Ninja Rants and Raves

I recently returned from a holiday trip to Malaysia in August 2008. It was a fun trip as I did some cave exploring in Mulu in the Malaysian state of Sarawak in Borneo, and also travelled to other parts of Malaysia such a Kuala Lumpur, Cameron Highlands, Penang Island and Langkawi Island where I attempted a bit of swimming, snorkelling, scuba diving, para-sailing and jet-skiing. The food was great, the weather was great! Fantastic trip!

The following link is to my original site (metalvortex.com) and should work on all web browsers:

http://www.metalvortex.com/myphotos/malaysia/august2008/

This following link is to my newer experimental site (ninjatrek.com) where the images are dynamically resized to fit within the browser window but uses “Flash” technology which may not work in all web browsers or may be blocked by certain firewalls:

http://www.ninjatrek.com/index.html?openfolder=Malaysia/August%202008/

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Just spend a few days (23 May - 27 May) in New York City for a reunion with fellow travellers from the 2007 Antarctica trip. The weather cooperated too! The motley crew consisted mostly of this lot (showing our first tentative steps at building a snowman in Antarctica):

Anyway, the views from our host’s apartment were pretty decent, both night and day!

Apartment night view - Brooklyn Bridge:

Apartment night view - Brooklyn Bridge:

Of course I’m going to come back…I want to see those views again! I think that I was last here in 1993. Now that was a long time ago!

I suppose the NYC trip can best be summed up in a few words. Food, drinks, and more food and drinks

There was more to it than that of course. There was a bit of shopping in which everyone participated. The girls went shopping for clothes and shoes; the guys went shopping for gadgets and software! Is that stereotyped or what!

Having said all that, Audrey did go looking for a good point-and-shoot digital camera. And I think the girls certainly bought some some cool clothes, oh yea!

So, what do you do on a hot day in New York City? Go to Central Park!

And for something a bit more adventurous, you go to Coney Island!

Now that was fun! The roller-coaster “Cyclone”…oh yes! And a centrifugal contraption, oh boy! Thanks Michelle, I loved that centrifuge!

So, thank you Audrey, Raldi, Jason, Michelle and Laura! It was great meeting up with you all and exchanging our stories from the Antarctica trip, etc. Can’t wait for the next meet!

On the last day I was mostly on my own, with everyone having gone to prior engagements (eg working!). So went on a bit of a walkabout in lower Manhattan and got some shopping done at the J&R software store. Oh my poor achey feet! Made it OK to JFK (hey, love that Internet check-in, saves so much time from queuing!).

And so, goodbye New York City, and goodbye to that Americanised French chick

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Well, it’s come to that time of the year that I’ve been waiting for. I’ll be spending next week somewhere in the Atacama Desert (northern Chile) and then flying south to travel around Patagonia for two weeks (both Chilean and Argentinean parts).

If you have time, have a look at my Home Page for some of my photos from the last few years, mostly travel photos. Enjoy!

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