Top 2 pictures are views from our hotel: Hotel Equatorial, Penang. Next Pictures are all from the Kek Lok Temple (Chinese Buddhist Temple)–huge! The Pinang Perkanakan Mansion. The tour guide was wacked–made up the story as he went along and … Read More
Photos of the Perhentian Island babies: the darling monkey baby in the rafters of the restaurant. And the other of a baby Monitor Lizard on our front lawn. The next two show the resort and how it is plunked on … Read More
Snorkeling today at 2 different spots. The entire sea floor of the inlet our beach is on was once coral. It must have been unbelievably beautiful and alive. Most of it is dead now—tourist galore. However, the patches that are … Read More
Pics are from Taman Negara and Travellers Home resort. Things I have learned: -in the jungle you cannot age a tree by counting its rings—the trees have no rings. Their growing season is year round. -the small bats navigate by … Read More
A Journey Into The Oldest Rain Forest On Earth… Batek woman with young children. The Batek women’s sense of style is stunning. I love this mom’s wrap-style dress, full afro and hair accessories. She is beautiful and so are her … Read More
Taman Negara We have arrived deep into the oldest rainforest on earth. The trip here was amazing–like something out of a novel. The bus trip to the jetty was uneventful-3h long and then we arrived at the jetty. We had … Read More
Kuala Lumpur—just like I imagined a South Asian city. And no culture shock. Thanks to travel to Mexico and Europe and our recent trips to different cultures (South Texas and Hawaii helped, believe it or not) and especially Disney World. … Read More
First impressions: Plane Ride excruciatingly long. Felt like I had giraffe legs–could not get comfy! Hong Kong: Beautiful lush green mountains, stunning rock-rimmed ocean Islands, sky scrapers extraordinaire! City very compact in valleys and coast and mountains left in their … Read More
Just a few pics of my favorite little Hawaiian town: Hawi. This is one major reason why I love The Big Island so much: it is still old, rural Hawaii.I forgot to mention that our plane flew right over Maui … Read More