Backroad to Singapore

By Liz O'Donoghue

This is the true story of a journey that began in May 2012.

It is over three years since the global economic meltdown and the effects are still being felt. Liz's work as a substitute teacher dried up. At the end of 2011 her relationship also came to an end. Those things impelled her to accept a job offer in Peninsular Malaysia. The idea of it was frightening but also intriguing. After a while she came to look on it as a 'Foreign Legion' posting to the other side of the world and perhaps a way to forget her broken heart.

The promise of fabulous accommodation in a coastal setting attracted her. When she reached Malaysia it was a different story. Yet she decided to persevere and what follows is the story of living in the jungle of rural Malaysia among the people who worked the palm oil plantations. As well as grappling with the heat, the insects, driving and electricity blackouts, she has to grapple with her fellow expat colleagues and learn to live in a conservative Muslim society.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FJMDRSP8
• ISBN13: 9798292752714
• Release Date: July 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 242 Pages
• Weight: 0.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"