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bicycle taxis Malaysia

How To Talk Like A Local: Malaysia’s 5 Minute Rule

October 27, 2011by Too Mutch For Words Leave a comment

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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Explore, How-To, Language, Malaysia, Southeast Asia
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Flavor of the Week: Ais Kacang

October 10, 2011by Too Mutch For Words 1 Comment

Taste buds as restless as your wandering feet? Try this flavor of the week: Malaysia’s every-ingredient sweet treat, ais kacang.

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Explore, Flavor of the week, Food and Drink, Malaysia, Southeast Asia
Newman Western Australia how to love a town you don't

How to Love a Town You Don’t, Steps 1-4

August 19, 2011by Too Mutch For Words 6 Comments

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…

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Australia, Choices & Philosophies, Explore, How-To, Western Australia
Paraburdoo Western Australia

What Brings You To Paraburdoo?

May 11, 2011by Too Mutch For Words 1 Comment

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…

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Australia, Explore, Jobs & Employment, Nature & Environment, Western Australia
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How To Stay Unpacked Until The Last Possible Minute

August 13, 2010by Too Mutch For Words 1 Comment

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…

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Choices & Philosophies, Explore, How-To, New Zealand
Norwegian Rat in New Zealand

A Rat In The Closet (On Knowing When It’s Time To Move On)

July 23, 2010by Too Mutch For Words 1 Comment

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.

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Choices & Philosophies, Explore, New Zealand, Packing
coffee and journaling

The Trouble With Becoming A Travel Blogger

July 15, 2010by Too Mutch For Words 1 Comment

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…

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Blogging, Choices & Philosophies, Explore, New Zealand

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Like a lot of foreign destinations, my last name's often mispronounced - so friends call me 'Mutch.' You can call me the same, as you explore this library of travel books, movies and music: all the things that move us through the aisles of this big, wide world! Check-outs expected, exploration intended...

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