Wednesday, January 1, 2014 Kanchanaburi is home to the Bridge Over the River Khwae. Turns out ‘Kwai’ is incorrect and means ‘buffalo’. Here we visited the Jeath War Museum, the Kanchanaburi War Cemetery and of course the bridge itself which spans…
Monday, December 30, 2013 We got a good taste of the Northern end of the East coast of Southern Thailand, and a place called Hua Hin. Well, we got stuck in traffic and took about an hour to dislodge ourselves.…
This post is about the government documentation we needed and obtained to bring our car and ourselves into Thailand. Thailand in General Thailand does not accept the Carnet de Passage for temporary import of vehicles. The official Thailand Customs website…
Monday, December 16, 2013 Today we crossed from Malaysia into Thailand. We were up early as we not only had to cross the border and complete all the paperwork for the car, but also had to travel 300 kms (200…
This post is about the government documentation we needed and obtained to bring our car and ourselves into Malaysia. Malaysia in General Our car arrived by container ship into Port Klang near KL. The import process was extremely easy and…
This post is about the government documentation we needed and obtained to bring our car into Australia. Australia in General Our car arrived by container ship into Port Botany, Sydney from Los Angeles. We were not involved in any of…
Thursday, December 12, 2013 We took the scenic route to George Town. As we head North there should be less and less monsoon rains, which btw is a good thing. We got to George Town, on Penang, by way of…
Monday, December 19, 2013 The everest presentation finished around 4pm, so we had to make tracks on the Expressway to Ipoh, which is about 180 kms or 115 miles away. Halfway we stopped for fuel and starbucks and the strangest…
Tuesday, December 3, 2013 We departed Cherating via flooded roads and headed inland away from the East Coast. The plan was to head to the high ground around Taman Negara National Park. The forecast called for more rain and there…
Monday, December 2, 2013 In true monsoon fashion it rained today. And rained and rained. In fact, it did not stop all day. So we made a short journey from Kuantan to Cherating and had fun driving on the flooded…
Sunday, December 1, 2013 Off the coast of Mersing is a resort Island called Pulau Tioman and where a friend of a friend owns a hotel. It was very tempting to board a boat to the Island and chill for…
Saturday, November 30, 2013 It is good to be back in Malaysia. Even better it is good to see that Sterlin is right where we left him. We packed up our stuff and headed North in heavy traffic. Our destination…
Tuesday, November 26, 2013 Singapore is wonderful. We are really going to like this place. After checking in we headed to the famous Botanical Gardens; amazing. We spent a few hours wandering around, just soaking up the park. Hugely impressed…
Sunday, November 24, 2013 Arrived in Johor Bahru, or JB as the locals seem to call it. We stayed in unusual Bliss Boutique Hotel where each room is decorated differently and named in a funky way. We stayed in “Violet…
Thursday, November 21, 2013 Headed South to the historically important town of Melaka or Malacca. Along the way we saw a couple cycling in the opposite direction. Of course we stopped to chat to them, and turns out they are…
