A Day Trip to FRIM!
With my ‘major’ trip back to Ireland all wrapped up and going nowhere again until a cheeky weekend in Singapore (next weekend…have pity), attention has turned back to things to do in Malaysia. Thankf...
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Penang; Never a Bad Idea
While everyone else is posting festive Christmas seasonal messages and pictures of decorations, my day job (yes, there is one) organized a trip up to Penang for the weekend to chill our minds and rel...
Why You Here Ah?! Good Question.
I’m now living back in Malaysia nearly two full years, having also lived here before in 2010 and into 2011, before going to Germany for a while, then back to Ireland for nearly a year and a half, bef...
Tea & Hikes – The Cameron Highlands
In between our stay and associated continuous grazing at The Smokehouse in the Cameron Highlands, we also thought how best to take advantage of all this cool air up in the mountains, get some fresh a...
Review: The Smokehouse, Cameron Highlands
For the long Malaysian independence weekend, we decided it best to take a break from all the heat and goings-on of the city centre and, quite literally, head for the hills. The Cameron Highlands is o...
A Review: Shangri-La Kuala Lumpur
Staying in the Shangri-La Kuala Lumpur, a hotel not more than 10 minutes drive from my apartment was unusual purely because of how close to home it was. However, needs must and I was more than happy ...
It’s a Long Way to Germany
For our long-awaited and booked last-minute trip to Germany, we were left, highly unusually, with little to no option but Lufthansa. Myself & Lufty have had something of a chequered past, as I ha...
A Review: Happy 92 Hotel
First, let me apologise for frightening one and all with that bedhead. I too was in shock at first… Following on from my detailed experience at the Hotel Malaysia in Penang back in July...
9 Months from Home – Again!
I’m not normally given to sad reflections or musings on a life I’ve deliberately chosen – to live away from home, see the world, and hopefully someday stop somewhere, with far more ...
Fraser’s Hill – Cooler Climes Calling
After recently telling friends how I wanted to visit the Cameron Highlands – a good few hours drive from KL – but feared that my car (which is something of an antique, if only all previou...