A walk through Kampung Baru and Chow Kit, Kuala Lumpur – Malaysia
Kampung Baru is a Malay village (kampung) in the heart of KL city. It was designated by the British in 1900 to allow…
Pulau Tioman – South Pacific in the South China Sea
Pulau Tioman (Tioman Island) lies 40km or so off the East coast of Malaysia and can be reached by high-speed ferry that runs…
Roads less travelled in Cambodia
Cambodia’s famed and much visited temple at Angkor Wat is becoming so clogged by tourists that many people report that they could not…
Kuala Lumpur – a video vignette
Surrounded by this impressive array of glass and steel buildings, you could be in the commercial hub of many of the worlds developed…
Skye’s The Limit
More and more I am finding that the impulse to travel somewhere can come from a quite unexpected source. Stunt bike rider Danny…
Mombasa and the Old Town
Crossed tusks, or is it an M for Mombasa?, mark the entrance to the modern part of Mombasa city. Made of steel (not ivory!)…
Ipoh Railway Station – then a walk through town
Ipoh’s railway station is a fascinating mix of old and new. From the front the building is whitewashed Moorish and British Raj colonial architecture…
Kellie’s Castle, Ipoh
The strange and rather sad history of the unfinished Kellie’s Castle comes from Malaya’s colonial past. Scotsman William Kellie Smith, a successful…
Fook Yew 2
I am not sure what it was but something told me that the customer service ethic in this hotel in Kuantan, Malaysia might…