Flying to Bangkok from Houston 2020/Carlos Pueblo
Last year the Singapore Air offered a promotional rate to fly from Houston to Bangkok, a log flight covering a lot of territory yet was very interesting. With Amy's interest, we booked a 19 days ticket and made a plan to visit Bangkok, Singapore, Hong Kong, a seven day cruise to the Vietnamese coast. As the trip came near, a day before the Chinese Lunar New Year, we were under a threat of Chinese Wuhan Coronavirus and the cruise liner informed us to be sure not sick or forfeit the trip. We di make it and had had such a wonderful time in the Southeast Asia.
Even though it's a long haul, I have no complaint for my natural frugal character. It's a good deal with a super service from the airliner. There are six meals provided with drink including liquor. The head stewards even put efforts to have vegetarian meals for me even that I hadn't register on my check in. On the second leg from Manchester to Singapore, I adopted a stewardess, pleasant and beautiful, as my daughter. She is Mo Shen from Iland, Taiwan has a good command of the Amoy or Taiwanese, my mother tongue. I have her and her colleague's picture taken and her e-mail address. I shall see them again.
There were a 5 and half hours layover in Singapore and we missed a free tour provided by the tourist bureau for the lay over passengers. The first one was fully booked and the second one hour later was too late. We were sitting by a small yet busy chips shop to be witness of its wonderful business. Two kinds of chips, potato and fish, mixed with a raw salted egg then deep fry with a very nice taste. Singaporean love them even with a label warning Danger in addictive. The clerk gave us two pieces sample and her manager explained to us.
We continued our flight to Bangkok BKK, the new airport for the city, and then took a free shuttle provided by the city tourists bureau to the old airport DMK to stay over night and took an early flight to Hong Kong. I was very careful to go through an airport taxi hub desk to get our taxi and double check with the cost. The clerk speaks good English and command the driver in details. It is up to the meter's reading plus a $50 Thai money for fee which is very reasonable.
Putting off our luggage, we walked back to the local street and got our dinner. It's like a small village in the old Taiwan with no high rises. Our noodle stand is on the street side while several non-Thai foreigners had taken foods from the operator. It's was a bowl of rice noodle for me and regular noodle for Amy plus an boiled egg, fish balls, and two or three pieces of pork intestines. It's about two US dollar and I like it very much. The next morning, the hotel provided a nice breakfast with dragon fruit, orange, and banana, etc. We got it done to Bangkok.
Monday, February 17, 2020
Sunday, February 16, 2020
飛抵泰國曼谷2020/莊峻華
飛抵泰國曼谷2020/莊峻華
去年底，星航廣告，招攬生意，我們訂下一19日旅行計劃，從休士頓飛經英國曼徹斯特市，再飛星加坡，換機後，再奔泰國曼谷，因為是自助旅行，我藝高膽大，吃下這段苦楚，愛美也咬緊牙關，苦撐完成，光是航程時間，約需26小時，有兩處停留過關，最後飛抵曼谷終站，還需要搭接駁車，到舊機場，以便14小時後，換機飛往香港，這是此東南亞三大城市旅行之開始。
因為是國際航線，星航提供餐點飲料，而且非常勤快有序，難怪連續五年，全球航空，排名第一，這些美女，真能做事，而且親切和藹，我終於找到一位來自宜蘭之申姑娘，能台語，經她同意，我們在抵星城機場時，就認她位義女，真是三生有幸，這是我首位航空小姐義女，第二位王姑娘，在回程認識，第三代星國移民，也能廈門語，只是無暇拍照留念，還有一位英國女士，來自利物浦，與我相談甚久，她朋友美國人，幫我們拍照，而且留下電郵地址，未成義女，與年紀有關。
我喜歡素食，但又未事先預訂，僅一短程無法提供，其餘兩長途四次，都能提供，甚為感謝，有一次約是熱一剩餘便當，就是在機尾廚房加熱，一般預約餐廳，將食物送到機上，空服少爺小姐，將其加熱，然後依時間，送達座位，星城到曼谷，僅不到兩小時，飛機仍舊提供午餐，從起飛忙到降落。
曼谷新機場，是給國際長途線使用，短程或是經濟班機，需要在舊機場登機，新機場和舊機場，有免費接駁巴士接送，需要出示收據或機票，非常順利，舊機場到機場附近旅社，則需搭計程車，有一計程車站，統籌調度，而且可以姑價，以免誤會，泰國服務業，有一定之水平，我無困難。
