A huge thunderstorm woke me at about 5am – forked lightning, theatrically rumbling thunder, and the noise of the rain trying to destroy the roof. So when I emerged at 8 it was wet and still cloudy. I thought about renting a bicycle but a good one was RM30/day, and a scooter was RM18. I [...]
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Langkawi Day 1
Posted by dkendon on July 5, 2011
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Malacca to KL
Lonely Planet is like the Haynes workshop manuals – LIES! Malacca is not ‘laid back’ – it goes at a billion miles an hour and will overtake up the inside if you go too slowly. I decided to move on to Kuala Lumpur. Malaysia’s bus system has a huge amount of competition so an air [...]
Posted by dkendon on June 28, 2011
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Malacca
When I got up no one else was awake IN THE WHOLE TOWN. And it was raining. It rains a bit in Malaysia, so it makes me wonder why they love shiny marble tiles so much as outdoor paving. Just as well it’s not the US or the country would be bankrupted by trip and [...]
Posted by dkendon on June 26, 2011
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Singapore Day 4
Chinatown. It’s in the southern part of the city. First stop was the Buddha Tooth Relic Temple. On the ground floor were people chanting On the next floor there was a museum all about Buddhism, then on the next floor there was an ancestor worship section The actual tooth was so small it had a [...]
Posted by dkendon on June 23, 2011
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Singapore Day 3
Everyone in Singapore has a bicycle. But no-one has a new one. They are all rusty and customised. This was the best example: I decided to visit Changi Museum. It’s a rip. You can’t take photos inside, it’s a pest to get to, the museum is small, there aren’t that many relics and the prison [...]
Posted by dkendon on June 23, 2011
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