Borneo – Kuching
I’d just arrived in Kuching, which meant I was officially in Borneo.
Tag: living abroad
Kuala Lumpur in photos
My flight to Kuala Lumpur was fairly short, about 2 hours, but figuring out how to get to my hotel from the airport without shelling out for a cab …
Travels with my sister: Marika visits Bangkok and Chiang Mai
Near the end of my first year living abroad my sister, Marika, braved an unreasonably long plane ride to come see me in Bangkok.
Tha Ton Hilltribe Trek
Last time I wrote about my first day of trekking in Northern Thailand, in the district of Mae Ai, near Tha Thon, and this time 'round I trekked to …
Tha Ton Jungle Trek
For my adventures in Northern Thailand I'd chosen Tha Ton as my base, primarily because I knew it offered treks to nearby villages, but also because it was the …
Bangkok in pictures
By now Bangkok had truly become a third home, after Ottawa and Montreal.
Naklua
One of the oldest parts of Pattaya, Naklua also happens to be both one of the wealthiest and poorest regions of the city. I focused on the latter on …
Kanchanaburi, the Death Railway, and the Bridge on the River Kwai
Kanchanburi became a staging area for the Japanese military’s push to create a supply route from Singapore, far to the south, into Burma (now Myanmar).