Bangkok Notes ; Home Nearer Than Ever Before Here I am in Bangkok, City of Angels, after a 10-years absence. This was not meant to be a discovery of sorts,...
After a long overnight train ride to Butterworth in northern part of Malaysia, I took another bus to Kuala Lumpur. Have been staying the last 2 nights in this...
Singapore At Last - WeeCheng Completes His Odyssey After a 5-hour bus journey from KL, I have finally arrived in Singapore. So, my one-year odyssey has finally...
Thaipusam in Singapore - An Extraordinary Display of Religious Devotion and Sacrifice 18 January 2003 was Thaipusam, one of the most spectacular festivals in ...
Announcing Wee Cheng's first public presentation: Topic : Wee Cheng's Latin America Odysessy: Brazil, Paraguay, Chile & Easter Island Date : 30th January...
Dear All, It has been more than 2 months since I returned to Singapore. I was down with chicken pox week 2 I was back and was subsequently off action for a...
Dear All, I visited Khatib Bongsu area in Yishun recently. This is a relatively untouched paradise of wild birds and mangrove swamp on the northern coast of ...
Wee Cheng's Indian Ocean Series: Journey To Beauty and Chaos In Paradise Islands Greetings from Mauritius! I arrived here end of May on a month-long project....
Mauritius I: Fishing Villages, Sugar Ocean and Ganges of the Isle Enough of work, work, work - and I got onto a rented car with a Dutch traveler I got to know...
Mauritius II: Globalization, Life And Death In Land Of The Dodo As dead as a dodo. This is a bird that once lived in Mauritius - a fat, clumsy giant cousin of...
I am now in Mamoudzou, capital of Mayotte, a French territory in Africa, in the Mozambique Channel between Mozambique abd Madagascar. We arrived here...
Dear all, I am now in Antananarivo,capital of Madagascar. I have spent the last 10 days here and tomorrow I will fly to Mauritius for 2 nights stay before...
Seychelles: Sex & Politics In The Garden Of Eden Dear friends, I have returned to Singapore after almost 2 months’ absence. Here’s my long overdue travel...
Comoros: Volcano, Decay & Illusions In The Islands of The Moon Comoros, Islands of the Moon, in the Arabic language. Romantic the name may be, but the...
Mayotte & Réunion: A Rendezvous With France in Africa Some say that the sun has set on empires after Hong Kong became Chinese again in 1997. The description...
Madagascar: Erotic Tombs, Tribal Warriors & Bull Fights In The Great Red Island Madagascar, the world’s fourth greatest island at over 1600 km long and 570...
Dear Friends, I have created a website for my recent Indian Ocean trip: Chasing the Indri - Journey To Beauty & Chaos In Paradise Islands - Madagascar -...
Yup, my 2002 South American travel pictures are up. See them at: http://weecheng.com/2002/southam/index.htm Feel free to drop me any comments. Rgds, Wee Cheng...
Wee Cheng's Northern China I: Backpacking On A Sacred Mountain With Mum & Dad Shortly after I signed the dotted line agreeing to join Singapore's central bank,...
Wee Cheng's Northern China II: Forgotten Capitals & Dodgy Temples We took a local bus to Kaifeng, the once glorious capital of the Northern Sung Dynasty (960 -...
More than a week ago, I attended a most amazing festival in Singapore, the Festival of the Nine Emperor Gods. I have a website done with the story and the...
Dear All, Hope all of you are doing fine. During the course of 2003, I have attended a number of exciting ethnic festivals in Singapore, some of which my...
Wee Cheng’s article in e-book “Mainlines: The 2003 Sobaka Anthology” Some of you have asked about the status of my book. It’s still work-in-progress...
Hi Friends, My 2002 1-year Round The World Journey website is finally done. More than 1000 photos of numerous countries in Latin America, Eastern Europe,...
Greetings from Brunei! I'm now in this ancient oil-rich sultanate on the Southeast Asian island of Borneo, visiting an old friend who have settled here a...
Yesterday is the Hindu festival of Thaipusam in Singapore. I attended the festival for the second time - I have to say this is one of the most colourful...
Bintan Island, Indonesia: About Cakes And Gods Across Historic Waterways Straits of Singapore, 1404. A Chinese fleet of three hundred and seventeen huge...
Bintan Island Part 2: About Cakes And Gods Across Historic Waterways If Tanjung Pinang was an irredeemable pot of dirt and chaos, historic Pulau Penyengat was...
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