Going to the top of Penang Hill is one of those things you just have to do when you go to Penang. Like the Empire State Building is to New York City, or the Eiffel Tower is to Paris, Penang Hill is Penang’s must-see tourist attraction. Also known as Bukit Bendera,...

Sun, surf, and piña coladas, what could possibly go wrong? Like the all too familiar beginnings of a horror movie, beyond the turquoise waters, something evil is lurking, waiting to pounce on the blissfully ignorant sunbathers. Cue Jaws theme song. It’s the Zika virus!!! Though it sounds like a zombie movie (Invasion of the...

Before coming to England, I had low expectations of the cuisine. The only other time I had been to England was more than ten years ago, for a school field trip, where we ate whatever was easy and cheap. So for the longest time, I had always assumed that English food...