Lebuh Armenian (Armenian Street) is the core zone of the Unesco World Heritage Site of Georgetown on the island of Penang – Malaysia. Read more »
Kahului Airport: Heading to TBEX Vancouver
A brief Where I’m At update from Kahului Airport in Maui. I’m on my way to Vancouver for the TBEX ’11 conference of travel bloggers, writers and new media creators. I went to last years event in New York and was so impressed with the amount of great people that I knew I would be [...] Read more »
Maui: Paradise lost and found
When sticker shock and reverse culture shock kicks in Maui and I didn’t get off to a good start. I didn’t know what was wrong at first, but after chatting online to anyone who would listen, I was diagnosed with reverse culture shock. I didn’t think this would happen to me, as I had just [...] Read more »
Where I Stayed: Paradise Bay Resort – Hawaii
The last time I came to Hawaii I stayed the entire time in Waikiki, so on this trip when I was offered the chance to stay on the windward side of Oahu, I gladly took up the offer to stay somewhere different. Paradise Bay Resort is located near Kaneohe, about a third of the way [...] Read more »
Walking Buddha, Sukhothai – Thailand
Walking Buddha at Wat Sa Si at the Sukhothai Historical Park, Thailand. Read more »
Hawaii: On the road again
It’s been a while since my last update – two continents ago in fact – back in Kuala Lumpur. Since then I was back in Melbourne for 2 weeks, wrapping up loose ends from my old residency and catching up with family and friends. As I am now officially homeless in my own homeland, it [...] Read more »
Wat Phrathat Doi Suthep, Chiang Mai – Thailand
Wat Phrathat is an impressive Buddhist temple on Doi Suthep, a mountain that overlooks the city of Chiang Mai, Thailand. Read more »
Lonely Beach, Koh Chang – Thailand
[Lonely Beach at Koh Chang, Thailand.] Like Koh Samet, I heard mixed reviews about Koh Chang, particularly about the overdevelopment of the island. Travel is a relative experience though, and I found Chang not as developed as Samui and Phuket, thus not as developed as I thought it would be. Lonely Beach is the backpacker [...] Read more »
Sai Kaew Beach, Koh Samet – Thailand
Hat Sai Kaew (Sai Kaew Beach). Koh Samet is close enough to Bangkok to make it an easy weekend trip, but it wasn’t as overrun as I thought it would be. Maybe it was because it was the first beach I had seen in a while but I liked it here. The sand is soft [...] Read more »
Kuala Lumpur – Wrapping up eight months in Asia
After eight months of travel in Asia I find myself back where I started in Kuala Lumpur. What an incredible eight months it has been. Two months in China, a month in India and three months in Thailand, punctuated by many visits to Malaysia, including Borneo for the first time. [Kuala Lumpur - funny name, [...] Read more »