Monday, February 28, 2005


mmm, just received a ransom note for my Sharky. Sharky has travelled with me to every country I have been ... this weeked some guys from work broke into my room and is demanding a ransom of Sweets .... mmm Posted by Hello

Beijing - China; Feb 2005 Posted by Hello

And finally - me chilling in the Cathay Business Lounge in Hong Kong ... Cheers to China! Posted by Hello

Peking Opera. This was ... erm ... interesting. Its very strange to see what they consider opera. Dancing and jumping is one thing, but the shouting and screaming that sounds something like german yodelling and arabic singing mixed, is another. OK, maybe I need to develop a cultural palette for this one, but it was cracking me up to see how people would get more and more excited the more false they guy would sing ... Posted by Hello

Thousands of people flock to this one specific restuarant in Beijing of the Peking Duck served here. It is exquisite! A real feast - with a myocardial infarcion waiting to happen Posted by Hello

Me on the Great Wall new Don Yuan Pass. There is a saying in China: You cannot be a hero until you have walked on the great wall of China. Just call me super-Xen ;) Posted by Hello

Some things never change :D ... My ever continuing quest to drink Starbucks in every country in the world. MUHAHHAHA! Posted by Hello

On the roof of a Chinese house/temple you can see little mythical creatures on the rims. The number of creatures indicate how sacred the building is with 11 being the max ... cool huh! Posted by Hello

At average maximums of -12 Celcius I needed to upgade my South African Winters clothes a few notches ...  Posted by Hello

I call this one: "Snow". It was freezing. Never having seen snow before in my life, I was like a kid playing in the snow! My first snowman!! I quickly learnt that snow is very very very cold.  Posted by Hello

Aaah cute :P China has about 1000 of these little guys left and populations are declining. Here is one sitting! and chomping away at Bamboo. They have a lifespan of a about 30 years and really bad digestion...  Posted by Hello

The first night we arrived in China we had "Hot Pot". A funny yin-yan deep frying style. Tip: Stay away from the red side... It was hilarious to see all these Chinese guys laughing at us - no clue how to use the HotPot and no clue what the red side holds ... We found out soon Posted by Hello

This was our Valentines dinner at Kai's. A few minutes earlier bombs had just gone off outside our hotel - but these lonely expats would not let that stop a nice dinner on Vday ... Posted by Hello

Monday, February 07, 2005


Just a weekend of fun in the sun; we did some jetski'ing after this ... Posted by Hello

For 500pesos a 150cc Motorcycle is all yours for 5 hours. I learnt that not having driven a motorcylce ever, it is not advised to jump to these puppies. I really bust up my hand badly ... when i flipped from 3rd to 2nd and sped into a truck Posted by Hello

This is how u would get between the islands; bonca style baby! Posted by Hello

We wanted a fresh Coconut (buko) drink - and he took us too literally; Sonny's worker grabs us some coco's Posted by Hello

Chrystal mountain - after much persisting and 75 pesos our boatman took us; the underground caves are amazing! Posted by Hello

4 trekking souls having their supper on the beach Posted by Hello

The famous white sand beaches of Boracay ... Posted by Hello

The lady said I bargain like a Filipino... behold the fruits of my asian labour ... A suunto dive computer with Laptop Interface. Can't wait to play with all the funky matlab integration features *geek* Posted by Hello