Category: Planet Doug on YouTube

VIDEO DESCRIPTION: The sun feels like an angry death star, the wind is howling through my hotel window, and someone set off bombs at 3 a.m. Just another day easing into a bicycle tour around Malaysia. 🚲🌏 In this video, I’m holed up in my room in Rembau, recovering from…

VIDEO DESCRIPTION: Welcome back to Planet Doug! In this episode, the real Malaysia bike tour begins… and it gets off to an interesting start. After my first night camping in the Malaysian heat, I wake up to some issues. The tent is soaking wet from condensation, leeches are crawling on…

VIDEO DESCRIPTION: The journey begins! After some planning and gear tweaking, I’m finally rolling out of Port Dickson with my fully loaded touring bike and trailer. But instead of following the well-traveled coasts, I’m heading straight up the middle of Malaysia—into the Titiwangsa mountain range, the lush backbone of the…

VIDEO DESCRIPTION: Good morning, and welcome back to Morning Coffee with Doug! ☕ Grab your cup and join me for a topic that completely flipped my understanding of human biology upside down. Today, we’re talking about the placenta. I grew up with a certain image of what the placenta was,…

VIDEO DESCRIPTION: Welcome back to the Planet Doug podcast! In this episode, I’m sitting down with my morning coffee to catch up on all the behind-the-scenes chaos of running a YouTube channel and navigating daily life in Port Dickson, Malaysia. In this episode, I dive into: – Camera Tech Talk:…

VIDEO DESCRIPTION: Is there a side of the moon that never sees the sun?🌑 The answer might shock you. For centuries, we’ve believed in the “Dark Side of the Moon.” Pink Floyd made it legendary, movies use it for dramatic tension, and it seems to make sense since we only…

VIDEO DESCRIPTION: Is Chinese New Year just about fireworks and good food? In this episode of “Morning Coffee with Doug,” I’m diving deep into the Lunar New Year, but from a unique Western perspective. As someone from Canada living in Asia, I explore the fascinating differences between how we celebrate…

VIDEO DESCRIPTION: Stop your bike from rolling away or tipping over! In this video, I demonstrate the common (and annoying) problems with parking a bike on a kickstand, especially when it’s loaded with gear or on a slope. Then, I show you how to make a simple, effective, and completely…

VIDEO DESCRIPTION: 🇲🇾 Stuck without cash? Tired of scanning QR codes? This card changed everything for me in Malaysia. In this video, I dive deep into the Touch ‘n Go Prepaid Visa Card—the third major product from Touch ‘n Go that links directly to your eWallet. As a foreigner living…

VIDEO DESCRIPTION: Back on the bike and back on a live stream! In this spontaneous, unedited adventure, I dust off my GoPro and hit the streets of Port Dickson, Malaysia, for my first live stream in years. Join me for a real-time, raw cycling journey from my hotel to the…