Malaysia – Daniel the Writer

Daniel Adler Stranded In Malaysia

I slept off a hangover most of the morning. We went to a party last night on the other side of the country. It was a bunch of rich Indians celebrating a birthday with boxes of Grey Goose in a rented chalet. I drank Jack and talked to Swedes and Qataris. Around 2 I went… Continue reading Daniel Adler Stranded In Malaysia

Daniel Adler Surveys Singapore

Singapore is a lot how I expected it to be. Big buildings, clean, new, safe, quiet, all very nice. Some say that Singapore doesn’t have any character, but I think its niceness and lack of grit is its character. It’s the ideal modern city, a lot like Brussels in its global importance, and just as… Continue reading Daniel Adler Surveys Singapore

Daniel Adler’s Malaysian Surprises

Daniel has a book called 101 Things to Do Before You Die. He used to pore over it when he was 12, thinking about how he could check off scuba diving and going up in a hot air balloon, paying less attention to the ones that would take a lifetime to complete, such as seeing… Continue reading Daniel Adler’s Malaysian Surprises

Where to Stay in Kandy, Sri Lanka

With my new Chinese friends, who it turns out are leaving today, lonely I am not. I met them over lunch at a small local joint. I was eating fish curry and dal and roti. When I was half through a Chinese couple joined me. They showed up in a group of six, but there… Continue reading Where to Stay in Kandy, Sri Lanka