tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7460058.post8193760911367838020..comments2012-07-06T12:31:50.239+07:00Comments on At the Back of the Green Gibbon!: In the Hall of the Mountain King, Pt.6: Barney the BearFelix and Mr Pumpyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06570657416039091909noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7460058.post-3096153487868632782010-04-26T03:40:18.435+07:002010-04-26T03:40:18.435+07:00Adam,
Cheers, thanks for the comment, and my tard...Adam,<br /><br />Cheers, thanks for the comment, and my tardy reply.<br />I never did finish this blog...<br />however, I have started a new one:<br />Cycling in the footsteps of Jesus to India!<br />http://www.mrfelix-2.blogspot.com<br /><br />This time I promise to reply to the comments section. :)<br /><br />cheers,<br />Felix in Amman, JordanFelix and Mr Pumpyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06570657416039091909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7460058.post-68812422160093112292010-02-18T14:39:01.884+07:002010-02-18T14:39:01.884+07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.オテモヤンhttp://e-nixi.com/blog/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7460058.post-9972666719142809952009-12-20T17:58:42.303+07:002009-12-20T17:58:42.303+07:00Felix, it's me Thao Nguyen. It's been a lo...Felix, it's me Thao Nguyen. It's been a long time since the last time we meet (6-7 years). Now I come back to Ho CHi Minh City to study Master of Philosophy. My dream come true. I miss you. and hope that you still remember me. this is my number 01235867999, and email mainguyen1210@yahoo.comthaonguyennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7460058.post-29598814864327609272009-12-09T17:28:21.758+07:002009-12-09T17:28:21.758+07:00Hi Felix & Mr Pumpy,
Your blog and website ha...Hi Felix & Mr Pumpy,<br /><br />Your blog and website have inspired me to see some of the world by two wheels. That Cambodia ride in the Monsoon you wrote about is the best cycle blog i have read. We the people, your loyal readers, need your talented scribe. Write soon.Adamnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7460058.post-66041024125975470532009-11-20T20:24:46.033+07:002009-11-20T20:24:46.033+07:00Interesting post as for me. I'd like to read a...Interesting post as for me. 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It will help you in life, a lot.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the comment, although I can't see the date... when was this? The point being I have not been blogging for some time, although wanting to, but that's how most people live their lives, isn't it?<BR/><BR/>Last blog I was down in Kalimantan, but after my visa finally ran aground down there, I came up to Thailand,<BR/><BR/>I cycled from Singapore, up the east coast of Malaysia, a ride I've done a few times before, so no big deal. This time however, speaking the language did open a few doors, and I enjoyed it more than ever.<BR/><BR/>The most surprising part of the ride was the south of Thailand, where LO! the local Muslims speak Bahasa Melayu (same same bahasa Indonesia, which I speak). What a surprise!<BR/><BR/>Of course, there was hardly another tourist to be seen, what with the bombs et al, except for one Texan girl on a bike (see link off the front of the blog).. and yeah, small villages with the locals in full purdah - I kid you not, and in-depth discussions on the state of the world (well, more or less)... hmm, it was an eye opener.<BR/><BR/>Re people actually reading my blog.. yes, some do.. although it helps if I actually update it.. which I intend to do soon, see above.<BR/><BR/>Right now I'm in China, having come here to work on some video stuff, and then got stuck here teaching English... oh, let me tell you about China.. it is NOT my cup of tea, but I head down to Kuala Lumpur in a few days time - Dec 1 08 to be exact - to see about gainful employment there, or will it be Botswana? I'm not sure just yet, but pygmies are cool.<BR/>Anyway, roll on vast world... and I'm just managing to keep my head above water.<BR/><BR/>I really could use a floaty, though. Maybe I;ll find one in Malaysia.<BR/><BR/>And I hope AirAsia out of Shanghai aren't gonna make a fuss about the bike.<BR/><BR/>Cheers, best of luck,<BR/>Felix (aka Pak Peelips) and Mr Pumpy, Lu Xu, China, near Shanghai.Felix and Mr Pumpyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06570657416039091909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7460058.post-13637496903981514642008-11-17T19:22:00.000+07:002008-11-17T19:22:00.000+07:00Just to think I have all this ahead of me. In my b...Just to think I have all this ahead of me. In my broadest ocker drawl, "I'm excited" is an understatement of choice. Prior to a durian soaked odyssey I embark on pretty soon, I've been cyberscoping other people's ideas and experience to generate unpurchased advice (so I can have experiences of my own.)