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...

Tug boats @ the Segah river. Tanjung Redeb is the capital of the Berau regency in the province of East Kalimantan. It is a sleepy transit town for tourists who wants to enjoy the diving haven of the Derawan islands. It also has a massive mining industry where coal...

 Minangkabau building architecture. Padang is the capital of West Sumatra Province of Indonesia  and it is located along the shores of the Indian Ocean coastlines.The town suffered a major earthquake back in 2009 as it lies on the active fault lines in the Indian...

Makassar Waterfront  @ Pantai Lestari It was a long eight hour bus ride that had taken me from Tanah Toraja to the city of Makassar, driven through mountain passes and villages along the journey. I arrived at the  designated bus station which was about ten kilometres...

"Londa" Tomb, Tana Toraja I decided to make a few days stop in Makassar as it was on the flight path back to Kuala Lumpur . After sorting out my luggage I wandered around the airport aimlessly before befriending a student. I asked him if there were any interesting...