by ronmitchelladventure | Feb 12, 2024 | Asia, Bali, Ubud
The town of Ubud proves to be the perfect place for me to relax and recover from surfing injuries. Full of spiritual and kind Hindu vibes, it has so many temples that some of them have turned into guest houses. Meanwhile, the intrepid Marilynn braves scooter clogged...
by ronmitchelladventure | Feb 10, 2024 | Asia, Bali, Indonesia
Sit in a surf bar. Sip a Bali Hai beer. Stare at the ocean bobbing with surfer hard bodies and string bikinis. Even a breeze over the waves cannot cool our sweat soaked bodies. Eighty-eight degrees Fahrenheit has a feel of one-hundred-one degrees (38 C) in this...
by ronmitchelladventure | Feb 20, 2023 | Asia, Vietnam
Dramatic changes strike us on the golden beach of Nha Trang since last being here over twenty years ago. High rise condo-hotels line the road like a mini-Miami beach. This once sleepy town has grown up. We book a sea view, studio condo for one whole month and are...
by ronmitchelladventure | Feb 9, 2023 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
The sheer size of Kuala Lumpur (KL) shocks us at first sight. Coming from our historical wooden boutique hotel with just eleven rooms in George Town, Penang (pop 150,000), to the modern “Hotel Stripes,” in the center of Malaysia’s capital city of 8 million-plus,...
by ronmitchelladventure | Feb 2, 2023 | Malaysia, Penang
Sizzling woks, boiling pots, and crowds at food stands overwhelm our senses while walking the streets in George Town, the multicultural capital of Penang. Exotic scents carry a mixture of chilis, spices and curries that combine with meats, fish, soup, and incense. A...
by ronmitchelladventure | Jan 28, 2023 | Asia
What a relief to leave the humid hot bustling City-state of Singapore and land on the laid-back island of Pulau Langkawi, Malaysia. Life be slow and mellow here, at just the right time for us. Marilynn and I walk to the beach and chill out after our check-in at the...
