Crouch and Go…

The King's house...not bad... It was pretty obvious that we couldn’t stand for long on the hop-on hop-off tour of Kuala Lumpur, especially given the speed it completes its circuit at, so we didn’t really have much choice as to whether we wanted off at the next stop – we really had to, if we were to avoid chronic neck and back problems later on. So, when we were told at the next stop, the Royal Palace, that we’d be breaking for 15 minutes... Read More

Ever Wondered What’s Above The Clouds?

This weekend, for a break from the usual pace, we set off for Genting. Now, I’ve mentioned it before on this very blog, but just to recap, the Genting Highlands is a place that deserves at least something of an explanation. First of all, it’s home to Malaysia’s only casino. Second of all, it’s probably the only entertainment resort reachable in any sort of reasonable time frame from Kuala Lumpur. But the third and most unusual element of the... Read More

Settling into Malaysia…

Me commanding an end to crappy apartments... Buying a phone in Malaysia is a little different to Ireland – ever since the recession hit us hard back home, there’s now more and more staff and less and less customers, so you naturally end up with a situation where you’re always going to get served, provided you can prize a member of staff away from chatting to their colleagues. My phone store of choice over here, by comparison, had some unusual... Read More

How I Nearly Never Left Melbourne Airport…

Australia - But good luck finding any barbecue's... After an enjoyable two nights in Kuala Lumpur, it was once again time to shuffle onwards – this time for Melbourne, Australia. The previous hostel I’d been staying was sort of more like some old woman’s house than an actual hostel so it was no surprise really that on the morning of my departure she was up and waiting to see us off, myself and another Irish guy bound for Borneo.... Read More