Category Archives: Malaysia
Never far from home
The global spread of American culture is well documented, and there is little novelty these days in seeing the familiar logos of Coke, Pepsi, McDonald’s or Starbucks overseas. (Although 7-Eleven’s omnipresence in Thailand is something to behold.) But half a … Continue reading
Making a mountain out of a molehill
Things we’ve learned: immigration officials at airports don’t care about onward travel arrangements. Remember our little issue at the Malaysian border? After that, we vowed to never let ourselves be in that situation again — we’d always have our onward … Continue reading
Top five Southeast Asian accommodations
Here are our top five favorite places we stayed in Southeast Asia, in chronological order: Old Town Guest House, Melaka, Malaysia 45 ringgit (US$13.61)/night Basic, but clean, this popular guest house was run by a young family out of their … Continue reading
More than one way to measure our trip
Back in January, as I stuffed my share of mini sunscreen tubes into my bag, it occurred to me that it might be fun to keep track of just how much of this goop we used along the way. We’re … Continue reading
Traveling with a New Yorker
Nathan likes to walk. He is a native New Yorker, after all. When he gets to a city, he goes for a walk to get his bearings. It’s a great plan; if only Asian cities were more pedestrian friendly. Since … Continue reading
Un arroz con mango
Cubans seem to think that rice and mangoes don’t mix, hence the “arroz con mango” expression, used to describe a mess. The Thais, however, disagree. Shown here is our first sticky rice and mango dessert of the trip, purchased from … Continue reading
Fresh-squeezed goodness
One of the best things about Southeast Asia so far is the availability of fresh-squeezed fruit juice. Everywhere you go, you can get fresh apple, watermelon, mango, honeydew, pineapple, strawberry, lime, even starfruit juice — they put the fruit through … Continue reading
Afternoon tea at the E&O Hotel
We didn’t set out to do a tour of former British colonies. At some point in the planning process, we realized that a good chunk of our time on this trip would be spent in what was once part of … Continue reading
Snake encounter no. 2
We had just bought our tickets for the Tropical Spice Garden in Penang and were peering at our map when a man rushed into the entrance area. “A man’s been bitten by a green snake!” he said. The attendant who … Continue reading
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Thoughts on the food so far
We’ve posted a lot about the copious amounts of food we’ve been eating. On the whole it’s been great, from Hawaii through to Malaysia. And yet, we still feel like we haven’t been blown away. We had heard so much … Continue reading
