The lead up to Mt Kinabalu – Part 1

Posted on August 18, 2024 by marilyn

15 July – 18 August – About 6 months ago, an acquaintance (when he heard I was going to Sarawak for the International Show Caves Conference) suggested that I climb Mt Kinabalu whilst I was there.  He said that I’d probably only have to climb 1,000m and I thought, “that’s not too bad, that’s all you climb from the Kowmung to Kanangra Walls”.  So, I decided that Mt Kinabalu sounded like a great idea. Continue reading →

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Sea Caves Exploration – Part 3

Posted on July 21, 2024 by marilyn

SYDNEY’S NORTHERN BEACHES – 20-21 July 2024
Well, this is Part 3 for me but probably Part 5 or 6 for John G.  John has made it his goal in life to identify all the sea caves up and down the NSW coastline.  He has a book written by John Dunkley which was produced prior to the GPS and he’s trying to locate the caves in the book, GPS them, and document them.  So, I rocked up on Saturday to be part of the adventure. Continue reading →

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Laying by the pool drinking margaritas

Posted on July 13, 2024 by marilyn

BALI – Week 5 & 6 @ Tabanan – 1 – 13 July 2024
Before we left, and when I looked at the photos of our third villa, I could just imagine myself laying by the pool, reading a good book and drinking margaritas.  It didn’t occur to me that (a) I’d have to buy some tequila; (b) one of us would have to know how to make them; and (c) I’d be getting sunburned whilst I waited for someone to bring the margaritas to me. Continue reading →

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The zeros are doing our heads in!

Posted on June 28, 2024 by marilyn

BALI – Week 4 @ Ubud – 22 – 30 June 2024
Well, it’s been four weeks now and we still can’t get our heads around the bloody zeros with the Indonesian Rupiah!  It started when Christine and I did some currency exchange at Sydney Airport, A$250 for RP2,736,626, most of them in RP100,000 notes.  From there on it was all downhill. Continue reading →

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Ubud – the Curtain Tie Back Wars

Posted on June 21, 2024 by marilyn

BALI – WEEK 3 @ UBUD – 15-21 June 2024
The two weeks in Ubud didn’t start off well for Christine.  On the first night, and for the next four nights, Christine undid the curtain tie backs on 3 of the 4 walls of windows so that she didn’t have the sun shining in during the afternoon and the lights during the night.  And then, when the staff cleaned the room, they put the tie backs back on the curtains again … so she had to take them off again that night. Continue reading →

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