Kek Lok Si is the biggest Buddhist temple in Malaysia, a great gaudy place with a temple to Quan Yin (The Goddess Mercy of Monkey Magic fame to those of my generation) and a huge pagoda. Continue reading Kek Lok Si Temple and Penang Botanical Gardens
I caught the 11am guided tour at the Cheong Tze Fatt Blue Mansion, which is now a very swish function centre and boutique hotel and not otherwise open to the public. Continue reading Penang – The Blue Mansion and more
George Town seems to be wearing its World Heritage status more confidently and assuredly than Malacca. Continue reading George Town, Penang
I have decided to skip Kuala Lumpur on this trip – I’ve visited a couple of times recently on work trips – so I bought an express ticket on a bus from Malacca to George Town. Continue reading Malacca to Penang, Malaysia
Another huge shopping mall has appeared at this end of town, stretching from the Equatorial Hotel about where the eastern edge of the Padang used to be, to the Portuguese Gate. Continue reading More Malacca museums and musings
Malacca has become Malaysia’s cultural tourism capital and there are state-run museums of almost anything and everything Continue reading Malacca – museums and a muddy river
World Heritage status was bestowed on Malacca and Georgetown on the island state of Penang in July 2008. Continue reading Singapore to Malacca
In mid-2015 I found myself with a period of extended leave from my work, so I took the opportunity to travel. I chose to return to South East Asia, an area I’ve travelled in several times before, but I wanted to return to some places that I’d visited when I was briefly resident in Singapore during 2001. Continue reading Introduction
Sunday 8 July 2001 – Kuala Lumpur Discovered that my sandals were about to crack through the soles so I … Continue reading Overnight express to Hat Yai
Saturday 7 July 2001 – Kuala Lumpur I wrote twenty postcards over breakfast then found that the post office was … Continue reading Kuala Lumpur