Rainy Day in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2006 Travel is not always sublime! Even in paradise there are grumpy, gray days. Like this one in Kuala Lumpur when the skies suddenly opened and poured buckets down on us. Of course, I was ill prepared, wearing inappropriate footwear. Everyone in KL wears plastic flip-flops and now I [...]
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I missed International Talk Like a Pirate Day. And I’m really sad about that. The DH will tell you it is for the better, because he has heard me try to talk like a pirate. Despite not honoring their special day, I am actually fascinated by pirates. Who isn’t after Mr. Depp brought his special [...]
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In Malaysia’s tourism advertisements, the country is touted as being “Truly Asia,” representing various cultures of Asia within one country. I’ve already mentioned the diversity and multiculturalism that makes Malaysia so interesting. Unfortunately, as I browsed through my holiday photos, I realize that they do not really give a good overview of the people or [...]
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After a journey of over 24 hours, and a few days back here in Shijiazhuang, I am finally recovered from travel. This is why I think it is better to just permanently stay on vacation – because then you never have to recover from your transit travel. My last post said that I was in [...]
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Just a quick update from Mersing, a small city on the southeast coast of Malaysia. We’ve just arrived here after 4 days on “Bali Hai” aka Tioman, and all I have to say is that it was paradise. I will fill you in all the details upon my return to SJZ. We’ve got a 6 [...]
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Hello from Melaka! Right now I am in the bus station, waiting a few hours for my bus ride to the east coast. So, Melaka… Melaka is hot, but amazingly, it hasn’t yet rained. The city is fairly small and full of colonial architecture that is very interesting. There are a lot of Chinese here, [...]
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No, I’m not turning into the Wicked Witch…not yet anyway. Instead, I am in the hot and humid country of Malaysia. I don’t think that I was built for this kind of heat, but I am enjoying it anyway. What can I say about Malaysia? So far we have spent two days in Kuala Lumpur [...]
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Yes, that’s right, we will soon be on the road again (technically in the air) on our way to our quarterly vacation. This time we are headed to Malaysia! We will be leaving May 4th and returning May 14th. I will try to blog some updates along the way, but in case I can’t, I [...]
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I'm an American expat living on the fringe of Chinese society. Thanks to a lifetime spent moving around, I often feel like an outsider. This blog explores life in Beijing, China, the occasional aviation topic, expat issues, random travel experiences and interesting things I see, read and hear. If you want to know more about my latest hobby, visit Sewing on the Fringe, where I blog about learning to sew in Beijing. And for daily documentation of Beijing's ever changing air quality, visit My Beijing Window. And, yes, I do wear my santa hat year-round. ;)
