August 31 was a busy day. We woke up before dawn in Pulau Weh and then took a taxi across the island, a ferry to Banda Aceh, another taxi to the airport, a flight to Kuala Lumpur, another flight to…
The Bules Take on Pulau Weh
We always intended to go to Indonesia on this trip. It’s a fantasy location– more than 13,000 balmy islands offering everything: jungles, cities, resort destinations, tiny barely inhabited islands that take days to get to, and so on. Like most travelers,…
Beautiful Borneo
On August 13th we said goodbye to Penang and set out for Malaysian Borneo. Borneo is similar to the Galapagos insofar as it’s beautiful, full of crazy wildlife, has some of the best scuba diving in the world, and… it’s relatively…
Eight Month Roundup
We marked eight months of travel while roadtripping around Bali with a scooter, a small bag, and no laptop (hence the lag in posts). More to come soon, but, for now, the usual summary: Countries visited: 2 Beds slept in: 12…
Scooters, Street Art & Temples: Penang Between Meals
As Rachel briefly mentioned in her street food post, we started off our adventures looking for a clinic at which she could have the cut on her foot examined. The nice but not very helpful young man at our hotel…
Penang, Malaysia: Street Food Paradise
We loved the myriad delicious and cheap street food options available all over Kuala Lumpur, and we took full advantage of them. But as pretty much any Malaysian will tell you, Penang is the go-to food (I hate and refuse…
Scuba and Sea Turtles on Tioman Island
After a few days of urban exploration in KL, it was time to head to our first Southeast Asia beach. Tioman Island sits off the east coast of peninsular Malaysia. We divided our twelve days there between two of its beaches: Salang on…
Street Food & Skyscrapers: Kuala Lumpur
On July 14th we sadly left Crete. I’ve been thinking of our trip in terms of smaller pieces, each of which is defined by geography. The first piece was South America; the second was Europe (counting Turkey as part of Europe);…
Seven Month Roundup
I’m thrilled to be in Asia. We absolutely loved South America, Turkey, Crete and London, but we missed Asian food. Also, so far, Asia is cheap. Before we left I created something of a budget. It’s not absolute; rather, it serves…
Crete’s Best Eats… and Drinks
Eating on Crete Not to get too San Franciscan, but we loved Crete’s focus on fresh, local food. The area is still heavily agricultural, and you can find an amazing variety of produce at roadside stands almost anywhere on the…