The (mis)adventures of...

In true Amin and Pravin fashion, we've not done any preparation for this trip. Haha Well, we have done some minimal research on backpackers, mosques, mode of transportations and other general information. From our experience, no matter how much we prepare, nothing goes according to plan :p so we've decided to NOT plan! For us, all we need is some general information, and the rest... Well, we'll just go with the flow... I'm really quite excited about our trip to Siem Reap. It's a 300km++ journey, which is like KL to JB. ( Without the highway :p I have to admit, our Malaysian inter-state highways are top class. Other highways kinda fail in comparison... ) At the moment, we can't quite decide whether to take the bus (boring) or rent a bike (super psyched). Haha For me personally, I'd take the bike any day :p The idea of having wind in my hair, taking in the wind, taking in the sites of Cambodia. Stop by a small village. Because we can. But of course, there'...

Oh how time flies! I remember not too long ago, Pravin and I ventured out on this challenge to fund our trip to Cambodia.  We'll use nothing else but the funds raised. What I find amazing about the human mind is that once you focus your energy, your mind and effort to a chosen cause, you will see endless possibilities to achieve that goal. Somehow, things that'll normally be in your periphery vision, comes out into the forefront and becomes valuable.  The writer, Paolo Coelho, describes this beautifully in his book,  the Alchemist , " when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it . " It took a couple of weeks after the 'launch' before we made any progress with the funds. We had wonderful support, some from people we didn't expect. I'm really humbled by this experience. Our main source of funding came from the newspaper collections. I've never seen so many stacks of old newspapers before!! :p One thing didn't w...