I did a little count out of curiosity - I am going to cover at least 18,798 miles around the world, which is only about 5,000 miles short of the length of the equator. I am sure that with a trip to New Zealand and around I can make up for that. And all that I do in 141 days. I guess it's not quite like "Around the world in 80 days" but I would say it's close enough. At this point I should apologies to the environment for leaving so many footprints o...

This entry is about a bad experience on my first day in Kuala Lumpur which hopefully will make you rethink about how we all should be more supportive of one another instead of looking away when something goes wrong. On my first stroll around Kuala Lumpur I reached the main square of the old town by the time the skies became really dark and my gut feeling told me to stay put where I was until the rain is over. Sure enough the rain started minutes later. I first ...