Category: South East Asia
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 […]
Penang – Arriving in Georgetown
0 I have been staying in the sleepy town of Taiping for the past 3 days. It’s now time to move on to the island of Penang, also known as […]
Taiping – A Trail Around Town
0 The little measure I had of Taiping on my first day is a town rich in Chinese heritage, which still retains its colonial buildings and feel. I have a […]
Kuala Sepetang – An Estuary with A History
0 A set of local circumstances spur the British to build a train track from Taiping to Port Weld to serve the local tin mines. And so in 1885, Taiping […]
Taiping – The Town That Tin Built
0 Having explored Klang (my Klang Blog) and learning about how its fortunes were closely linked with tin ore, I decide to continue with the story of tin by visiting […]
Jogjakarta
0 Jogjakarta (Jogja) Many people, and travel sites, say you only need 2 days in Jogja. But I stayed for 4 days and was never bored for a second. This […]