John Henry´s Big Trip

Best museum of the trip. Much needed info on the Batak tribe who live around Lake Toba in Sumatra, where we bought some carvings a few yea...

Conventional Buddhism is based on the life of Shakyamuni Buddha, who was born in what is now Nepal about 2500 years ago. Now, there's a ...

Two-line reviews, hell yeah. They don't half boost the page-viewings, so here goes... Brute Force by Andy McNab **** Top notch thri...

... is a place in California, not far from Palm Springs. It is, however, totally outclassed by Sarawak' s Kubah National Park, where the...

It's been a while since the WA question has been asked in SE Asia, what with Buddhism and Hinduism already dealt with, and Islam given a...

...of personnel moving from Kota Kinabalu to Kuching... Thanks to Air Asia and Waddingtons Games.

Kota Kinabalu, Borneo As we waded through the head-hunters on the way to the mall today, trying not to bump into protruding nose-bones, I ...

The budget international cuisine may be the best it in Asia. But, we're leaving PP Don tomorrow, headed for Kuala Lumpur via Krabi airpo...

Ko Phi Phi Linda likes it here. So much, she's even started a new business...

Bronchitis begone! Back in the game, we took the local bus (or songthau, I could add various umlaut-cedilla ~`'* - type symbols, were ...

Spirit Mountain It was with little spirit that we staggered there today, but a climb was done! A mere Grade 5, but we've had H999N9999...

Bloggus interruptus Technical issues are preventing me from uploading pics - should be very easy from my new device, but alas, no....

Vientiane airport, Laos Waiting for a plane, sitting in the Bangkok Airways lounge where they have the best sarnies and cake known to huma...