Lam Ching Fu and his bus journey stories are back! Four years after his first self-published travelogue My Journey By Bus, Fufu (as he is more affectionately called) has released the sequel, this time detailing trips to the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia, including to Pahang, Terengganu and Kelantan. The Chinese version of "Part II" was launched in October 2020, and the English version hit bookshelves recently. It features stories, photographs, maps and illustrations from 37 towns and villages including Mentakab, Sungai Lekok, Marang, Dungun, Kuala Lipis, Gua Musang and Kota Baru.
Fufu, 43, left his engineering job to live out his bus travel dream eight years ago. He had studied Civil and Environmental Engineering at Japan’s Hiroshima University and lived in Japan for five years and had also spent time in Singapore, Germany and Brazil. Upon returning to Malaysia after his studies and travels, he worked in the Design and Planning department at Gamuda Berhad.
From December 2015 to July in 2016, he began hopping on local buses, travelling across the peninsula, armed with only a cellphone camera! “I just wanted to ‘Cuti-cuti Malaysia’ at that time, but later I decided I to write about it. I have a very good memory and so when I look through my photos and FB posts, it is easy for me to write about the things I saw and did then, even though a lot of time has passed in between. Of course, I also had to do a fair amount of research and update information along the way,” .
