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Hotel Headhunter in Sarawak: Up-river in remote Borneo Malaysia
In these minutes before you realise how foolish you are being, you could imagine yourself as Martin Sheen going up-river to seek out the mad Marlon Brando: the prow of the longboat pushing through muddy water; humid jungle steaming its way down to the riverbanks; bowing branches and vines hanging so low you sometimes have to duck beneath...
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Kuching in Borneo Malaysia: Big city, small town
“This is my kind of Malaysia,” says Bob from laidback California as we enjoy Tiger Beer at the James Brooke Bar and Bistro near the relaxing riverfront in Kuching.
“It’s got just the right mix of a quiet old town and all the modern amenities.”We clink icy glasses in agreement.
Like me, Bob had...
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Melaka, Peninsula Malaysia: The cuisine capital of Malaysia
Bong comes out of her busy kitchen in the elegant Seri Nyonya Peranakan Restaurant to explain how she learned the Baba-Nyonya culinary style unique to the town of Melaka, here on Malaysia’s west coast.
“No, they do not teach this in any schools,” she laughs. “You have to learn it from when you are very young. I...
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Waipari, Taupo: Into the empty valleys full of life
Roger pulls his four-wheel drive around another bend through the bush and there before us, in the middle of the rough road, is a fawn. Roger brakes gently and we come to a dusty halt. The fawn starts abruptly, looks directly at us for a full half minute, then bounds off into the dense bush.
It won’t be the last deer we will see today....
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Ullungdo, South Korea: The lure of the lair
God knows what I was thinking when I went to Ullungdo.
It certainly wasn't for the well-advertised local attractions which are, in no particular order, dried squid, dried seaweed and -- its special delicacy -- pumpkin candy.
Ullungdo is a spectacular lump of rock a few hours off the east coast of the bickering Koreas.
It rarely makes...
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