South East Asia

Malaysia: Visiting Wild Orangutan in Borneo
By September 2, 2012 2 Comments Read More →

Malaysia: Visiting Wild Orangutan in Borneo

Visiting the Orangutan in Kuching for less than US$5 Using Kuching as your base in Sarawak, will give you the chance of meeting lots of wildlife.   We spent a week based in Kuching and ventured out into the nearby jungles to witness first hand some of the exciting and interesting creatures that have inhabited this […]

Posted in: Borneo
Dive Sites around the Perhentian Islands
By August 29, 2012 3 Comments Read More →

Dive Sites around the Perhentian Islands

My Diving Experience in the Perhentian Islands If you want to know more about the Perhentian Islands see our previous Malaysia travel blog post before reading this summary of some of the best dive sites in the Perhentians.  My dives were split across three days, two a day for the first two days and final dive […]

Posted in: Peninsula
Diving in Malaysia: Perhentian Island Life
By August 25, 2012 8 Comments Read More →

Diving in Malaysia: Perhentian Island Life

From Mountain Highs to the Depths of the Sea The Cameron Highlands were a real treat in terms of the lovely cool weather, the great scenery and the relaxing fresh mountain air.  This crisp air was about to be replaced with something out of a compressed tank as we headed east through the mountains toward […]

Posted in: Peninsula
Cameron Highlands: High in Malaysia
By August 20, 2012 2 Comments Read More →

Cameron Highlands: High in Malaysia

Journey to the Cameron Highlands With the flavours of Penang still swirling round our taste buds we boarded our minibus and spent the next four hours slowly winding our way eastwards and upwards into the Cameron Highlands. The Cameron Highlands get their very British name from the surveyor who charted the area in 1885.  The […]

Posted in: Peninsula
Malaysia: What to do in Penang?
By August 16, 2012 5 Comments Read More →

Malaysia: What to do in Penang?

Penang Past to Present Penang has an interesting history from its days as part of the Sultanate of Kedah, through to the ‘leasing’ to Captain Francis Light and the East India company in the 18th century, Japanese occupation in the Second World War, its dominance as a Freeport and eventually its independence to become the Penang of today.  One of Malaysia’s […]