Archive for May, 2008

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Bali – Another chapter!!!!

We have been here in Bali for 10 days now and it has been a very mixed time. I have found it really hard to find the enthusiasm to write on the blog since hearing about Terry’s passing. I did not know him in the same way that Gavin did or for as long but [...]

29May2008 | | 1 comment | Continued
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R.I.P Terry Green May 22nd 2008 – You and your knowledge will be missed

Terry Green from Lanscott, Par, St Austell, Cornwall. Terry has been an amazing source of information and friendship over the last 16 years, he helped rebuild my morris 1000 and has fixed more electrical things than I can remember. He was always happy to help with any kind of problem whether you turned up at [...]

23May2008 | | 1 comment | Continued
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Arrived in Bali Indonesia on the 20th May from Kuala Lumpa (KL) Malaysia

We landed safely in Bali on the 20th of May around 19:30 from (KL) Kuala Lumpa, Malaysia. We flew with Air-Asia and it was as pleasant as flying can be. Tehya said on take off “This is good fun” then fell asleep for 2 1/2 hours and woke up 20 minutes before we landed to [...]

23May2008 | | 0 comments | Continued
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New Panasonic Lumix – DMC TZ5 (TZ15 here in Asia)

Since TERRY came up with the camera fund idea on the 12th of May – we have had a total camera fund of £120.
Technical Details for the Panasonic Lumix DMCTZ5 (TZ15) Digital Camera:
* 9 MEGA Pixels
* 10x Optical Zoom
* 28mm Wide lens
* 3.0″ (460K) LCD Screen
* HD720P M.JPEG
* HD AV [...]

22May2008 | | 1 comment | Continued
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Tickets to Bali and Broken cameras!!!!

We have had a relaxing week since arriving here in Penang – on the whole it has been fun and chilled. We visited the 60th floor of the Komtar to see the amazing views of Penang. We certainly weren’t disappointed with the views (cost 15RM each) but sad to see the dilapidated state of the [...]

12May2008 | | 12 comments | Continued
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Penang on the West coast of Malaysia

Map of Penang on the west coast of Northern Malaysia
The bus journey over was uneventful and relatively easy for us – which makes a change. Usually bus journeys (or any kind of moving transportation) tend to be total nightmare. This did go uncharacteristically smoothly….. We drove through beautiful mountains covered with [...]

6May2008 | | 5 comments | Continued
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Kota Bharu (Kota Baru as some sites spell it)

{w:400;h:300} Map of Kota Bharu North Eastern Malaysia!!!!
We are staying in Kota Bharu for a few days as the bus to Penang is fully booked until Tuesday. The tickets are from the international bus station called Langgar located just down from the Renaissance Hotel on Sultan Yahya Petra rd. They cost 28RM each for me [...]

5May2008 | | 1 comment | Continued
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Leaving Mira Beach

What a wonderful time we have had, it is crazy but every day that goes by you can feel your self slipping away from the ability to tell the day of the week or what month it is. Mira Beach with its back drop of ever green forest and coconut trees has to be one [...]

4May2008 | | 4 comments | Continued