Its always good to get out of the city for a week and get to somewhere with fresh cool air, as there are many places within driving distance of Shanghai to do this. The place I have always wanted to go was Wuyi County to do camping on platformed tents at the top of a…

对 Laoximen is an area of Shanghai that shows what Shanghai probably used to look like before the mass development that has engulfed the city and parts of China.  Walking down the streets and narrow alleyways, you can get a sense of what it was like to be in Shanghai many years ago.  As you…

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Penang Georgetown is the capital city of the Malaysian state of Penang.  A section of the city is inscribed as a UNESCO site fro 2008.  With its fabulous English Colonial architecture, a fusion of Indian and Chinese culture (from the trading), street art, and some of the best street food in the world, it is…

Santubong River Cruise- The rare Irrawaddy Dolphin and intro to “Big Nose” Monkey The intro into Borneo was nice and easy.  A wildlife Cruise down the river at the Santubong Peninsula to see if we can see any wildlife.  This turned into a fantastic time with great scenery…. ” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″]   As…

Orangutans and Longhouse Villages Longhouses are what the native people uses(d) to live in.  It is a huge house set up on different planks in which families live and probably share responsibilities.  Some longhouses are a few hundred feet long and offer the a tight knit community a place to stay.  It was interesting to…

Tanjung Datu National Park- A rare female turtle lays eggs, the release of hatched turtles, and CIVET!!!! If you come to Tanjung Datu National Park for a guaranteed sighting of animals and a safari, then you have come to the wrong place…. Tanjung Datu is a narrow strip of forested hills and isolated untouched beaches. …

Bako National Park- Proboscis Monkeys, Watermelon Monkeys, Vipers, and Flying Lemurs Bako National Park Bako is one of the best places to see wildlife while staying near a beautiful beach.  The park has mangrove forests, heath forests, tropical swamps, cliffs, and of course beach.  The only way onto this island is taking a boat ride…

Top Spot- Hands down the best seafood in the world!  Nothing else comes close I like to think of myself as a person who knows his seafood pretty good.  This is one of the first things I try when I get to a country that has an ocean and I am anywhere near the ocean. …

Malaysia             PLEASE FOLLOW THE LINKS BELOW TO SEE SOME GREAT WILDLIFE AND SCENERY Malaysia is one of those rare countries in the world that pretty much has it all if you are a traveler.  From great food from the mixing of different cultures, to beautiful scenery, to some of…

Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur just like Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Singapore is a very big city that serves as a major financial hub in Asia and the world.  While it is a city that is spread out geographically and has a population of almost 2 million in the city and the greater area about 7…

Brunei     Brunei is a country that does not often pop up on a map of places people would like to travel to.  As a matter of fact, most people do not even know it is a country as it shares the island of Borneo with Malaysia and Indonesia and makes up less than…

Myanmar As I could not get enough of this place in 2014, I decided to make a return trip to see some sights that I simply loved- Yangon, Bagan, and Inle Lake.  Of course there are many places I loved here, but these two stood out and I wanted to spend more time there. As…

Yangon is of course the biggest city in Myanmar and still has its charm.  Of course, big buildings and chain restaurants and hotels are going up everywhere (but what place will you not find these in the world).  Landing in Yangon, I noticed that they have a Pizza Hut and KFC which they did not…

Bagan Bagan is a site that is never to be missed in Myanmar.  Sitting on the banks of the Irrawaddy River, it is home to the largest concentration of Buddhist temples, pagodas, and stupas in the world.  Most of them date from the 11th to 12th Century.  A great hotel to stay at here which…

Inle Lake is possibly one of my favorite destinations not only in Myanmar, but in all of Asia!!!!  It is becoming touristy during the recent years, but I believe it is good for the peoples economy here!!!!  It seems that tourism has not slowed down their traditional way of life as they have been doing…

Mt. Popo We had the chance to get out of Bagan for a day and travel along one of the main country roads to Mt. Popa.  Along the way there was great scenery of farmers working in the fields and on the roads…. ” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″] We had the chance to stop by…

Nepal- Snow capped mountains, fertile valleys, colorful cities, beautiful people, aggressive monkeys and the famed one horned rhino Nepal in Winter of 2019- The Return           Nepal is a destination that has been visited by travelers for years.  It is of course home to some of the best trekking in the…

Kathmandu-  The Last Day The last day in Kathmandu was probably the most picturesque as we went to different temples, stupas, road pictures, and monkeys!!! We went yet again to the to the Monkey temple and watched the monkeys run around and saw a different part of the temple and it was not disappointing…. ”…

Kathmandu is a sprawling metropolis that reminds me of a cross between Cairo and Dhaka.  With big truck, cars, motorcycles and scooters coming at you from all directions, you must really watch where you walk.  This city is a very colorful city with buildings painted different colors as well as very colorful dress for the…