Notes from the road
Every journey leaves its traces—some meaningful, some questionable, and some written while quietly wondering whether this was a good idea in the first place. Notes from the Road is where we try to make sense of them: half‑formed thoughts scribbled in transit, stories shared over meals, and reflections shaped by unfamiliar landscapes, new companions, and a persistent feeling that I may have misunderstood what was going on. It’s not a guidebook, it probably reveals an ongoing talent for getting things slightly wrong, it may trail off mid‑thought, and it occasionally contradicts itself—but it’s an honest attempt to capture what it feels like to be here, at this particular moment in time, while hoping no one notices the mistakes too much.
Kuala Lumpur has a habit of pulling you back in whether you meant to return or not, and this time it...
Sumatra doesn’t ease you in gently; it sweeps you up the moment you step off the plane. One minute you’re...
Cameron Highlands wasn’t supposed to be a major stop on this trip. It was meant to be a brief pause between...
Taiping was supposed to be a gentle pause, a quiet interlude before the next big stop. Instead, it offered...
Penang greeted us with a tropical downpour, a damp hotel room, and the faint suspicion that we might...
Langkawi the island of adventure, cable cars, sky bridges, waterfalls, snorkelling, the whole glossy...
You cannot beat a capital city in southeast Asia. There is always so much to do, so much great food and...
We left the jungle via roads that behaved like geological obstacle courses, wandered cities that introduced...
From the humid outpost of Sandakan to the winding reaches of the Kinabatangan River, this account follows...
