Meeting Iranians in Melaka, Malaysia
This morning we attended a huge tourism conference organized to promote tourism in Malaysia. More than 400 travel writers and agents from 33 countries were in the big hall, and among these delegates were men in suits from Iran. I have always wanted to go to Iran and write a […]
Breakfast in Kuala Lumpur
It’s six-thirty am here in Melaka, (the alternate spelling for this town we’re in on the Malaysian coast) and it’s six-thirty PM where I live. So no need to change my watch, but we’re in different zones, I’m just going into 7/7 and they are winding up 7/6. At the […]
On the Tracks, Holding her Kids, Waiting to Die
Reading the Sun newspaper in KL and found a sad story. There was a diagram that showed the path of a young mother, who walked with her three kids down a street, around a hedge, and onto the train tracks, just ahead of a big curve. You can guess what […]
A Fleeting Glimpse of a King and a Bird Zoo
Today’s first stop was the ornate palace of the king. Outside the guilded gates, soldiers stood in crisp uniforms, leaning against silver guns, while tourists snapped photos of their relatives hanging out next to the men. Other guards sat on horseback, while click, click went the cameras. The gates suddenly […]
Now That’sa Roll: Kuala Lumpur Bakery
How about some chicken bread, or hotdog bread, or savory rolls? This bakery had so many different varieties of meat, dough, and creative kinds of ingredients I’d never thought you could bake into a roll or bun.
Meeting the President of Indonesia
My Johnny Jet moment of the trip came when we were having dinner at the revolving restaurant atop the Kuala Lumpur Tower. Perched 450 feet above a rainforest, where monkeys live, this edifice is now the fourth tallest tower, and we enjoyed a Malaysian buffet with lovely fish and seafood […]
Kuala Lumpur and the Search for Free WiFi
The search for free WiFi goes on…just as soon as you begin to assume that it’s free everywhere, you find so many different place that charge for it. Our hotel, the Boulevard, in mid valley, just outside the center of Kuala Lumpur, has WiFi…but it costs. Then I brought the […]
A new Kind of Singapore Sling–for Coffee
The longest flight in the world on Singapore Airlines wasn’t that bad, even though unlike our Travel maven Kent, I didn’t get an upgrade to business class. They called my name and gave me a ticket for a seat at the start of the aisle, so it was legroom aplenty. […]