Malay culture

  • As published in Just Urbane, the E&O is almost too much luxury, almost.

    Just Urbane is one of my favourite magazines to work with. My experience with E&O Penang is just what they’re looking in a luxury experience with a good measure of heritage thrown in as well. I hope you enjoy reading my story about E&O Penang.

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  • Hotel Stripes: As published in Have a Go News

    Enjoy reading my story that is about a hotel making its mark by supporting the community it lives in. This story also discovers quiet temples and peaceful green spaces in a busy city that never seems to sleep.

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  • Surprising Selangor in Have a Go News

    Enjoy reading the link below to my experience in Selangor, one of Malaysia’s most intriguing regions.

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  • Airline Ratings: Air Asia 3 in 1

    Airline Ratings has always been a great source of aviation news and trends. Now it’s even better because they’ve published me! Enjoy the story below about my Air Asia experience in the air and in the ground. https://www.airlineratings.com/articles/the-airasia-3-in-1-

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  • 6PR Talking Travel: Sarawak from vipers to murals

    Travel talk with Burgo was a lot of fun describing adventures to be found in Sarawak and in Sabah as well. Enjoy listening to the audio file below. In between the laughter there’s hopefully some good descriptions of the land beneath the wind. Sarawak is an extraordinary experience whether you’re in the city of Kuching,…

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  • ABC Victoria Statewide: KL has everything but food comes first

    On ABC Victoria Statewide the timing was perfect for Prue to want to know more about Kuala Lumpur. I’d returned from Kuala Lumpur only a few hours before our discussion. We wandered through Kampung Baru and found a streetside stall selling Nasi Lemak. I explored the streets around my hotel, Hotel Stripes, and found a…

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  • 6PR with Burgo: Kuala Lumpur? Absolutely!

    For my second show with Burgo we decided that the new Air Asia flights from Darwin to KL were a great opportunity to talk about why KL makes a wonderful holiday destination. Enjoy the audio below and maybe just a few of my favourite KL pics.

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  • ABC Alice Springs & ABC Darwin: Air Asia Flights to KL

    It was a battle that was broadcast across the ABC airwaves of the Northern Territory with Andrew Murdoch and he graciously gave me the win. He wasn’t convinced that the new Air Asia flights from Darwin to Kuala Lumpur would fill many seats but after my descriptions of a city full of vibrant culture –…

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  • Medical Tourism in Malaysia … more than a travel story

    Visiting hospitals in Kuala Lumpur, Malacca and Penang was a remarkable opportunity to learn more about the reasons why people travel for medical treatment. When I did a story about this experience on ABC Saturday Breakfast there was some kickback from listeners who thought that I shouldn’t be recommending travel to another country to get…

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  • Here we go at the E&O

    Here we go at the E&O

    Rudyard Kipling stayed here. I stayed here. You can stay here too. Many others have stayed here from Noel Coward to Charlie Chaplin and King Charles to Joseph Conrad. This is the hotel built by the Sarkie brothers who went on to build the Raffles in Singapore. E&O Residences in KL is where you should…

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