by Florence Murphy | Jul 7, 2016 | Asia, Blog, Chiang Mai, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam
Remember the experience of landing in Southeast Asia for the first time? Stepping off the plane was like lifting a veil from your eyes that you never knew you were even wearing. Well, that’s how it felt for us anyway the first time we landed in Bangkok. The...Tags: backpacking, southeast asia, thailand, tips, travel, vietnam
by Carlo | Jul 25, 2011 | Blog, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand
This is the first of two posts in which I’ve been asked give some information about. The other one will be about what I’ve packed in my backpack to last me for the seven months on this trip. Food! Well I’ve certainly eaten my fair share of it since arriving in Asia....Tags: backpacking, food, photo, travel
by Carlo | Jul 12, 2011 | Blog, Malaysia
We arrived by overnight train from Kota Bharu into Kuala Lumpur Saturday morning after a very comfortable thirteen hour journey. The comfort was attributed to the personal 1 berth bed cabins we each had. We boarded the train at 7pm and I was out for the count by...Tags: chinatown, food, kuala lumpur
by Carlo | Jul 7, 2011 | Blog, Malaysia
We’ve been in Kota Bharu, since we got back from the Perhentian Islands on Monday. Its now Thursday and we are finally leaving tomorrow. The reason why we ended up staying all four days here was simply because I’d problems with my online banking with Bank of Ireland,...Tags: malaysia, muslim, perhentian, rats
by Carlo | Jul 5, 2011 | Blog, Malaysia
The Perhential Islands are a backpacking magnet for those who venture to the East coast of Malaysia. The islands(two of them, one small and one a little bigger) are situated about 40 nautical miles for the mainland in the Northeast. We spent three days there after we...Tags: island, malaysia, perhentian
by Carlo | Jul 2, 2011 | Blog, Malaysia
A Plane, train, boat, bus and car was how we made our way from Gili Trawangan in Indonesia to Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia. It was a trip that last just over 24 hours by the time we eventually got to our hostel in the Bukit Bintang area of KL. We landed in KL just after...Tags: jungle, kuala lumpur, malaysia, trek
