I still remember when I went to apply for my Bangladesh visa via a tour company, the staff looked at me surprisingly and asked “Bangladesh? Why the heck do you want to go there? You work in a foreign worker recruitment company one, is it?”. Now I understand why they reacted like that. When I was in Dhaka, I stuck up like a sore thumb in the crowd. I was the only foreign looking person in the city....

It's the best thing ever happen in mulu. Now in the pool of mulu resort. Free room n buffet dinner n breakfast. # No access to internet for 3 days. It costs rm35/hr in royal mulu resort. Going to enjoy the nite b4 flying out 2moro # Hope the plane really take off this time. # Finally in miri. On the way to brunei # Has reached brunei's border # Already in BSB. Smaller than i imagined. # I still haven't...

So here I am in Kolkata, the last city before I leave India. Unlike other major cities in India namely Mumbai and New Delhi, Kolkata has a distinctive feature as arts and cultural centre of India. Even though I was going to leave the country very soon, I still have to endure few challenges. When I was there, India was hit by heat wave. In some parts of the country, the temperature rose as high as 46 deg Celsius...

As I was getting nearer to the end of my journey, I thought I have seen it all until I reached Varanasi. Where else can you see dead people burning around the clock on a river bank and human cleaning themselves in the same river. Dead bodies aside, the sacred Ganga is indeed a very spiritual place for the Hindu. Life and death seem to revolves around the river. The river sustain the life of people living around...

When I reached New Delhi, I felt like vacation was over. No more peaceful surrounding, no more cold weather and no more clean air. I was back to the India I know; car honks everywhere, dusty air, rubbish strewn all over the place, hot weather and beggars lined along the streets. I have one full day in New Delhi before my next train departs. I did not wish to spend too long here. In fact, I did not plan to stop...

Shimla is one of the three hill stations in India. The other two are located in Darjeeling and Nilgiri. All three are listed as UNESCO world heritage sites. The only reason I wanted to come here is to try out the narrow gauge toy train from Shimla to Kalka. From Kalka, I can take another train to Delhi. Like any other state capital in India, Shimla is a little bit crowded to my liking. I explored the town a...

Will continue my travel tomorrow. Anyone in Kuching wanna meet up? # Start packing now. Will go to airport in 3 hours. # Already check in. Now have to wait 2 hours at the airport. # Arrived at pussytown. Shared a taxi with 2 gals to my guest house. But we went separate way. Good night everyone # Just had the famous kolo mee. Not bad but nothing special. Just like wantan mee without the soy sauce. The teh 'C'...

After enduring almost 8 hours of van ride through the mountainous region of Himachal Pradesh, I finally reached Manali safely at the break of dawn. I didn’t have proper sleep during the bumpy journey. Instead of sleeping after checking in to my room, I decided to do a 4-hour trek up a mountain to realize my dream of touching a real snow. I was totally flat after that and slept like a pig that night. I...

As I moved further north, things began to change. When I arrived at McLeod Ganj, I didn’t feel like I am in India anymore. In fact, I felt like I was in Tibet. The climate, the landscape, the people, the food and the culture are everything Tibet. Why Tibet? OK, here is some brief history lesson: Because of the unrest in Tibet during 1950s, more than 250,000 Tibetan refugees have made the decision to flee...

I continued my journey up North to a city named Amritsar. I arrived with a couple from South Korea who was on their way to Pakistan. After Taj Mahal, I felt like there was nothing else I wanted to see. What else could be more interesting than the seven wonders on the World? I was so wrong. India is more than Taj Mahal. There are many more interesting places and the Golden Temple in Amritsar is one of them....