As a teenager, I grew up in a small town called Tangkak. See Map. There are nothing much about this drab and boring town where you can count the number of main streets with just one hand! Tangkak is pretty much an agricultural town where vegetables and fruits are in abundance and where agricultural wholesalers [...]
Durian, the king of fruits!
Durian season is here again. Durian in Malaysia usually has 2 fruiting seasons, usually around June/July and December/January periods. Some only once a year.
Durians are highly prized fruit in Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Indonesia. They are also known as king of fruits. And for a good reason! Besides being nasty looking with their sharp thorny [...]
Travel and People Series – Kids of Sapa.
Kids of Sapa. They might be poor. They might be messy and dirty. Their clothes might be in tatters. But their determination to eke out a living from the tourists and their “never-give-up” attitude is a sight to behold. How can you not give in to their demand when they asked you to buy some [...]
