Penang is considered to be the food capital of Malaysia, and by some, to have the best food in all of Asia. Here are some of my favorite pescatarian dishes from this foodie haven that you simply cannot miss!
It’s amazing the advances in modern life that you miss living overseas for the better part of five years. While I was learning to live more simply, and climb trees for coconuts, the developed world was giving society every gizmo and gadget to make life as convenient (and cluttered) as possible. Returning back to America after 5 years introduced me to the fad of Apple Watches and Fitbits. Apparently moving from the front door to the car never happened unless you have a device on your wrist counting each step. Nearly every phone is adorned with a pop-out circular handle
Japan Day 21 - Shibuya, Tokyo Fletch and I had been on the go for 20 days. 20 days of touring around Japan, of hopping between major cities, of riding bullet trains across the country. 20 days and so many different hotels that they were all starting to blur together. I went in trying to keep notes on each hotel's differences, for the purpose of writing a post of hotel advice for other travelers. But the truth is, in the $100 per night range, all business hotels are created pretty equally. They're all clean and neat and provide an almost-too-stiff
Saturday Afternoon Our tricycle driver, who turned out to be a very pleasant fellow, drove us through the Philippine countryside and back to the Alona Beach area and up the dirt road to the Bee Farm. I jumped out of the little cab affixed to the motorbike and ran in to see if I could get a room for Fletch and myself. We had just ditched our plans of staying in a dodgy shack in the middle of the woods, something straight out of a horror film, and opted to stay someplace nicer and closer to the airport for our last
You’ve all heard me bellyache about the food here by now. The locals live on spam and rice. Finding anything fresh at the grocery store is reason to celebrate. There will be days or weeks even when the produce isles run dry and there is not a veggie to be found. Our meals are planned around what fresh thing we can find in the store. Eggplants grow locally so we make lots of curries with those. Beets occasionally pop up so I’ve learned how to make a mean veggie burger by adding black beans and quinoa. Several other dishes have