The Mekong and Tonle Riverfront

We went downtown on Thursday night to check out the riverfront. The Mekong and the Tonle come together here, and together they are wide. And its beautiful, all done up with lights and flags, andもっと詳しく
The Killing Fields

You will want to make a decision before you get to Cambodia if you want to see the Killing Fields. You should probably read a little about it, or watch a movie. It’s not for everyone, and even onceもっと詳しく
Street Food in Phnom Penh

We checked into a really nice place called the House Boutique Hotel. Bring your Visa card cause its $16 if you want breakfast included. Pool, Air con, beer, western toilets, pretty swanky for thisもっと詳しく
Petronas Towers

If you haven’t heard of it, you need to google it.
The towers were completed construction in 2004 and at that time they were the tallest towers in the world. Now they rank around 8 or 9, but stillもっと詳しく
Welcome to Phnom Penh

It’s hot here too. And its nothing like KL. And certainly nothing like Singapore. And that’s obvious from the time you step out into the street and see all the tuktuks lined up ready to take youもっと詳しく
Petronas Towers, part II

Because it’s so amazing.
Frog anyone?

To get to the apartment where we were staying in KL we had to walk through the night market. Had to. The girls really wanted to try frog and chicken lollipops, so Robert and I obliged them and we satもっと詳しく
Cant get enough of the street meat

We found ourselves back downtown in the Jalan Alor Food market yesterday afternoon, after our trip to the caves. Some coldish Tiger beer and it was time for Darin to get his first foot massage. Whichもっと詳しく
The Dark Caves

After the hard work of climbing the steps at Batu, and carrying the sand, and then the empty buckets down, and fighting off the monkeys, Robert and Darin headed into the dark cave to look at the caveもっと詳しく
Batu Caves, it deserves more

The place is unreal. Enjoy the pictures.
Batu Caves

An absolute gem in the city of KL. Founded it the mid 1800’s by some Chinese farmers and then developed by the Malay government. An amazing limestone formation in a huge outcrop in the north of theもっと詳しく
I cant find my glasses

Oh wait, found ‘em.
Night Market in KL

Once we finally arrived in KL Sentral, getting to where we were staying was easy, and close. We ditched our stuff, cleaned up and went down the street to the night market and had some Thai food, andもっと詳しく
Extended stay in Gemas

If you read the earlier post about the great experience we were having getting on the train in JB Sentral, the Malaysian countryside, etc, you may have got the impression that the trip was goingもっと詳しく
Jungle Line to Kuala Lumpur

From the big and bright departure lounge at JB Sentral we boarded train 40 for Kuala Lumpur. A little late, due to a small misunderstanding at the ticket taker but we made it. The cars are clean,もっと詳しく
Singapore to Malaysia, on foot?

After considerable deliberation, investigation and discussion we decided that we would take the jungle line (electric and diesel train) from Johor Bahru, Malaysia to Kuala Lumpur. Johor Bahru isもっと詳しく
Selfie Stick

Amber and Jackie had to have a selfie stick for the trip. We stopped at the Mustafa Centre at the north end of Little India one day when we were down there. Amber’s never ever did workもっと詳しく
Gardens by the Bay

One of Singapore’s premier attractions, on the southeast coast of the island in the shadow of the famous Marina Bays Sands hotel sits Gardens by the Bay. Artificial trees, sixteen stories tallもっと詳しく
Stamford American Early Learing Village

Andy took Robert and I to the new school they built specifically for small people (3yr - 7yr), the early learning village, which was absolutely astounding the things they have done for the developmentもっと詳しく
And the Jungle Walk was so cool

That I am adding some more photos. And some shots of the papaya that Andy promised we could eat when we got here.
For a Walk in the Jungle

We went with the whole group for a morning hike through the jungle, and on a tree top trek. Had to protect ourselves from some local wildlife, and patiently awaited the wild boars to show themselves.もっと詳しく
A quick side trip to Chinatown

The crew needed a cold drink, and we weren’t having much luck in Little India. So we took the MRT a couple stations to Chinatown, and found a great little hawker centre in People’s Park where weもっと詳しく
A day in Little India

The sights and smells of Little India are like no other. There is so much to see and so much food to try. We had a recommendation from a local of a place just around the corner from where we met him,もっと詳しく
Clarke Quay for lunch

We had a visit with the family after breakfast and then headed out downtown to the Clarke Quay to see the sights and have lunch. It was a gorgeous day for a walk along the Singapore River watching theもっと詳しく
We're here!

After a long exhausting flight from Vancouver to Shanghai and then refusal to let us go downtown Shanghai to check out the skyline, we slept most of the way on the Shanghai to Singapore leg. Myもっと詳しく