A close shave with a elderly Chinese woman wielding a cut-throat razor in historic Georgetown May 14th 2009 Day 316: Sunday 10th May - Contrasting food experiences
Not much to comment on today. I got the bus from the Cameron Highlands to Penang, which took 5 hours. Georgetown, Malaysia’s second city is yet another city in Malaysia where the bus station is inconveniently located out of the city. I can only think of Kuala Lumpur of all of the cities I’ve visited in Malaysia where this is not the case ... read more
Asia » Malaysia » Penang » George Town During the late 18th and 19th centuries, Great Britain established colonies and protectorates in the area of current Malaysia; these were occupied by Japan from 1942 to 1945. In 1948, the British-ruled territories on the Malay Peninsula formed the Fe... ... read more
Been working for 10 years now, had enough of the rat race, decided I wanted to 'live the dream' so I am about to embark on travelling the world at the end of June 2008. The plan is to start in Mexico, travelling overland to Guatemala flying on to Ecuador then making my way overland down the West coast of South America through Peru, Bolivia, Chile & Argentina. The plan then is to fly on to New Zealand, the Cook Islands and Australia before travelling through South East Asia (East Timor, Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia & Vietnam). Hope then to see China, Hong Ko... full info