Well, and here we go again. 10 days and counting. Still can’t find me flip-flops…

Coming into Kuala Lumpur from the airport feels like travelling into the future. Every building is vast, super-high, and about a week and a half old. None of the frenzy of Vietnamese...

A day dominated by jet-lag, in truth. Though we did make it up the KL Tower, with amazing views over this weird, futuristic landscape, and paid a visit to Chinatown and its market –...

…it really is the most astonishing building. Approached at ground level, Petronas Towers are enormous. If it were three or four stories it would be a huge building, with a footprint...

“Excuse me, do you know how we get to the bird park?” “We have a bird park?” It was that kind of day.  Excellent start, when we visited what’s become our...

I was getting baffled: is it an a or an e? Google of course knows the answer: the more familiar Malacca dates back to colonial times; nowadays, Melaka is the more acceptable form. Though...