A rainy day in Patong
At Patong Beach, a few hardy souls were persisting with swimming and jet skis… Continue reading A rainy day in Patong
Tag: Peranakan
Wet weather, wet market and Sino-Portuguese architecture
Phuket Town is noteable for its distinctive for its own version of the Straits Chinese or Peranakan architecture, which here has its origins in early settlers from Portugal. Continue reading Wet weather, wet market and Sino-Portuguese architecture
Malacca – museums and a muddy river
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
Sunday in Singapore – a few museums
I visited my favourite Singapore hawker centre, Lau Pa Sat, set amidst the tower blocks of the business district – but not too far from Chinatown. Continue reading Sunday in Singapore – a few museums
Introduction
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