Hauquan Chau

Writer's Biography

Hauquan Chau, originally from Kingston, Canada, has been living and working in Japan now for the last ten years. He is currently teaching English to students who have recently been repatriated back into Japanese society. Marriage and a subsequent appearance of a elittle guyf have yet to put a damper on his mobility. Hauquan believes that every hardcore traveler is not complete without a pram and a bag full of nappies strapped on his back. His other travel writing can be found at Sage of Consciousness, Glimpse Abroad, Flashquake and Things Asian.

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Cameron Highlands, Malaysia: The 'Wild Boy' of Jungle Walk No. 9 - Story by Hauquan Chau
- 5th Online Issue

"You don’t want to go down that way," said the man. He was an older gentleman, with a burly Hemingway aura to him, but with a faint European accent. Swedish maybe? Beside him was a nervous-looking woman, who kept looking over my shoulders, at a distant patch of mangrove trees.

"There’s a wild boy down there," he continued, pointing at the Jungle Walk No. 9 trail that descended slightly and fenced in on both sides by dangling green plants, vines and branches that obscured the windy path towards Robinson Falls where I was headed. He went on: "He doesn’t have any shoes and is covered with dirt. Must have been living in there for his whole life. Like Tarzan. He was waiting for us in the bushes down further. Be careful."

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