Scheduled for twenty two hours  The day finally arrived where I will be starting my trip on mainland Africa. Toffar woke me up early and I  quickly organised myself and of course there was the last minute packing panic moments as my clothes dried up the...

Exiting Cape Town airport. Normally, I would take a flight at night in order for me to save on accommodation but alas, all the flights to Cape Town from Mauritius that day were in the morning. The promised taxi never came at the time agreed but luckily for me, the...

Blue Bay pier. My last full day in Mauritius was a very short one for me due to the weather again. The plan was to hire a car for a full day as I have not visited most parts of the island. I woke up a bit late today as the night before I had dinner with some of the...

Caudan Waterfront, Port Louis.   Before sleeping last night, I vowed that even a rainy day won't stop me from visiting Port Louis today but I awoke to a gloomy morning again, dark with overcast low clouds. 'Could have been more worse' I uttered to myself. Taking the...

Sunrise at Mahebourg, Mauritius. I didn't sleep well as the strong winds were crashing against the sliding glass door  that separates the room and the hotel garden (ground floor) but I woke up to an early morning to enjoy the sunrise for a few minutes but then it was...

Flight plan KUL - MRU The plan to visit Southern African countries was thought of way back in 1996 when I was living in Cape Town but was only realised in 2013 when I was financially and mentally prepared. Alas, as I arrived Cape Town, someone I dearly loved there,...

Bird's eye view of Kellie's Castle. Thirty plus years ago, as a young subaltern serving in the state of Perak, I would on a regular basis pass by an old mysterious somewhat abandoned building, covered with decaying vines and full of undergrowth around it along the...

Pahang Club @  Kuala Lipis As my request for an extended check out was granted, I had time for a good one hours' rest at the Residence before meeting up my uncle's nephew Adam, whose family are true Kuala Lipis residents for generations. The place of the meet up was...

Kuala Lipis, the Old and the New ( background) The journey from Fraser's Hill to Kuala Lips was an interesting one. First, passing through the Titiwangsa Range of mountains with winding lonely roads which according to elders, you could encounter tigers and other...

Fraser's Hills Clock Tower The plan of visiting Kuala Lipis via the Karak highway took a last minute change of mind as I decided on visiting Fraser's Hill. I took the back road via Selayang , Batu Dam and Batang Kali with a short technical check up of my old faithful...

The Malaysian Tugu Negara ( National Monument )  Malaysia's  Tugu Negara ( National Monument ) is dedicated to the eleven thousand people from various races and countries who have died during the Malaysian Emergency (1948 -1960) which was the armed struggle between...

I swam with the wild dolphins in Bunbury, Western Australia, shark caged with the Great White shark and illegally swam with the seals in Gansbai, South Africa  (it was not permitted as it was in close proximity to the great white sharks.) It was a foolish thing to do...