This week’s photo- Clouds over Lang Tengah
This was taken on one of our snorkelling trips around Lang Tengah Island, which lies off the coast of Terengganu, Malaysia. The snorkelling isn’t as good as what you get on Redang or the...
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Cappadocia
We’re not on Earth anymore, I told an invisible Toto inside my head. All around me were spires and hills of volcanic rock, some standing on their own, some in clusters,...
Turkish delights
You know you’re in a really great country when your tummy loves the local food and doesn’t yearn at all for KFC, Burger King or McDonald’s. For me, this great place was Turkey. I...
This week’s photo- Pacific Coast Highway, CA
There’s nothing like the blue of the sea contrasting with rocks or mountains or grass, only to reach upward to meet the blue of the sky. This was along California State Route 1 or...
Things I don’t normally do
I like how travel changes someone. I’m pretty lazy in real life- I only get out of bed at 10, unless it’s a work day, which means I’m up a little earlier. Nine o’...
Roman trails
I had walked right smack into an Italian tussle. Two gladiators were brandishing swords and shouting at each other. The taller man, who was particularly loud, looked as though he was ready to eat...
This week’s photo- Tea shop in Seoul
I was in Seoul last November and boy, was it cold. I don’t remember how long I’d been walking, but my feet were killing me and them being flat just made it worse. We...
On the T56 from Xian to Beijing
Somewhere in a flat or house in China is a Lonely Planet phrasebook in Mandarin which used to belong to me. It has ‘Anis Ibrahim, Feb 2005’ written in a big, happy...
Photos: Markets in Kota Kinabalu
One thing which I really like about Asian countries is that there’s almost always an open-air market nearby, wherever you are. They could be selling food, household appliances, antiques, vegetables- whatever it is, you’re...
Riding the North Borneo Railway
This was a train where time stood still. Not figuratively speaking, but literally. Jual, the Head Steward on the North Borneo Railway, was going from carriage to carriage. “Ladies and gentlemen, we are not...
