Destination: Malaysia

I've landed and its going to get better.

Sat, 5 Nov 2011 | By melaniebrigden | Views [378]

Hi everyone I'm finally sitting in an internet cafe, a rare thing, down a sidestreet in the suburb of Wangsa Maju.  Been helped by a lot of people but internet cafes seem to be prehistoric - every place I went into til now, is for those with their own ... Read more >

Photos: Weekend in Penang

Fri, 4 Nov 2011 | By hanno | Photo Gallery

Tags: #2011wnphoto

A Little Bit Goes A Long Way

Mon, 31 Oct 2011 | By nickychin | Views [460]

A Little Bit Goes A Long features a series of photographs of children and their parents living in the longhouses of Borneo where life isn't a bed of roses there. Parents sacrifice and work very hard to ensure their children get to go to school and live ... Read more >

Tags: children, education, longhouse, sarawak

Sabah – Land beneath the Wind

Sun, 30 Oct 2011 | By steve_and_emma | Views [983]

For those of you who avidly follow our travel tales you’ll know that Steve and I have visited Borneo on many occasions, but we felt that Sabah hadn’t been explored as much as Sarawak.   Not only was it time to redress the balance but ... Read more >

Photos: Searching for Orangs and Elelphants in Sabah

Sun, 30 Oct 2011 | By steve_and_emma | Photo Gallery

Photos: Flowers and fungus

Mon, 24 Oct 2011 | By shazbot | Photo Gallery

Photos: Food I have had

Fri, 7 Oct 2011 | By shazbot | Photo Gallery

(Part 3) - Farewell to Indonesia, travel to the bright lights and blue waters.

Fri, 30 Sep 2011 | By c_rheinberg | Views [713]

We have a lot of catching up to do. Since my last article I have covered over 2000km, flown on a plane, driven in a monsoon, crossed a timezone and called three separate countries home. Sampling the local cuisine of snake in Solo made me realise the ... Read more >

Photos: Borneo - Sabah

Wed, 28 Sep 2011 | By hootons | Flickr Photo Gallery

Borneo

Wed, 28 Sep 2011 | By hootons | Views [414]

We arrived in Kota Kinabalu, Borneo with a massive hangover from Cambodia into slightly shabby accommodation and live karaoke in the outside bar, however we were looking forward to seeing some friendly faces from back home.The few days spent with Angie’s ... Read more >

Lazy livin on Lake Temengor

Sun, 25 Sep 2011 | By shazbot | Views [898]

Well this place is just as I had imagined it. I know that most accommodation places in developing countries (and this part of Malaysia is very much rural and developing) are not up to the standard we are used to in Australia. Everything is still ... Read more >

Photos: Lazy livin on Lake Temenggor

Sun, 25 Sep 2011 | By shazbot | Photo Gallery

Photos: Counting hornbills

Fri, 16 Sep 2011 | By shazbot | Photo Gallery

Counting hornbills

Fri, 16 Sep 2011 | By shazbot | Views [782]

I think finding a familiar breakfast will be an ongoing challenge in Asia. Being a small regional centre Alor Setar definitely did not cater to Western tourists. At the local ungodly hour of 7.45am I set off to do a circuit of mostly closed shops ... Read more >

Photos: Serene but soggy Langkawi

Tue, 13 Sep 2011 | By shazbot | Photo Gallery