A Blog For Adventurous Travelers
Since moving to Malaysia a few months ago, we have been told that Penang is THE place to go for food. Not only is it world-renowned for it’s amazing street food vendors, and seafood, but pretty much every Malaysian/Singaporean dish originated from Penang. We visited the city of Georgetown for a long weekend, and had
Well, it has been 12 weeks since we have moved our lives across the world, and we finally feel “settled”. All of our things have arrived from the states, we have found markets we can get familiar products at, Luke has been focusing hard on his new job, I have been volunteering at a refugee
Cambodia. A country, that while living in the States, I never dreamed of going to. A country that just seemed out of reach, or a bit too “too far”. I always thought, “If we make it over to Asia; Thailand, Singapore and Japan would top our list.” A place like Cambodia never even crossed my
There really are no words to describe Bangkok. Sure, you could say words like crowded, noisy, smelly, and massive, but in our four days in Bangkok, we found it to be so much more than that. We’ve all heard the rumors about Bangkok, or seen the Hollywood hits like “Hangover Part II” and “The
There are many things that are great about living in Malaysia, but one of the BEST things are the amount of public holidays that we get to enjoy. Back home, we had around nine federal holidays that everyone usually had off (of course, there are always exceptions in health care, hospitality and retail), but here
Now I want to start off by saying that our long weekend trip to Thailand was NOT a disaster. Far from it. It was absolutely amazing! What WAS a disaster was the trip we had intended to take. We had planned to take a low-budget, backpacker-esqe trip to our northern neighbor, Thailand. It has been
This past Sunday we made our way out to the famed Batu Caves on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur. The limestone caves are over 400 million years old and home to an amazing Hindu temple. One of the most popular Hindu temples outside of India, in fact! The temple is just over 120 years old,
Singapore was an amazing city…a fantasy land mash up of Western culture, mixed with Asian influences of all kinds and a ton of high rise buildings! It was quite a site to see, and one of the cleanest cities I have ever visited. Now, one of the best things about Singapore is the food, so
OFF THE BEATEN 'EX-PAT'H 