How To Talk Like A Local: Malaysia’s 5 Minute Rule
Everyone in Malaysia wants to help out the traveler, offering their best advice: “5 minutes, 5 minutes.” It’s the answer to everything in this country- though nothing, ever, is 5 minutes from truth.
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Flavor of the Week: Ais Kacang
Taste buds as restless as your wandering feet? Try this flavor of the week: Malaysia’s every-ingredient sweet treat, ais kacang.
How to Love a Town You Don’t, Steps 1-4
No matter how far I carry my home in my heart, I will never consider these Western Australian mining towns as places of belonging. However, I’ve started a list of ways you can learn to love a town you most definitely do not…
What Brings You To Paraburdoo?
You’ll notice the bugs first, because they swarm out here. You’ll notice the mullets second – for the same reason. These are a few of the most noticeable differences between Melbourne, VIC, and my new working holiday home…
How To Stay Unpacked Until The Last Possible Minute
There is a finesse to staying unpacked; and if you, too, prefer procrastination over preparation, then the following methods are guaranteed to stay unpacked until the taxi’s outside honking…
A Rat In The Closet (On Knowing When It’s Time To Move On)
The backpack on the top shelf, which used to carry my life, now carries rat-diseases and all sorts of ratty-other-things. A sign it’s time to move on? When your travel luggage has lain in disuse for so many months that a large rodent turns it into a toilet.
The Trouble With Becoming A Travel Blogger
The trouble with becoming a travel blogger is not the absence of internet connection, nor the lack of spare time; it is the subtle transformation from a holiday into a lifestyle…