旅社似為泰國華僑所經營，頗具規模，早晨有專人敲門喚醒，提供早餐，有交費專車，送到機場，非常方便，這一帶之曼谷，很像早期之台灣鄕下，我們找了整條街，終於隨眾坐在街頭小攤，吃上一小碗魚丸肉雜河粉，當作晚餐，沒看到水果攤。
去年底，星航廣告，招攬生意，我們訂下一19日旅行計劃，從休士頓飛經英國曼徹斯特市，再飛星加坡，換機後，再奔泰國曼谷，因為是自助旅行，我藝高膽大，吃下這段苦楚，愛美也咬緊牙關，苦撐完成，光是航程時間，約需26小時，有兩處停留過關，最後飛抵曼谷終站，還需要搭接駁車，到舊機場，以便14小時後，換機飛往香港，這是此東南亞三大城市旅行之開始。
因為是國際航線，星航提供餐點飲料，而且非常勤快有序，難怪連續五年，全球航空，排名第一，這些美女，真能做事，而且親切和藹，我終於找到一位來自宜蘭之申姑娘，能台語，經她同意，我們在抵星城機場時，就認她位義女，真是三生有幸，這是我首位航空小姐義女，第二位王姑娘，在回程認識，第三代星國移民，也能廈門語，只是無暇拍照留念，還有一位英國女士，來自利物浦，與我相談甚久，她朋友美國人，幫我們拍照，而且留下電郵地址，未成義女，與年紀有關。
我喜歡素食，但又未事先預訂，僅一短程無法提供，其餘兩長途四次，都能提供，甚為感謝，有一次約是熱一剩餘便當，就是在機尾廚房加熱，一般預約餐廳，將食物送到機上，空服少爺小姐，將其加熱，然後依時間，送達座位，星城到曼谷，僅不到兩小時，飛機仍舊提供午餐，從起飛忙到降落。
曼谷新機場，是給國際長途線使用，短程或是經濟班機，需要在舊機場登機，新機場和舊機場，有免費接駁巴士接送，需要出示收據或機票，非常順利，舊機場到機場附近旅社，則需搭計程車，有一計程車站，統籌調度，而且可以姑價，以免誤會，泰國服務業，有一定之水平，我無困難。
旅社似為泰國華僑所經營，頗具規模，早晨有專人敲門喚醒，提供早餐，有交費專車，送到機場，非常方便，這一帶之曼谷，很像早期之台灣鄕下，我們找了整條街，終於隨眾坐在街頭小攤，吃上一小碗魚丸肉雜河粉，當作晚餐，沒看到水果攤。
Visiting Napier, on the east of North Island, New Zealand/Carlos Pueblo
Visiting Napier, on the east of North Island, New Zealand/Carlos Pueblo
After Wellington, we continue sail north along the east coastal line of the north island of New Zealand to another lovely city of Napier. The port authority provides shuttle bus service for passengers to the city center. The first stop is by a beautiful garden in front of the city center, several blocks square like some of the ports we have passed by. I had had a leisure march toward the direction of the National Aquarium of New Zealand. The beach is dark color sand very unique than most white color sand beach, in between the Marina Parade Boulevard
and the beach, the city has arranged several facilities to serve the beach goers, like parking for the recreation vehicles with full set up. Small parks and gardens to beautify the scenery.
I chatted with the RV owners and they displayed and explained how they designed the vehicle. They are actually several kinds of Toyota minivan or utility vehicles with logical divisions of bed or beds, water tank shelf, food pantry, and folding furniture area, etc. It's very much compact than what I have seen in the United States camping area. A young man came to the port to join a group of 9 to operate an old sail boat for some multi purpose journey. He showed me how to make a second bed in that small van. If the boat is not at the sea, he would stay in his RV to save the cost of a motel on the Marina Parade. Another RV owner is a young lady sitting on the back of her utility Toyota with the trunk open and a small table also served as a desk. She was doing some lab top reading while the city park provides a free WiFi connection all over the beach and the park, as a matter of the fact, the entire city.
Stopping by the National Aquarium, I found a seat to use it's free WiFi offered by a city office on the next door for my i-phone to send my daily e-mail home. It's very nice and considerate of the locals to provide rest room free service for the visitors. I kept on marching along the beach toward another rock end not far away. There were few appeared on the lovely beach and might be the reason of not on the summer vacation yet. On the way back, I changed my route to the Marina Parade Blvd. to have a different view and I could approach to all the attractive home gardens to collect photos. This landscape reminds me some of the scenery of my Panama Canal Transit route last year on several central American ports, the same set up like fruits trees on the yards, motels for vehicles cruisers, small shops of all needs, etc.
