Southeast Asia '24
Southeast Asian Odyssey '24
Starting out in Kuala Lumpur, with our sights set on up to three months in Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, and the northern part of Vietnam we couldn’t visit last year on account of the season. (Also available without the blather, at anassandadonkey.com.)
Started the day by returning to The Saturday Ice Cafe, where we had a delicious breakfast yesterday, after negotiating with the lovely smiley old woman who at first refused our order...
An hour or so to kill in Kuala Lumpur Central Bus Station, as we wait for our bus to the Cameron Highlands, seems as good a time as any for a few thoughts after a week and change in...
Jonker Walk was interesting but nothing special when we visited on Thursday evening, but on Friday night, as advertised, it really sprang to life. Crowded with tourists and locals,...
Up at the crack for our 8 o’ clock pickup, joining a Land Rover full of young backpackers for the ride up to the highest of the highlands, to visit the second largest plantation...
That was tough!
I mean, we weren’t anticipating a gentle stroll, but the track up into the hills above Tanah Rata proved to be a steep, ragged, slippery, root-strewn struggle...
Up early again, ready for the pickup to take us down, down, down out of the Cameron Highlands on a four hour ride to the three hour boat trip to Taman Negara national park, ready for...