WALLY’S TRAVEL JOURNAL

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Great Places.
Stories Worth the Detour.

Personal travel guides, honest hotel reviews, and food, of course.


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Thai Food Guide 🇹🇭

What to eat and where!

Eating in Kuala Lumpur 🇲🇾

Pay less and eat full in Malaysia!

Where to Stay in Sapa 🇻🇳

Sapa hotels with beautiful views!

Roti Canai with Curry Chicken Kuala Lumpur Malaysia

WORTH THE DETOUR

Must Try Roti Canai

The ultimate breakfast in Malaysia. With a cup of hot ginger tea, it’s a great breakfast!

From the Journal

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    Short Thai Money Exchange Guide Where to Get the Best Foreign Currency Exchange Rates in Bangkok To experience Thailand at its fullest, you’ll need…

  • Make the Move

    Make the Move

    The decision to move to Thailand came quickly. I was around thirty, living out of hotels. Running a coffee export business out of Bangkok,…

  • Finding Malaysian Comfort Food in NYC

    Finding Malaysian Comfort Food in NYC

    Uncle Bing – Chef and Owner of Wok Wok Malaysian Cuisine on 11 Mott Street (basement level), NYC Chinatown Settling back in NYC, I…

  • One of Many Regrets

    One of Many Regrets

    I wish I’d spent more time in Vietnam when I was living in Thailand. I’d visit twice a year, a couple of weeks at…

  • Take the Long Way Home

    Take the Long Way Home

    I’m a little over half a century old, which still sounds like someone else’s problem. I spent the first half of my life trying…

  • Tokyo with a 6-Year-Old: A Parent’s Guide to Where to Stay

    Tokyo with a 6-Year-Old: A Parent’s Guide to Where to Stay

    5 Day Tokyo Stopover with My Little Princess I visit Tokyo solo a few times a year. And even then, I can’t get used…

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