Tag: gap year

  • Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

    Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

    I’m sitting in my small room, fan whirring to circulate air, window open with the sounds and smells of Chinatown intoxicating. It’s very hot, and there seems to be no escape from heat and humidity aside from guzzling water or becoming a mallrat and basking in the aircon.

  • Bukit Lawang & Orangutans

    Bukit Lawang & Orangutans

    Arriving in Bukit Lawang, immediately a couple of guys were ready to pounce enquiring if accomodation was needed or a tour. Mistake no. 1 was not saying I already have a tour booked, because they decided to escort me to my hostel, chewing my ear about a tour, and also sitting with me at the…

  • Arriving after a forty minute hop from Penang, that took a bit longer due to a go around landing, myself expecting to land any minute and suddenly being thrust upward and back over the sea, no explanation!