Blog: Meeting an old friend in Langkawi
View of the beach from the kooky Dash Resort Langkawi on Pantai Tengah. Picture by yours truly. When I was last in Langkawi I was not...
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- Nov 10, 2018
- 5 min
Blog: Bedugul, a lush part of Bali rarely visited by tourists
Like migratory birds, around October each year my husband and I would travel to Ubud in Bali for our annual break. This year we tried a...
- Sep 9, 2017
- 5 min
Blog: Ipoh on the rise
The old soul in me has always been fascinated by fallen aristocracies, and Ipoh emits the same lingering nostalgia of a boomtown gone...
- Aug 16, 2015
- 6 min
Blog: Why I cycled in Penang
When I returned to George Town, Penang this year, I conducted some of my explorations on a rented bicycle. These are my adventures....
- May 3, 2014
- 8 min
Blog: Sabah and my notion of ancient Malayness
It all started with a DNA kit Not too long ago, I purchased a DNA kit from the National Geographic Genographic Project (NGGP) to help me...
- Nov 16, 2013
- 5 min
Blog: Bali – Death, Sex, Magik
Perhaps nowhere else in the world that fecundity and sex, death and decay and the potency and magic of ancient religions have coexisted...
- Jun 30, 2013
- 3 min
Blog: Nosh in George Town
In Penang’s George Town, food is cheap and in great abundance; there are all manners of food establishments from roadside hawker stalls,...
- Jun 29, 2013
- 3 min
Blog: Feeling at home in Penang
So what started as a press junket for CausewayEXchange, an annual festival for deepening arts, cultural and business ties between...