexpertly) reconstructed.
Most is badly weathered and some has been expertly (and some,
inexpertly) reconstructed.
13 August 2011
05 August 2011
21 April 2011
20 April 2011
19 April 2011
18 April 2011
Siem Reap to Phnom Penh
The Mekong Express isn't quite as romantic as it sounds. Big tip:
watch and make sure your baggage gets on the coach.
watch and make sure your baggage gets on the coach.
16 April 2011
11 April 2011
10 April 2011
06 April 2011
Breakfast
Breakfast at the Renaissance in KL reminds you that we are at a
cultural intersection in Asia. Perhaps a dozen languages, but the
breakfast! Western cereal, donuts, pastries, Japanese noodles, pork
buns, salad, yoghurts, roti, Dahl, rendang, beef bacon, eggs, spiced
fruit waffles, fruit, lassi, cheese platter, sausages, Chinese
vegetables, sambal, nasi lemak, French toast with a dozen toppings,
porridges, indigenous eggs benedict, coffee, teas and ...
cultural intersection in Asia. Perhaps a dozen languages, but the
breakfast! Western cereal, donuts, pastries, Japanese noodles, pork
buns, salad, yoghurts, roti, Dahl, rendang, beef bacon, eggs, spiced
fruit waffles, fruit, lassi, cheese platter, sausages, Chinese
vegetables, sambal, nasi lemak, French toast with a dozen toppings,
porridges, indigenous eggs benedict, coffee, teas and ...
National mosque of Malaysia
We were welcomed in, no searches, welcome to bring in our backpacks,
and we watched the mosque school kids doing call to prayer singing
tests.
and we watched the mosque school kids doing call to prayer singing
tests.
KL Sentral Railway
NB last month we were told we weren't allowed to take photos of ADELAIDE railway station because of "terrorism"! Nice to see Malaysia isn't as silly as a sleepy Australian country town.
04 April 2011
03 April 2011
06 March 2011
20 February 2011
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