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Eating Your Way Around Penang

Penang is well known for being a foodies paradise, and it is one of those destinations where people go just to eat. If you don’t know your Hokkien Mee from your Wan Tan Mee (that would be me), there is a great brochure that lists the most popular dishes of the Island. It gives a [...]

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Nomads of the sea

This advertisement was posted on walls around George Town the last time I was in Penang in 2006. I don’t know if it is the same ad or if it has been reposted since I was last here. It sounds like an idyllic lifestyle but I am too addicted to the internet to go long [...]

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George Town the UNESCO World Heritage City

I was in George Town Penang in 2006 and left it a mere mortal of a city. I have returned to George Town in 2009 to a UNESCO World Heritage City. I have enjoyed the city more on this second trip. The first time here I had read such good things about George Town that [...]

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Wireless internet access in Malaysia

So far I have been impressed with the wireless situation in Malaysia. In Kuala Lumpur I paid 10 MYR ($2.75 USD) for the privilege of gaining the wireless code at the guesthouse I was staying. You can use that code for the length of your stay. In Tanah Rata in the Cameron Highlands the rate [...]

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