As a service to our ever-expanding WLBOTT community, we want to make you aware of a serious, possibly life-threatening health danger: The Blue Lined Octopus. Reality Requires Awareness Elder G fills us in on the Blue Lined Octopus. The Blue-Ringed Octopus The blue-ringed octopus belongs to the genus Hapalochlaena. Despite being about the size of […]
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Dreamtime / Perth
Circumnavigation series Port Hedland → Perth (PER): ~820 miles Our final stop on the Cessna Semi-circumnavigation is Perth, in southwestern Australia. What a welcome Elder G and I received! Perth Welcomes Us The city was more than welcoming. Perth – The Nuts and Bolts Who is Elizabeth Quay? Turns out she’s not a person, but […]
Circumnavigation series Next in the series Denpasar → Port Hedland (PHE): ~1,200 miles We’ve reached Australia! As our Cessna Citation crossed the Indian Ocean, we excitedly anticipated our arrival in Port Hedland. Port Hedland What a fascinating town! Hot, salty, busy, iron-rich red dirt. Barges loaded with iron ore and salt. Salt Salt […]
“The Lake Isle of Innisfree”- William Butler YeatsI will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree,And a small cabin build there, of clay and wattles made;Nine bean-rows will I have there, a hive for the honey-bee,And live alone in the bee-loud glade.And I shall have some peace there, for peace comes dropping slow,Dropping from […]
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Dreamtime Bali
Circumnavigation series Next in the series Batam → Bali / Denpasar (DPS): ~1,000 miles We’ve crossed the Equator! Our next stop, and the last refueling before entering Australia, is Denpasar (DPS), the Capital of Bali. Elder G and I were quite surprised to see a line demarcating the northern and southern hemispheres, just […]
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Ina Mina Dika
Friends, this video will improve your life by an estimated 7.3%. What is going on? That was a clip from a 1957 Hindi RomCom called Aasha. Aasha (transl. Hope) is a 1957 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy film directed by M. V. Raman. It stars Kishore Kumar and Vyjayanthimala. The film was a critical and commercial success. […]
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Dreamtime / Batam
Circumnavigation series Next in the series Bangkok → Batam (BTH): ~880 miles The next refueling stop for Elder G and myself was the Hang Nadim International Airport in Batam, Indonesia. One of Elder G‘s practical joker colleagues got a little confused about the concept of personal space…. Batam One of the amazing things […]
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Dreamtime / Bangkok
Circumnavigation series Next in the series Kolkata → Bangkok (DMK):: ~1,020 miles Today Elder G and I flew into Don Mueang International Airport in Bangkok, Thailand. We’re refueling our Cessna Citation as we continue our journey from Edmonton to Perth. A congested airspace (according to AI)… Some confusion among the mechanics doing the […]
We’ve gone down an interesting rabbit hole today. It all began with a visit to our local Ukrainian and Eastern European market (a delightful store called Borderless European Market. Having never tried sturgeon, I purchased a sturgeon meal-in-a-can. Due to push-back among the anti-piscatorial faction at the home office, I’ve had to delay the opening […]
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Dreamtime / Kolkata
Circumnavigation series Next in the series Jaipur → Kolkata (CCU): ~950 miles Elder G and I flew into Kolkata on our next refueling stop, as we journey from Edmonton to Perth. During our final approach, we see the bustling city and the Hooghly River curling beneath us. The arrival gate is a busy […]