I decided to take a 2 week trip up to Thailand as a nice little visa run. The overnight journey up to the border was fine – 8 hours on an air conditioned bus is a doddle for me these days. After that we crossed the border on foot. It was just before 7am. Between […]

I mentioned in my last post that it rains a fair bit here in Cherating. Well, there have been 2 days of heavy rain now. Storms in fact. Intense, powerful, fabulous storms. Downside…we were stuck indoors pretty much. Upside…our chalet has a huge verandah where we could sit watching the raindrops, listening to them pounding […]

I have a new happy place. It is called Cherating. A small, sleepy village about half way down the eastern coast of peninsular Malaysia. The area is know for its surfing, but it’s off season now. I gather the waves are more impressive during the monsoon, November through February time. But I’m not really one […]

I simply cannot resist petting every single kitty cat that I meet. Seriously. It’s quite amusing. Especially when certain kitties decide that they would really rather not be petted and run a mile leaving me pouting in the street. Tee hee. Thankfully, I have met some wonderful felines on my travels to date and have […]

Woo. Yay. I’m back in SE Asia. I arrived in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday evening and couldn’t have been happier to be faced with the humid heat and the smell of fabulous stall food. I’m spending a few days in KL then heading to the east coast of the peninsular for some beach action. And […]