Went there for a quick lunch with my host, an excellent dosa and average ice cream. It looked more or less the same, did Bangsar, though I got a bit confused as we approached it from a different direction. The old DVD shop is long gone, I’m sure, but I couldn’t work out where it […]
Hornbill
It was a very busy Sunday. We were supposed to go for dosas, but I kept having meetings piling up, from an early morning one which needed over an hour of post-meeting work, onwards. I didn’t get to really leave the room except for meals. I fell asleep working, woke up long enough to turn […]
Back to KLCC
This afternoon, my hosts drove me down to KLCC, itself a dislocating experience as we, the GF and I, went about it on foot so nothing seemed quite recognisable, even aside from the five years away. The Petronas towers themselves were instantly familiar though – among my favourite, perhaps my favourite skyscrapers, and well positioned […]
Back to KL
I landed at 3.15 in the morning at KLIA2, which in itself was unfamiliar as these early morning arrivals had always, in the past, been to KLIA on my trips back from Pakistan. Familiarity returned, though, with the passage through immigration, collecting the luggage (as always arriving commendably fast) and walking out of the terminal […]
Bush walking
Well, that is not quite accurate. This morning I went off with one of my hosts to the botanical garden where we had a pleasant lunch and then strolled around through all the different Australian ecosystems, from a small, red outback bit to various eucalyptus/gum tree forests, to a ravine which was a rainforest. Extremely […]
Canberra calling
Today, Saturday, we went to a vineyard for brunch just outside Canberra. Enjoyable, though brunch is not my favourite meal as I can find it a bit samey, but when in Australia. We walked around a bit, looking at sheds and raised containers, all very nice and vineyardy. On the return, I got dropped off […]
Antipodean wedding party
Last night was the wedding. I say last night, but more like all of yesterday and into the early hours. Quite the endurance test but that’s the nature of weddings. With any luch I won’t have to attend very many more of these, certainly not stay for the whole thing. The day started off unfortunately. […]
American wedding party
I am one of only the two relatives of the bride who made it to Australia. The other is my aunt’s elderly aunt who looks and behaves like Lady Catherine de Burgh, so I find her quite funny, though her actual relatives chafe. She has decided she likes me, as she came into my room […]
Escape to the city
This morning I took the metro into the city to meet someone for brunch. It was in Surry Hills, near the train station. Nice to get out and at least somewhat by myself, and a very great relief to have brunch, as I have eaten nothing but biryani and haleem (and yesterday’s cake) since Sunday. […]
Birthday butcher
It was someone’s birthday today and a small group of us went out to have coffee and cake. Despite the renowned coffees of Australia, it was fairly mediocre coffee, and an ok cake, accessed through a miserable mall and a walk along a big road. I was a bit surprised that we went there, but […]