High living in Hong Kong and Macau!! With a pro- democracy demo thrown in!!! Well, we had time between our jungle trekking and flying home for Hannah's graduation so we decided to take a couple of trips. It is very hot and hazy at present in Penang apparently due to illegal forest fires in Sumatra so we wanted to experience some cooler temperatures. We set off by car and drove a couple of hours south to Ipoh, a former colonial town known for tin mining and rubb...

Kalimantan Capers with the Pilkingtons!!!! Have just returned to Penang after a great 2 weeks in Borneo. Lovely to share some travels with close friends and we certainly won't forget our jungle week in a hurry!!! Mike and Karen arrived here after a couple of nights in Singapore so we gave them a whistle stop tour of Georgetown, Penang. Enjoyed visiting the clan jetties, tasting durian, the Khoo Kongsi complex, several Buddhist temples, Armenian Street and just w...

Kevin does 'the Repression Tour' as I have a fluffy (see the Purrffect Cat Cafe) week!!! Well, as Kevin left Hong Kong to travel to N Korea, I flew back for a girlie week with my friend ,Margaret, in Penang. We didn't hear from Kevin as there is no outside communication from NK (yes, we now refer to it as a Swedish Department store!!!).. In his own words..... And so to the big one - the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. We all know the news stories are...

Tashi Delek from Tibet!!! That is the extent of our Tibetan after 10 days in the country although we can now also chant a Buddhist mantra, albeit phonetically (om ma ni bha ma hu). We flew into Kathmandu, Nepal, 2 weeks ago and enjoyed 3 nights in this city to begin our acclimatisation for the heady heights of Everest base camp on the Tibetan side. Have always wanted to visit Kathmandu and it didn't disappoint although it is very polluted (lots of face masks) an...

I went to Chandni Chowk bazaar and survived!!!! My first visit to Delhi and so much to try and cram in. We were actually starting and finishing our trip to Rajasthan and Agra here and returning after visiting Amritsar and Shimla in the north. Our first outing was to the Red Fort which was so much bigger than l realised. We went on a Sunday afternoon so joined 100s of Indians and foreign tourists queuing to get in. The individual buildings in the fort aren't so ...