I have many stories over my years of travels that I've never shared on this blog so I'm going back through them. This one comes to you from my trip to Malaysia in 2014. Over there. See it? I didn't see it. I saw nothing. I knew nothing except that I was in the pitch black in Kubah … [Read more...] about Searching for the Second Smallest Frog in Kubah National Park
Borneo
Photo Friday: Sarawak Cultural Village, Malaysia
I tend to err on the side of hesitation, wary of attractions that claim to provide visitors with the full cultural experience in a park setting. They tend to resemble Epcot more than the place they're supposed to represent, little more than caricatures. Hilltribe villages in northern Thailand … [Read more...] about Photo Friday: Sarawak Cultural Village, Malaysia
Visiting Kuching’s Cat Museum
Kuching, Malaysia is known as "Cat City" for the Malay word kucing. While I didn't see stray cats roaming around in the Borneo city like I did in Croatia and Turkey, you could see that they sure love their felines. Upon pulling into the parking lot of our hotel, we saw a large group of tourists … [Read more...] about Visiting Kuching’s Cat Museum
An Afternoon with Orangutans
Looking into their eyes, you can see their minds at work. They're more intelligent than we realize. The red haired apes even look human with their ability to hold objects in their hands. Orangutans are endangered and only found on the islands of Borneo and Sumatra, in Malaysia and Indonesia … [Read more...] about An Afternoon with Orangutans