Blogs from Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia, Asia

THE EAGLES HAVE LANDED! KULA LUMPAR, MALAYSIA. Wednesday February 22nd, 2012. Well, the 10 hour flight from Gatwick went without a hitch. It was not too full so the streetwise Ozzies who were on board quickly tried to snaffle any rows of empty seats so they could get a good night's sleep. They were moving even before we took off. One saved a row of seats for his girlfriend by taking off his belt and putting it on one seat and then held the other two seats with a menu card and in-flight magazine!! D, being a wiley old boy followed suit and plonked himself down two rows behind M with three seats to himself, leaving M with the same. After a glass of wine for both and a sleeping tablet for M a good night's ... read more

nothing much to write, because my pictures say it all :) ... read more

Decided to make a trip to Broga Hill. Packed with 2 bottles of mineral water, GPS and camera. Journey started at sharp 2:30 pm. Drove along the north south express way from Sungai Besi. Topup RM100 on my touch-n-go card. Not too many vechicles along the journey. Stopped at the gas station, just after the Toll to check and ensure my tyre pressure is ok. Exit the toll at Kajang. Head towards Semenyih. At this point we started to depend on the GPS waypoint. Pass thru the town and finally reaches the junction with sign board showing University of Nottingham, Malaysia. The university which is situated not far away from this place. ... read more

(Day 364 on the road) I haven't posted in a while now, and there is a good reason for that: The past six weeks I have spent in one place, namely Port Dickson in Malaysia, a pretty sleepy and non-touristy seaside town about 2h south of Kuala Lumpur. I was looking to a) take a break from constantly being on the move, b) I wanted to play golf, and c) I wanted a place by the sea. I found the perfect place here in PD (as the locals call it), and have rented a nice apartment in a residential complex, complete with swimming pool, washing machine, satellite TV, balcony and on-site restaurant. The place is literally 200 meters away from the Port Dickson Golf & Country Club on the one side and 200 meters from the ... read more

Well, the hotel (Tiara Guesthouse) is fine, clean and friendly and I managed to sleep for 13 hours last night - a 15 hour journey for you. Been around China town today - been on about 6 trains/monorails which are all v. cheap! but got the hang of it now. Still finding my feet! Found a cricket ground in the middle of the city with a lovely pavilion. God its hot, but was overcast from about 3pm and there was a mighty downpour. Was out and about for 6 hours, bought a bag and a belt, back for shower and change and just back from to the second and third lonely planet recommendation of the day - an Irish pub - finnegans. Didn't eat there so went to the nice italian instead. Had a Malaysian stir ... read more

After much planning had been done to go for PD, 8 of us finally on the way there. We stayed at Ancasa Allsuites Resort and Spa, a 4 star resort located at Telok Kemang. Originally the plan was to to stay for 4 days and 1 of the day we'll go Malacca, which is around 80+ km from our resort. But due to 'unforseen situation', we stayed all 3 nights at PD. We went there in 2 cars and the journey was about 1 hr 30 minutes from our college, Taylor's University College. Well the journey was smooth until when we exit the PD highway to the town center and there were a lot of traffic lights which makes us stop a lot. The road is also narrow as it PD is consider a suburb area. ... read more

Ahoy, mate...Our first adventure has indeed inspired us to see more of our world...at least of our country. Love for nature must not be seized from man's heart, but must always be there to accompany him, especially in his times of loneliness. Only the ones with the heart of a child can truly see nature, inside and out, appreciating and contemplating about God deeply, for Nature is the evidence of His existence. Enough about philosophizing everything, let's get down to business. This is the full report for our PD trip, 14th Sepetember 2007. September is indeed our month! Ilis' birthday falls on the 5th of this month, and mine on the 10th, and we hope our friendship will be forever blessed by Allah SWT and always be carried on with respect and love for each other. ... read more