I’ve done Melaka three different ways now: a rushed day trip from Kuala Lumpur; a slow weekend with my camera; and once, badly, during a…

I still remember the first time an orangutan looked directly at me. Not through a screen, not in a zoo enclosure with a moat between…

Everyone I know who’s done the Malaysia backpacker loop has a Penang story. Almost nobody has an Ipoh one, and that’s exactly why I keep…

There’s a specific kind of relief that hits when you step off the bus in Tanah Rata and the air actually feels cold. Not “aircon…

Every time someone asks me about a weekend trip from Manila that doesn’t involve a 12-hour flight, Genting Highlands comes up fast. Cool mountain air…

Everyone’s Langkawi island-hopping photo looks the same. Same speedboat, same twenty strangers in orange life vests, same five-minute stop at Pulau Dayang Bunting before the…

I’ve eaten my way through a lot of Southeast Asian cities at this point, and George Town is still the one I bring up when…

I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve stood in front of the Petronas Twin Towers at sunset, camera out, next to a hundred other…

Four hours. That’s roughly all it takes to get from Manila to a city where you can stand under the Petronas Towers, haggle at a…