One reason we went to Malaysia was because of the food. Malaysia is known for its fantastic street food. The best place to find street food is at food courts and hawker stalls. You can get food in Malaysia whenever you want, wherever you want. Hawker stalls are set up so that on both sides there are different food stalls. In the middle there are tables and chairs. You can sit wherever you want and the food you ordered will be...

Malaysia was our next destination after Nepal. After almost two months in Nepal, it was interesting to see the contrast between Kathmandu and Kuala Lumpur (KL). KL is a big city like Kathmandu, but it was quite different in many respects. The roads in Nepal are extremely busy and can be in rough shape. For example, we had just finished the 200 km bus ride from Pokhara to Kathmandu that took eight hours. In KL, the taxi ride f...

One place that was very interesting when we went to Borneo was Bako National Park. Bako is the oldest national park in the province of Sarawak. It is fairly close to the city of Kuching. We took a taxi halfway to Bako, and then had to take a boat the rest of the way to the park. We stayed there for 3 nights. Bako is home to a lot of different and unique animals.

In Bako, the most poisonous animal is the green pit viper. This...