The view from my "office"

[Flashback]

But ITS NOT TRUFFLE! It’s 2,4 - dithiapentane.

if you can smell it when you enter the restaurant, leave immediately. The chef has no credibility.

Anthony Bourdain: “Everyone Lies in Cookbooks”

"If you add truffle oil, you should basically be punched in the kidneys.”

www.broadsheet.com.au

REAL truffles are wonderful, black or white.

Well, yes, that's the point of the article!

 

[TheRealTMA]

Well, yes, that's the point of the article!

I only read the first paragraph before loosing interest.

 

[Daver6]

I'd say we will have 5 minutes at best if that! Likely we will actually have to go through transit security arriving from BKK (didn’t have to coming from LHR). If you're delayed coming in we'll try connect up, otherwise so close yet so far

Do you mean in DOH? I think everyone has to go through transit security. They do have a priority section for J and F pax.

 

[Flashback]

Do you mean in DOH? I think everyone has to go through transit security. They do have a priority section for J and F pax.

I often don't and when we transited 1.5 weeks ago we decamped straight off the plane into the general area.

 

[Port Power]

This photo just cannot demonstrate the austere beauty of Dutch Harbour in the Aleutian Islands. But at least I can say I have been there. The Museum of the Aleutians was extremely interesting, as was superb metal artwork from a resident who originally hailed from Czeckoslovakia. (I left my phone in the “office”! )

 

[RooFlyer]

I often don't and when we transited 1.5 weeks ago we decamped straight off the plane into the general area.

That's surprising for me. Always had to do transit security.

 

[Flashback]

That's surprising for me. Always had to do transit security.

If memory serves me right I think it largely depends on where you're coming from and/or what plane type you arrive on. Before the recent trip though my regular trips with QR were >4 years ago so can't remember specifics. It is always a nice surprise when it does happen, though!

 

[RooFlyer]

I admit whenever I've done it, it was a breeze (at least in J), so maybe if there is a crunch, they just let everyone on certain flights straight through?

 

[Flashback]

I admit whenever I've done it, it was a breeze (at least in J), so maybe if there is a crunch, they just let everyone on certain flights straight through?

We walked past some of the checkpoints going to the lounge and they all looked pretty quiet, so who knows........

 

[Daver6]

I often don't and when we transited 1.5 weeks ago we decamped straight off the plane into the general area.

I'll be on a A380 from LHR on Friday. So perhaps it's a LHR thing?

We walked past some of the checkpoints going to the lounge and they all looked pretty quiet, so who knows........

The arrival checkpoints are on an upper level. Not sure how you can get from there to the departures level without going through security. I wonder if there was perhaps a lapse in security that day? Either way, it will be a pleasant surprise if I don't have to go through security on Friday on arrival in DOH.

 

[Flashback]

I'll be on a A380 from LHR on Friday. So perhaps it's a LHR thing?


The arrival checkpoints are on an upper level. Not sure how you can get from there to the departures level without going through security. I wonder if there was perhaps a lapse in security that day? Either way, it will be a pleasant surprise if I don't have to go through security on Friday on arrival in DOH.

Who knows, maybe it's an A380 thing too - i.e., get off at a different level.

I've not been through transit security maybe 5 or 6 times.

 

[Buzzard]

A trip up the river in Ninh Binh.
It's a lot like Halong Bay only much cleaner even though a boat allegedly picks up the rubbish weekly.
There are 3 routes to choose from, I took the one that goes through 9 caves. You really need to mind your head.

There really is a cave coming up that we are about to go through.

 

[Flashback]

Today's office around Kampot (salt farms, pepper farms) and Kep (crab market).


Back in Kampot we finished off the evening with banana cream pie and mango pie (amazingly good!) topped with Kampot pepper icecream. Yes! So good!

 

[Bindibuys]

Daughter & I spent the morning volunteering at BRAD, sorting plastic caps & crushing, ready for something new to be made.

 

[VPS]

Daughter & I spent the morning volunteering at BRAD, sorting plastic caps & crushing, ready for something new to be made.
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Excellent concept - well done. Do you know if they have anything like this in Adelaide?

 

[RB]

We have mates that live on acreage at Beechwood NSW, Their new neighbours own guinea fowl. The confusion arrive each morning to clean out the horse feed buckets

 

[VPS]

Anderson Hill winery - nice spot for lunch Adelaide Hills Winery - Anderson Hill Wines and the food was excellent

 

[drron]

From my garden office just now.

 

[CaptainCurtis]

Ryogoku Kokugikan for the grand sumo tournament in Tokyo.

 

[Hvr]

Various sites around BKK.

I'm always impressed that these displays are admired, photographed and left undamaged for others to enjoy.