Go Around the World on 4 Wheels

While in Cherating, we met this friendly Swiss couple, Kari and Ulla. They have been on the road for 14 months since April 2008. During those time they have been to Croatia, Albania, Greece Turkey, Iran, Pakistan, India ,Singapore and Malaysia. Their next destination will be Thailand and the neighbouring countries, then off to Australia and New Zealand .


So they will still be moving around for many more months or years to come, in this mobile home that they named passionately, " friieda" .

They blog about their journey through here:

http://www.friieda.ch/

The blog is in German and I used the babelfish to translate it into English.

http://babelfish.yahoo.com/

The ever obliging Kari was kind enough to show us the interior of his "home". It is a very well equiped mobile home with all the basic amenities. How nice if I am as courageous and as brave as Kari and Ulla to see the world like this
.

Next to friieda was parked this "German Tank". It is "home" for another German couple.

The lady of the "house" was busily cooking. So we didn't have chance to chat.

Wish you all the best in your future endeavour, Kari and Ulla.

Cherating

The whole family went to Cherating recently for a few days of sun and fun.

Whenever the word 'Cherating' was mentioned, friends would ask:

" You went to Club Med ?"

" No lah, Club Med very expensive le, where got so much money?"

Actually, We booked this place.

The chalets are quite ok actually, considering it only charges RM88 / day for a family unit with a queen and a single bed, and attached bathroom.
The only setback is that they are not by the beach. We had to walk 5 minutes to go mandi laut.

A bit inconvenient la.

If I have known, I would have booked this chalet instead.

Just walk out the door and one can jump into the sea.

I will most likely stay here if ever come to Cherating again.

How to kill time in Cherating ah?

Go snorkelling?.......... already done that in Pulau Redang and other pulau.

Go for river cruise and watch fire fly?...... not very keen.

Join a guided tour to look out for mother turtle laying eggs? ......... no fun

Aiyah just go mandi laut la. During low tide, walk 100m into the sea and the water is still only knee deep.

or just admire the beautiful sunset

or drive 20 minutes to Kuala Kemaman, at the border of Trengganu


Although the weather was very hot and the sun was burning the skin, the view of the open sea was beautiful.

A bit surprise to find a rather grand SJKC here. Must be quite a large number of Chinese staying around this area.

My Hifi "Silk Road"_ Part 2

The first addition to the system was
a phonogram(record) changer. It was a UK made
unit .
This was an automatic player. A few records could be stacked up on the spindle and they would be played one after another.

Purchased in 28/1/1968 at a cost of RM69.

It was connected to the radio's mono amplifier, driving a 12" speaker and a tweeter.The speaker cabinet was made of reinforced concrete. Very unique indeed.

The phonograms(record or vinyl) came in 2 sizes; 7 inches diameter ( speed 45rpm) and 12 inches diameter (speed 33 1/3 rpm).

Average cost of a small record at that time was RM2 and that of the big one was RM6

All purchases were documented.

He is my dad's favoutite singer.We had a full collection of his albums.

The last entry was in 1/9/73

Of course I still bought records after that, but never border to keep track

The next upgrade was this stereo Monarch Amplifier, bought 11 months after getting the record player .

Being a sterophonic unit, it had to be connected to a pair of speakers( left and right channel) So a second speaker cabinet was added. But the second cabinet was just made of plywood, not concrete.