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Our Adventures with: the Non-Fighting Irish, part 2

Part 2: The Pony Ride Given that Twinkles had just been SET ON FIRE, and was likely to get blistery legs, and I was still limping around with a big ol’ egg protruding from my ankle, I decided to call off our planned jaunt down to Melaka and stay in KL to recuperate. We slept [...]

Our Adventures with: the Non-Fighting Irish

One of the very best things about traveling is all the people you meet. Sometimes you meet fantastic people, with whom you click instantly, and have a great time with them, no matter what crazy (and possibly shitty) things befall your expedition. This Irish couple whom we met, who I’ll call Ron and Kelly, were [...]

Langkawi: a beach bum’s paradise

There are two types of vacations you can take in Southeast Asia: a challenging, spiritually / physically enriching holiday, which can involve slumming it in very third world hovels with no running water. Or it can involve trekking in jungles full of leeches and very scary parasites, with also no running water but that of [...]

Malaysia: my new favorite country

I’m going to try something new, and this time I will actually blog about a trip (instead of, you know, blogging about the fact that I totally plan to blog later and then end up never doing it). As you might surmise from the title, I really, really, really enjoyed Malaysia. Out of all the [...]