Suddenly the hair rose on the back of my neck and my body tensed…

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I was fully prepared to discredit such a slogan as “The Land of Smiles” as the merest marketing department propaganda…

Aside from the novelty of such an experience, there was another reason for my hope consuming man’s best friend: revenge.

I had the whole road to myself all the way to the 2,700 meter summit and beyond. It had only recently been plowed and the snowbanks on either side sometimes towered five meters high. I was again attempting to outpace an afternoon thunderstorm and barely succeeded…

Penang, I found, was a lovely place. It possessed a fascinating cultural diversity: Indian, Chinese and Malay were the dominant ethnic groups, but countless others filled the nooks and crannies around town…

One day I was parked at a secluded place beside the road and had just taken I bite from my bread with butter and jam when I felt something brush forcefully against the side of my head. I looked down at my hand, still in the bread-holding position, and the slice had disappeared!