BEYOND GUIDEBOOKS: PENANG CULTURE- LOCAL HOMEMADE SWEETS Because of its multi-cultural heritage, Penang offers an amazing variety of delicious, homemade local sweets: Indian, Malay, Chinese, and others. Most are made in little bakeries and pastry shops on Georgetown’s side roads. Yet I rarely see any western tourists eating these delicious sweets! I suspect it’s simply […]
TRAVEL INTERVIEW WITH ADAM GROFFMAN OF TRAVELS OF ADAM
Today I’m excited to find out all about Adam Groffman- Travels of Adam– who set out to travel the world in 2010 and, after 15 months of nomadic travels, ended up in Berlin, Germany. Today we find out how Adam ‘contracted the travel bug’, what places in the world have had the biggest impact on […]
CURED BY ICECREAM- AKA BUS TO POKHARA- NEPAL
CURED BY ICECREAM- AKA BUS TO POKHARA- NEPAL As you may already know, Nepal sits in the Himalaya Mountains, just north of India. Anyone who attempts to climb Mt. Everest or other Himalayan mountains is most likely going to start their trek in Nepal. The two most popular trekking areas are the Everest region, including […]
PHOTO GALLERY: URBAN SCENERY
Do you consider ‘scenery’ to refer exclusively to natural scenes? Or would you also consider scenes of cities, buildings, urban landscaping, street scenes, nightscapes, and so on to be referred to as ‘scenery’ ? I’m really crazy about architecture and city landscaping, so I constantly find beautiful sights when visiting cities and towns around Asia. […]
REVIEW: CHEONG FATT TZE MANSION
REVIEW OF CHEONG FATT TZE MANSION I’d been wanting to visit Penang’s famous Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion for ages. I’d walked past it several times over the years on my visits to Penang, peering over the wall at it’s striking cobalt blue exterior and shady front garden. Somehow I’d always run out of time to […]
TRAVEL TIPS: GUIDE TO DAY TRIP AROUND CHARMING PENANG ISLAND
TRAVEL TIPS: GUIDE TO DAY TRIP AROUND CHARMING PENANG ISLAND Penang Island, Malaysia, is most famous for its amazingly rich cultural mix of Chinese, Indian, Malay, and European cultures. That blend is a result of Penang’s historical beginnings as a major port on the Asian trading route. Georgetown, Penang is now a UNESCO World Heritage […]
TRAVEL INTERVIEW WITH DAVID JR. HOGAN OF MALAYSIA ASIA
This week I’m very excited to interview David Jr Hogan, the man behind Malaysia Asia, which is most likely Malaysia’s most famous, popular, in-depth, and well-read travel blog. Not surprisingly, Malaysia Asia mainly focuses on Malaysia, including big sections on Borneo Malaysia. He also has an extensive selection of posts on other Asian countries. Even […]
I VISIT KATHMANDU, NEPAL
I VISIT KATHMANDU, NEPAL Kathmandu is a unique, extremely interesting, exotic old city. It’s what I imagine a medieval city to be like, however close or far from the truth my imagination is? Kathmandu is almost entirely red brick: the streets, buildings, numerous city squares, temples. All brick. At the time of my visit, I’d been […]
PHOTO GALLERY: EYE CANDY I- DETAILS
Vibrant colors, striking details, and sheer simplicity all make for visually stunning images. Here’s a collection of shots I call ‘eye candy’ for their visually arresting quality. Album I focuses on details. Album II will present scenic beauty. SEE FULL GALLERY
NEWS: MY GUIDEBOOK ‘HIKING IN BALI’ REVIEWED AT BALI DISCOVERY TOURS
This week I’m honored to have my guidebook ‘Hiking in Bali’ written up by John ‘Jack’ Daniels at Bali Discovery Tours in their news section. Mr. Daniels, owner of Bali Discovery Tours, also writes and edits ‘Bali Update’, his weekly award-winning online newsletter about everything Bali: news, events and festivals, politics, travel and tourism news, […]