HOOOOOOOOOOOMEEEEEEEEEE!

After nearly a year of being away, I am back in Malaysia! It has been 5 days now and i'm still completely overwhelmed and caught up by this country i call home. Everything has been amazing and nothing much has really changed, apart from a few new buildings here and there, and the disappeareance of other older ones.

The food...THE FOOD oh my God, the food. The food has been excellent! I made a pact with myself the day i left Sydney that ne'er shall this mouth of mine receive anything remotely western - i shall dine on true blue malaysian cuisine for the whole month that i am back, and i mean to keep my word!

It has been great seeing family and friends, calling up the usual suspects and delivering my opening line "Yo wassup ma nigga", laughing over endless cups of teh o ais limau crowding around a table at the dodgiest mamak in kajang. The laughter; the laughter amongst kindred souls who 'get' my jokes are what i have missed the most.

Anyway, i'm off to Thailand...i'm not trying to raise my expectations about the trip but GOD DAMN it is gonna be epic. I HOPE it will be epic! It'd better be epic. The best thing about this trip is that Abby Baby and myself will be doing it the old fashioned way - backpacks and train rides! Our itinerary will include Penang, Kanchanaburi, Bangkok and Ayutthaya and i am fucking excited!! I have never been to Thailand before apart from Phuket and Hat Yai so i'm definitely keen on seeing a little more of what the country has to offer!

All i can say is, good food (for sure, that is no doubt we are in fucking thailand), good company AND a sense of adventure...what more can i ask for?

Be back in a week.