I went to the BBC site this morning and I got a service not available message. My second thoughts were that the Conservatives have only been in power for two days, how did they manage to close down the BBC so soon. My third thoughts were that the BBC was being blocked in Thailand due …
Malaysia is a great country for people who love food such as my good self. It is a very cultural diverse country and therefore the food has lots of different influences; the biggest being Malay/Indonesian, Chinese, and Indian. Other major influences are the surrounding countries such as the Philippines (especially for Borneo) and Thailand. Within …
I spent about a week in Chiang Mai and enjoyed myself thoroughly. From 09 Although, due to my budget, I did not partake in most of the abundant tourist activities there such as stroking tigers, riding elephants and going on death slides I did go on a Thai cooking course. This cost 900 baht and …
I have been getting a little behind with my postings so thought that I’d try to get up to date with a couple of quick posts, including this one of my time in Sibu Malaysia (Borneo). I travelled from Kuching to Sibu by boat. To do this you first need to get a taxi to …
It is somewhat of a trek to get to Gunung Gading national park on a day trip. First you need to either get a taxi or bus to the express bus terminal on the edge of town; the taxi will cost 15 to 20 MYR whilst the bus costs 1 MYR, I chose the bus …
I finally got up in time to get some Roti Canai for breakfast, hoorah!
One of the highlights of a trip to South East Asia has got to be the food. Wherever you go you are subjected to an array of wonderful colours and smells (and the occasional not so wonderful smells too; see Durian below). I’m in Kuala Lumpur as I write this and am still a little …
Well I’m off to KL tomorrow, 13 hour flight from London Stansted with Air Asia. Hopefully should not be too bad. For the last three weeks I have been in England catching up with old friends, which is always nice. One of my friends, Dora, will only let me stay with her if I make …
I’ve decided that I’m fed up of forking out $40 a week on bad and unhealthy food at the uni. So I’ve started to cook a few meals to take with me. Today’s food is a nice potato and apple thai curry. God knows what it’ll taste like but it can’t be worse than trillium’s …