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MALAYSIA | Mon, 18 Jan 2016 | By davidpearlman | Views [772]
Yesterday, I started the day by taking a long walk, and I went to the waterfront and saw two different sights:
(1) A Queen Victoria memorial, which is a large clocktower by the waterfront.
(2) Right next door to the clocktower, Fort ... Read more >
Tags: malaysia, penang
MALAYSIA | Sun, 17 Jan 2016 | By davidpearlman | Views [654]
As my first day here in Penang, I went on the Hop-On-Hop Off bus. I don't particularly like these buses, but not knowing what to do here in town, (other then read the Lonely Planet), I decided to take the bus.
I got on at the city route.... Read more >
Tags: malaysia, penang
MALAYSIA | Sat, 16 Jan 2016 | By davidpearlman | Views [760] | Comments [3]
Yesterday I checked out of the hostel in Kuala Lumpur, and went to the bus station to take the bus to Penang.
The bus station in Kuala Lumpur was actually one of the nicest bus stations I have ever seen-looking more like an airport. I went ... Read more >
Tags: malaysia, penang
MALAYSIA | Wed, 9 Sep 2015 | By jericafromamerica | Views [581]
A lover once exclaimed, in reference to my wanderlust, “You can’t live your life on vacation!” I’m not sure it occurred to him that my travels are more of a vision quest, and that my roughly calculated steps, which come in the ... Read more >
Tags: fortune tellers, malaysia, penang, spiritual travel
MALAYSIA | Tue, 8 Sep 2015 | By abbehorrod | Views [313]
My time in the Highlands had come to an end. I loved my time here where wearing a jumper was necessary, the misty morning tea and the small town feeling where you pretty much recognised everyone. I'd highly recommend everyone to come to this beautiful ... Read more >
Tags: bus journeys, food court, penang
MALAYSIA | Thu, 24 Apr 2014 | By hapakuna | 
Flickr Photo Gallery
two times a charm
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Tags: food, hapakuna, malaysia, penang
THAILAND | Fri, 10 Jan 2014 | By butterfly-freed | Views [1797]
Six months ago I arrived in Bangkok to a culture for which I had no yardstick, no previous point of reference and for which I was unprepared. Arriving in The Land of Smiles to find none, and in fact finding more a feeling of hostility towards 'just another ... Read more >
Tags: backpacking, bali, cambodia, healing, journey, penang, singapore, thailand, travelling, vietnam
MALAYSIA | Thu, 7 Nov 2013 | By evantan | Views [594]
I caught myself staring outside the bus, at the tall buildings lining the highway from Kuala Lumpur to Penang, and I thought the idea of being in a strange country, or strange city or town or whatever territory that is not what you're ... Read more >
Tags: george town, malaysia, penang, southeast asia, southeast asia travel, travel to southeast asia
MALAYSIA | Wed, 9 Oct 2013 | By butterfly-freed | Views [1612]
Leaving the world of medical care behind (which has been very good), I move to the north of the island where the best beaches are reported to be found. I plan to stay a couple of nights in Tanjong Bungah before moving to the island's 'jewel' - Batu Ferringhi ... Read more >
Tags: 1926 heritage hotel, acupuncture, penang, penang hill
MALAYSIA | Fri, 4 Oct 2013 | By butterfly-freed | Views [1685]
The train finally rolled into Butterworth Station some 22 hours after leaving Bangkok. There were moments when it felt like time was standing still but overall, not a bad journey. The bottom bunks sell out well in advance and in fact the train is always ... Read more >
Tags: gleneagles medical centre, kimberley guest house, lam wah ee hospital, penang, temples
MALAYSIA | Thu, 4 Jul 2013 | By martinbradley | Views [1018]
“Ihachew” “Ihachew” “Ihachew”, those four-year-old’s words still ring in my aging ears. Until this very day I have no idea what I had done for that small child to stand, at three feet nothing tall, purse her ... Read more >
Tags: asia, christmas, food, malaysia, penang
MALAYSIA | Wed, 28 Nov 2012 | By connectlocally | Views [13369] | Video
Hanna Butler , the winner of World Nomads 2012 Travel Writing Scholarship , travelled to Southeast Asia to immerse herself in the local culture and write about her experiences. In Penang, Malaysia, Hanna decides to seek out the exotic and polarising ... Read more >
Tags: durian, food, malaysia, penang, scholarship, travel, writing
MALAYSIA | Wed, 28 Nov 2012 | By connectlocally | Views [3379] | Video
Hanna Butler , the winner of World Nomads 2012 Travel Writing Scholarship , travelled to Southeast Asia to immerse herself in the local culture and write about her experiences.
In Penang, Malaysia, Hanna visits a night market where she sits down ... Read more >
Tags: bull penis soup, food, malaysia, penang, scholarship, travel, writing
MALAYSIA | Wed, 19 Sep 2012 | By lani | Views [774]
After chilling out in the Cameron Highlands for a few days, drinking tea and enjoying a break from the humidity of the city - we decided to head for Penang (pronouced Pin-ang here) for some legendary food and so we could be closer to the water. We ... Read more >
Tags: ferry, pasembur, penang, rojak
THAILAND | Thu, 7 Jun 2012 | By andrew_stelmach | Views [10273] | Comments [7]
Currently I’m laid in my very bland, but clean room in Penang, Malaysia, halfway through my visa-run. The blandness of the walls kind of match my mood – that numb, empty, though not unpleasant feeling that I sometimes have when arriving in ... Read more >
Tags: backpacking, malaysia, penang, tourist visa, visa, visa malaysia, visa penang, visa run malaysia
MALAYSIA | Mon, 14 Feb 2011 | By kldavis1 | Photo Gallery
hong kong, malaysia, thailand, vietnam
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Tags: ao nang, chinese new year, hong kong, ko phangan, ko tao, krabi, malaysia, penang, thailand
MALAYSIA | Fri, 4 Feb 2011 | By kldavis1 | Views [767] | Comments [2]
well here I am sitting in Penang, Malaysia. What a crazy place, I believe Chinese New Year has something to do with it. I met up with Sarah and Maggie (finally) yesterday when I made it to the hotel. What a relief! They said that everything was pretty ... Read more >
Tags: backpacker, hangover, krabi, malaysia, penang
MALAYSIA | Sat, 21 Feb 2009 | By ryanandjo | Views [2848] | Comments [2]
Cameron Highlands
We headed to the Cameron Highlands for a change of scenery, as the
name suggests they reside about 1500m above sea level where the climate is far
cooler. However, there are some disadvantages to escaping ... Read more >
Tags: cameron highlands, langkawi, penang
THAILAND | Mon, 25 Dec 2006 | By thedukeoearl | Views [2368] | Comments [1]
9/21/2006
Well, as some of you know, I have made the journey to Thailand. Of course, I turned on the news as I was leaving for the airport to see tanks rolling through Bangkok. GREAT!!! But, no worries and the coup has little affected ... Read more >
Tags: bangkok, bungalow, georgetown, koh pha ngan, koh tao, malaysia, nikhon si thammarat, penang, thailand, waterfall