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Steph23

Eating Our Way through Vietnam at Lang Viet

Vietnam is a deceptively big country. From top to bottom, it snakes over 3000 kilometers, and travelers who aren’t careful with their itineraries may find themselves spending more time in transit than actually taking in the sights.
FoodReviewsVietnam
Steph38

Yan Can Cook, We Can Eat

My mother’s side of the family is from Trinidad. Even if you can’t locate Trinidad on a map, know this: Trinidadians love to eat. What nation doesn’t, really? Regardless, visits to my maternal grandmother (Nanny) always revolve around food.
FoodVietnam
Steph61

On Being Cut Short

I will not be the first person to tell you that in order to live a life of full-time travel, I had to make sacrifices. Everyone who has ever decided to travel for an extended period of time has had to give up something in pursuit of that dream—whether...
Musings
Steph14

Chewing the Fat with Christina Loiacono

When we originally launched Chewing the Fat, we had no idea how popular it would prove to be. We mostly just thought it would be fun to talk to some of our favorite travel bloggers about one of our favorite topics and the one thing that seems to unite...
Chewing the Fat
Steph46

Gorging on George Town: Does Malaysia’s Culinary Capital Live Up to the Hype?

Asia is a continent of superlatives. Nearly every attraction we have visited is touted as the top of its kind and worthy of its own chapter in the Guinness Book of World Records. I'm not sure how many "biggest buddha in country X/Asia/the world/the universe" we have seen at this...
FoodMalaysia
Steph30

The Art of Ambling in George Town

The capital of Penang province, George Town is known for several things: its food, its historic buildings, and its Thai embassy that issues 60-day tourist visas within a single day. I think you can all guess which of these three things attracted us to the city, but I’ll admit,...
Malaysia
Steph53

Feeling Blah about the Batu Caves

A surefire sign that you’ve acclimated to Asia is when spotting a wild monkey fills you with dread rather than joy. Monkeys are to Asia what skunks are to North America—menacing little scavengers that you’re best off giving wide berth.
Malaysia
Steph16

Chewing the Fat with Jimmy Eats World!

Our last Chewing the Fat was a tough act to follow, no doubt, but if anyone is up to the challenge, it’s absolutely this guy: Jimmy Dau from Jimmy Eats World! A foodie of top order, we’ve followed along as Jimmy has eaten his way through Latin America, impressing...
Chewing the Fat
Steph16

Better off Red: Celebrating Chinese New Year in Kuala Lumpur

It’s true that I liked Kuala Lumpur a heck of a lot better the second time around, but if I’m being 100% honest with you (and I’m always 100% honest with you), part of why we spent as much time in the city as we did was because of...
AdventuresMalaysia
Steph58

Making Peace with The Traveler’s Dilemma

I have been in a tailspin lately. A downward spiral. Meltdown mode. Call it what you will, I am a hot mess. I feel at war with myself, rent down the middle, and though I have been trying my best to reconcile my personal discord, I have been failing...
Musings
Steph24

Charmed (& Swindled!) At Sri Mahamariamman Temple

Having spent over a decade of my life on university campuses attempting to ascend the ivory tower of higher learning, I can assure you that most of the stereotypes about academia and its disciples are more fact than fiction.
AdventuresMalaysia
Steph13

Chewing the Fat with Anjanee of Fig & Honey!

Readers, do I ever have a treat for you this week! I’ve had this interview in my back pocket for a couple of weeks now and I have been SO EXCITED to share it with you, because not only does this week’s Chewing the Fat interviewee have a passion...
Chewing the Fat
Steph25

The Buildings of Kuala Lumpur for the Architecturally Ignorant

I am not an architecture buff. I'll admit a preference for a pretty or striking building over a dull concrete slab—I do have eyes, after all—but I don't know any of the lingo and I can't speak about any of the styles or periods in anything other than an...
Malaysia
Steph46

A Traveler’s Prerogative

Do you know how long it takes to form a first impression about a person? 100 milliseconds. In contrast, it takes about 350 milliseconds to blink your eyes. So, as travelers, quite literally within the blink of an eye, we determine the fate of a city or a country...
MalaysiaMusings
Steph18

Mini Budget Breakdown: Malaysian Borneo Travel Costs

I’ve gone back and forth about whether to write a wrap-up post for our time in Borneo—normally I only do these for countries (which Borneo is not, made up as it is of three different countries) and much of what I have to say about Malaysian Borneo is true...
BorneoBudgeting