Wherever you go in Sarwak (Malaysian Borneo), be it on a boat, a bus or whatever other means of transport you may come up with — you will inevitably hear the sound of chirping chicks. It seems to be completely normal to transport them on public buses and boats. Now mix this with a (loud!) [...]

Bako National Park is famous for its great wildlife. You can see the incredibly rare proboscis monkey, right outside your cabin. Other highlights are bearded pigs (they look weird!), monitor lizards, and — Macaques. These are small, grey monkeys that can be incredibly brazen. They will come into your room, open your backpack and steal [...]

Well, it is really not so adventurous yet but we are in beautiful Malaysian Borneo — actually in Kuching, ‘the cat city’ (Kuching means cat in Malay). It is ‘only’ a city but it is really pleasent and oh how friendly the people are. It is like a different world compared to peninsular Malaysia and [...]

Singapore’s emblem (though not quite officially, it seems) is the merlion. And yes, even though it is the stupidest thing you have ever heard, this is a being with the body of a mermaid and the head of a lion. Seriously, who comes up with this sort of stuff? If you want to see it, [...]

Ok, so you are standing in a bikini shop selling super-skimpy Brazilian-style bikinis in Singapore. Now, Singapore does have a rather large muslim minority and many women dress conservatively and wear headscarfs. But would you expect one of them to venture into a bikini shop!? But sure as hell, we saw her there and though [...]