I passed the 2nd shuttle stop and kept on marching toward the city center. A nice lady sport figure statue is on site to celebrate something significance which I forget. The city center is very attractive with antique cars drivers soliciting business. It is very lovely to walk at the small downtown and I shall describe more on my return visit. Of course, I did make it to the Clive Square and took a seat to rest and have some blooming magnolia photos.
After Wellington, we continue sail north along the east coastal line of the north island of New Zealand to another lovely city of Napier. The port authority provides shuttle bus service for passengers to the city center. The first stop is by a beautiful garden in front of the city center, several blocks square like some of the ports we have passed by. I had had a leisure march toward the direction of the National Aquarium of New Zealand. The beach is dark color sand very unique than most white color sand beach, in between the Marina Parade Boulevard
and the beach, the city has arranged several facilities to serve the beach goers, like parking for the recreation vehicles with full set up. Small parks and gardens to beautify the scenery.
I chatted with the RV owners and they displayed and explained how they designed the vehicle. They are actually several kinds of Toyota minivan or utility vehicles with logical divisions of bed or beds, water tank shelf, food pantry, and folding furniture area, etc. It's very much compact than what I have seen in the United States camping area. A young man came to the port to join a group of 9 to operate an old sail boat for some multi purpose journey. He showed me how to make a second bed in that small van. If the boat is not at the sea, he would stay in his RV to save the cost of a motel on the Marina Parade. Another RV owner is a young lady sitting on the back of her utility Toyota with the trunk open and a small table also served as a desk. She was doing some lab top reading while the city park provides a free WiFi connection all over the beach and the park, as a matter of the fact, the entire city.
Stopping by the National Aquarium, I found a seat to use it's free WiFi offered by a city office on the next door for my i-phone to send my daily e-mail home. It's very nice and considerate of the locals to provide rest room free service for the visitors. I kept on marching along the beach toward another rock end not far away. There were few appeared on the lovely beach and might be the reason of not on the summer vacation yet. On the way back, I changed my route to the Marina Parade Blvd. to have a different view and I could approach to all the attractive home gardens to collect photos. This landscape reminds me some of the scenery of my Panama Canal Transit route last year on several central American ports, the same set up like fruits trees on the yards, motels for vehicles cruisers, small shops of all needs, etc.
I passed the 2nd shuttle stop and kept on marching toward the city center. A nice lady sport figure statue is on site to celebrate something significance which I forget. The city center is very attractive with antique cars drivers soliciting business. It is very lovely to walk at the small downtown and I shall describe more on my return visit. Of course, I did make it to the Clive Square and took a seat to rest and have some blooming magnolia photos.
Friday, February 14, 2020
Touring through 3 cities and a cruise in the Southeast Asia 2020/Carlos Pueblo
Touring through 3 cities and a cruise in the Southeast Asia 2020/Carlos Pueblo
Singapore Air offered a promotional fare for a round trip from Houston to Bangkok last year and I made it to be a tour of three Asian cities and a seven days cruise along the Vietnamese coastal line in the winter of 2020. It has been quite an experience during the outbreak of Wuhan coronavirus scaring among China, Honk Kong, Vietnam, Singapore, and Thailand where I have been in this 3 weeks tour.
First, this is a long haul of flight from Houston to Manchester, England, then to Singapore, Bangkok for a brief layover night to Hong Kong in order to hop on a cruise ship for a seven days cruise to Singapore for two nights, then flew to Bangkok again for three nights, and finally flew back to Houston. I shall describe in details how my impression is for this voyage in details.
I was very comfortable to locate all hotels and scenery significant to me on public transportation, light rails and buses, with minimum costs. I don't see any problems as I find my way and get around. I can command easily in several languages locally use like coming home. I like the weather, foods, and the hospitality of the locals.
I visited the Stanley Pier, the Central Station, Hong Kong University campus, etc. in Hong Kong and ate roasted goose and Chiao Chou rice noodle twice. I visited the Chinatown, the Orchard, and the Marina Bay garden in Singapore. I have had two days guided tours in Bangkok, a tour of four Buddhist Temples and a tour of floating market on canals, and a visit of the famous Chulalongkorn University campus.
Singapore Air offered a promotional fare for a round trip from Houston to Bangkok last year and I made it to be a tour of three Asian cities and a seven days cruise along the Vietnamese coastal line in the winter of 2020. It has been quite an experience during the outbreak of Wuhan coronavirus scaring among China, Honk Kong, Vietnam, Singapore, and Thailand where I have been in this 3 weeks tour.
