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 one of Malaysia’s best known
Booking our hotel for Siem Reap, we were literally floored by the amount of wild choice available – there’s a plethora of accommodation options with most hovering somewhere between 3 and 5-star. This is frankly insane for such an otherwise
Over here in Malaysia, Labour Day’s public holiday this year went hand-in-hand with Wesak Day and that could only mean one thing; it was time make a trip out of it, and having heard great things about Cambodia (and having
The individual aspects of how a national airline is run seems to me to be something that is carefully examined and analysed, more than perhaps any other state or semi-state company, by large swathes of self-appointed armchair experts, myself included. Having
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 to spend a
My trip to Phuket overall was a wonderful experience this time – certainly far more so than my previous visits, especially my visit to Patong earlier in the year – all kicked off by a very enjoyable flight up from
As you’ve possibly waded through the previous post in which I lamented the bland and unexciting experience on-board the supposed World’s 5-Star Airline, getting to Phuket I can gladly assure you, was a markedly better experience overall. As I always say
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, what I had failed so far to
Since I started out travelling heavily, originally through backpacking and what you might call ‘extreme’ budget travelling, through to having a bit more cash and being slightly more relaxed in my travel plans (and also swearing never to fly Ryanair
It’s been a while since I posted a hotel review on this blog instead of over on my Tripadvisor account. Simply put, I prefer to keep this site only for longer, more lengthy ramblings – whereas Tripadvisor seems better suited