The Joy of Wanderlust! I’ve enjoyed travelling around the world enjoying fantastic sights and great food. Many of my journeys have been work-related but not all. While it’s fed my wanderlust, it’s not cured my desire to see what’s just over the horizon. When I’m not searching out new adventures, I’m a writer and a website designer. Until recently, I spent part of my time in Malaysia and the rest in the United Kingdom. That’s about to change because we’re […]
Off to the Kalahari! The decision had been made to visit the Kalahari*, so we read and re-read our guidebook to check the route. The car was loaded with food and drink and we left our comfortable chalets at Mokolodi Game Reserve at midnight to start our 250 km trip to the Kalahari desert. A simple night drive we thought. How wrong could we be? Our spirits were high as we sped along tarred roads in the dark, through towns […]
‘Let’s try somewhere new,’ she said The fun started when my sister-in-law, Sue, and her husband, Dave, were visiting us in Johannesburg. Well, you can’t have visitors from the UK and not take them to a game reserve, can you? After several years of enjoying trips to local game reserves, my wife suggested that it would make a nice change to go to one outside of South Africa. Botswana sounded good. At the time. As is our habit, we loaded […]
An opportunity not to be missed Scuba diving had always been a dream of mine. When I moved to Singapore, the chance to snorkel across beautiful reefs at the nearby islands only reinforced that desire. The opportunity soon presented itself. While booking a trip back to the UK, my travel agent informed me about a cheap stopover offer in the Maldives. The brochure claimed the island in question was small, the resort new and the snorkelling excellent. A no-brainer! Somewhere […]
Escape to Mexico My family and I have just returned from a two month break away from Malaysia. Most of the time was spent in or around Playa del Carmen, Mexico. Yes, it is very commercialised but there is a lot to do if you want to get away from the shoppers and drinking crowd. We visited Merida, which was culturally delightful but apparently feels like an oven during the summer. During the evenings the climate was perfect, meaning that […]
Return of the Goose Ever since I first ate roast goose in Hong Kong I’ve wanted to try it again. I soon found that in South Africa, UK, Mexico and other places I lived, it was either hard to find or cost a fortune. However, when we moved to Malaysia, a Chinese friend of mine told me about a place in Kuala Lumpur that serves the best roast goose in Malaysia and where I could fulfil my dream without breaking […]
My favourite place in Malaysia I’ve lost track of how many times I’ve visited the Cameron Highlands over the years. Hundreds? Maybe, but none of the trips have been for the ‘normal reasons’ such as the cool air or to visit the tea plantations. My motivation has been to study the wildlife, particularly the insects. These trips have allowed me to make friends with some of the people in the towns and meet dozens of Orang Asli, the aboriginal inhabitants […]