Streets of Bali

Posting some snaps taken from my mobile phone.

Daily morning Hindu Offering

Pork - Mainstay diet of Balinese

Creative Artwork on an old Vespa (although I'm not sure about its utility value)

Kereta Api

I took the late evening train from Jogja to Jakarta. The travel distance is lesser than the distance between Madurai and Chennai. Though the executive class is quite comfortable (like the 1st class), the commute time is high. So, if you intend to catch an early morning flight at Jakarta (before 8 AM), then it [...]

LCCT - Free WiFi

The low cost carrier terminal (primarily an Air Asia hub) in Kuala Lumpur offers free WiFi at its international departure lounge.

[Update 17th April 2009]

If you are transiting via Kuala Lumpur, you can get a transit visa (provided you hold a Passport under the list of Countries that are eligible for Transit pass) at the LCCT [...]

Railway retiring rooms

The railway retiring rooms at Thiruchirappalli (TPJ) are surprisingly good. Make sure you have your train travel ticket. The A/c dorms are pretty clean and comfortable. What more? You even get your private cabin (as in enclosure with a lock) in the shared hall. At the time of writing this, it cost me INR 250 [...]

S60 Applications

Found a very handy tool for S60 cellphones with GPS receiver. It works great on Symbian 5th edition OS as well.

UTM data makes use of A-GPS feature of your S60 cellphone and pin-points your location in wide variety of coordinates format (you have an option to choose from a list of supported formats). The accuracy [...]