First, this is a long haul of flight from Houston to Manchester, England, then to Singapore, Bangkok for a brief layover night to Hong Kong in order to hop on a cruise ship for a seven days cruise to Singapore for two nights, then flew to Bangkok again for three nights, and finally flew back to Houston. I shall describe in details how my impression is for this voyage in details.
I was very comfortable to locate all hotels and scenery significant to me on public transportation, light rails and buses, with minimum costs. I don't see any problems as I find my way and get around. I can command easily in several languages locally use like coming home. I like the weather, foods, and the hospitality of the locals.
I visited the Stanley Pier, the Central Station, Hong Kong University campus, etc. in Hong Kong and ate roasted goose and Chiao Chou rice noodle twice. I visited the Chinatown, the Orchard, and the Marina Bay garden in Singapore. I have had two days guided tours in Bangkok, a tour of four Buddhist Temples and a tour of floating market on canals, and a visit of the famous Chulalongkorn University campus.
東南亞三城行2020/莊峻華
東南亞三城行2020/莊峻華
星航提供特價，優待旅行東南亞洲，我安排從休市，飛經英國曼徹斯特，抵星加坡，再飛曼谷過夜，再購機票飛抵香港，停留三夜，從舊啟德機場跑道碼頭上郵輪，沿越南海岸七日四港到星加坡，住兩夜，再飛曼谷停留三夜，再搭機返回美國，途中飽受武漢病毒威脅，但卻也精彩無比，我將詳細描述。
雖是長途飛行，但星航服務第一，非常愉快，而且我是五短身材，經濟艙剛好，省下之錢，可以多次旅行，我們是搭免費接駁巴士，從曼谷新機場到舊機場，以便搭機到香港，僅在舊機場搭計程車到旅店，翌晨旅店有專車到機場。
抵香港後，我仍舊採用輕軌運輸和巴士，非常方便，第一天，我們就逛中環，吃到深井燒鵝，翌日宇正來當導遊，搭巴士逛赤岩和些美景，我需要查看相片，都是電影舊熟香港，第三日，我帶愛美參觀香港大學，許多感觸。
七日郵輪行，越南尚未完全復原，但此艘郵輪，我搭乘六次，雖然人事變遷，但仍然有很多關係可連繫，十分愉快。船在星港上岸，也是輕軌巴士到旅店，當然也需要行軍問道，我們兩次逛華埠，逛蘭花區百貨店，和遊艇區賭場花園，這也是郵輪碼頭，華埠食物價廉，台語可通，像是台灣老鄕村氣氛，但 星城是世界美麗大埠。
我們住曼谷海耶特大飯店，感謝琳兒招待，參觀四大佛寺一日，運河市場一日，第三日參觀旅店附近之朱拉隆功大學。
星航提供特價，優待旅行東南亞洲，我安排從休市，飛經英國曼徹斯特，抵星加坡，再飛曼谷過夜，再購機票飛抵香港，停留三夜，從舊啟德機場跑道碼頭上郵輪，沿越南海岸七日四港到星加坡，住兩夜，再飛曼谷停留三夜，再搭機返回美國，途中飽受武漢病毒威脅，但卻也精彩無比，我將詳細描述。
雖是長途飛行，但星航服務第一，非常愉快，而且我是五短身材，經濟艙剛好，省下之錢，可以多次旅行，我們是搭免費接駁巴士，從曼谷新機場到舊機場，以便搭機到香港，僅在舊機場搭計程車到旅店，翌晨旅店有專車到機場。
抵香港後，我仍舊採用輕軌運輸和巴士，非常方便，第一天，我們就逛中環，吃到深井燒鵝，翌日宇正來當導遊，搭巴士逛赤岩和些美景，我需要查看相片，都是電影舊熟香港，第三日，我帶愛美參觀香港大學，許多感觸。
七日郵輪行，越南尚未完全復原，但此艘郵輪，我搭乘六次，雖然人事變遷，但仍然有很多關係可連繫，十分愉快。船在星港上岸，也是輕軌巴士到旅店，當然也需要行軍問道，我們兩次逛華埠，逛蘭花區百貨店，和遊艇區賭場花園，這也是郵輪碼頭，華埠食物價廉，台語可通，像是台灣老鄕村氣氛，但 星城是世界美麗大埠。
我們住曼谷海耶特大飯店，感謝琳兒招待，參觀四大佛寺一日，運河市場一日，第三日參觀旅店附近之朱拉隆功大學。
My e-mail was hacked during my trip to the Southeast Asia/Carlos Pueblo
My e-mail was hacked during my trip to the Southeast Asia/Carlos Pueblo
On the second day of my visit to Hong Kong, I received several warning from my friends to warn me of my e-mail been hacked by a hacker who attempted to solicit money under a similar e-mail address which was not mine. Suddenly, I lost my connection of Yahoo and my Southwestern Bell e-mail address. I could only scramble to use a Gmail address to correspond with my daughter in Austin for my daily reporting of the traveling progress. I am sorry for all the inconvenient caused to you.
