INDIA | Thursday, 19 Aug 2010 | Views [1986]
Tuesday 10th August - Moving on south to Madurai today. Made use of the leisure facilities and swimming pool before we packed up. Made the mistake of jumping on the scales in the fitness room....too any curries and Gulab Jamun...oops! Time to reconsider ... Read more >
INDIA | Thursday, 19 Aug 2010 | Views [1281]
Sat 7th August - Today we hit the road on the next leg of our journey. After the soft start of Pondicherry (aka Puducherry, aka Pondy), we may not see some comforts for a while. First destination for the day is Chidambaram. Home of the 'Lord of ... Read more >
INDIA | Thursday, 19 Aug 2010 | Views [496]
Fri 13th August - After a short atay in Kumuli, we are moving on to Alleppey today. A little problem before we set off. We had to walk out of the restaurant at the Coffee Inn as the service was so slow, that breakfast was going to turn into dinner, ... Read more >
INDIA | Friday, 6 Aug 2010 | Views [1609]
Monday 2nd August - Today marks the beginning of a new journey, as we depart for Chennai in India. Air Asia flight AK5701 departing at 8am from Penang International airport. One of the guys from the Red Inn took us to the airport at 5am (RM50). The ... Read more >
INDIA | Friday, 6 Aug 2010 | Photo Gallery
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MALAYSIA | Saturday, 31 Jul 2010 | Views [4296]
Well today we are moving on from Penang to the Pehrentian islands in the eastern state of Kedak. The islands have been rated as one of the top destinations in Malaysia and possibly South East Asia. We will see when we get there. They consist of two ... Read more >
MALAYSIA | Monday, 12 Jul 2010 | Views [3607]
Tue 29th Jun - Awoke to another torrential morning. I had set the alarm clock for 7:30am so that we could get an early start, but the rain had other ideas. Had breakfast late and then waited until the rains had eased off before heading for the bus back ... Read more >
THAILAND | Monday, 28 Jun 2010 | Views [669]
The weather continues to be erratic. Yesterday (Sunday) was bone dry all day, whereas today the rains had started during the night and continued to lash it down well into the day. Yesterday was pleasant. We had planned to go over the hill to Karon ... Read more >
THAILAND | Sunday, 27 Jun 2010 | Views [2676]
Wed 23rd June - Shiera's 30 day visa was up today, so we crossed into Thailand through the Sadao border crossing. My third time through this border. 8:30am pick-up from the Star Lodge and crossed the border by noon quickly with the standard 15 day visa.... Read more >
MALAYSIA | Wednesday, 23 Jun 2010 | Views [4479]
I had checked on some options for where to go from here and felt like a bit of culture on our way north. Kuala Kangsar seemed like a good place but didn't seem to offer any accommodation So we might have to get there early enough to see the sights before ... Read more >
MALAYSIA | Wednesday, 16 Jun 2010 | Views [5126]
The journey into the Cameron highlands is a steady climb over 40km or so around numerous bends, as the temperature falls and the vegetation changes to alpine forest. The fruit and vegetable plantations inrease in frequency, and the cooler climate ... Read more >
MALAYSIA | Tuesday, 8 Jun 2010 | Views [2625]
Sun 30th May - There are two prominent structures on the KL skyline. One is the globally famous Petronas twin towers which we will visit tomorrow probably, the other is the KL tower. When I last visited the entry was about R15 I think for just the ... Read more >
MALAYSIA | Monday, 31 May 2010 | Views [913]
We arrived in
Melaka from Singapore on May 24th. For the next 6 days it was like a nostalgia
trip as I had been here back in 2008 on my solo backpacking journey. This time
it was to be a different experience being accompanied by my wife. I am a ... Read more >
SINGAPORE | Wednesday, 26 May 2010 | Photo Gallery
Singapore to Thailand
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SINGAPORE | Wednesday, 26 May 2010 | Views [1623]
The
past few days since we got married had been crazy. We returned home on the 12th
May from the Moon Garden where we had stayed for 2 nights to find the house
being disassembled by the gang from the province. Turned out that they basically
looted ... Read more >
FRANCE | Tuesday, 23 Mar 2010 | Photo Gallery
Paris Jan 2010
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PHILIPPINES | Sunday, 21 Mar 2010 | Views [2954]
Sat 6th Mar – As we were going to be on the move early tomorrow and it
wa my birthday, we had a small birthday gathering at the house with some
friends of Shiera’s and her parents and sister Kaye. They had bought me a
birthday cake, ... Read more >
PHILIPPINES | Sunday, 21 Mar 2010 | Views [4818]
Mon 8th Feb - We start the journey south to Boracay today, to arrive there on the
12th February. Getting there has some options on the route. We have decided to
head to the western side of Mindoro at first, which meant getting to Batangas
first.... Read more >
PHILIPPINES | Sunday, 21 Mar 2010 | Photo Gallery
Southern Philippines Feb 2010
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PHILIPPINES | Thursday, 4 Feb 2010 | Views [820]
For the
second year running I am in Si l ang for the
Annual Fiesta. Not to be be confused with other fies t as at harvest time , this one is very much a
religious festival based on Santo Nino. The first day isn't really much; more a
preparation ... Read more >
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