Thailand Beckons

Barely a few weeks back from our trip to Langkawi Island, and with Anna’s parents now over, it was time for us to head north to Thailand, to take in some new sights.   All abord the Air Asia express... Admittedly, things didn’t get off to what I’d have considered a smooth start – first of all, we elected to get a taxi and the driver, who wouldn’t have been too out of place driving around Dublin, felt compelled to inform and advise me... Read More

If I Passed This Off as Chinese New Year…

Would that work better? The problem I always have with writing ‘lengthy’ articles, as I always tend to do, is that they end up having to be split into a number of posts, each getting further from the last, until both you (and I) more than likely forget what we were even reading, or writing, about. And when large absence’s happen on this site, then the usual excuse of ‘very busy’ gets pulled out and guess what – it’s been rolled out once... Read More

Potatoes, Mercato & Chinatown…

Evening descends once again on KL... Since we got back from Thailand, things once again have settled into a slightly less-interesting ‘day-in, day-out’ routine, aside from a couple of interesting things like a festival we were at last week, planning our next trip in early December to (what looks like) the absolute tack-filled Genting Highlands – imagine a theme park and associated resort delicately perched atop a few-thousand foot high mountain... Read More

And it got Even Better…

Good Morning...and back to the pool... The next morning, after the whole waitress-jumping-out-of-the-hedge affair, we went for breakfast, with me more determined than ever before to eat as much as possible so as not to have to pay for another expensive lunch in this seemingly quite pricey resort town. And overall, it was quite a successful breakfast, as I ploughed through two fresh omelettes, about 5 slices of toast, countless plates of rice and chicken/lamb/beef... Read More

When a Weeked Won’t Come Quick Enough…

The local construction site...for years, seemingly... This weekend we’re off to Thailand, to a place that looks incredibly upmarket – surprisingly enough, since it wasn’t actually that expensive and the flights were originally threatening to be more expensive than the accommodation – and I have to say, I can’t wait. KL’s an extremely busy city, non-stop – there’s that whole thing about New York being the city that never sleeps, but... Read More

Where in the World?

If there’s anyone out there still checking the site for updates, I’m sorry, you’ve been wasting your time these last few weeks. What have I been up to? Ah, not too much – this and that. Here we have one of the Batu Caves' locals (and probably one of my best pictures I'll ever take).... So, really, what have I been doing? Well, since I wrote last time, things have been pretty much all over the place, to the point where I’ve hardly... Read More

Thailand – Welcome Back to Asia!

Andy Mac insists; "I'M the King of this Castle"... Having evacuated from China just over 2 short weeks ago, it was with borderline trepidation that I boarded a flight back from the relative safety of Frankfurt bound for Bangkok, via Bahrain. The ‘via’ in that sentence is of crucial importance as it would play an important role in how the journey would go. My Mother has suggested in recent times perhaps considering the Middle... Read More