I have thought of what I have done wrong to cause this trouble. First, I did finally respond to an ATT e-mail to link to its web site to be continued of my record of e-mail usage. It might be a fake one and I am not sure. When I returned home, I did have a help chat with ATT to change my password and got my e-mail opened. I still need to chat with the Yahoo authority to find out who that that e-mail address impersonating me with yahoo.com address.
I did announce my apology on my blog site to my friends who were disturbed. One of them told me that he did chat with this person about the soliciting because he did have plenty of time and he was not afraid. On their e-mail exchange, he found out that this person only asked for $400 gift card help and asked him to give the gift card number.
A similar case has been occurred in 2017 in Buenos Aires, Argentina while I forgot to delete my check of e-mail use on a public desk computer at a hostel. I changed my e-mail password and was the end of such hassle.
On the second day of my visit to Hong Kong, I received several warning from my friends to warn me of my e-mail been hacked by a hacker who attempted to solicit money under a similar e-mail address which was not mine. Suddenly, I lost my connection of Yahoo and my Southwestern Bell e-mail address. I could only scramble to use a Gmail address to correspond with my daughter in Austin for my daily reporting of the traveling progress. I am sorry for all the inconvenient caused to you.
I have thought of what I have done wrong to cause this trouble. First, I did finally respond to an ATT e-mail to link to its web site to be continued of my record of e-mail usage. It might be a fake one and I am not sure. When I returned home, I did have a help chat with ATT to change my password and got my e-mail opened. I still need to chat with the Yahoo authority to find out who that that e-mail address impersonating me with yahoo.com address.
I did announce my apology on my blog site to my friends who were disturbed. One of them told me that he did chat with this person about the soliciting because he did have plenty of time and he was not afraid. On their e-mail exchange, he found out that this person only asked for $400 gift card help and asked him to give the gift card number.
A similar case has been occurred in 2017 in Buenos Aires, Argentina while I forgot to delete my check of e-mail use on a public desk computer at a hostel. I changed my e-mail password and was the end of such hassle.
Thursday, February 13, 2020
電郵遭駭客亂砍/莊峻華
電郵遭駭客亂砍/莊峻華
在東南亞旅行途中，我之電腦郵址，遭駭客入侵亂砍，用一雅虎電郵址，循我西南全球網址記錄，到處詢球金錢幫忙，我之熱心朋友，循網址和電話通知我，非常感謝，雅虎迅速封閉我之帳戶，西南全球網址，也同時封閉我之帳號，一直到昨夜返家，一西南專員，在更改網址密碼中，給我一雅虎專號，我想與其專員討論此案，幾年前，我旅行阿根廷布市，在客棧使用公共電腦，忘記馬上取銷密碼，也曾遭遇亂砍要錢一事，非常遺憾，帶給諸君困擾，我將在我全球部落格，發佈我之抱歉，我相信應無帶來諸位金錢損失。
我已經可以恢護使用電腦，前兩週餘，電話和電腦，有關此事之電郵和電話留言，幾乎均全消失，這也是我無法了解之處，我僅能憑記憶道歉，請諸君有空指教我將書寫之遊記，這是一十九日東南亞洲三城市，星加坡，香港，曼谷，和越南海岸四港。
在東南亞旅行途中，我之電腦郵址，遭駭客入侵亂砍，用一雅虎電郵址，循我西南全球網址記錄，到處詢球金錢幫忙，我之熱心朋友，循網址和電話通知我，非常感謝，雅虎迅速封閉我之帳戶，西南全球網址，也同時封閉我之帳號，一直到昨夜返家，一西南專員，在更改網址密碼中，給我一雅虎專號，我想與其專員討論此案，幾年前，我旅行阿根廷布市，在客棧使用公共電腦，忘記馬上取銷密碼，也曾遭遇亂砍要錢一事，非常遺憾，帶給諸君困擾，我將在我全球部落格，發佈我之抱歉，我相信應無帶來諸位金錢損失。
我已經可以恢護使用電腦，前兩週餘，電話和電腦，有關此事之電郵和電話留言，幾乎均全消失，這也是我無法了解之處，我僅能憑記憶道歉，請諸君有空指教我將書寫之遊記，這是一十九日東南亞洲三城市，星加坡，香港，曼谷，和越南海岸四港。
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