Shocking Asia – Thaipusam Festival at Batu Caves, Malaysia

Thaipusam at Batu Caves, near Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia was the most shocking thing I've seen since that one night in Pataya, Thailand.

Street Photography Malaysia – The Mean Streets of Kuala Lumpur

Well, this is turning out to be an amazing holiday. But it's not really a holiday now. More a "journey". I've been on the road for coming up to seventy days. My main jobs each week? Hmmm...

Kampung Baru, Kuala Lumpur – 1.4 Billion Dollars Not Enough

Kampung Baru, a 379 acre Malay enclave in the heart of the city of Kuala Lumpur, meets all of my life-partner-selection-criteria. Kampung Baru is rich, beautiful, and has huge… tracts of land (to paraphrase Monty Python). I can’t marry an “enclave”, but I can spend some time wandering the peaceful, leafy, village like streets of Kampung […]

Mossy Forest, Cameron Highlands Malaysia. Tea Plantations, Valley Views.

Mossy Forest, Cameron Highlands Malaysia. Let me be upfront about this – I’m a city guy, born and bred. Swimming pools, movie stars. The thing is, Cameron Highlands is countryside. I’m out of my element here. Nope. Not a country boy. So, here goes nothing: a stunning mountainous plateau in the heart of the Malaysian Peninsula, the Cameron […]

Thieves Market Georgetown Penang – UNESCO Listed Stolen Goods?

Georgetown, Penang, is a remarkable Malaysian city with a UNESCO world heritage center. Just wandering through Georgetown’s historical colonial-era streets, buildings, and houses, is an outing in itself. Slightly off the well-trodden path of Georgetown’s beautiful city-core, the “Thieves” flea market is one of those Penang institutions that few tourists visit. Cookie-cutter, franchise filled, glitzy new […]