<BR/>It's the likes of Mr Pumpy and company that set us ragtag travellers on the path to hoped for enlightenment, not just from the western turtle fear shell, as mentioned in your blog, but also of the panniers due to frequent food stops as advised. <BR/>As to the question, "who the hell is gonna read about Mr Felix's ride adventures?", look not much further, you have got yourself a readership.M L Jassyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13918911547104202603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7460058.post-74468295560145278822008-04-16T10:46:00.000+07:002008-04-16T10:46:00.000+07:00Great-looking forward to more of you and Mr. P. A...Great-looking forward to more of you and Mr. P. A blind man running across the road, eh? That could be fast, too, couldn't it? Still, I think I get what you mean.<BR/><BR/>As far as Aunty Canada, we may well see her sometime this summer as myself and Mr. Ross are planning to cycle from the Atlantic to Pacific, brushing by the Niagra falls area where we are told Aunty would be happy to let us pitch a tent in her yard. <BR/><BR/>If you or senior Pumpy's ears are burning sometime in June or July, you will know it is us somewhere around the Great Lakes recounting our Felix/Pumpy inspired adventures. <BR/><BR/>Long may they continue!<BR/><BR/>JeanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7460058.post-66048852985233989852008-04-09T21:19:00.000+07:002008-04-09T21:19:00.000+07:00Hi Jean.Thanks for the comment, cheers.I'm back in...Hi Jean.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the comment, cheers.<BR/><BR/>I'm back in Kalimantan now, after 3 months in Bangkok and hence no blogging or emailing, the internet here being wonky.<BR/>Nice to hear the Toronto/Vietnam story... excellent.<BR/>In fact, as I write, Mr Pumpy and I are working on our first Ride Report for about 4 years... the Kathmandu to India run we did in '04, a great little ride indeed.<BR/>So yes, Mr Pumpy is alive and well, here in Kali with me, although we did have a few personal issues there for a while, and if truth be told, came within a spoke's width of breaking the partnership.... but then it did strike me; who the hell is gonna read about Mr Felix's ride adventures? Nobody, that's who.... and Mr Pumpy, well, he's just so Mr Pumpy, that he can't stop whichever way...so we clawed back from the brink, made the necessary boundary changes - mainly 'expansion' - and we're cooking again, although as usual, I do most of the 'work', he does most of the 'glory'... that hasn't changed.<BR/>I hope to have the Kathmandu ride up within a month - which does sound like an inordinate amount of time, I know, but... <BR/>1. this is Kalimantan, Indonesia, where things happen at the speed if a Blind Man crossing the road, if at all, and <BR/>2. Mr Pumpy and I are actually leaving here in 2 weeks after 2 1/2 years residency, and will be riding up the East Coast of Malaysia in May, to Bangkok, where our next project will begin. <BR/>We hope to be in Kashmir in August/September.<BR/><BR/>Yeah, it's small world in many ways, I agree... and actually the "cycling community", this loose affiliation of folks who like the feel of the wind in their hair and the smell of benzine in the mornings, is actually pretty small.<BR/>I'm still often surprised at how few cyclists I meet on the road out in Asia.<BR/>Ok mate, best wishes to you, and Aunty Whatever Her Name Is, if you ever meet her.<BR/><BR/>Felix and Mr Pumpy<BR/>Palangkaraya, Central Kalimantan, IndonesiaFelix and Mr Pumpyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06570657416039091909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7460058.post-83377702917377219152008-04-08T08:50:00.000+07:002008-04-08T08:50:00.000+07:00Hello from California, Senior Felix- (or should I ...Hello from California, Senior Felix- (or should I say feliz, as in happy..)<BR/><BR/>You know, you and Sr. Pumpy inspired our Thailand trip back in '06- www.radiocycle.crazyguyonabike.com<BR/>Well, we joined up with warmshowers.org, offering our tiny abode as a resting place to traveling cycle tourists. Our first guests were a couple of young women from Toronto, cycling from New Orleans to San Francisco. When we offered to show our pictures of Thailand, one of them said, oh, did you follow Mr. Pumpy? Their aunt had cycled Viet Nam and apparently was quoting what 'Mr. Pumpy' said. <BR/><BR/>In some ways, it's a small world. Still. Best wishes to you and Mr. Pumpy, wherever he is...<BR/>JeanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com