Wednesday was our Healthcare event in Kuala Lumpur… had a good turnout and they were an good audience. Once we were finished our sessions and a roundtable, Rob and I took off for the airport.
Little known fact… Malaysia is one of the world’s largest exporter of Palm Oil. They have over 1/2 million hectares of Palm Oil plantations, which became very evident as we flew into Kuala Lumpur. The row after row of palm trees vanish into the distance.
I grabbed this pic from our cab while heading to the airport… palm trees everywhere!
At the airport, we had some lunch at the OldTown White Coffee shop… I had a #607 Dry Ipoh Chicken Hor Fun… was good!
Back in Singapore, we stayed at the Crowne Plaza Hotel at the airport. This was my supper, Beef Hor Fun, similar name to my lunch but quite a different dish.
Early the following morning, it was back into the air on Singapore Airlines to Sydney. About 4 hours of the 7 hour flight from Singapore to Sydney is over Australia… here’s some pics of the Outback from my plane window.
In Sydney, I booked into the Four Seasons near the Circular Quay… I stayed there my first trip into Sydney. This is the view from my window looking up George St away from the harbour.
One can’t revisit Sydney harbour without getting fresh pictures of the iconic Opera House…
… and the Harbour Bridge!
Chris McNeil and I managed to meet up for a brew in a pub near the harbour! Cheers, Chris… and I owe you one!
Friday morning, leaving Sydney on AC34… 15 hours enroute to Vancouver for a 7:30 AM arrival on Friday morning!
The Harbour Bridge and the Opera House are visible toward the bottom left of the picture.
About 1/2 way through our flight, we passed over Honolulu… could see the lights of the city!
As we neared Vancouver, I managed to snap this view of the sunrise.
We landed around 7:30AM… our pilot was completing his last flight after 39 years as a pilot for AC. As we taxied to our gate, the ground crew lined up two fire engines and they created an arch of water for the plane to pass under to honour the pilot…. cool!
I had a nice visit with Mom on Friday and Saturday… Val came down for the weekend and Rog came up on Saturday. For dinner Friday night, Val and I took Mom out for dinner at a local Chinese restaurant… was great food, but given it’s neighbour, I had to take a picture! 🙂
I’m now finishing this Blog in the Lounge in Vancouver… my original flight to Toronto was cancelled and I’m heading out on a flight what was 1 hour later, but is now running 1/2 hour delayed … it’ll be a tight connection in Toronto for my hop to London… wish me luck!
I hope you enjoyed my Singapore and More blog… until next time! Cheers!