Apart from the staged cries of the hired pleasure makers unnerving our auditory senses at 1am, we really have no complaints about Georgetown, Penang. Well, the heat, too. The whole town we found to be pleasing to the eyes, not only the fundamental requirements of clean streets and well kept buildings,  but also the infiltrative…

Leaving the beach is emotional business. It’s like saying goodbye to a good friend who is always happy and makes you tan.  We stayed a whole week at Bushman Chalets.  Bushman is one of those places from Travel + Leisure magazine with the palm tree out the front door and the beach and ocean just…

Stepping into the giant, beautiful airport in Kuala Lumpur (KL), Malaysia, we first were delighted by the conveniences and shiny new-ness.  Pretty quickly, though, our delight turned to despair as we realized what had happened.  Crap, we’re back in the first world. AirBnB runs rampant in KL.  Two days prior, we chose the apartment with…

Snorkelling has got to be one of the most underappreciated activities going. First of all, there isn’t a more relaxing hobby outside of say, sleeping, once you get the mask, snorkel and fins sorted out. There are a series of irksome things that can be wrong with these items.  The mask can get too foggy…

Each week it seems we’re met with feelings ranging from extremes of happiness to the lowest of stanky bottom-feeding lows.  One minute we’re cracking up at some hilariously mistranslated sign or a man’s words that, when not understood, sound like a yippy toy dog; the next minute we’re wondering what damn fool thing we’ve gotten…