Penang, Malaysia
March 25th 2010 We arrived in Penang this morning about 8:00am and by 9:00 we were on a coach headed for our excursion, Penang’s Spice Trail. Locally, Penang is known as Pulau Pinang, and is the northern gateway to Malaysia. It is the country’s oldest British settlement. The word “Pinang” in Malay refers to the areca nut palm, which provides the betel nut, an essential ingredient in a delicacy chewed by m
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