We were sitting having a couple of iced tea susus ('susu' means milk – iced and sweetened milk tea is a popular drink here, and very refreshing) at one of two tables on the sidewalk outside what might be loosely termed a 'cafe.' Every second place is a cafe or 'restaurant,' some of which...

Tanah Ratah is a particularly ugly town in an extraordinarily beautiful setting. It sits smack-dab in the middle of the Cameron Highlands, a crisp and cool area of Malaysia that supplies enough tea for the whole country. The tea plantations are mostly owned by a Scottish family, who have made a killing...

My guide kept reminding me not to touch hanging branches because of wipers. I had no idea what he was talking about...his accent was rough. Imagine talking to a Bostonian about cars and heart attacks. Then it processed. Vipers. I needed to be careful of vipers.  

Welcome to Tamen Negara rainforest in...

I had heard the food in Malaysia was fantastic. My primary goal was to try as many exotic foods as possible. Which is why my first meal was at the California Pizza Kitchen in Suria KLCC.

CPK in Malaysia tastes exactly like CPK in Los Angeles. I was shocked. You'd think that there'd be some variation...

If you asked me what the highlight of my stay in Kuala Lumpur was, I could say standing on the Skybridge between the Petronas Towers and catching a bird's-eye view of the city. But I wouldn't be honest with you.

My favorite part of KL lies inside the monstrous Suria KLCC shopping center on the top...

In July 2007, I accompanied my boyfriend, Su'a Sulu'ape Freewind, to the Second Borneo International Tattoo Convention in Sibu, where he was an invited guest artist. The convention was organized by our friend Ernesto of Borneoheadhunters Tattoo Studio in Kuching to bring together native tattooists and...

5 am. The call to prayer echoes through the morning-silent city.

I creep into the living room barefoot on cool marble floors, and watch the dark sky slowly yielding to first light. At dawn, the mountains are clear: broken, jagged tops rise in layers on all sides of the city. As the light grows...

hallelujah!

i have been born(eo) again!

now i am all filled with the healing light of jebus and, oddly, strongbad. you would not peg those two to run together, but man, jebus likes him some teen girl squad and can you blame him? no. who could cast the first stone at jebus? besides some romans,...

We woke before the alarm at 6:40. It was a warm Thursday morning and we were going to the Batu Caves.

After a shower and internet, we exited our hostel and walked around the corner to a bus terminal. We are staying in China Town on Jalan Sultan in a hostel called the Red Dragon. It is an old theatre....