Category: South East Asia
Kuala Lumpur – Tropical Birds, Orchids and Hibiscus By the Lake Gardens
1+ It’s early morning at my local train platform. As I wait, I hear the “cuc-koooo” call of the spotted turtle doves (image here). Or so I think, until I’m […]
Kuala Lumpur – A Browse Around Brickfields
2+ Once upon a time, Brickfields was a quiet little Indian residential settlement. And then in 2009, the original Little India along Jalan Tunku Abdul Rahman was moved out. “More […]
Kuala Lumpur’s Lake Gardens
0 It all begins with a State Treasurer named Venning and a British Resident named Swettenham. One day, they meet for a drink in tropical Kuala Lumpur. The story then […]
Melaka – Of Heritage Streets, Peranakan Cuisine and Legends
0 I’ve left the streets around my hostel for my last morning in Melaka. I have faith that the streets of Melaka can offer up something totally unique from all […]
Melaka – Of Heritage Streets, Peranakan Cuisine and Legends
0 I’ve left the streets around my hostel for my last morning in Melaka. I have faith that the streets of Melaka can offer up something totally unique from all […]
Melaka – The British in Melaka
0 My history lesson in Melaka thus far, got to when the British took charge of Melaka with the signing of the 1824 Dutch Anglo treaty. So today I’m going to […]
Melaka – I Travel Back in Time
0 I have only dim recollections of school history whilst growing up in Kuala Lumpur. The one thing that sticks with me though, is that Melaka seemed to have tonnes […]
Penang – The Heart of Georgetown
0 In the local Malay dialect, streets are Lebuhs and lanes are Lorongs. And today’s plan is to meander around these old Lebuhs and Lorongs in the heart of Georgetown, […]
Penang – Round a Garden, Up a Hill and Through a Cemetery
0 Bus timetables are hard to come by in Georgetown. So armed only with the knowledge from Google map that Bus #10 runs every 45 minutes to the Botanical Gardens, […]
Georgetown – A Trip Back in Time
0 The earliest reference I can find of Penang suggests it was already a small trading post in the 15th century, having been visited by Admiral Cheng Ho, who calls […]