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Yesterday Once More Day 4

It rained again in the night. It was 7.00am when I woke up to a cool, misty morning. The lake was calm, but the sky threaten to drizzle again and it was time to leave. I packed my bags, checked out of the Burmese Inn and walked to the bus station. The bus to Tong [...]

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Japanese Expedition To Myanmar Himalayas

The track this lady is walking on looks like it may be jeep-friendly. Gentle slopes, albeit narrow at places.
Scenery looks pretty Nepal-like. Altitude probably around 2000m.

Scenery getting more and more interesting with multiple stream crossings. Latter part of this video seems to be the morning of Day 2.

Seems like there’s not very much gain in [...]

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Enter Firefly

For the first time, an airline will ply routes from Singapore to Ipoh, Kuala Terengganu, Kuantan and Malacca.

Firefly, a fully-owned subsidiary of Malaysia Airlines, flies to Kuala Lumpur, too, but touches down at SkyPark Subang terminal, which is situated only 20 minutes away from the city, about 40 minutes closer by bus than from [...]

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Another Expedition

June 8, 2009
Funds needed for expedition
WHAT can be tougher than having to ski over 800 kilometres across Antarctica, with 100 kilogrammes of gear at minus 40 degrees Celcius?
Apparently, sourcing for funds is.
That is, according to Ms Sophia Pang, who is set to be the first Singaporean woman to leave her footprints on the South [...]

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