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Trip to Penang to Get an Indonesian Tourist Visa
Thursday, November 5, 2015
It’s been a while, so I thought it was time for a note from the “road.” It still isn’t much of a road, but at least it isn’t Kuala Lumpur. I’m in the George Town district of Penang about 5 hours by bus north of KL.
My journey here falls pretty firmly into the “things like this only seem to happen to me” …
Buying a Smartphone – Samsung Galaxy J7
I finally got around to buying a smartphone. I thought’d I’d do a little experiment and type something up on the NEO and then hook the NEO up to the phone (using the keyboard emulator function) and see how easy it is to send an email.
The story of this smartphone could already take up a few hundred words, but I’ll try to keep it under …
Quick Trip – Kuala Lumpur to Singapore
I’m writing from Singapore, and for the first time, I have my laptop out in a coffee shop. I never really took it outside of the hostel in Kuala Lumpur. It’s not like the NEO. Not quite so portable and all that stuff. Taking this computer feels like I should be doing something important. And it’s a lot heavier. Everything feels a lot more complicated …
Pros and Cons of Trailers for Bike Touring
I’ve recently been thinking about buying a trailer to replace some or all of my pannier bags, and I put together a list of pros and cons to help me make up my mind. I just thought I’d share them here to help out anyone else trying to make the same decision.
My experience with trailers is limited to two trips on which I used a …
Quick Trip – Kuala Lumpur to Singapore
A small adventure to report. It really is small, so don’t get your hopes up. It’s just a short trip to Singapore. My tourist visa for Malaysia was expiring, and I had to leave the country. My original plan was to leave by bicycle, but I was too disorganized and that never happened. I was so disorganized that I didn’t even realize that my visa …
Extending Tourist Visa in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
(Note: I’m not an expert in this field. This post is only about my personal experience of extending a visitor’s visa in Kuala Lumpur. I was given a 90-day visitor’s pass at the airport when I arrived, and I went to the immigration office in Kuala Lumpur to apply for an extension. I was given a 60-day extension. It cost 100 ringgits (about $23 US) …
Christmas at the MegaMall in Kuala Lumpur
Christmas decorations at the Mid Valley Megamall in Kuala Lumpur.