Today it takes 12 hours or so to fly almost half way round the world. I can have a Whatsapp conversation with someone in Australia in real time. Thanks to…
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My homesickness for Malaysia continued until 2014. That year, for the first time, I was able to return to my former home. I was given the most wonderful and generous…
Going past forests and mile after mile of plantation is almost hypnotic and I feel my presence here is being more and more cemented. It’s not just a matter of…
The next morning, we got ready to leave KL. I wrote in my notebook that I’d ‘had enough,’ meaning that with all the changes to the city and all the…
Our fun day in Singapore, enjoying the zoo and then exploring the shops on Orchard Road was pure holiday. The next day, however, my serious pilgrimage really began. This was…
Our first full day in Asia was spent visiting Singapore Zoo. I had a particular, personal reason for going there, as you will see. First thing, I had a very…
Our first stop was two nights in Singapore. During the 70s, when I was living in KL, our occasional trips to Singapore were exciting adventures. Even then, it was a…
This is not what Kuala Lumpur looked like when I lived there. Aged 13, I moved with my family to live in Malaysia; it was 1975. The tallest building was…