It's been over a year since we last uploaded a podcast. We're actually both sitting at home sick today, and that's probably what it will take for us to record our next one, but I hope not. We certainly have a lot of stories left to tell. 

While the podcast before last focused on our new hobby diving, and the last one focused on travel, this one focuses on getting back into running and cycling here in Malaysia. 

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Tags: Power walking, hiking, running, cycling, RunKeeper, Country Roads, Balik Kampung, Orang Kampung Style, Batu Caves, Sentul, Titiwangsa, Putra Jaya, Negeri Sembilan, mamak, halal, nasi lemak, nasi campur, thosai, teh halia, roti canai, Gran Fondo, Medio Fondo, mountain bikes, baldies, street tires, road bikes, market, Brooks, Newton, shoes,  PJ, half marathon, 25 km, 10 km, Taman Melawati, FRIM, Beer Lao, gazebo, running wear, hip pouch, Melawati 10 k, reconnoiter, PJ Stadium, Mt Kinabalu

Tags: NFTOS, Melaka, Malacca, Malaysia, Teknologi Hijau

Adventures in the Philippines. 

Tags: NFTOS, diving, Puerto Galera, Badladz, Mindoro, Luzon, Ermita, Manila, tinola, pancit, adobo, Angeles, Mabini, Diosdado Macapagal, Batangas Port, Gran Prix Hotel, Pancit Malabon, Nagaraya Cracker Nuts

OK, it looks like we are back into the swing of things yet again. This is the second podcast in a week from Makiko and I, and we are on a ROLL! I've gotten back my gift of rant. As well as my ability to um, and uh, and like, basically, right? Makiko shows her uncanny ability with directions and locations. And we don't disparage the town or its citizens too badly as we strain our memories to recall every possible detail of Kota Bharu--the good, the bad and the ugly.

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Tags: NFTOS, Malaysia, Kota Bharu, South East Asia, travel, food, culture

Selamat pagi (not petang) from KL. In this episode we rack (wreck?) our brains trying hard to remember a trip back in April of 2012 (nearly eight months ago), and we struggle to speak right after such a long absence from making audio recordings (a.k.a. podcasts). We slaughter Malay and Chinese words alike as we drift across the landscape of Peninsular Malaysia. 

Recorded and edited by Makiko and Rob. Photo by Makiko. Posted by Rob.

Tags: NFTOS, travel, Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Georgetown, Little India, Chinatown, Malay, colonial era, Farish A Noor, The Other Malaysia, What Your Teacher Didn't Tell You, Lonely Planet guidebooks

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Our new base.

Tags: NFTOS, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Makiko gives you a tour of Paris and Sado Island blindfolded! Actually, she flicks through her iPhone photo album trying to remember what she did on two different trips, and I coax her to get as much information about her trips as possible.

Photo by Makiko: Picnic dans le Jardin de Luxembourg.

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Tags: NFTOS, gypsies, gitans, ciganos, gitanos, nomads, wanderers, global, travel, business trip, vacation, holiday, Paris, France, Sado Island, Sadogashima, 佐渡島, 新潟県, フランス, パリ

It's been a woeful long time since the last podcast in this series, and it hasn't been for lack of adventures!

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Tags: NFTOS, makikomo, Mt Fuji, Wakayama, Kyoto, Shiga, Osaka, Nara, Shirahama, Mt Ikoma, surfing, camping, tent, sleeping bags, hiking, Tanzawa hills, barbecue, hike

If you're talking to me on Skype, assume you are being recorded. NFTOS is the Watergate of podcasts and I am Richard M. Nixon. Of course, I give paticipants the option to opt out in part or in whole. In this episode, Hans and I talked about some non-racing stuff, including a few things I assumed he wouldn't want to share which got censored. The next episode has already been recorded and will be uploaded late, better than never.

Photo: Rob running down Mt Fuji in late summer, over the fine lava of the "Suna-bashiri" / Gotemba Track.

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Tags: NFTOS, Bicicleteiros, Hans, Rob, small talk, cycling, weather, Sangenjaya, Tokyo, Japan, Louisiana, La Place