Nice bright lounge in YYZ; lunch (and alcohol) are served starting at 11:00 (actually the alcohol is self service)
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My “office” perch in TG (Thai Airways) lounge at HKG
Had dinner and a shower here after my half day in Hong Kong yesterday. This is the best of the 3 *A lounges at HKG – the SG (Singapore Airlines) lounge is nice but windowless and equivalent to their Gold lounge in SIN, ie not the full biz lounge I expected bad on the name
In HKG for 12 hours
Very hazy day, zero sun or views.
Didn’t sleep at all – watched a movie instead (The Dark Knight Rises) which was almost as long as the flight.
Put my bag in left luggage (HK$10/US$1.30 per hour, max HK$100 per 24 hours) since I can’t recheck it until 18:30 which is 4hrs before the flight.
I need some coffee and then dim sum.
Indonesia: 9th new “country” in the last 14 months :-)
If you count Hong Kong and Macau (and Puerto Rico) as distinct “countries”, which for my purposes they are (different entry requirements).
Update: changed title to say 9th, not 8th, as I forgot Puerto Rico.
Singapore CBD from the ferry
Off to Batam, Indonesia for a half day
1hr fast ferry S$47/US$38 round trip inc port taxes
And after a week in Asia I’m still waking up before my alarm clock!
Fish head curry bday dinner
With friends In Little India, Singapore last night
Cambodia: pull-tab beer bottle top
Would you believe a pull-tab top on a bottle of local Angkor beer? Actually the pull remains attached to the top, with a sharp edge as a bonus. Because I like to start a trip in a developing country with a cut on my hand (not the first time 
Same brand, but it’s a small draft beer they sell for US$0.50 at the bars/restos in town.
My hovercraft is full of eels
So I’m enjoying a tasty traditional Khmer spicy soup somloo mjour krueng (US$3.75 plus 0.50 for a draft beer- the US dollar is used here more than local currency in tourist areas) at the Khmer Family Restaurant on Pub St, and after asking for fresh chillis (which, in my defence, was pictured on tip of the soup) and I realized I hadn’t learned any Khmer words yet.
Since there is WiFi I google phrases and get to omniglot. The last phrase is the one in the title and links to…
Check out the many translations for this Classic Monty Python phrase.
German but no Spanish?
It’s not often you see German prioritized over Spanish. Drinking fountain at the gate in SIN on the way to REP.
