Travelling Tim

  • Singapore Grand Prix 2019

    Singapore Grand Prix 2019

    Quali and The Race

    Getting to the race track from Gardens by the Bay wasn’t hard, but there was a bit of walking to the closest MRT station, through the Marina Bay Sands. We jumped on a train for a couple of stops, and then changed to another train. On the platform helpful people were explaining that there were a few different trains going to different places on the same platform, we had to wait a whole extra 2min. Getting out the station and into the track was a lot easier than navigating 3 shopping centres from where the busses all stopped.

    Nico Hulkenberg – Renault
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  • Singapore – 2019 – Gardens by the Bay

    Singapore – 2019 – Gardens by the Bay

    The good thing about the Singapore Grand Prix being run in the evening is that there is no rush to get up and head out first thing in the morning. The most urgent thing before lunch is making sure you get to the hotel breakfast before they stop serving.

    It also means when you do eventually head out at a reasonable hour you have time to do tourist things before heading into the Grand Prix.

    Can’t say I’ve seen many waterfalls inside.
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  • Singapore Grand Prix – 2019

    Singapore Grand Prix – 2019

    Part I

    The last time I was in Singapore was just a few months ago, after my 6 weeks in Europe. I had planned to do a few things in Singapore on the way through back to Australia but I ended up spending most of the time in my hotel room after eating a dodgy bread and butter pudding and getting some nasty food poisoning – this trip was much more enjoyable.

    East Coast Road
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  • Oulu – A winter wonderland

    Oulu – A winter wonderland

    Oulu, I still have no idea how to pronounce it, is an interesting place. A colleague at work who had spent some time in Finland would keep correcting me.

    “Oulu?”
    “Oulu”
    “Oulu?”
    “Oulu”

    The easiest way to get around Finland in winter is to fly. Unlike more southern airports, Finnish airports don’t close if there is snow, like everything else the infrastructure is built to handle it. I had a short flight from Helsinki to Oulu, and probably spent more time in the taxi and waiting at the gate that I did actually in the air.

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  • One, Big China

    One, Big China

    China is pretty big. 

    It covers a very diverse area, and the people from different areas are very diverse. Even beyond Hong Kong and Taiwan the concept a single unified China is something I struggled to get my head around. Our guides would often reference dynasties from hundreds of years ago and say “they unified all of China.” 

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