KL, KLIA, KLIA2, KLCC, Petronas Towers – acronyms galore
Day 25: Country #5 In addition to really confusing malls designed with maze-like escalators and round about signage, I noticed Malaysians also like acronyms, including using the same acronym for […]
Kuala Lumpur – Free tours and food
Day 24: Country #5 I like how food vendors rotate along the Kasturi walk so I was able to get a different breakfast before starting a free tour of the […]
Malaysia – Kuala Lumpur
Day 23: Country #5 Kuala Lumpur, meaning the muddy estuary, is a thriving modern city with much room to grow. It’s rising as a major tourist destination and the city […]
Malaysia – Miri
Day 22: Country #5 Miri is a surprisingly big and growing coastal city in Sarawak, East Malaysia on the Borneo island, Asia’s largest, owing it’s size mainly to the region’s […]
Brunei to Malaysia by air or land?
Day 21: Country #4 I had a suspicion my flight to Kuala Lumpur booked through a third party travel site did not properly process, and it was confirmed when I […]
Triple rainbow, boat ride and royalty
Day 20: Country #4 By far the most amazing combination of events imaginable coalesced on this day, which started off seemingly routine. I asked to be dropped off at the […]
Negara Brunei Darussalam
Day 19: Country #4 Negar Brunei Darussalam, the “nation of peace”, is a small quiet country. I asked to be dropped off at a mall, but ended up at another […]
Brunei – Bandar Seri Begawan
Day 18: Country #4 Brunei is a very small Muslim country in the middle of South East Asia, bordering Malaysia on the Borneo island. With it’s rich oil reserves, the […]
Myanmar to Brunei via Thailand
Day 17: Country #3 Instead of taking the arduous route back through the only land border with Thailand, which was a worthwhile experience, I felt it would be time and […]
Myanmar – Mandalay
Day 16: Country #3 Mandalay is the commercial center of Myanmar, a past capital city, and much busier than Yangon. Because of the greater ethnic and commercial diversity of this […]
Bagan to Mandalay
Day 15: Country #3 The morning sunrise over the Irrawaddy River was spectacular as I took the ferry from Bagan to Mandalay, a day long trip from sunrise to sunset. […]
Myanmar – Bagan
Day 14: Country #3 After a strenuous earth-shakingly unstable train ride (which I slept through anyway) I arrived in Bagan, the remains of an ancient capital city of Pagan, consists […]
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