BETTER LATE THAN NEVER RIGHT? You can’t just skip the last Malaysia entry even if it is over two months late. So, I told about our Langkawi roadtrip two entries ago. After you redo that road trip on your own holiday, here are other things you must do if you find yourself on this stunning Malaysian […]
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Roadtrippin’ Langkawi
Langkawi is an archipelago of 104 islands right at the north of Malaysia, near the Thai border. (I only now found out it is officially 104 and not one island, but we spent most of the time on the mainlandy island.) It means island of the reddish-brown eagle and it was traditionally thought to be […]
KL monkeys and KL towers
SALUTATIONS MY LOVELIES, So, Kuala Lumpur, or as DA LOCALS say, KL, was definitely an amazing city and a very cool experience. But so what must one do? Well, if one has only two days, as we did, I will tell you… Visit the Batu Caves. A quick twenty-minute train ride from our local […]
First impressions of Bien Hoa
01.11.2014 evening Hello from the Food Village from floor 4 out of like 21 at the Pegasus Plaza-building, highest in Bien Hoa. Just survived my first teaching lesson with seventeen over-excited 6-11-year-olds. They basically didn’t understand anything I said, but most of them seemed to have fun and each spoke at least a little […]
Further impressions of Vietnam: Five firsts
Hallo! Today was a day of firsts. Or, if you’re a romantic Vietnamese plastic bag, firts.First pho. Pho is the number one food in Vietnam, noodle soup. No, doesn’t sound like the most exciting culinary experience, but it was very nice! My new friend T (also a new teacher with my company, very […]
Dubai 2 Auckland via Oz
9/12/2013 klo 7.17am(9.17pm previous evening English time? Maybe? So confused), BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA. Tbf, all airports look pretty similar. I honestly can’t believe it. 20mins-ish till boarding my final flight. Just over three hours to NZ. This has gone so quick. 9/12/2013 attempt 2, klo 19.26 (not 10.26 as my computer is claiming, still in […]
London 2 Dubai
8/12/2013, 7.47am. A bit disconcerting since all my gadgets are still on British time saying it’s 3.47am. But it is sunny, hot (apparently 24 degrees), and I am looking over the skyscrapers of Dubai OH YES I AM. Sat in an apparently Irish café eating a mahoosive fruit salad and cappucino which came to God […]
Day 12: CINQUE TERRE!
Today was one of the days I’d been most waiting for – Cinque Terre – five little villages on the coast of Italy, between Genova and Pisa, and the national park around them. There is a train linking them, but what many people do is walk it. 11km and 5h, which doesn’t seem too bad. […]
Day 11: First impressions of ITALY!
Today was the day we left France and headed towards our third big destination, Italy. We started off with another nice bigger brekkie in Nice, then walked over to the station. CC got a not-so-nice (even tho he was in Nice 🙁 ) last memory of France of nearly being pickpocketed, literally we were in front […]
Day 10: A Nice day in Nice FEAT. MONACO
Even though muffins/croissants/pain au chocolats are a tasty breakfast, they’re not exactly filling, but it’s difficult to find anything else in France if you eat out. But, not in Nice! During our morning walk we discovered numerous cafés that did ‘English breakfasts’, which meant: omelettes. So indulged in a relatively scrumptious ‘English breakfast’ in the […]