Skip to content
Menu

Primary Menu

  • Home
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Gallery
  • Privacy Policy
Search

Feel the Fear and Backpack Anyway

Off 'adventuring' again....

Malaysia

Malaysia, the world’s our oyster……..sauce

Posted onAugust 13, 2013July 4, 2019AuthorMandy and Glen ReesLeave a comment

Mandy: Malaysia 25 July – 14 August I could (and may well) write a blog post on the food alone as we make our way through different Countries. Here in Malaysia they sell things such as ‘frog porridge’ and pigs Read More …

Categories'Gap Year', South East Asia

Things about Malaysia we may never get to the bottom of……..

Posted onAugust 13, 2013June 11, 2019AuthorMandy and Glen ReesLeave a comment

Why some of the return journeys on the same MRT line (underground) or Sky Train cost more than the outward journey. Whether the hookers…sorry I mean staff offering foot massages on the streets in Bukit Bintang are girls or boys. Read More …

Categories'Gap Year', South East Asia

Batu Caves

Kuala Lumpur….. revisited

Posted onAugust 13, 2013July 4, 2019AuthorMandy and Glen Rees2 Comments

7th – 14th August Staying in the Bukit Bintang area of Kuala Lumpur (in three different Hotels) proved to be 100% better than our night in Chinatown the other week. There were better Hawker food stalls, there was still poverty Read More …

Categories'Gap Year', South East Asia

Give me strength!

Posted onAugust 10, 2013June 11, 2019AuthorMandy and Glen Rees3 Comments

Mandy: Saturday 10th August We moved hotel this morning because we did not want to be greeted again by the distant sound of ‘boom box’ beat music from the “23 hour cafe and bar” next door (I have no idea Read More …

Categories'Gap Year', South East Asia

Tiger Balm

Coach from Cameron Highlands to Kuala Lumpur

Posted onAugust 9, 2013July 4, 2019AuthorMandy and Glen ReesLeave a comment

Mandy: Wednesday 7th August Déjà vu We bought some Tiger balm, before we left Brinchang to head back down to warmer climes. We had been warned that the route out of the highlands that we were taking would definitely make Read More …

Categories'Gap Year', South East Asia

Tanah Rata

Glen, “I’ve seen it all now!”

Posted onAugust 5, 2013July 4, 2019AuthorMandy and Glen Rees3 Comments

Mandy: Monday 5th August Regarding the firework man….. We should be cross with him for making a noise in such a peaceful place but I guess you go a bit stir crazy up in the hills of the rain forest Read More …

Categories'Gap Year', South East Asia

Cameron Highlands

BOH Tea Plantation – Cameron Highlands – Malaysia

Posted onAugust 4, 2013July 8, 2019AuthorMandy and Glen Rees6 Comments

Sunday 4th August       Mandy: I had the urge to run through the plantation shouting ‘PG TIPS!’ (chuckle) but thought better of it!  

Categories'Gap Year', South East Asia

Brinchang

The hills are alive……..

Posted onAugust 3, 2013July 8, 2019AuthorMandy and Glen Rees1 Comment

Mandy: Saturday 3rd August Our coach journey was OK, nothing like I had worried about in my very over active imagination for the last two days and nothing like as bad as what people had put on trip adviser about Read More …

Categories'Gap Year', South East Asia

Ipoh

Ipoh, Malaysia

Posted onAugust 2, 2013July 8, 2019AuthorMandy and Glen ReesLeave a comment

Mandy: 1st and 2nd August The sky was dark and the thunder and lightening was topping up my nerves nicely. (worried look) A lovely old Indian man with a white beard tied up with a scrunchy under his chin took Read More …

Categories'Gap Year', South East Asia

Georgetown

Georgetown, Penang – Malaysia

Posted onAugust 2, 2013January 30, 2021AuthorMandy and Glen Rees2 Comments

Mandy and Glen: 28th July – 1st August Hawker stall in Georgetown One of the Clan Jetties, Chinese homes on stilts, a water village. Our Hotel in Georgetown Penang, slumming it today! It was all I could do to stop Read More …

Categories'Gap Year', South East Asia

Post navigation

← Older posts
Newer posts →
Copyright © 2026 Feel the Fear and Backpack Anyway All Rights Reserved. Privacy Policy
Catch Adaptive by Catch Themes
Scroll Up
  • Home
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Gallery
  • Privacy Policy